Defunctland: Walt Disney’s Childhood Amusement Park, Electric Park

Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed the episode! One correction, the first photo showed is actually NOT a photo of Buffalo Bill Cody but a photo of the similar looking Wild Bill Hickok which would be a much funnier mistake if it wasn't the first image of the video. Regardless, have aa great week and make sure to hit that bell icon or whatever. Thanks!

I like the creativity of and history of your videos. More amusement park defunctland.

0:27 they don't talk about how shitty of a person buffalo bill really was

In some ways Walt Disney always remained a kid at heart. When he took his daughters to the merry-go-round in Griffith Park, he’d get on a horse and ride, too. That started Walt thinking. What if there were a place where families, not just kids, could go and have fun together. It would be like an amusement park, only cleaner, different, better. It would have a village like Marceline, Missouri. Stores would sell Disney clothes and toys. There'd be a little railroad, a movie theater, and rides. Lots of rides.

They really were just letting anybody do anything in the early 20th century huh

A dollar from a fresh lemon?.. was that a joke that just knocked off my bowler hat?

Head down the part that bears his name is being dismantled. Everything that Walt Disney loved is purposely being destroyed. Disney has lost its magic and unless someone were to purchased the Disney corporation I don’t think it can recover

Well how to have kid walt to not be inspired by all those seeing around him in this place? In a country that those years also had a unique development close to other countries around the globe it was the right opportunity to build what he build in the future! You can see the bits & tats disney took his ideas like the small railway in the amusement park and all!

Why did electric park shut down.?!
10k people a day?
They ran out of room…

Npt going to lie, Electric Patk sounds really cool.

I stopped watching almost immediately when you showed a picture of Wild Bill Hickok as if that was Buffalo Bill.

You know, sometimes we complain about movies or TV shows being terrible and then you tell me that people went to go look at light bulbs for entertainment in this time period…maybe entertainment isn't so bad right now lol

You’re gonna go down in history, man

“…………. Unfortunately”. I hate YouTube so much

The absolute sarcasm dripping from your words as you describe the idiotic and almost cartoonish situation of the guy climbing onto the roller coaster track to retrieve his hat and then suing the park was peak comedy

Aligator joe is the most florida thing ive ever heard.

This is so cool. It's very interesting to see turn of the century architecture in the early 1900's, from the point of view of an amusement park. I really appreciate all of the history! Thank you.

I had relatives who went to and remembered Electric Park and later, Fairyland Park. Well done.

My brain for a moment thought the gators name was pneumonia 😂

Thank you for Defunctland.

After hearing some of the stuff he did later in life, it's weird to think his origin story includes details like "Red Cross veteran who befriended a small mouse"

I love the thought of accidentally releasing gators in Kansas city. There's got to be some stories there!

I thought these names sounded very familiar and it turns out its because I biked around there pretty often when I lived at the top of clif drive. Super upsetting to see there was a super fun looking place right there 😅

You might be the best narrator of all time.