Time for the theme park ride-through video

Authors

  • Kyle Meikle University of Baltimore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2203

Keywords:

Disney World, POV, YouTube

Abstract

The theme park ride-through video—a first-person recording of a themed attraction, usually shared on YouTube—operates in the past, present, and future tense, offering viewers a record, simulation, and projection of the theme park experience. These different tenses encourage us to see the theme park ride-through video as, variously and at the same time, an archive, a performance, and a promotion.

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Published

2022-03-14

Issue

Vol. 37 (2022): Fandom Histories

Section

Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2022 Kyle Meikle

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