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OMG !!!! TODAY WAS FANTASTIC !!! i got to take a helicopter ride from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon !!!  this was the most exciting thing i have ever done…i was a bit scared at first but once we got going it was fabulous….the views were truly amazing….we flew over the Strip and then over Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam before arriving at the Grand Canyon which was AWSUM!!!   the pilot landed at the base of the Canyon by the Colorado river where we had a picnic and the chance to explore a bit….had to be careful of the cactuses and the wildlife cos there are scorpions, taranchulas and rattle snakes down there AGHHHHH!!!!  This has been the best day of my tour so far…take a look at some of the many piccies i took:

VIVA LAS VEGAS!!! this city is awsum - its not all about gambling (altho there is plenty of that going on here!)   walked the full length of the Strip today - all the hotels have different themes and stuff to look at, as well as fantastic shows - and the shopping is amazing!!!  in the evening i went to see the Phantom of the Opera which was really kwl.  cant wait for tomorrow cos im taking a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon - WOO HOO!!!!

 Hey penguins this is Medner!

MAN WAS I FOOLED WHEN I LOGGED ONTO THE TEST SERVER! i lgged on and all i saw were PUFFLES!! Every single penguin was a green puffle!! Hurry up and see for yourself, because Billybob said it will only last from 10 am to 4 pm pst (penguin standard time). Here are some things to impress your friends. Dance, and you will put on the propeller cap and fly. Also if you throw a snowball, you can eats cookie, take a bath, eat normal food, and eat gum. Another thing you should do is walk your puffle! Then there will be two puffles walking together.

Note) This only works on test server)

Well this is one party that was sure worth waiting for!!!  Never seen anything like this before - the CP design team have really turned the island upside down and inside out for this year’s APRIL FOOLS DAY party!!!  It was sooooo much fun exploring the island and checking out the different themes and finding the freebies and the new pin…..my favourite place was the dock where you can go super fast - sooooo funny!!!  Thought the ice berg was hilarious!!!  WELL DONE CP!!!

The freebie items are swirly glasses and the propeller hat (i expect that some of the older pengs wont be happy about this being brought back).  Heres where u find them:

ski village                                                       Cove

Hey penguins,

     This is medner! If you have been on the cpip site (club penguin improvment project), any free items dont show on your player card! The items I  can’t see are the green bunny ears, the St. Patricks day hat, and the book pin. If you have not noticed it already, go check it out and see for yourself.

Did it have you fooled???  I gotta admit i did fall for it for a few moments after some pengs came up to me saying ‘well done you are penguin of the month - u r so lucky! - please add me - u r famous now!’  (should i really own up to that???)  NICE ONE CP!!!  looking forward to the party tomoz - cant wait to see wot else CP have in store for us…..hope theres gonna be a freebie too!  Dont forget theres gonna be a new pin tomoz too……

Day 4 - Left San Francisco for Yosemite which was a long, long drive…..but worth it……Yosemite is an incredible place.  I stayed at the Yosemite View Lodge with a room with an awsum view over the Merced River.  Not seen any bears yet - thank goodness!!!  BAD NEWS THO - NO INTERNET !!! OMG THAT MEANS NO CP FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS

              View from hotel room

Day 5 - Went into Yosemite National Park which must be one of the most beautiful places in the world, everywhere you turn there is something spectacular to look at.  My favourite sights were the waterfalls which were incredible.   Went to Badger Pass which is a ski resort and saw plenty of snow so i felt right at home!!!   YAY!!!!  Didn’t do any snow sports but did do a bit of hiking and GUESS WHAT!?!?!……I found me a friend - a stray  green puffle which i have now adopted and have called Paddy (in honor of the recent st patricks day party on CP).

Bridalveil Falls                                     Meet Paddy!!!

Day 6 - went to the Pioneer Yosemite History Center which was a bit of a yawn…..followed by a long uphill hike to the giant redwood trees at Mariposa Grove - WOAH those trees are gigantic!!!!   The trek back downhill wasn’t so bad and i got chance to rest on the journey to Fresno Airport from where i got a flight to Las Vegas - WOO HOO!!!!   Am staying in the New York New York Hotel which has a roller coaster right outside which you can see from my room - gonna make sure to take a ride on that tomorrow!!!   

