Disneygeek.com started out as Jason's Disney Facts and Opinions and first popped up on the World Wide Web way back in 1994 at the dawn of creation (Internet time). The site has slowly evolved and expanded over the years. Our biggest change came in 2000 when we became disneygeek.com. In May of 2002 we expanded and now encompass both disneygeek.net and disneygeek.com.

Our goal with this site is to try to provide you with an interesting and unique experience. If you do a search for Disney on the internet thousands of sites show up. We try to provide comments, opinions, and thoughts about Disney mostly from a guests perspective.

You will find information on various Disney related experiences we have. Ranging from lectures to visits to the parks. We are also always looking for more contributors and as we get writings we share those, whether they are trip reports, Cast Member Experiences, guest columnists, or just someone sending in a random fact or opinion.

Important Dates in the Sites History:

• Site launched as Jason's Disney Facts & Opinons in Fall 1994
• October 2000 became Disneygeek.com (registered 9/27/00)
• August 2001 launched e-mail newsletter
• May 2002 added Disneygeek.net (5/29/02)
  
  

Chances are if you are actually reading this, you are a Disneygeek, or you have the potential to be a Disneygeek!  This is not a derogatory term by any stretch of the imagination.  How it started was my brother has always had a sort of fascination with Disney.  Be it the Disney theme parks, their sports teams, the movies (read: animated features), whatever, he loved them, almost to the point of obsession in my eyes.  With the advent of the Internet, and watching him spend hours reading newsgroups and looking at hundreds of thousands of web pages dedicated to Disney, I realized that he wasn’t alone with his “fascination”.  So basically a Disneygeek is a person that takes the like, as in I like Disney, to that next plateau.

Well as I mentioned briefly, he is my brother, a man that goes to Disneyland and spends over an hour taking pictures of construction before he even goes into the park, a person who’s favorite attraction is the line board so that he can know where to avoid the lines.  This is a person who started watching hockey simply because Disney owned a team.  He's that guy you see while watching the fireworks show at Disneyland, humming along and pointing to where the fireworks are about to go off.  Seeing the show 50 times will allow you such skills… It’s pretty scary if you ask me, but that’s what makes him the Geek! 

The Geek has been to WDW(Nights):

• 1981 - Offsite Sheraton Lakeside (3)
• 1985 - Offsite - Can not verify Resort - 4 Days
• 1990 - Polynesian(3) / Premiere Cruise(4) / Caribbean Beach(4)
• 1994 - Port Orleans(6-Food-Fun) / Beach Club(4-Admiral) / Swan(1)
• 1996 - All Star Music(1) / Yacht Club(7-Deluxe Magic) / All Star Sports(1)
• 1998 - Yacht Club(7 - Deluxe Magic)
• 2000 - March - All Star Movie (7 - Food-Fun)
• 2000 - December - Yacht Club (8 - Deluxe Magic)
• 2002 - May - All Star Sports(5) - Bought Premium AP
• 2002 - December - Animal Kingdom Lodge(2) / Yacht Club (6 - Concierge)
• 2003 - March - Animal Kingdom Lodge (5)
• 2004 - May - Pop Century(3) / Beach Club (7 - Concierge, Junior Suite) - Bought Park AP
• 2004 - September/October - Pop Century(7)
• 2005 - May - Radisson Parkway(1) / Pop Century(6)
• 2006 - April/May - Pop Century(7) - Bought Park AP
• 2006 - December - Pop Century(8)
• 2007 - March - Port Orleans, Riverside(8)
• 2007 - December - Port Orleans, French Quarter (7) - Bought Park AP
• 2008 - April - Contemporary Resort (7)

The Geek has been to Disneyland:

• 1986 - 1996: Usually 1 or 2 trips a year
• 1994 - 1999 - Annual Passes, not sure on number of trips, usually the Deluxe AP
• 2000: Deluxe Annual Pass - 34 Trips
• 2001: Premium Annual Pass - 31 Trips
• 2002: Premium Annual Pass - 29 Trips
• 2003: Premium Annual Pass - 25 Trips
• 2004: Premium Annual Pass - 18 Trips
• 2005: Premium Annual Pass - 20 Trips
• 2006: Premium Annual Pass - 25 Trips
• 2007: Premium Annual Pass - 27 Trips

