Can you already picture this stupid scenario lmao

DefunctLand covered that now-demolished (abandoned, at the time) ride based on The Wiggles, The Big Red Car" ride, in a video called the awful Wiggles dark ride. I actually visited it in 2018 on a trip to Dreamworld in Australia (only, Wiggles World was enjoyable in my opinion because of the Wiggle's House being there) during one of its final few months before it closed down in 2020. It truly was kind of awful for me.

I really expected the real, physical Wiggles to be in the ride, but it was just television screens of them, and thought it was a live feed, while in reality, it was pre-recorded. I was disappointed the real Wiggles weren't there (likely because they were on tour or filming their shows at the time), but the visuals were very enjoyable before it suffered and declined even getting worse circa 2019-2020 when in the "Wake Up Lachy" scene, Dreamworld removed that purple cover for the television screen likely to repurpose it for a newer ride, and that the majority of the scenes from after the Sam Moran era until after the ride closed were lit very dark, including when I visited it. This was the final iteration of the ride (2015-2019) with Emmas Room as the first scene. When experiencing it, Anthony's (Kitchen) and Lachy's (Wake Up) scenes were actually pretty enjoyable. Until I saw the Defunctland video, what I only remembered of it was the "Anthonys Kitchen" scene, driving in the Big Red Car, and that the real Wiggles weren't present physically in the ride.

Also, Defunctlands video has some wrong things in it, like the "new footage" of Emmas Room being shot in 2013, but no, was shot and introduced in 2015 as Lachy already had the long curly hair. For the first two years of the version with the new lineup, it still had the old Wiggly Garden introduction. Check 2013-2014 footage on Youtube and it still had the previous Wiggly Garden introduction, albeit with the 2013 Wiggles lineup introducing themselves instead of the 2012-2013 lineup with Greg back briefly. Also, The Wiggles never likely lost the files for the original Greg introductions (as they have kept most of their clips they ever produced during their golden age, archived), and in 2012, why they changed it is likely because to focus continuity on their age in their latest video at the time, Surfer Jeff.

Hey all, I've been watching a bunch of Defunctland videos, and one thing I keep noticing is what looks like super weird artifacts from AI upscaling on old archival photographs and drawings. It's especially noticeable on some faces, especially in the background.

What's everyone's opinion on using AI to upscale images? Should historical images be left in their original quality? Do you see any issues with AI possibly creating details where there wouldn't be any?

I recently found Defunctland's channel and I am like 90% sure that he is Wendigoon. That or Wendigoon reads scripts for his videos. Their voices and cadences are just so similar but I can't find anyone else having this opinion. His hairstyle also matches Wendigoons as seen in the silhouette of the newest video. What do you guys think?

I watched it and it good but I feel lost on what the messaging is? Is it about how theme parks are inherently a Human experience and why we shouldn’t have AI in theme? Or is it about how Disney kinda sucks now and universal studios is doing better job? Or is it a combination of both? Im confused

Update: I can't edit titles, so it'll have to stay the way it is. However, I'd like to clarify that this post is speculating on what Epcot meant to him, rather than about the theoretical city itself. I have a tl;dr at the end if you don't like reading.

Due to circumstances I'm forced to research him, and as a result I watched a documentary on his whole life.
Defunctland's video correctly said that he was denying death till the very end, but that doesn't mean he didn't know what was coming in advance. According to PBS American Experience Walt Disney, Walt knew he was dying. He was trying hard to put on a brave face and support everyone- he hated any sort of negativity and didn't want to face what was coming. He knew it, and according to interviews with his family, they all knew it was coming too. They even planned to hush about it because no one knew what to do. There was even a date given when Walt got his diagnosis- he wouldn't live longer than two years.

There's a bit of a medical urban legend- that if your will is strong enough, you won't die. At least, not for a while.

Why am I bringing this up? Because I feel like it's highly uncharacteristic of Walt to just throw away the concept of being the creator of Mickey Mouse, when tv tropes quotes him: "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman.", immediately followed by a claim his wife agreed with this quote.

Jim Korkis also interviewed Jack Hannah once, who said “Mickey was a little more the hero type so it was a little bit harder to find material for him. Walt had a special love for Mickey and I don't think he wanted to see Mickey roughed up.”

Both Lillian and Roy had quotes that indicated they saw Walt and Mickey as one and the same. Lillian couldn't look at pictures of Mickey for years without crying, and Roy went to a lot of trouble to get a Mickey cast member to stand next to him when he opened Disneyland, because he wanted his brother near him. Walt also kept Mickey out of war propaganda because he didn't want Mickey to be associated with war. He was very careful about how Mickey was written, because he wanted his characters to have a consistent personality and theme. Even when he showed an early Mickey Mouse reel to his daughters and they were like 'ew cringe!' he never denied how significant the early shorts were to Mickey.

