Yep, it's still there.

Don't know how long for but M$ appear to have removed the link from the cd, and to new players, but left it on the Zones' servers for the old sob's (like me).

Providing you have the direct link:-
http://zone.msn.com/en/route/flightsimulator/,
you can still get into Ridgerunners by signing in and visiting this page. *Once your Zone Friends list has come up, refresh the page and you will see the 'hidden' rooms as always.

Same with CFS2's Midway.

*You can refresh before your ZF comes up but I find this then prevents ZF coming up altogether.

Actually it is, but that link doesn't seem to working direct anymore.
I have it stored in my favourites and it works fine.

If you use this one; http://zone.msn.com/en/flightsim98/article/fsimnicknamerequired?StopLoginReturnC... to first log in, then the other to get to the Flight Sim page, it will work but you won't be able to see the flight sim's yet.

Wait a few seconds for the page to open and your Zone Friends menu to come up, then press "Refresh" in your browser. The page will refresh with the full games menu for that area.

"RidgeRunners" has now been removed and replaced by "Furball", which has more players allowed in a game.

The number of players already in there changes according to the day, and time of day.

Look forward to seeing you in there.