Halloween Party 2016 Critique

Hello penguins! Last year, I introduced my party critiques by discussing the Halloween Party 2015. This year, I will go into more depth and discuss different elements that changed this year. So let's begin!


The art is pretty good. My favorite room has to be the Ski Lodge. The pumpkins are placed in locations that feel good, almost strategic. The hanging lights and the fish skeleton are really cool graphics, and the Ski Lodge just looks magnificent in the dark.

Another favorite of mine is the Dance Club. The pumpkins look really cool, especially the Astro-Barrier pumpkin by the stairwell. The candelabras are interesting, and the large pumpkin by SoundStudio is very detailed. The tiles behind the large pumpkin have great coloring.

The amazing art doesn't come without a few issues, though. For example, the pumpkin next to the Lighthouse door has a few issues. The shadow erases part of the doormat, and the right side of this Jack-o-Lantern appears to be in front of the support beam when it really should be behind it. This issue has been present at every Halloween Party since 2011, but every year it goes unchanged, and every year I lose my patience just a bit more.

Another glitch is the Pizza Parlor glitch. This problem presents the pumpkins behind the counter instead of atop it in the Pizza Parlor.

This clearly wasn't intentional, because the .SWF file didn't have this issue.

It's just the actual display in the game that's off.


The Halloween Party often has some of the best music, so let's examine what is on the table this year.

The main theme for this party is 1035. It is a remaster of a track from the Halloween Party 2008 titled Under the Cover of the Storm. It is a great song to listen to; I love it. It even includes a triangle.

The track 1055 is a remaster of an older song called Halloween Jam. It features some great instrumentation from the piano and the violin, and the background of the track even includes a triangle and sandpaper. At one point, all of the instruments cut out and all that's heard is the sound of thunder. It's really fun to listen to.

My favorite song from the party is 1036. The only instruments I can recognize are an 808 drum and possibly a harp, but trust me, it's really good. The last track fit really well with the Nightclub from the Halloween Party 2007, but this one fits best with the flashier, bigger, more animated and interactive Nightclub from recent Halloween Parties.

The Nightclub from the Halloween Party 2007

The Pizza Parlor track, 1033, is also an entertaining tune. It is basically a looping instrumental of Gotta Get the Gotcha from Halloween Panic. My favorite part is when the piano starts to play, just before the hook. The main part of the song, the chorus, is essentially a remix of random voice samples to a tune. It's wonderful. I would say this is a wonderful Club Penguin track, but sadly, this song was not made by Club Penguin. It appeared in a YouTube video by Thomas Ridgewell in 2014. I will not name it here, but if you ask me by clicking this link and sending me a tweet, I will tell you.

The Mine Shack's theme (1041) is alright. The only instrument it is an organ, which would be okay if the song didn't have a bunch of sound effects in it, but since it's still very spooky and interesting to listen to, I don't mind it too much.


Since most of the rooms are the same as they were last year, there isn't much to say here; but I'll try.

Transformations from 2012 and 2013 returned, including three zombies, three vampires, three werewolves, and a new ghost that has not been seen before. They are all very cool, but unfortunately, they are completely randomized with no way of choosing which creature or color you mutate into. The system is flawed, but still enjoyable and interesting.

Just like they did in 2015, the tube tables at the Dance Lounge have returned as well. I think these are quite neat, and I would not mind seeing them used yet again in the near future.



Aside from that, penguins with the Miner's Helmet or Hard Hat can turn the Iceberg into a Jack-o-Lantern. This is a good deal more fun with friends, for it takes longer to achieve this alone.

But aside from all of that, the main quest is a new scavenger hunt. This quest is quite basic, just requiring the player to find and collect all three of a specific variant of spectral sweet hidden in a room. There are sweets of other colors in order to confuse you, though, so beware.

This quest is very simple and doesn't provide me with a decent amount of content. Another thing is, unlike trick-or-treating or the hotel quests from former Halloween Parties, these cannot be redone at any point; but other than that, these quests are harmless. I tend to overlook them.


The story here is quite simple. Spectral sweets have appeared all over the island, and it is your duty to collect them all to provide a power source for the aforementioned Monster Maker 3000, located at the Beach. I see no problem with this, but I wish the team had explained us why these candies had been placed where they were.