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Today i took a boat trip to Alcatraz.  until 1963 this was a prison built on a small island just off the coast of San Francisco.  some really famous criminals like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly were locked up in Alcatraz.  i took a tour around the prison and saw the tiny cells (9′ x 5′) where the criminals were locked up for upto 23 hours a day with nothing to do.   i also learnt how some prisoners tried to escape but only 5 ever actually made it to freedom.   if you ever do visit San Francisco this should be top of your to do list!!               

   Welcome to Alcatraz!                        Let me out!!!

This week i met up with Australia’s very own famous peng Green Galipo!!! 

Here’s how the interview went:

Tink:   how many days old is your penguin?

Green Galipo:   im 835 days old

Tink:   what is your rarest item?

Green Galipo:   i would have to say the black beanie

Tink:   what is your favourite item?

Green Galipo:   the black beanie and the blue coat even though i dont have the coat

Tink:   how did u become famous?

Green Galipo:   by colecting old items and makeing videos

Tink:   do u like being famous?

Green Galipo:   i love it but sometimes it can get alittle frustrating when i dont have anough buddy space for other penguins

Tink:   what do you like most about CP?

Green Galipo:   the parties

Tink:   what do you dislike most about CP?

Green Galipo:   when disney brings back old items

Tink:   what new thing would you like to see on CP?

Green Galipo:   some clothes that do special things when u dance

Tink:   which pengs would be in your top ten fantasy buddy list?

Green Galipo:   billybob, gizmo, rsnail, happy77, screenhog, little wolf, big RED, penguin, ALI and nanu

Tink:   wot really rox your sox or floats your boat?

Green Galipo:   waiting for the new cataloges to come out and seeing what new stuff is there XD

Tink:   what’s your favourite server?

Green Galipo:   im usualy on cp all the time and i ALWAYS go on frozen

Thanks to Green Galipo for taking time out to Talk to Tink!!!!
 

Am really liking San Francisco!!!  Today i went on an open top bus tour of the city and had a waddle around Fishermans Wharf.  Saw the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.  Went to Pier 39 which  is an awsum place to visit - really lively - and its home to hundreds of sea lions which are really funny to watch!  Kept my distance tho’ cos i know they like to eat us lil pengs for dinner!

        Alcatraz                                                   Sea Lions at Pier 39

            Golden Gate Bridge

Well i’m finally in the USA!!!  Had exciting start to trip - Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls was on our plane - zig-a-zig-zah!!The first stop of my tour is Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco.  Am staying in a hotel room with an awsum view overlooking Alcatraz - cant wait to go there sunday.   its 4.30am uk time but 9.30 here so am too tired to write much tonite.  Catch yall tomorrow i hope.  BTW - thanx so much to Medner for making sure i got the bunny ears and for doing the egg hunt posting for me. 

Here are a couple of pics of me on tour so far - like the bunny ears??? 

Hey penguins,

  This is Medner, and are you having trouble finding the eggs?  Well this post will help you.

Egg 1)  located in the underground mine in the lantern

Egg 2) located at the dock under some snow near the boat

Egg 3) located in the pet shop in the  cage right from the door

Egg 4) located in the book room on tob of the book shelf

Egg 5) located in the gift shop in a poster to the right of the door

Egg6) located in the plaza disguised as a light outside of the stage

Egg 7) located in the lodge attic in the box near the bottom left corner

Egg 8. located in  the dojo, but this egg is a ninja egg, and its constantly moving around, so it is a tricky egg                            

Well i hope these locations help you, and if you still need help please comment. Like every year, there is a prize to the scavenger hunt, the first year was pink bunny ears, the second year was blue bunny ears, but this year, you can win THE GREEN BUNNY EARS.

Guess what!!!  Tomorrow, Friday 21st March, Rinkatink is crossing the pond from the UK to the USA….woo hoo!!!  The 18 day tour starts off in San Francisco, taking in Yosemite, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon before ending in Florida (Disney World of course!!!).  

Sadly this means that i wont be able to play on CP as much as usual and i’m really gonna miss all my buddies :(  but i will try to keep in touch with yall by posting Tales from Tinks Tour when i can.  Medner will also be doing some posts while i’m away so keep visiting this site to make sure you dont miss out!

Miss yall!!!  Bye for now!!!! 

Dates for your diary!

