Abstract

The original Disneyland in California that opened in 1955 was the only one personally built by Walt Disney, who notably disdained Coney Island’s amusement parks while conceiving, developing, and popularizing the successful design and business model for the modern theme park industry. A historical examination reveals many facets of Disneyland to be a remediation of not only seaside parks but an extensive lineage of playful places including Roman Saturnalia, festivals, carnivals, pleasure gardens, and world’s fairs. A wide array of aspects encompassing access, gate fees, passes, location, performative labor, temporal milieu, target audience, synergistic media consumerism, religious content, elite approval, edification versus entertainment, and anti-alienation attractions had been adopted and/or adapted for each iteration of the playful place up to the time of Disney’s eponymous theme park. Remediation provides a novel framework to chart and examine the past and present evolution of the playful place.

摘要

最初于 1955 年开放的加州迪斯尼乐园是唯一一个由沃尔特·迪斯尼亲自建造的乐园，他在构思、开发和推广现代主题公园行业成功的设计和商业模式的同时，特别鄙视康尼岛的游乐园。历史考察揭示了迪斯尼乐园的许多方面，不仅是对海滨公园的修复，而且是对包括罗马农神节、节日、嘉年华、游乐园和世界博览会在内的一系列有趣场所的修复。包括访问、入场费、通行证、位置、表演劳动、时间环境、目标受众、协同媒体消费主义、宗教内容、精英认可、教育与娱乐等广泛的方面，直到迪士尼同名主题公园的时代，这个有趣的地方的每一次迭代都采用和/或调整了反异化景点。整治提供了一个新颖的框架来绘制和检查好玩的地方过去和现在的演变。