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D'Anastasio, Cecilia (September 11, 2018). "'DefunctLand' Investigates How And Why Theme Parks Die". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
Raftery, Brian (November 2, 2019). "Where 'Jaws,' the Ride, Lives Forever". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
Andrasko, Nicole (January 22, 2019). "YouTube's Defunctland Explores the Derelict Beauty of Theme Parks". Study Breaks. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
Clayton, Natalie (11 January 2021). "Defunctland's VR amusement park revives a long-dead Disney ride". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26 – via www.pcgamer.com.
Radulovic, Petrana (8 January 2021). "Disney's extinct 20,000 Leagues ride has been resurrected in VR". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
Defunctland [@Defunctland] (March 28, 2021). "Some inside-baseball but most Defunctland episodes typically cost around $1000 to make. I think the most expensive episode was probably less than $2500. This one is... expensive" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Twitter.
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