21st to 24th March - Easter Egg hunt - find all the eggs and claim your reward - green bunny ears maybe???

21st March - new furniture catalog

28th March - new pin hidden

28th March to 2nd April - April Fools Change the Rules! party - sounds interesting! 

Club Penguin are planning on launching a British version and i think that the CPIP test servers may be related to this!!!   The British CP HQ will be based in Brighton, England and CP are already advertising job vacancies - how cool would it be to work for CP!!!

 This is what CP had to say about the British version:

“When you look at holidays and events, for example, there are things like Guy Fawkes Night which could be a lot of fun in Club Penguin but we’re not able to focus on now because it’s not celebrated in Canada or the United States where the majority of our current users live,” explains Club Penguin’s Lane Merrifield. “In the British version of Club Penguin we’ll be able to customize the world to create localized in-game events as well as providing local community support which will allow us to better protect the interests and safety of our players.”

“Club Penguin has already attracted a significant audience in the UK with its North American service, but we believe there is a real demand in this market for a safe online community destination for children that has local relevance. With Club Penguin’s success in North America and Disney’s experience and knowledge of the UK market, we believe we are in a unique position to make this a success.”  Commented Cindy Rose, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Walt Disney Internet Group, EMEA.

Watch this space!!!

This is the first of my new Tink Talks To…  weekly articles and i am really pleased that Wiggle32 has agreed to be the first famous penguin to be interviewed for it. 

Here’s how the interview went:

Tink:  How old is Wiggle32? 

Wiggle:   Around 866 maybe older but i know he isnt younger than that.

Tink:  What is Wiggle’s rarest item?

Wiggle:   Black and Pink Toques.

Tink:  What is your favourite item?

Wiggle:  The black toque

Tink:  How did u become famous?

Wiggle:  IDK? old items

Tink:  Do you like being famous?

Wiggle:  no

Tink:  What do you like most about CP?

Wiggle:  friends

Tink:  What do you dislike most about CP?

Wiggle:  when they bring old items back

Tink:  What new thing would you like to see on CP?

Wiggle:  umm.. more buddies!

Tink:  Which pengs would be in your top ten fantasy buddy list?

Wiggle:  my top ten true friends

Tink:  wot really rox your sox or floats your boat?

Wiggle:  playin guitar and hanging with friends!

Thanks to Wiggle for taking part and for being the first famous penguin to be featured in  Tink Talks To….!!!

Starting today i am gonna do a Tink Talks To…. article each week featuring an interiew with a famous penguin!!!  This week it is Wiggle 32 in the hot seat and i have lined up Gesert1 for next week!!!  Any of you famous penguins out there who would like to be featured please feel free to contact me and you too could be the star of Tink Talks To…!!!

This is my latest vid which stars my new admin assistant Medner!!!!

Hey penguins, this is medner, i am now an admin on this site, so when rinkatink is gone, ill be posting.  I will also be posting glitches soon.  Thank you tink for letting me be admin, this is great!

Hey guys just to let you know that i have asked medner to help me out with this site.  He’s gonna be in charge of posting glitches and cheats (but no hacks!!!! not having those on this site!!!!).  He’s also gonna be doing some posting for me when i’m on vacation just in case i can’t get internet connection some days.   Welcome aboard Med!!!  I just know you are gonna do a great job!!!!

Should i really trust this guy with my admin????

Hi guys, sorry that I didn’t get the chance to post or come onto CP yesterday but I was at the Wales -v- France rugby game in Cardiff……and the good news is Wales won 28 - 12!!!!  (i’m Welsh remember!)    This meant they won the Six Nations Championship and the Grand Slam - well done lads - you made Wales proud!!!!!!  

                                                        The Welsh Flag

Hey CP why isn’t there a Welsh pin ?!?!?   would luv that for my player card…….please!!!!!

Well my biggest, most exciting news was the CPIP Test Server Party which has its own post so make sure you take a look at that and dont miss out on the chance to meet billybob, rsnail and screenhog!!!

Apart from that there is of course the St Patricks day party which kicked off today.  The island is looking green and there is a parade route marked out starting in the ski village and ending at the forest.  The free item is an over-sized leprachaun hat which can be found in the ski village.

A new pin has also been hidden today - it is a book which marks the launch of the new Painting by Letters game earlier this week.  It can be found in the boiler room.