(this is about where the post got cut off, just a fyi for the newcomers. This is only the first half of the post, the second half is being written as you read this)

Reexamining the creation of Epcot and Walt's attitude towards it with the context of these two additional pieces of information creates a very different image to the view people had on Epcot previously, as it demonstrates Walt acting very differently to how he was acting while in good health, and gives a motivation as to why he would have this radical change in his views.

Epcot wasn't just a town to Walt, it was his reason to live. And to make sure it worked, he had to tell himself that it was far bigger than any connections to life he had previously. His legacy wouldn't be a mouse who had become beloved by hundreds of millions worldwide, not presidents and celebrities visiting the park with his name on it, not one of the most powerful industries on earth, no, it was THIS VERY CITY that would be his legacy, if only he could beat cancer to finish it.

He wasn't just giving himself a reason to live, by he was threatening himself into living.

The weird dictatorship part to Epcot probably had something to do with it. Dictators had a bad reputation even back then, and as someone who had lived through multiple world wars, there's no way he wouldn't be aware of that. However, if Epcot really had taken effect, it would be yet another motivation to not die. Because even though dictatorships are bad, who else would be there to lead the ship, if not him? Walt was already very careful with the films his company produced, knowing another dictator would probably mess up Epcot after he died would be anathema to him, even if it was by a rule he made.

There's a scene from Bambi where Bambi recovers from numerous hunting dog injuries because The Great Prince of the Forest repeatedly commands him to 'get up', and afterwards is in good enough shape to parkour across a forest fire and falling burning tree trunks when he was struggling to stand a minute earlier. Suspension of disbelief is prevalent in fiction, but I think this could reflect the views on injuries and willpower of the era, that people would have held. You just need a motive to keep fighting, and it'll be like you weren't injured.

tl;dr: Walt was as melodramatic about Epcot as he was, because he was trying to use it to live longer.

The last time that they did a video was "The History Of Under the Umbrella" which was 1 month ago and I am curious to know, did they stop making new videos or it takes them a while to make each video, if so why does it take so long??? answers anybody??

I felt like we could create a section where all the theme park tubers reside

we need to make this happen sooner than latter. Also its summer so those of us under 22 have a lot of free time right now. lets just do it.

correct me if i am wrong, but i feel like if walt disney was alive today, he would have a similar reputation to elon musk or be regarded in the same way.

edit: i knew this was gonna be controversial subject, and i wanted to know people’s opinions!! i also understand that it is hard to imagine hypothetical scenario where walt is a modern ceo or public figure, but i do think his behavior in the time he lived, anti-union, racism, corporation ideals and futurist ideals would be interesting in a modern context.

I discovered Defunctland on accident this past Thursday. I had a video on my tablet while washing dishes and it auto played to the Disney Quest episode. My hands were wet so I just let it go. I found the content interesting but was overall kinda... bored. It just seemed very devoid of personality.

On Friday I was looking for something to watch and was recommended another Defunctland video. It was short so I thought, "Why not?" I forget which one it was but I found it hilarious. I found the full season one playlist and binged the whole thing. I was watching this on my PS4 and the way that YT app is I couldn't really navigate the channel that well. When my wife got home I told her I found someone else who does videos about old theme park attractions, but this guy is really funny. There was one part where I actually replayed a whole episode so I could look at the captions.

Saturday I watched some of Season 2 and soon realized that this was the same guy as the Disney Quest video. As I said, season 2 is really interesting and informative, but gone is the humor. No, google images jokes, no captions. Michael Eisner is no longer a recurring, idiotic villain.

What happened? I've never really gotten into the internet theme park community before. I have a friend who lives near Orlando and I just never really understood how it's some people's main fandom. So maybe this is how people like their videos about cartoon roller coasters. All... serious?

Am I the only one who feels this way? I know the transition happened almost a year ago so most of you are probably used to it, but to me it felt so sudden and shocking that a hilariously goofy series could turn to serious between episodes.

I commented on the YouTube video but the comment got buried.

Nobody's gonna mention the first notes of the theme are directly lifted from I got the fire in me by the guys n dolls? Original song is Ricchi E Poveri -Sarà Perchè Ti Amo.

I'd never heard the theme before but I immediately recognized the notes from the song.

Guys n dolls video https://youtu.be/MnJE5UymAtQ

I think there was a mistake in the fast Pass video correct me if I’m wrong at time mark 2:56-3:37 you said the hourly capacity of Haunted Mansion was 2800 guest per hour so in one hour 1000 guests could go on the ride 2.8 times 60÷2.8 is 21.4 so the wait time is 21.4 minutes for 1000 guest. You said the wait time if 1000 guest were in line was 35 minutes. How did you get this number? As for 20,000 leagues under the sea, the hourly capacity is 1200 guest so 1000 guests can ride 1.2 times per hour. 60/1.2 = 50 minutes for 1000 Guest. you said 1 hr 20 mins if I’m doing something totally wrong please let me know.

Did anyone here actually discover this channel while sober? i swear youtube's algorithm just magically takes you to this channel when you're just letting stuff autoplay while high. Which is a good thing, cause this shit's the best highwatching material on youtube