Club Penguin Royal Week Launched on Mobile App

After being delayed for a week, Club Penguin has finally launched 'Royal Week' on the Club Penguin mobile app. Besides the freebies, there's nothing out of the ordinary concerning Royal Week. Non-members can collect the king's crown and princess hat whereas members can collect the princess dress and the kings outfit. Getting these freebies are easy. Just log onto the mobile app, visit any room, and collect your free items by clicking on the button with the blue penguin. Let's have a look at the freebies available on the mobile app for Royal week below, shall we?

That's all about Club Penguin's Royal week on the mobile app. Don't forget that Megg is hosting a Royalty meet-up this Friday so, stay tuned.

~Gpumpkin~

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Club Penguin Discussion: Takeovers & Original Parties

Welcome to our third Club Penguin Discussion article! Club Penguin Discussions, or CPD for short, will be published here on Club Penguin Cheats each Saturday and give you a chance to join in the discussion and give your opinion regarding the Club Penguin related subject discussed. Lets dive right into 'Club Penguin Discussion: Takeovers & Original Parties' below:

Over the span of Club Penguin's existence, almost nine years now, Club Penguin has released some really awesome and, to be honest, some not so awesome parties. Over this time table, parties have actually changed in drastic proportions. If you've played Club Penguin for quite awhile, you get the gist of what I mean. Club Penguin parties revolve around the same ideals the first party possessed. That is free items, decorations, and an event in which to celebrate (Take Halloween, Easter, or Christmas); however, the structure and focal point of a Club Penguin party has changed. Club Penguin parties can be placed in two categories: takeovers and original parties. This will be the primary source of this week's discussion and I'll be looking at the pros and cons of each. This is quite a long article, but I'd encourage you to read it and discuss it after doing so.

Takeovers

Everyone who currently plays Club Penguin is familiar with takeovers, a party promoting an outside source, usually Disney related, that's not original Club Penguin content. A Club Penguin party presently extends over a period of two weeks, decorations related to the event transform the normal setting of the popular rooms, various free items are up for grabs, there's challenges to complete, mascots attending the event, and that's just to name a few of the things that make a party a reality. Club Penguin takeovers have a theme many of us are familiar with and even fans of. The success of a Club Penguin takeover is dependent on the player's tastes, what he/she likes. Takeovers bring in new players that otherwise wouldn't play Club Penguin or found out about it otherwise. Club Penguin by being a branch of the Disney company has access to the rights of Disney licensed products and trademark. So, the questions arises, why not take advantage of that? Club Penguin reached its highest levels of popularity with their first Takeovers: the 2012 Marvel Superhero Takeover, Make your Mark: Ultimate Jam, and Adventure Party: Temple of fruit. That's why Club Penguin has continued released Takeovers, they're successful and they've proven that.

The amphitheater at the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Jam, a Club Penguin takeover. 

What's made takeovers unpopular as of late? I think it's a series of problems not just with takeovers, but Club Penguin parties in general. Club Penguin takeovers and parties are far too long. Two weeks is enough and by the first week the parties have gotten, well... boring. Club Penguin hasn't released anything new by week two and when they have it's been a bust. I was looking forward to the puffle gala and had high expectations for its arrival. It turned out to just be a room, no free items or anything. Challenges are another thing in themselves. They're simply way too long. I honestly don't have time to finish them, I have a life as I'm sure you do as well. Club Penguin should go back to the basics in these areas. We should see the return of free item boxes, I loved being able to pick up my free item, and parties should be shortened to a week.

Optional tasks that could be completed at the Muppets World Tour.

With the announcement of the 2012 Marvel Superhero Takeover, I was overjoyed and couldn't hold in my excitement for the party. To the contrary of latter takeovers, I wasn't disappointed when that years takeovers arrived. To the contrary, I was excited and the parties actually engaged the player and offered cool stuff. It was a beneficial change and a much needed one. With the exception of the Muppets Worlds Tour and Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam, the takeovers have been fairly good. I especially loved the Star Wars Takeover and I think an Indiana Jones Takeover would be pretty cool. Nonetheless, I don't think Club Penguin takeovers should define Club Penguin, that's what Club Penguin's original parties did and should be doing.

The Star Wars Takeover was always engaging players with new challenges, recognizable Star Wars rooms, and the ability to take off into space.

