David John Oneal created the Disneyland Extinct Attractions video series in 1998. He was starting out using his own 8mm and VHS footage to tell the stories of classic attractions that he missed at Disneyland.

Dave Oneal then started in 2001 to interview Disney legends and Imagineers to tell the story of the true history of Disneyland form the people that worked directly with Walt Disney

Before youtube or social media, Dave J Oneal made these films out of love for Disney and theme park history. Eventually, the Walt Disney company placed his Disney theme park documentaries into their vault and David Smith said that they were treasured.

In 2010 The Disney company sued David for a million dollars and told him to stop making these videos. This was after Roy Disney had died ( previously David was working with Roy Disney, and Roy loved the videos and he himself was featured by David Oneal in the video series )

Disney and David settled, and now all the videos are here for you to enjoy, and while many of the people David Oneal interviewed in his video series are now dead, their stories live on as does the incredible love for Extinct Attractions.