The new year book has also been released !!!!

Finally, the Space Adventure has returned to the stage - costumes are same as before but there is an extra item which can be purchased - a space background!!!!

OMG!!!  This was posted on the CPIP blog yesterday…….sounds like its gonna be awsum !!!! 

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These are the guys that I am honored to call my buddies on CP……yall rox my sox!!!

Hey, Hey, Hey !!!! tomorrow, Friday 14th March, sees the start of the annual CP St Patrick’s Day Party and rumour has it that the whole island is turning emerald green!!!   Theres sure to be plenty of crac (thats irish for good fun)  and maybe some freebies….so cya there!!!

Tomorrow also sees the arrival of another new pin as well as the return of the Space Adventure play to the stage which is back by popular demand apparently - maybe the CP creators just couldn’t think up with a new theme……..i bet we see all the plays making a return now

http://test.clubpenguin.com/

or you can use:

 http://www.clubpenguin.com/cpip/

Last night the test servers were swamped with penguins wearing Beta hats and other rare items…..all of which had been downloaded from a website (which i will not give details of here).  The only items which a penguin can wear on the test server are those purchased from the current catalogs so it is obvious who the naughty little penguins are!!! i hope you are not one of them as Billybob had now asked us all to report any penguin seen wearing a rare item on the test server.  Those who get reported will face being banned!!!!

Billybob has also  let us know that the only “staff” that log into the test server on a regular basis are himself, rsnail, gizmo, and screenhog.  So beware of imposters!!!!

LOL…..was this sign made just for me?!? 

Sorry if i’m a bit behind the times with this one but i figured there must be others out there like me that didnt know that there is a hidden iggy in the latest catalog.  Its the fish bowl which is quite appropriate for the recent under the sea theme on CP.  To get it all you have to do is go the page with the snow globe on and click on the writing - plus its quite a cheap iggy at just 2,400 coins!

Thanx to Cambarich for letting me know about this! 

If you want to meet the infamous Billybob then nows your chance!!! He seems to be visiting the test servers several times a day and as there are only two you have a good chance of bumping into him….i’ve seen him three times in 24 hours!!!   A lot of the other famous pengs are visiting too so you never know who you might see……

In all my excitement about CPIP and the new test servers i almost forgot to write about the new puffle game!   Its located in the book room and to access it you have to click on the library and select either of the two new books - My Puffle or Burnt Out Bulbs. 

Basically you just have to type in the words to the story as they come up and now and again select from a choice of two or three words to vary the story and add your own touch to it.  I found it a bit boring  and if you are not that good at typing it would take forever to complete!!!  Also, you dont get rewarded with that many coins - i got 50 on My Puffle and 240 on Burnt out Bulbs.

Have a got at it and see wot you think…..who knows you may like it!!!

Well i managed to log Rinkatink onto the CPIP test site and visited both of the new servers!!! you start off from scratch with a naked penguin and basic igloo….BUT….they give you 20,000 coins to start off with!!!  Woo hoo!!!  you have no buddies either so you get to start your list all over which is great fun - i got GATOR360 and NINJANEAL on my buddy list now!!!  dont know how long they will keep me on it tho……

Look out for the CP test guides who are wandering around - they will answer your questions and you can add them as your buddies too!!

Once again this is the link for signing up - http://www.clubpenguin.com/cpip/flash/CPIP_02.swf

You may have read my post yesterday about Billybob paying a surprise visit to Frozen.  I have since learnt that this may have been the work of a hacker (shock, horror!!!) as the player card did not display the Moderator logo and also it was a bit strange that he was wearing no clothes, hmm…..suspicious if you ask me!  If any of you have any information on this i would sure appreciate it, thanx. 

As i was editing my iggy today a message popped up saying that i was only allowed 100 items in my igloo……i have not come across this before and was wondering if this is a new thing (to stop the lag maybe?) or whether this has always been the case.  Im sure i have been in igloos with more than 100 items in…..sk8rdude4444 has so many items in his you can hardly see yourself!!! let me know if you have any info on this…..thanx

The new Puffle game was supposed to be launched today so i went along to the book room this morning to try it out…..BUT…..it wasnt up and running :(  As you can see from this picture i was not the only one expecting to have a go at it - there were a lot of disappointed penguins there - wots going on CP????