Original

Original Club Penguin parties are exactly what you'd think it means. Original. Although they may be based on Holidays and other themes, original Club Penguin parties aren't modeled after another trademark, but fashioned after Club Penguin's own model of thought. To the contrary of takeovers, original parties are what made Club Penguin what it is and what got it to out there in the first place. Original parties are unique, with Club Penguin's own graphics and ideas. That's what made them so fun and engaging for players.

The Plaza during Camp Penguin in 2007. Note how there's no stage.

Club Penguin parties, when you get right down to it, are pretty simple. There's an overall theme, free items, decorations, and an engaging feature like a scavenger hunt. Parties were usually a week long. It's this simplicity that makes original Club Penguin parties so fun and the in-game experience seems even more thrilling than an overdone room with way too much to take in. That's what we loved about those rooms, they inspired creativity and got us to chat more. When I log onto a Club Penguin server, there's often times no one chatting. That's one of the things that made Club Penguin so special. It was cool to meet up with your friends on Club Penguin.

The beach at the 2006 Halloween Party.

The beach at the 2011 Halloween Party.

I'll be honest, I think Club Penguin's added some awesome stuff over the years to make Club Penguin a better place. I enjoy the interactive features like a backyard for your igloo, quests, scavenger hunts, and story-line. The structure for original parties are beginning to look a lot like takeovers though. There's reoccurring party catalogs, reoccurring challenges, and you're greeted by the same ol' pop-up message when you first log into a party. Let's be honest, those are getting boring. You can read more regarding this subject on Riyita's blog here. However, there's a point as to how far to go and we can see this in the takeovers and more recent original parties. It's time to go back to the basics.

Even at the 2014 Puffle Party, players encountered a pop-up message that first appeared at takeovers.

As Club Penguin original parties evolved, more interactive features were added. To name a few, there were the quests at the Medieval party and the annual Halloween scavenger hunt. I lived for these elements of a Club Penguin party. The quests for the Medieval party were nothing less than engaging, exciting, and interactive. Not to mention, a new quest was added with every Medieval party. I was disappointed when the 2013 Medieval party didn't bring back the quests or add a new one.

The quests at the 2012 Medieval Party in the underground pool.

Original Club Penguin parties always had the coolest room designs. As of recently, the only rooms decorated for both takeovers and original parties are the popular rooms such as the town, plaza, dock, and so forth. Club Penguin parties used to have nearly and often times every room decorated. Have you seen the mine or underground pool decorated for a Club Penguin party lately? If you said 'No' you're right and that's because they haven't. I remember when the underground pool was decorated for the Puffle Party and that was back in 2013. More Club Penguin rooms should be decorated for players to explore. It's cool to check out rooms when they're themed to an event.

The underground pool decorated for the 2013 puffle party.

Club Penguin parties always have a mascot that attends. Mascots are unique as well. They're Club Penguin's creation, not another's work. They play a major role in a Club Penguin party, especially original ones, as they correlate with the event and get players online to search for them. That's why I think meet-up times are a bad idea. I used to search for hours on end for mascots and to finally find one and claim their background felt like I accomplished something. Secondly, there's no reason for Club Penguin blogs to track mascots anymore. There's no need to. If you're a Club Penguin blogger then you know how fulfilling it is to help penguins find mascots and get penguin's to come to your blog. From time to time we also need a new mascot that's original, not celebrity mascots like CeCe and Rocky at the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Jam. I feel like Club Penguin's pushing for the same thing at this year's Music Jam. That would ruin a Club Penguin party with a good reputation. Mascots are crucial to original parties, but they don't seem to play the role they used to anymore.

Meeting Aunt Arctic in October 2011.

Club Penguin didn't become successful through advertising, it became successful through word of mouth. We're the reason Club Penguin's still in existence and is the popular Online game it is today. I have to hand to the Club Penguin staff for all of the hard work they do to make the parties and the game a reality, but it's our ideas that fuel their passion to make the safe virtual world of Club Penguin the way it is. Ask any Club Penguin employee, they'll tell you this. Therefore, for this week's Club Penguin Discussion question we want to know which category of Club Penguin parties you prefer: Takeovers or Original. Club Penguin claims they listen to the Club Penguin community (us) so, we need to consistently be giving honest criticism or encouragement about the direction Club Penguin's going. I'm not trying to point out everything wrong with Club Penguin, I love the game, but I want to make Club Penguin a better place as I'm sure you want to as well. It's time to let Club Penguin know what we think, they're listening, so lets get discussing!

