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By Penstubal

No free items (until the last day), only a few rooms decorated, unicorns... seriously? ... it's just a 3. Not really like i expected it CP.

By Hat Pop

Being a veteran player around for the first Medieval Party, I've seen this party change over the course of its history; I thought they couldn't do worse when they sucked it dry in 2012. Trying to remain optimistic for 2013, the only thing I could say I admire about it is the new twist (transformations) they tried to add. Honestly, though, most of the interactive features are limited to members, the room overhauls for me were completely confusing and I couldn't tell where I was at first (not to mention the new art style hasn't quite won my affection), and I was especially let down by the fact classic rooms- and a lot of rooms in general- like the Lighthouse and Beacon were left out. You didn't impress me this time, Club Penguin.

By Bali

I'm a bit disappointed. CON: Only a few decorated rooms. Where is the Knight's quest? PRO: Good old and new musics.

By Brookelas

CP's first non-takeover for a while... let's see how they did, and if it beats takeovers. (Note: I will give out zeros if needed.)

• Decorations - 2/5 - Whilst the decorations are nice and new... I have two complaints... the overhauls that dont even make SENSE and the logic on the decorations. I mean you have the Town, which is a slave town, then the Snow Forts which is all rich and fairy-ish, with a medieval joust next to it. Then beside the fairy place, you have a disgusting ogre place, which isnt even MEDIEVALY! Which brings me to point number 3... the decorations are not medievaly... they should have named the party Fairy Tale Party or Wizard Party. PLUS The Cove, Underground, Beach, Lighthouse, Ski Village, Mountain and Lodge are all not decorated... and I liked those rooms last year.
• Storyline - 3/5 - Yay Rockhopper comes to give Gary a potion book... it is simple, but where did he find the potion book?
• Party Rooms - 0/5 - Ugh the party rooms... WHERE IS THE TREE FORT AND THE KNIGHTS QUESTS? The two party rooms are pointless and reused DECORATIONS from previous years. Zero in this category.
• Transformations and Party Games - 5/5 - Well, we haven't seen transformations in a while... and what I like this time is that they are spells that make sense... not just randomly turning into a dino from digging up eggs. And the party game is fun too! :P
• Music - 2/5 - I like the Town music, and I like the old music... but the placement was awful. Every room... the music is different. That irritates me for so many reasons.
• Free Items and Catalogs - 3/5 - Just meh.
• Quest - 3/5 - Scavenger Hunt takes two points off... but I do like the potions!
• Other (More Minor) Details - 1/5 - Merp! Gary! Emotes! FUNNY Jokes. I took off points because it has no funny animations like 2012.

Okay so... I am really disappointed CP. I hope this is the last Medieval Party. While there were SOME good parts to this party, there were not many. Medieval has been totally sucked dry to the point where IT ISNT EVEN A MEDIEVAL PARTY!

Well... a total of 19/40 points which rounds to 2/5. I don't wanna talk about this party anymore.

By Cp kid

Note: I haven't technically been on Club Penguin to see this party due to my terrible computer. However, I've seen enough on the CPW and through my own experience from past medieval parties (since 2008) to rate this party as a 1 and rant about how terrible it is.

So, the summary of this party is: It should've never happened.

Pros:

• ehh... a medieval catalog even though it has stupid items in it? :S
• MAYBE Gary as a mascot, but it's kinda iffy considering Gary's been a "mad" scientist rather than a professional scientist since January.

Cons:

