It looks as if an not possible trip: Go on each experience at each Disney park in 12 days.Â
That is 216 rides, 12 parks, 4 international locations and three continents.Â
However an Atlanta man named Nathan Firesheets seems to have conquered the feat this month, gaining a modest world following as he documented the journey in a collection of exuberant selfies, at all times giving a thumbs-up.Â
The 34-year-old audio-visual methods engineer had no sponsors, not even Disney (he stated they by no means referred to as him again). Firesheets is solely a person who loves amusement parks and wished to spend two weeks of his trip time doing one thing exceptional.
Here is what it’s essential learn about his epic journey, together with how a lot it price:
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‘The craziest Disney problem ever conceived’
Firesheets started the journey March 8 at Disneyland Paris, the place he pinned an indication saying his quest on his backpack.Â
“I am driving each experience in any respect 12 Disney parks in 12 days,” it learn, together with the hashtag, #DisneyGlobalRideChallenge.
Somebody snapped a photograph of it and shortly it was posted to Twitter.Â
It did not precisely go viral with almost 70,000 views. However Firesheets stated his followers fairly rapidly jumped from a pair hundred to a few thousand, a quantity that continued to develop as he documented his quest on Twitter and YouTube, the place he referred to as his purpose “the craziest Disney problem ever conceived.”
“Sounds chaotic. I’m intrigued,” wrote one person.Â
“That may’t be consecutive days proper?” wrote one incredulous man. One other merely stated: “This makes me really feel drained.”
Firesheets’ journey obtained sufficient consideration on social media that he stated a pair solid members and vacationers even acknowledged him throughout the journey.Â
“They had been like, ‘Hold going. That is superior!'” he stated. “While you’re exhausted and you have simply this throng of individuals simply cheering you on, how are you going to not preserve going?”
How he did it
Firesheets began planning the journey final summer time. He had already finished a lot shorter Disney challenges and mastered lots of professional methods to knocking out each experience in a day at numerous Disney parks, comparable to getting early entry, prioritizing busier sights and utilizing FastPass to keep away from lengthy strains.
The largest problem turned out to be simply reserving the flights. When Firesheets started planning the journey, vacationer journey was severely restricted to Japan and China due to the pandemic.
“At that time it was a ready recreation and simply sitting and watching journey restrictions,” Firesheets stated.
Japan was first to open up in October. When China opened in January, it was all methods go.
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Firesheets then needed to think about different restrictions. Air France was solely operating three flights per week between Atlanta and Paris, as an illustration. And Hong Kong Disneyland was nonetheless closed Tuesdays and Thursdays. He additionally must get a COVID take a look at earlier than flying to China, whereas his quest already was underway.
He did not thoughts all of the hoops he needed to leap via to lastly get the flights booked.Â
“I am an engineer, so I really like the logistics and problem-solving facets of it,” he stated.Â
Hiccups
Firesheets stated he was fortunate to not encounter any main journey points however a pair issues did crop up.
His unique flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo obtained canceled a pair weeks earlier than the journey so he needed to rebook on an earlier flight at higher price
After which when Firesheets was in Paris, a transit strike started. He wanted to get to the airport and again to take a COVID take a look at. So what would have been a $20 prepare experience 10 minutes away turned an $80 taxi that took an hour.Â
After which there was the bodily problem of the journey.Â
Firesheets anticipated put on and tear on his physique so made certain by no means to put on the identical pair of footwear two days in a row and he’d at all times have a spare pair of socks.
Sleep-wise, Firesheets stated he managed to get between 4 and 6 hours an evening. However by journey’s finish, he was so drained he slept via 4 alarms in Anaheim, California.
That botched his plan to knock out all of the rides at California Journey in below 4 hours and catch a 2 p.m. flight to Orlando. It ended up taking Firesheets about 9 hours, and he needed to rebook his flight for a purple eye.Â
Fortunately, Firesheets was nonetheless in a position to end the 12-day problem on the Magic Kingdom on March 19.Â
The invoice
In all, Firesheets stated the journey price about $12,000, almost $100,000 cheaper than a Disney-run journey to all 12 parks.Â
That journey, which begins at $110,000 and subsequent leaves on July 9, additionally consists of stops to the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza and the Eiffel Tower. Â
Regardless of the typically frantic tempo, Firesheets stated he had the time of his life.Â
“There’s so many nice rides at these parks,” he stated, including that his favourite new discovery is Tokyo Disney’s Magnificence and the Beast due to astoundingly reasonable animatronics.Â
So, what is the subsequent problem?
“I do not know that there’s a subsequent,” Firesheets stated. “Like, what is greater than each Disney experience at each Disney park in 12 days? I do not know but it surely feels very surreal to have gotten right here.”