~Gpumpkin~

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Club Penguin - Penguin Cup 2014 Cheats

After a long wait, the Penguin Cup is finally here. The Penguin Cup will last until the 1st of July. There will be 4 teams competing for the Penguin Cup, they're as follows: 1. Sharks, 2. Hot Sauce, 3. Space Squids, and 4. Fluffies. There will be plenty of free items and cheats in the game. Let's start with the cheats, shall we?

Club Penguin - Penguin Cup 2014 Cheats

First of all, when you login, a message from Aunt Arctic will appear on your screen. Click '' Ok '' to proceed.

Click on the football icon that is on the top right corner of your screen. Once you've done that, you should choose one team out of the 4. You can change teams whenever you want. 

If you've done that, click '' Collect '' in order to obtain the Soccer Ball. There are a total of 16 items that members can obtain, non-members can obtain 8. You can also view the scoreboard, currently Sharks are winning by a big margin.

You should play a mini-game, called shoot-out soccer game to obtain the items. You should be wearing the soccer ball, and click the letter '' D '' on your keyboard to invite somebody to play against you. 

The shoot-out soccer game pretty much looks like this. Its easy, addicting once you get the hang of it. You should click whenever the circle reaches the target. 

Keep playing, and you'll unlock more items. Members can unlock power shoes which can make then kick much faster. 

Free Items 

There are 4 free items stand placed around the island. 4 types Vuvuzelas are free to obtained by both, non-members and members. 

You can pick up the Sharks Vuvuzela from the Beach.

You can pick up the Hot Sauce Vuvuzela from the Forest.

You can pick up the Space Squids Vuvuzela from the Dock. 

You can obtain the Fluffies Vuvuzela from the Cove. 

New Emotions 

For the first time in Club Penguin History, there are a total 8 temporary emotes for a party. Temporary Emotes started off in December 2012. 

That is all for this year's Penguin Cup. I have to say that this party has started off really well, could end also really well. I think that the Penguin Cup has to be the best party so far this year. What are your thoughts on the Penguin Cup? Which party do you think has been the best this year? Leave us a comment below with your thoughts. 

~Arsenal55702, 

Club Penguin Cheats Admin. 

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Club Penguin Discussion: Scavenger Hunts

Welcome to our first Club Penguin Discussion article! Club Penguin Discussions, or CPD for short, will be published here on Club Penguin Cheats each Saturday and give you a chance to join in the discussion and give your opinion regarding the Club Penguin related subject discussed. Lets dive right into 'Club Penguin Discussion: Scavenger Hunts' below:

Scavenger hunts were a popular element of Club Penguin parties and were always long-anticipated by Club Penguin players. The idea's simple - locate the given number of objects hidden and obtain a free item. It's not time consuming like the challenges Club Penguin has presently, but not so short it's boring. It's about in-between and that's exactly what made it enjoyable and made players come back for more. I'm surprised Club Penguin hasn't held any scavenger hunts recently since they can be easily incorporated into a party.

If you've ever participated in a scavenger hunt like myself then you know how much fun it was to search the island for the various objects, check out Club Penguin blogs for the ones you didn't manage to find, and after locating them earn a cool prize. It's one of the aspects of Club Penguin that's no longer around and I think should make a return. I wouldn't be surprised if you've never gotten the chance to join in the fun or heard of it. If you're not acquainted with scavenger hunts, no worries, I'm going to leave you a Club Penguin scavenger hunt expert by the conclusion of the article.

Credit to the Club Penguin Wiki for the image.

One of the last scavenger hunts was the 2012 Easter egg hunt. I was lucky enough to get to participate in this annual Club Penguin event and I remember just how fun it was to search, find, and claim my prize. Usually there were 8 objects to be found whether they were eggs, candy, or objects related to the event. Once players finished locating the 8 objects they could obtain a cool prize. These prizes, especially the bunny ears, were and remain popular and rare items. Backgrounds even as they haven't returned thereafter. The recurring scavenger hunts were the Halloween, April Fools, and Easter Egg scavenger hunts. Occasionally, scavenger hunts would be at special Club Penguin parties such as the Card-Jitsu elements celebrations. Club Penguin starting having scavenger hunts as early as 2006 and beginning in 2012 the Club Penguin community started seeing their disappearance. Why the events have been discontinued remains a mystery, but I'd love to see their return every so often at Easter and Halloween parties.

