Disneylandification

English

Etymology

From Disneyland +‎ -ification.

Noun

Disneylandification

1. (informal) The process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.

   Synonym: theme parking

   • 2010, Susanne Oberheu, Michael Wadenpohl, Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles, →ISBN, page 26:

     Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.

   • 2021, Marco D'Eramo, The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 127:

     If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.

   • 2022, Zara Pinto-Coelho, Helena Pires, editors, The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City, UMinho Editora, →ISBN, page 116:

     Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city

Related terms

• Disneyfication