A 50-year-old guy was just awarded a Guinness World Record for visiting Disneyland 2,995 days . . . in a row. That’s eight years, three months, and 13 days. (???) His run lasted from 2012 up until the pandemic in 2020.
There are people who LOVE Disneyland . . . people who HATE Disneyland . . . and people who like it ONCE IN A WHILE, but after an exhausting 12 hours at the park, they’re good for a year. Or five.
Then there’s a 50-year-old guy named Jeff Reitz, who just earned a Guinness World Record for visiting Disneyland 2,995 days . . . in a row. That’s eight years, three months, and 13 days. (???)
His run stretched from 2012 to 2020. His last visit was March 13th . . . the last day the park was open before closing for the COVID-19 pandemic. He was trying to make it to 3,000, and was only five days away.
But he struggled a bit during the pandemic, and decided to make changes in his life. And one of them was to stop the streak . . . and just move on.
Jeff’s record was just certified by Guinness, and he says he’d love to return to Disneyland and show it off . . . but he hasn’t decided on a return date yet.
(Here’s a video of Jeff coming in on his 2,995th day . . . right before the pandemic closure. And here’s him leaving that day. At the time, it was unclear how long the park would be closed.)
(It wouldn’t reopen for 13 months.)
(To be clear, Jeff became a bit of a Disney celebrity during his run . . . he posted a lot on social media, and people would be excited to see him at the park. And Disney gave him some love as well.)
(But after EIGHT YEARS, it was definitely time to find something new. Or, you know, get a JOB to be paid to be there. Seems like that was a missed opportunity.)
(Phone Starter: What’s something that YOU did out of habit for a while . . . and it became such an out-of-control ritual that you had trouble breaking out of it?)
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