Just seen the updated CPIP site - there’s a bit more information on there now…..seems that CP are testing out new servers and guess wot!?! they want our help!!! to do this you can register as a test penguin….i tried to do this today but the test servers were down so am gonna try later.   This is the link to the updated site - http://www.clubpenguin.com/cpip/flash/CPIP_02.swf

WOAH!!!! i am on a roll…..FEVER yesterday and now today i see BILLYBOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I can’t believe it - he was just in the town on Frozen and then he went to the ice berg - luckily i managed to take a few pics and do a vid……check it out!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my latest music vid which i have dedicated to one of my BFFs on CP - Robby002 - cos I know he luvs this song - its Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet

LOL!!!! wouldnt it be awsum if we could have little cars to drive around in on CP???  Cant see that happenin tho so I made my own!!!  Its a merc benz of course…..registration/licence plate TINK 1….watch out for me on a road near you!!!

Well after quite a bit of waiting and a lot of chasing around i finally caught up with Fever in the night club…..AND…..me and Medner got to go to his igloo when no one else was there!!!!  Check out these piccies…. 

FEVER IN DA CLUB

FEVER’S CRIB

Hey guys - Fever is having a party TODAY!!!!  

Its gonna take place on  the USA server TUNDRA at 4pm PST.  It kicks off at his iggy and he will also be visiting the dojo, berg and dock…..

As you can see from the photo below  taken at  5.53am PST - excitement is already reaching Fever Pitch (lol) - his fans have been gathering all day…….thats a little bit too keen i think…..get a life guys!!! 

Stumbled across this party Monday night - lucky me cos there were quite a few famous penguins there!!  Check out my vid to find out who……

Are you one of the few pengs left out there who still don’t know how to nub???  If so check out my video which gives you a step by step guide.   Happy nubbing!!! 

PS it did work for Zarazips!!!

Well it looks like work on rebuilding the Migrator is well underway…..check out the beach today and you will see that the framework is done….not long before it will be sea worthy once more.  Hope Rockhopper is planning a huge party for the re-launch!!!

I always get so excited when a new clothing catalog comes out!!!  Being quite a girly peng I luv the pink daisy hooded top but I was disappointed that the new bunny ears (my fav thing on CP as you probably already know!) are boring brown - was hoping for another nice pastel colour - yellow or lilac would have been nice !!!   Oh, and there are 3 new backgrounds too.

It has come to my attention that not all of you CP players are getting the most of out of your game play by using this link to log on http://play.clubpenguin.com/load.swf   Logging in using this link lets you view CP on a much larger scale……try it out if you haven’t already.

Hmm, not sure what to make of the new wigs……….the surf knot is ok but when I tried on the Cleo I looked like an OAP (old aged penguin)!!!  The silvery bits just looked like grey hairs!!!  IMAO the CP design team didn’t do such a good job this time….boo hooo :( 

Let me know what you think….

This is what i wanted my header to look like but it would only load as a still image

Glitter Graphics

Well i guess you saw it coming….after the blue bunny video I just have to even things up and do a pink bunny video…..so if you got the pink bunny ears (which seem to be less common than the blue ones) put em on and come see me so I can take a pic for the vid. 

Another vid in the planning is my collection of Famous Pengs & Betas…..would luv to hear from any of you celeb pengs out there who want to be included….that includes you Billybob!!!  Also any tips on who to include and where they can be found would be really appreciated…..thx to Yao360 and Medner for helping me so far - you guyz rock! 

Woot Woot!!!  More wigs coming tomoz…..cant wait to find out wot they gonna be like…..my favourite wigs so far are the ones released in the last catalog, the sunstriker for guyz and the flutterby for galz.  I can’t imagine how CP are gonna top those.   Maybe they’re gonna go for something a bit more wacky this time??? 

CP are planning another fun filled party in celebration of St Patrick’s day…..hope there are gonna be some freebies!!!!!!   Last year they gave away the fab green leprechaun hat…..

Follow this link - http://www.clubpenguin.com/cpip/ - and click on the eyescanner.  If you ‘ve got any idea what the hello is going on let me know…..pleeeeeeeeeze!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!! I got me a wordpress at last!!! been meaning to do this for ages but never got round to it (and didn’t really know where to start either!!).