I am the geeks brother.  Periodically throughout the site you will notice I throw my two cents in.  Basically the geek needed a design guy and I worked cheap (free) so I fit the bill.  Honestly though, I too have a certain fascination with Disney.  You have to like Disney to spend the hours I have working on this site, but my fascination is not to the degree of the Geek.  No, I bring a different perspective to the table.  I am the type of guy that goes to see “Great moments with Mr. Lincoln” to catch a 20-minute air-conditioned nap in the middle of the day.    I go to Disney World not for the parks necessarily, but to go fishing with my dad, and it’s the only time the geek will go golfing with us (he likes to hit the ball in the Mickey shaped sand trap)!!!  Anyways, I bring the non-geek perspective, trying to balance it all out.  I am more the average Disney fan as opposed to the Geek. 

Cameras we currently use: The primary Camera we use right now is the Canon EOS-20D. This is a digital SLR camera and we have two primary lenses. A 28-135mm lens and a telephoto 70-300mm. The geek's brother uses an Olympus 720 camera (this is also used in bad weather conditions since it is waterproof and shock resistant).

From 2003-2005 we used a Sony Cybershot DSC -V1 (5 Megapixel), the geeks brother used a Sony Cybershot DSC-U30 (2 megapixel). All Images Prior to 2003 were taken with a Sony DSC-S75 Cybershot(3.3 Megapixels) for most of the pictures, on occasion we use a Sony Mavica FD75. For the video footage its a standard Sony 8mm Handycam (forget the model number) that we capture from. We also have used a Sony DSC-70 Cybershot(3.3 Megapixels).

It takes a lot of people and time to make a great website. Here at the geek we would like to have as many people involved as possible to make this a living website. We also want to thank all of those who help us out. Here is a brief list of some of our content contributors. If you would like to contribute and be added to our list please write us, we are always looking for help.

The Geek's Brother - I would really like to thank my brother for his help in designing and creating this website. He has that artistic touch to make the site work.

The Geek's Artist - I would like to extend a thank you to Ed, our artist. Almost all of the drawing graphics you see on this site he created.

Lazygeek - Well periodically you will see comments from the Lazy geek.  While that name would fit me, its not me, rather it’s a friend of the geeks.  Call him the geek’s Disney buddy.  He’s the guy that tags along with the Geek on his Disneyland adventures, searching for new places to catch a nap.  Secretly however, the guy is almost as crazy as the Geek.  He has to be, why else would he spend so much time with him. 

Previous Contributors:

TV Listings - We would like to thank Paul Schnebelen for his listings. This regular feature here on the geek give a fairly complete listing of all the shows that are about, take place in, or mention Disney themeparks.

State of the Mouse Columns - Matt contributes these regular columns that consist of extremely detailed trip reports from the Disneyland Resort. Here is a little background information given to us by Matt: "I've never lived farther that 45 minutes from Disneyland at any point in my life. I was actually born at Anaheim General, not too far from the park. Been going to the park on and off since 1982 and my hope is someday to see my own children run into Mickey's arms. "

Mountain Geek- Was a Cast Member in the 1990s and has agreed to write for the site periodically (approx once per month) relating his experiences at the park. He is like many at the park that grew up in the area and went to work at the park because of how much he enjoyed going their to visit. Becoming a CM changed some of his views and taught him quite a bit about the park.

Steve (Main Street Magic) Simmons - Lifetime Disney nut. Born and raised in southern California. First visited Disneyland sometime in 1957 (I know because I broke my first Brownie camera while walking into Frontierland). Became a Cast Member back in 1969 (yes, that was back where there really were E Coupons!). Started off in Janitorial working at Carnation Gardens (the bandstand where the Disneyland band used to play). Moved into Merchandise and worked both Merlin's and Main Street Magic shops. Left Disney to work for Uncle Sam (U.S. Air Force). I'm now residing in Atlanta, GA and frequent Walt Disney World more often than Disneyland.