There are Disney Park regulars, and then there's Jeff Reitz. The 50-year-old visited Disneyland every day for 2,995 days between 2012 and March 2020, earning him a shiny new Guinness World Record for most consecutive trips to the theme park.
Reitz adventure started a decade ago when he found himself with a Disneyland annual pass and, due to being recently unemployed, a bunch of unanticipated free time. One visit turned into another, and pretty soon he was documenting his daily sojourns to thousands of followers under the social media handle Disney366 — a nod to the number of days in 2012, a leap year.
"It's a nice place to walk around and chat with people. The park really is alive. I've got to see so many things change.""One criticism I get is people saying, 'Oh, that must have cost so much money.' I live about 20 minutes away, and with an annual pass that also covers parking, a year of daily visits costs about $1,400. It's a lot, but it's not what people think.
Back in 2012, Instagram wasn't quite the cultural giant it is now, and smartphones weren't nearly as smart. Instead, Reitz captured the first few years of his visit on a BlackBerry Bold 9700.Reitz's favorite destination in Disneyland is the Matterhorn Bobsleds, a pair of steel roller coasters twining through an Alpine landscape made to resemble the famously precipitous peak.
As for sustenance, Disney Park food doesn't come cheap or easy. Reitz figured out a reliable go-to: pasta from the Pizza Port restaurant in the park's Tomorrowland section.While thrill rides and carbs can certainly be great incentives, they weren't the reason Reitz returned to the park day after day.
In 2013, when Reitz noticed a large tree near the park exit was missing, a cast member told him she could tell one of two stories about it.
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