That concludes our first Club Penguin Discussion article. Although a thing of the past and a memory nowadays, scavenger hunts were an entertaining and regular occurrence on Club Penguin. I realize this was a long article, but hope you've thoroughly enjoyed this walk down memory lane. I'm confident next week's Club Penguin Discussion won't be quite as long as this weeks. Club Penguin Discussions wouldn't be a discussion without YOU and that's were we want you to share your view about scavenger hunts in the comments section. One lucky penguin's comment will be featured in next week's CPD article and you'll be sent a friend request on Club Penguin or a follow on twitter by Gpumpkin. In the comments section talk about whether or not you want Club Penguin to have scavenger hunts return and explain your reasoning. The Club Penguin Cheats staff and I will be responding to your comments and discussing the subject with you guys. So what are you waiting for? Leave your response to this week's question in the comments section below and get the discussion started!

-Gpumpkin and the Club Penguin Cheats Staff

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Club Penguin New Star Wars Theme

Hi everyone! As many of you know, Club Penguin has planned a great Star Wars event for us this summer and has been constantly providing us sneak peek pictures. Today, the Club Penguin Homepage got updated and brand new pictures about the party have been added. Here's what the Club Penguin New Star Wars Theme consists of.

When you go to www.clubpenguin.com, you will see the usual picture gallery in the center of the screen. By browsing with the arrows, go to the third and the fourth pictures, which are related to the Star Wars Party.
Here's what the third one looks like:

In the next picture you will see Darth Herbert, which apparently will make a comeback during the party. Click on the right arrow:

The image above will also appear when logging out of Club Penguin.

That's all about the new update of the Homepage everyone! I'm definitely looking forward to the Star Wars Takeover party, what about you? Comment below and share your thoughts with us!

Club Penguin Gpumpkin's 500,000 Hits Party Review

Today, as many of you may recall, was my 500,000 hits party which was on the server Ice Shelf. I'd like to start off by saying that I had a total blast hanging out and partying with you guys. As promised, I sent a plethora of postcards, played exciting mini games, added, and simply enjoyed time with the best fans in the world! Thanks to YOU, my 500,000 hits party was a huge success and was one of my best parties yet. Below is a complete party review of Gpumpkin's 500,000 hits party:

We started off in the snow forts where we, of course, partied till we dropped. 

Next we went to the town and picked up some donuts to celebrate. Do you see your penguin?

 From there, we waddled to ski hill where we played sled racing. Did I mention how good you guys are at it? 

 We also played Find Four and made tons of emotes.

 One of the best parts in my opinion of club penguin is this sled. Could this be the Sled form the Night of the Living Sled film? 

We grabbed some pizza and got some free money bags at the pizza parlor.

 We then went to the forest and cove and while we were there we had a silliest costume contest. Upon going to the cove we entered the secret entrance where we discovered the villain's lair. 

Unfortunately, the party had come to a conclusion. Nonetheless, I had a few minutes to spare before logging off so we partied in my water park themed igloo. 

That's the complete review to my club penguin 500,000 hits party. I'd like to thank everyone who came and most importantly hope you had a fun time. The party was a blast and I look forward to more parties in the future. Did you miss the party or couldn't show up? Don't worry, I'm going to be hosting even more parties and will be adding even more penguins next time. You guys are so epic and thanks for making this a successful party! Overall, the party was awesome and is definitely something I'm going to have to do again. One last thing: I have some surprises coming soon for your guys this summer which I'll announce later this month.

So, did you enjoy Gpumpkincp.com's 500,000 hits party? Leave us a comment with your thoughts below and let us know!

~Gpumpkin~

Club Penguin Puffle Party Extended

The club penguin puffle party has been extended an extra day as announced by Polo Field on the club penguin what's new blog. This means that penguins who haven't gotten to transform into a puffle or haven't adopted their very own rainbow puffle yet get an extra day to do this.

Club penguin's weekly updates will be postponed until Thursday night. Make sure to check out everything at the club penguin 2013 puffle party as it won't make another appearance until next year. Enjoy the extra time!

-Commdergree8