• How did this party go from 30-something party rooms (the most at the time of their release) to two, copied party rooms... The current rooms are a ripoff of the lighthouse's decorations from last year (now located in the school), and one of the Ye Knight's Quest rooms (now somewhere near the forest).
• NO YE KNIGHT'S QUESTS. This ruins the party in and of itself, not to mention the extreme lack of "decorations" in critical medieval rooms.
• The "decorations" are terrible. In the rooms that are decorated (except for the Night Club which is the same as it used to be) they are totally overdone, and rather than just "decorations", they have literally been transformed so much that some people don't even recognize the rooms. Plus, there are so many old rooms that aren't decorated, and they've all been critical medieval rooms in the past. No decorated underground, come on -_- Who didn't like the pin maker 3000 in the boiler room, the cave full of gold (and ye knight's quests) and the non-member dragon "battle" in the mine?! Plus, almost half of the island lacks decoration above-ground, because the beach, lighthouse and the entire ski village area lacks any decorations. Also to complain about party rooms more, what happened to the Tree Fort, the first ever party room that's been at every medieval party ever? Oh well, I guess it didn't qualify for CP's new art "standards"...
• Music. I haven't heard all of the music, but Mario Rk gave me the link to the "main theme" of the party. It's similar to the original version in the beginning, but once you listen for a little while you realize it sound like something you'd hear in fantasy-land at Walt Disney World. Quite disappointed.
• Transformations would've been fine at this party, honestly. However, the whole "magic and transform" idea took over the true medieval theme, thus eliminating the ye knight's quests and all of the original concepts of this party. So I would prefer to be a knight over being a unicorn or a chicken, thank you very much.
• In my opinion, the whole magic theme in and of itself is totally overblown. I mean the party could have been cool if it had been wizards and knights at the same level of awesome-ness and recognition for this party, but it wasn't. It's just like the Halloween party 2012, Puffle Party 2013, and other parties where the parties are literally focused on one thing (halloween party focused on gariwald's mansion, puffle party focused on the rainbow puffle & hotel). Basically, this entire party is centered around wizards (now based in Pengwarts school of wizardry rather than the now-barren lighthouse), magical potions and transformations, which I think is utterly wrong.
• And one final thing, timing. In May I was devastated to hear that this party was cancelled because I figured it would be the same as it's always been. At first when I heard that it was coming back in September, I wasn't sure what to think because I loved the Medieval PArty, but was also sad to see that it demolished another classic party, the fair. However, now I see the truth; Club Penguin took out a party that has happened every September since 2007 for some magical doped-up unicorn party.

I'm quite disappointed Club Penguin, once again you've failed all of the people who loved you pre-2012 when you were actually good.

Thumbs down!

By LordMaster96

This party simply changed too much from the previous Medieval Parties I've experienced. It's not meant to be a bad party, but the sudden change makes irrelevant to the theme "Medieval". Is this really a Medieval Party still? On top of all, the navigation and recognition of rooms is simply terrible. Rooms have been decorated to the point that they're no longer recognizable. I had no idea I was at the Mine Shack or the Forest until I used the map to go there.

Smaller but still fun

By Captain Pinkbeard

I've been playing since 2008 and one of the most anticipated parties every year is the Medieval one. Club Penguin always manages to bring something new to the table and I am glad they tried something new this time.

Pros: - New Music: You can hear many new themes and remixes throughout the island and they all manage to capture the whole epic-hero-magic feel of the party. - Decorations: There's so much detail in every single party room and there whole party is beautiful. I'm happy to see that they decorated the Coffee Shop and the University. - Role Playing: You can be a fairy, a knight, a magician, a villager, a smith, a puffle unicorn, a dragon.. so much to do and so many princesses to save! - Fun stuff: The CP team focused on wizards and spells this year and by playing a very fun mini-game you can make different potions and obtain a wizard outfit! Awesome!

Cons: - Not enough decorated rooms: Rooms like the ski village, the underground and the lighthouse are not decorated although they were in fact decorated during the past Medieval Parties. It is unfortunate that the party is solely focused in one set of rooms. - No Knight's Quests: These were the best part of the parties! They should have kept them!

Rating: 3/5 stars It may not be as grand as the previous ones, but it's still a fun party.

Worst party of 2013

By RockoRocks

Let's get this straight. This party is absolutely terrible compared to the other Medieval Party. As I thought before it started, i did NOT want another medieval party. 5 medieval parties is absolutely more than enough. Brief review:

Pros:

- Cool executable spells

- Some new rooms

Cons:

- No new knight quest

- No dragon battle or similiar

- Awful party catalog with very dumb-looking costumes (except for some items)

- No Rockhopper

- Very few decorated rooms

- The spells can only be done by members (despite that I'm a member myself, i find this bad)

- No non-member items

- Overall almost no new content for non-members. I am a member and I dissaprove of this.

- Unicorns