Kelowna Innovation Centre’s Club Penguin Staircase
The Kelowna Innovation Centre is a location in Canada founded by Lane Merrifield, who you may know as Billybob, one of the founders of Club Penguin. For today’s Mountains Monday, I wanted to share a wonderful photo from there.
At the end of 2018, when Club Penguin Island had announced closure, members of the team (old and new) held a little get-together there. As part of this event, the staircase was decorated with the different designs of the Holiday Party.
Photo taken by Nate Bolton
I must say, it’s quite remarkable seeing the evolution of the artstyle with just penguins related to the Holiday Party. You might spot some familiar characters, such as the Merry Walrus, too! If you’d like to see the post from when this event actually happened, you can find that here. But it’s been a while, so I thought it was worth resharing.
Ps. Lane is currently recovering from the coronavirus – just wanted to join the rest of the community in wishing him a swift recovery.
Waddle on!
-Torres 126
12 Comments
Anonymous
i feel like this has been talked about on club penguin mountains before, not sure where.
Torres 126
You’re correct – just over a year ago here, but I thought it’d be cool to share it again for those who never saw it! https://clubpenguinmountains.com/2018/12/09/club-penguin-staircase-of-the-years/
I think next month’s is probably also going to be one already published (but many years ago) too.
Trevchris007
Still one of the most magnificent things I have ever seen.
Torres 126
It’s really quite a sight!
jademoon225
That is one beautiful staircase!! Praying for Lane
Torres 126
Agreed!
Anonymous
Did you ever do a blog for the original club penguin?Also why did Club Penguin get shut down?
Torres 126
Yes – this blog was initially one for the original Club Penguin! The shutdown question is a complicated one to answer and it isn’t known for a certain; there’s probably a variety of reasons varying from the team wanting to focus on Club Penguin Island to the decline in players.
Anonymous
Is the rumor of gold and rainbow puffles true?
Torres 126
Nope, sorry.
From: https://clubpenguinmountains.com/2020/02/20/cp-rewritten-no-new-puffle-today/
Also, the gold and rainbow puffles are probably far too modern for the game.
Anonymous
Wich one were you most sad about closing down Club Penguin or Club Penguin Island?
Torres 126
I think Club Penguin to be honest; I had sort of stopped logging into CPI when it closed, but that was still sad as it was the end of the official franchise.