This Halloween Party was great. I can't say it's as great as good as 2015, but it is a lot more enjoyable than the 2014 Halloween Party. It involved great returning elements and decorations, some new and old music, and some exellent activities. This Halloween Party ranks in as an 8/10. Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki, the Club Penguin Wiki Archives, and Pokebub for information and assets.

If for whatever reason you want to read the unedited version with typographical and factual errors, please, be my guest. Click here to read it.

Frozen Fever Party 2016 Critique

Hello penguins! Today I will be critiquing the last takeover of 2016, the second Frozen Fever Party! Let us begin!

The decorations at this party were not good. The rooms that were decorated intentionally were medicore, and I don't much to say about them, but it's the rooms that were modified unintentionally that had issues.

Minor nitpick, but the archway at the Ski Village was missing for the duration of this party.

The Ski Village regularly, as of June 2015

The Ski Village during the Frozen Fever Party 2016

Another nitpick, but the fireplace located inside the Ski Lodge seems to have frozen unexpectedly throughout this event.



This is more of a serious problem. For the first four weeks of this event, the PSA Missions and the EPF Handbook were completely inaccessible.

What the EPF Command Room is supposed to look like

What the EPF Command Room looked like during the
Frozen Fever Party

Another major issue is that the Puffle Berry Mall was inaccessible from the Plaza for the first 2 weeks of this event.

Not to mention the Mall being completely shut off to anyone without a spy phone and the fact that this complete rehash that will last weeks.

— Chilly573 (@Chilly573) August 17, 2016

The party rooms also had frozen variants. Let us now discuss those..

The Town is my favorite frozen variant of them all. The pattern on the ground is completely concealed under the ice. I especially like the coloring on the fish. It is amusing how the sign on the Coffee Shop was modified to "Iced Coffee" after it's chilled. The coloring on the Dance Club windows is especially interesting here.

Another great room is the Cove.

I really like the coloring on the snow fort, especially the floor and the pointy tops on the towers. The umbrellas have wonderful shading, and the ice is, as usual, very elegant.


The music at this party was a positive overall.

The second song was 909, and it is quite peculiar. It is clearly a 2014 track. It features a xylophone, just as the original Town Center theme from the day after this party. but unlike the first Town Center music, this one is controlled and quiet most of the way through, and the Town Center music is just loud and unpleasant.

The next track is 1131, and it's really cool. It fits the theme of ice quite a lot. I wouldn't be surprised if this would play at an upcoming Festival of Snow or an event similar to this. It also has a style similar to the music from Plants vs. Zombies with the string instrument (which I cannot put my finger on at this current moment) and the chimes that play every ten seconds or so. (Here's the Plants vs. Zombies link, even though that music is better.)

The main theme, 1132, is decent. It has some respectable instrumentation, including a good selection of wind instruments and a violin. This is exactly what I would imagine the main theme to a Frozen Party would sound like. It's extremely peppy and fun. It works a lot better than the Town Center's music from the previous Frozen Parties, for those sound a bit too much as if they were trying to make me feel really emotional for a simple party. That song is 910.

My favorite song from this party was definitely 1133. It has really nice instrumentation, and has a slightly more important tone. It sounds like it's from the Marvel Superhero Takeover, but it also has a very Frozen sound to it. It also brings back the horn from the Card-Jitsu party theme, and you can't go wrong there. It's great fun, and I love to listen to it.

The final track is 1135, and I'm not a fan. For a decent length of the runtime, the only instruments are a piano and a tambourine. There is also some harp and various string instruments in there, but they are in the background for just a fraction of it. This song also gets extremely repetitive quickly. It has 2 parts to it, and they are both different. There's a definite split in the track between them. They don't flow together nicely, and it is extremely bothersome.


The items available were very hit-and-miss. On one hand, we have Snowgies, which is extremely hideous, and the low-polygon count of their eyes make them look like demons.

On the other hand, the Solid Ice encored. The Solid Ice is a gorgeous item that transforms your penguin into ice. It has many different shades of blue and indigo, with snowflake prints and really unique shading. I love it.

