Defunctland: The History of Nara Dreamland
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- čas přidán 1. 04. 2018
- Defunctland goes to Japan to discuss the history of the eventually abandoned Disneyland knock-off, Nara Dreamland!
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I feel so bad for everyone who worked at Nara Dreamland when Tokyo Disney opened :( that poor guy on the safari ride looked like he was putting in so much effort to still put on a good show despite having only one rider. Abandoned parks make me sad because they brought hundreds of thousands of people joy, only to be forgotten and eventually destroyed. RIP Nara Dreamland. You may not have had the best of luck, but you still did your job and brought joy to millions. I salute you.
Man, the mascots' final speech at the very end was kind of heartbreaking...
So many articles about Nara Dreamland only go into its abandoned state, and gloss over its entire history by dismissing it as a "cheap" Disneyland ripoff. This video does more to, in a way, pay respect than probably any other piece I've seen done on the park.
It's a little unfair to call it a knock-off since Disney was initially involved and they were led along by Disney into thinking they were developing a Disney park and were forced to change it at the last minute when Disney pulled out. They had invested too much money to make major changes or to abandon it completely.
That last sendoff speech by the mascots was honestly very touching. Sad that a place where so many people played and had fun was so broken down in the end. Worse that it was left to sit there and nobody cared about it enough to even clean it up. It was somebody's dream, and it was left to rust alone. Sad.
The guy roaming around an open theme park alone was way creepier than when it was abandoned.
A 45 year run is nothing to sneeze at. There's been countless successful theme parks that failed long before that. And as someone who grew up with the "old" Disneyland (well, pre Eisner Disneyland), I would have loved to visit this place.
are we gonna talk about how the music playing at the end with the two mascots talking is literally the small world song
He "strongly believed that a park like Disneyland would work perfectly in Japan." Well as it turns out he wasn't wrong... in fact he was more right than he knew.
Awesome, definitely the most thoroughly researched vid and best collection of historical footage I've seen on the park!
Immense respect for the guy on the boat. Even with just one person on the ride, he gave it his all to the very end. That my friends, is a model of dedication. I salute you Jungle Cruise guy.
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"But Ancestorland was closed for a waterpark."
So it didn't start out as a knock off. It was basically the first attempt at a global Disneyland franchise before euro Disneyland.
Props to that Jungle Cruise Skipper doing his best spiel with only one person on the boat. I was dying when he introduced his, “mother in law.”
I was there!!! I was born in Nara, my parents lived nearby, and I have vague memories of going to a magical Disneyland-like place as a toddler (on a leash). We rode on the back of a giant turtle which took us to this fabulous castle under the sea.
It's a great story. Sad that it will always be regarded as a "Disneyland rip-off" because it was always originally an official Disneyland with just a name change and minor cosmetic alterations before opening.
Nara Dreamland = The manga.
Ok but who else kind of feels bad for Nara Dreamland?
"Wrong ride, buddy"