When a theme park shutters its gates for good, it’s usually marked with a small sigh from the local news or, if the park was big enough, a what-went-wrong exposé from the national press. Decades later ...

Defunctland is one step closer to becoming a (virtual) reality. The YouTube series created by Kevin Perjurer explores extinct theme park attractions in each new episode, spinning them together in a ...

For someone who’s really into theme parks, Disney history, and the stories behind childhood favorites, I became a Defunctland fan far too late — but I’m so glad I did. The channel has a wonderful ...

Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer is one of our best nostalgia explorers, an Indiana Jones who swings into the caverns of pop culture's past to break down why things happened and help explain what they ...

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If the Covid-19 pandemic put a damper on your summer vacation plans, the YouTube video series Defunctland could lift your spirits. It is an "E Ticket" to long forgotten, discontinued amusement parks ...

For those who don’t know, Defunctland is a web-based series of documentaries that dive into the history of theme parks and theme park-adjacent pop culture. Run by filmmaker Kevin Perjurer, their multi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer is the Ken Burns of theme park documentarians, one of the most thrillingly unpredictable and ...

I have only the vaguest of memories of Walt Disney World’s old 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage ride. It was a part of the park from 1971 until 1994. I was very young when I went on it ...

Disney fans, your weekend viewing plans are taken care of. Popular YouTube channel Defunctland, which takes in-depth looks at closed attractions at theme parks around the world with a focus on Disney ...

The video also provides fans with some history on the technology behind the coaster, and the rationale behind the changes. Which, to be fair, is more than fans ever got for what happened with the ...