The playability at the Frozen parties is like no other. Penguins had the ability to freeze rooms, which has only been seen in small doses with the Holiday Party 2012. The rooms were then unfrozen using the heart emote. This was an interesting concept, but without at least 2 people actively freezing and unfreezing the room, it got quite dull, very quickly. They should have introduced a type of secret reward system that would grant you 500 coins for freezing 2 entire rooms, or something along those lines.

Rooms such as the Beach, Snow Forts, and Town Center do not have many elements to interact with. All of the other rooms, though, have an abundance. The Forest, for example, has many elements in Oaken's shop, as well as the Reindeer Puffle stables. The Dock has many pins, paint, and Oaken's Cloakens, graphical glitches aside.

A problem with the Dock's .SWF file

The story at this party is, if the definition of "story" allows for it, Anna's birthday. There isn't much else, except the collection of pins. This category will not be considered in the ranking.


This party was yet another disappointment. It had some decent elements included in it, including good music and some great items; but due to many graphical and technical glitches, as well as an unwarranted 6-week runtime, this party sadly gets a 3/10.

What did you think of the Frozen Fever Party? Is it better or worse than the Frozen Party 2014? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for info and the Club Penguin Archives for use of files. To read the unedited, uncut version of this post, with bonus material that was removed from the final version, click here.

Blast to the Past: The Leis

Hello penguins! I don't know if you noticed, but there is a new lei available in the Penguin Style catalog this month, and looks exceptionally great.

This lei is actually a new version of an older lei. So let's look at all of the past leis, shall we?

In 2006, the first party of the year was the Winter Luau. At this party, one free item was given out. That item was the Hawaiian Lei.

The Hawaiian Lei, commonly dubbed the Red Lei, is a rare item and has not been available since. It's the only lei that I don't have.

The next lei to be released was the Blue Lei. This lei is an all blue version of the Hawaiian Lei, and was available originally at the Summer Party in June 2006. It was then available again at the Summer Kickoff Party in June 2007, where it was last seen for many years. It was then re-released for the 10th Anniversary Party in October 2015.

The Blue Lei available at the Ski
Village at the Summer Kickoff
Party in June 2007.

We didn't get any new leis for a while, until the summer of 2013.

At the Teen Beach Movie: Summer Jam, a new lei was released called the Friendship Lei. It was available at the Beach starting on August 26th, and looks dissimilar to all of the other leis. Instead of being puffy as the other leis do, this one looks akin to the Star Necklace.

After the release of the Friendship Lei, the community freaked out and when the next lei was discovered in November 2013, it looked like the first 2 leis.

The Golden Lei became available on November 14th, 2013, and can only be dug up with a golden puffle.

And finally, that brings us to the Island Lei, which was released on August 31st, 2016 in the September 2016 issue of the Penguin Style catalog.

Dashing!

That's all of the leis! Which ones do you have? Which one is your favorite? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for a few of the images.

Club Penguin Customs - Puffle Party (Vol. 3)

Hello penguins! Today I will be unveiling something amazing, and you will never guess what it is, unless you cheated and looked at the title of this post. I will be displaying four new rooms for my fully customized Puffle Party! Yay! So let's begin, shall we?

So let's begin with the room I changed the least, the Coffee Shop. For the Coffee Shop, I used the Puffle Party 2015 variant. All I did was remove the Club Penguin Times sign above the Book Room stairs. After all, the Book Room doesn't hold the newspaper office at this party. See Vol. 1 for images of the Book Room. I also tried to change the archway to blue, but that didn't turn out well.

This is an update to the Pizza Parlor. You may be thinking, "But Icystorm 9, you already showcased the Pizza Parlor in Club Penguin Customs - Volume One! Why would you showcase it again?" Well, hear me out. This one is a lot better than the other one. The flaming puffle on the giant Hot Sauce bottle has shading added to match the shading already present before, and the red puffle next to it has been rescaled to be the same size as the other puffles. The menu on thecounter is a different color, having been changed from green to pink. The tables in the center of the room have been slightly changed, color-wise. A Jolly Roger flag has been placed on the left side of the pizza oven. I recolored the lightbulb and the shading by the pedestal, and set a small surfboard on the front. The balloons have been updated to fit more, since I erased some of the white on them. The red puffle atop the piano has been fixed so the layers follow physics. Most importantly, I have added a box of free Puffle Bandanas in front of the piano.

