For the first time since the Vacation Island Party Raffles quit working, Ganz has publicly addressed the issue.  We now have official confirmation that they are aware of the problem and that they are trying to fix it.  Thank you to @PartyScout, a member of the Webkinz Insider community, for getting Ganz to respond on Twitter.  Remember, you can read all of the latest Webkinz-related Tweets right here on WI's front page, on the right side, near the bottom.

 

As most of you know, the Raffles in the Vacation Island Coral Cove used to have prizes.  Following a site maintenance in mid-August 2009, the system quit awarding those prizes.  The broken Raffles have been going on for seven months, with winners getting empty boxes.  As a result, the Flowing Palm Tree, Hibiscus Bush, Vacation Deck Chair, and Volcanic Rock are considered "not currently available" in Webkinz World.

   

Hopefully the programmers at Ganz will be able to sort this out soon.  We know a number of players have been storing up their Vacation Island tickets, waiting for this glitch to be corrected to use them.  We are tracking the status of this glitch HERE in our Glitch Report section.

   

 

Ganz has announced that Webkinz World players will have some chances to win the Sparkling Pegasus soon!  In early April the Webkinz Newz is going to have a contest, and there will be two more chances to win these Pets on Webkinz Day.  No details yet, but as soon as more information is made available, we will bring it to you here.  It is worth noting that the Webkinz Newz listing for this pet has been updated to reflect that it is a "Prize Pet" and not an eStore pet.

Ganz has announced that they've created some new recipez for the Super Chef Stove and that the programming for them should be added to Webkinz World in two weeks.  You may remember that the last time Ganz added Super Chef Stove recipez to Webkinz World, the entire batch was solved by Webkinz Insider members in less than 12 hours!

 

According to the Creative Director, this time solving the recipez won't be so easy.  As soon as we have more information on these new foods, we will bring it to you here.  To see all of the current recipez in Webkinz World, please visit the WI Cookbook, HERE.

 

Currently there are 20 unsolved recipez in Webkinz World: Six Regular Recipez (Blender, Sandwich Maker, or Stove), and 14 Mega Stove Recipez.  If you'd like to work with our members on trying to solve them, please visit the Recipez section of our forum, located HERE.  

 

We just finished up an awesome Valentine Room Design contest here on Webkinz Insider and we gave away two eStore exclusive Webkinz Love Dinos.  Now that February's contest is over, we're ready to dive into the contest for March.  For this month's contest we want you to create a T-Shirt for Webkinz Insider using the Ganz eStore T-Shirt Designer.  There will be two winners for this contest.  One will receive a retired Mauna Loa Lamp (Red Lava).  The other will receive a retired Violet Volcano Lamp (Purple Lava).

 

 

For complete contest details, please visit the contest thread located HERE in the contest section of the forum.  You must be a member to enter so be sure to register for the forum if you have not already done so!