This is my version of the Plaza. I updated the ground to have snow instead of the yellow mats. I recolored all of the ground (while messing with the Puffle Park archway by accident) and made it gray. I edited the shading of the sidewalk just a bit as well. Finally, I added the puffle design in the snow from the Puffle Party 2012 (with a bit of recoloring, of course).

The Mall is definitely my favorite out of Volume Three. The first thing I did was I removed the snack cart sitting atop the escalator, and instead placed a matte painting of a yellow puffle painting on the wall. I then added the lights shining upon it from above, giving certain parts of it a lighter tint than others. Next, I changed the costume shop sign to have a happy puffle, as well as a nervous white puffle, whereas before the puffles were uncolored. I cropped in the tower seen at the stage in the Puffle Party 2009 Lighthouse, and enlarged it. Since the puffle was enlarged with the tower, I edited the princess puffle out and replaced it with a new puffle of the correct size. After that, I placed the stump down. I thought that the yellow puffle paintings should be included, so I placed them for free (backgrounds) by the doorway. I placed a crown atop the head of the mannequin in the clothing store, and added a sculpture of the Modern Art next to the cash register, as well as placing a snow sculpture of the Super Puffle next to the downward escalator. I recolored the paint can yellow in the Anvils + More shop window, as well as turning the cash register yellow. The entire Fragile Things, Inc. store has been removed and has since been replaced by a puffle painter, who paints your character. The Fragile Things, Inc. sign has been replaced by a sign displaying a paint set. To the right of the paint stand, the play director sits. This puffle directs the play occurring on the main floor. The puffles on the costume trunk have all been colored yellow. I recolored one of the hoodies in the bottom-left corner yellow and did the same with the Costume Trunk catalog icon. Finally, I placed a fish burger on the cutting board in the food court because my brother told me to do so.

This was definitely one of my favorite sets to make, especially the Mall and Pizza Parlor, which took 12 or more hours total between the 2 of them, not including updates I made for Vol. 1. I hope you enjoyed this set of customs. What room should I make next? Goodbye!

All elements are either hand-drawn or come from the Club Penguin Wiki.

Stars and Celebrities

Hello penguins! This post will teach you about a party with quite a few special guests that attended. Enjoy!

With the exception of the Music Jams having the Cadence and the Penguin Band, most parties only have one famous Club Penguin character visiting. In 2013, the Hollywood Party began, and oddly, four different characters were waddling around at this party. This party saw Gary, Aunt Arctic, Cadence, and Sensei available at meetups and similar events.

So what do you think of this move? Did you meet any of the mascots that the Hollywood Party? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for images and information.

Casa Fiesta! The Musical

Hello penguins! Today I will be telling you about an old song that appears as if nobody remembers its existence.

In 2008, Club Penguin decided to make a new theme song for the returning Winter Fiesta party. This led to the creation of 229. 229 is most well known today as the Ski Village music from the 10th Anniversary Party, but that track was actually not played in that during the Music Jam 2011. The real song that played is titled 292, and is actually a bit creepy in parts. Listen to it by clicking the song ID or by clicking the following link:

This is the link.

Do you like the song 292? Between that and 229, which one do you prefer? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki Archives for use of music files.

Cancelling Construction

Hello penguins! Today I will be telling you all about a weird construction project that occurred earlier in Club Penguin's history. So let's begin!

In March of 2009, the fourth annual St. Patrick's Day Party was coming up, and as Club Penguin does every once in a while, a few locations were updated with objects used while setting up the party, such as construction equipment and paint cans. These objects were present in three rooms: the Ski Village, the Forest, and most oddly the Cove.

The Cove having construction is especially weird because the Cove was not decorated for the St. Patrick's Day Party of that year. Once the party started, it was reverted back to its regular state. Nobody is sure as to why this why this happened, and has since remained a mystery.

I hope you enjoy this fact! Why do you think there was construction at the Cove? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for information and images.

Rockhopper's Adventure Party Background

Hello penguins! I will now display a fun fact about some of Rockhopper's older backgrounds released specifically for the Adventure Parties.

In 2009, the team decided to try something new with meeting mascots: party-specific backgrounds. At the Adventure Party, meeting Rockhopper would result in collecting a new item. This item was the Rockhopper Background (9029). It features the Captain, Yarr, and the Migrator covered in plants.

In 2012, this was done once more at the fourth Adventure Party, the Adventure Party: Temple of Fruit. This time, the image featured Captain Rockhopper wearing tropical facepaint, his puffle Yarr, the forest, and a volcano exploding with raspberries.

Which one do you prefer? Do you think the Adventure Party should return? Do you have any of these backgrounds? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for information and images.

The Water Park

Hello penguins! I will now be showcasing a popular room from a past Summer Party in Club Penguin.

The fourth and final takeover of 2013 was sure interesting; it was a combination of the Music Jam 2011, the Summer Kickoff Party 2007, and the Water Party 2008, and including new elements from the Disney Channel Special "Teen Beach Movie". The Water Party division of the party featured obviously the party room Epic Wave, and also included the Waterpark.

The Stadium was transformed into a pool with water slides for this party. This room was quite popular, and is a favorite of many. Standing on any of the three gray arrows will take your penguin down the water slide and into the pool below. 

Do you like this room? Would you like it to return? Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what item was available in this room. Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for images and information.

The Surprise Party

Hello penguins! Today I will share an interesting fact about an old party decided by the community.

In 2007, Club Penguin decided to let the community choose a party. The options were the Western Party, the Sports Party, and the Pirate Party. The poll was held from November 8th to the 14th, and the results were not revealed until the party had begun on November 23rd. And when the 23rd arrived, the party began, and it turned out to be the Western Party.

Did you attend the Surprise Party? Would you be willing to participate in another party poll? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for images and information.

The Serving Table

Hello penguins! Today I will be showcasing a cool feature that not too many penguins are aware of.

In 2011, Club Penguin decided it would be fun to introduce a new feature into the game. At the Puffle Party in February of that year, the tables at the Dance Lounge would react when food was served there. If a penguin served a table while wearing a food vendors' outfit such as the Coffee Apron or the Ice Cream Apron, the table would display that type of food. This returned at the Halloween Party and Card-Jitsu Party later that year. These features returned, of course, at the Pizza Parlor during the 10th Anniversary,

and during the Halloween Party 2015.



Do you enjoy this feature? What party would you like to see it at next? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki and Tomisino1 for images and information.

The Rarest Background

Hello penguins! I will now be providing information about an often overlooked rare item in Club Penguin.

Backgrounds were released in May 2006. Since then, every background has been obtained by hundreds and possibly thousands of people. There is one exception, though. One background has been collected by less than 500 users. That item is the Penguin of the Week Background.

The Penguin of the Week Background was released in March of 2014 and can only be obtained by being or having been Penguin of the Week. While this item is rare, it is possible for anyone to obtain it; a new penguin has this item added to their inventory nearly every week.

I hope you found this secret interesting. Do you have the Penguin of the Week Background? Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for images and information.

The Final Easter

Hello penguins! Today I will be talking about the last time Club Penguin released anything for Easter.

Club Penguin held a tradition of having an Easter Egg Hunt every year beginning in 2006 and ending the tradition in 2012. Many players especially liked events such as these, so at the Puffle Party 2014, Club Penguin released a final item for Easter.

The Lavender Bunny Ears were released in April 2014 and were available at the Beach for free for the duration of the annual Puffle Party. This item is similar to previous Bunny Ears, most notably the Pink Bunny Ears, having similar colors. The items were released once again at the 10th Anniversary Party in the Daily Item Calendar, and have not encored since.

If you like this fact, come back later for more. Another secret about Easter may be posted soon. Goodbye!

Thanks to the Club Penguin Wiki for information and images.

The End of Summer Extravaganza

Hello penguins! Starting on Monday, August 29th, and ending on Wednesday, August 31st, three secrets will be posted daily at 11 AM, 3 PM, and 6 PM Penguin Standard Time. This post will be deleted once the event is finished.

Finding Dory Party Critique

Hello penguins! Welcome back to Club Penguin Secrets for another party critique. This week, I'll be critiquing the recent Finding Dory Party, which many have debated over in the community. But first, let us review with this video showcasing the party.


And without further ado, let us now initiate the critique.


As always, I will begin by discussing the rooms. This party had very few rooms, yet fun decorations and some clever design choices, most especially in the Town Center and the Cove.

The cove has the chairs replaced with clamshells, and the overhead lanterns connecting the Surf Shack to the first responders' building have been replaced with glowing jellyfish. The shrubs near the surfboards have been replaced by various pieces of coral and sea life.

The Town Center has an interesting model as well. The disco ball on the exterior of the Danceclub has been swapped out for a smiling puffer fish, which is strangely dissimilar to the puffer fish in Aqua Grabber. The Clothes Shop sign has a shark bite in it, and the blue lamps outside have again been replaced by luminous jellyfish. The plants to the right of the Clothes Shop have been replaced by coral.

One of my favorite details, though, would have to be at the Dock. If you look closely, penguins are lined up against the window examining the sea life. This is similar to fish displays at many zoos across the world.

Now I will examine the music for the party. The first track, 1124, is fast-paced and entertaining. It starts off with a flute or similar instrument and then has an upbeat string instrument as well as a xylophone. It is quite fun, and fits with the Beach's decorations.

Track 1126 is quite peculiar. It has bongo drums playing softly in the background; and one part of this tune, a part toward the end, sound like it was sampled from 313, which played at the Card-Jitsu Party in November 2011.

My favorite music at this party would have to be 1129, which played at the Cove. It is the theme from the Winter Luau, and was used at the April Fools Party 2011 and Operation: Blackout (. My favorite part of this song is when the guitar dies down a bit and the main instrument gets quieter. The drums have a bit of an echo effect for a bit then, and it's relaxing.


This party had a good amount of items available. While you could track Rookie and obtain his autograph for free, the rest of the items were available by completing tasks in the party interface. While most of the items are mediocre, some stand out. My favorite costume is the Crush costume. The shading on this one looks especially good, even if the head is a bit too big.

Two backgrounds were released at this party. While the Finding Dory Background is a bit dull, the Reef Background is very colorful and I always find cool little things about it.

The anemone is really cool and each little blade is shaded perfectly. The coral hut is interesting and has a maze-like texture. There is a portion of what appears to be sand in the bottom corner with a sort of wood-like consistency. Fun fact: this background and the Finding Dory Background have the same name on French servers. Oops.

This party has a respectable amount of things to play with. Every day until July 13th, you could log in and have another quest to find things. My favorite is from the Cove with the sand, because it was difficult and took me over 5 minutes.

I never would have guessed this spot. It took me a while to find it.
Thanks to 1999bloo for recording this.

My least favorite is the Dock because they didn't put any of the sunglasses in the gift shop where they would blend in. But props to the team at this party; the 3 items were hidden well most of the time, which is something I cannot say for parties such as the ongoing Frozen Fever Party or the School and Skate Party from September 2014.

The story is one of the more forgotten elements of this party. Dory has forgotten her way home and it's your job to collect objects to jog her memory. It's a nice, simple story. I'm not sure how sand would jog memory, but I haven't seen the movie, and maybe it's special sand.

This party was disappointing. The content we got was more than decent, but it had the power to be so much more. If they had just decorated three or four more rooms such as the Forest and the Plaza, I may have favored this party over Zootopia; but as it is, Zootopia is better. This party ranks at 5.5/10. Goodbye!

Thanks to The Club Penguin Wiki, The Club Penguin Wiki Archives, and 1999bloo (Twitter) for images, music, and videos. If you would like to see the unedited, uncut version of this critique, click here.

Oh, man, I have to stop writing party critiques all the time. It takes almost 4 hours to write just one of these.

Operation: Tri-umph Party Review

Oops, I messed up my schedule so now I have two party reviews in a row. Oh well.

Hello penguins! Today I am going to be talking about Operation: Tri-umph, also known as Operation: Doom. I sure am late posting this, so let's get started.


First of all, I am going to talk about the rooms. During the first week, only the Snow Forts was decorated. I do not think this is a good idea, nor did the community, and I am fully aware of why; This room isn't very good.

The dance floor does not look okay. It has these awkward ellipses in the middle that make the floor look odd; I'm glad they haven't done it since. The satellite sticking into the ground appears like it's facing completely in the opposite direction.... for some odd reason. I do like how the flags have been turned into disco balls, though. That's cool.

In week three, my favorite decorations were released.

I like the Plaza, but I don't know why the Pet Shop, Park, the three hotel rooms, and the Underground Pool aren't in gray. Oh well. I like how the items available in this room are in a briefcase instead of a crate as the last two were.


Now I am going to judge review the music in this party.

The first track, 1105, is quite obnoxious. It has a ton of screaming in the background, and it gets annoying very quickly. It is quite repetitive and repeats itself after less than a minute, 55.353 seconds to be exact. It never comes to a complete stop; it is quite definite where it begins and ends. The buildup seems to have just 5 or 6 notes used multiple times. Somewhere near the middle of the track, there is a portion that just plays twelve notes, made up of four different piano keys, while the artist repeatedly presses the same button on an 808 drum really quickly, which bothers me quite a bit.

The Town Center's music, 1109, is a remake of Track 297 from the Fall Fair parties, and is quite fitting with how much buzz the Town Center recieved in the second week of this party. It includes the buzzing of small vehicles in it, matching how it encourages playing around with little cars and stuff; not to mention that the most popular cars, the Wheelers, are from the Fair 2011.

And finally, the Cave Maze's music, 899, is welcoming and fun. It starts off slowly, but gets better as time goes on. It begins with some odd (possibly string) instrument, which plays two measures four times, but then it turns into an epic tune reminding me of the Festival of Flight for a few seconds and then encores the two measures four more times. After this portion of the track, a magnificent xylophone part is played and really reminds me of the Adventure Party 2009 and a bit of the Temple of Fruit and the Underwater Expedition from 2012. This xylophone part is definitely my favorite part of the song; I am a bit disappointed that it isn't present for longer.


The items were quite controversial for this party, and now I'll explain why.

This party has no new free items, but instead has 3 returning free items and 18 new free items for members only. They tried to boost sales for memberships, so they spent their time remaking a few old free items as members only, when they should have just let them be. The worst of these is probably the Music Jam Cap (ID 1266). Said cap, which was re-released for the 10th Anniversary Party, is for all players; yet the Dance Battle Cap (ID 21077), which is completely identical, is for members only.

Besides that, a few of the items, especially in the Town Center, seem just a tad improbable. For example, a large spoon will serve no purpose unless you run a site such as mine or PengFeed.

I know it's been said a bunch, but I wish they would've made at least three items for non-members.


And now, the most important factor of every party, the playability.

While we didn't get many things to do in the first week of the party, a lot more content was released in the second week. The Town Center has some really nice, fun things to do. We can play on the roads and the baseball diamond while we are super small.

The third week, the Plaza rooms were released, and this set was definitely the best. It had the maze returning from the Cave Maze event from May 2015. A lot of people reacted as if this was a bad or stupid thing, but I think it is quite wonderful. It gives newer players the opportunity to play a maze, and it adds to the otherwise small amount of events to do at this event. In doing this, they also give older players the chance to complete the maze, had they forgotten to log in for a few weeks in May 2015. I would say that the playability in this party is hit or miss.


The storyline for this event is simple and basic. Herbert decided that to make the penguins less of a nuisance, he would build a dance party at the Snow Forts. Second, he would use a shrinking machine to make all of the penguins really small. And third of all, he would take the color out of 2 and 1/2 rooms on the wonderful island of Club Penguin. To stop Herbert's evil scheme, the penguins had to find the main controls for the machines and shut it down. This is all well and good, except for a few questions: What would hosting a dance party do? I'm not completely sure. How would shrinking penguins make them less of a nuisance? Why didn't Herbert make any big machines like the Popcorn Bomb and the Sun Blocking Ray? This plan seems as he Herbert has stopped trying. In retrospect, this story sucks.


This party was a bit of a let-down. It had a few decent decorations, and the music was overall okay. The items weren't good, but it had a decent amount of things to do for a few days. The biggest problem was probably the story. I'd give this party a 4/10. Goodbye!

I would like to thank the Club Penguin Wiki and The Club Penguin Wiki Archives for use of .SWF files to take screenshots of, as well as music files. If you would like to see the unedited, uncut version of this blog post for whatever reason, click here.