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>> JON HALE: I'm Jon Hale and I've been on Radiator Springs Racers ten thousand seven
hundred forty nine times, and counting.
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I've loved the Disneyland Resort ever since I was a kid. My first memory of
Disneyland Park itself, was going on the Matterhorn Bobsleds, because that was
probably my first roller coaster that I'd ever been on, and I'm scared to go on
it but once I went on and I wanted to go on it again and again and again.
My parents went to Disneyland the first summer that it opened.
>> [Jon speaking to his Mother] Go ahead mom.
>> JEAN HALE: Well, my husband and I were married in February 1955, so that was our first time
ever to go to Disneyland. It is exciting, we wanted to see it.
I think it's amazing what Jon has done,
and he's so persistent, but that's hard to believe... Oh My.
[Jon Hale] laughs
>> JON HALE: Pretty much I got my knack of keeping tallies and keeping track
because my dad was an accountant. That's one reason why I like numbers.
When I reached 10,000 it was almost a tribute to him. He always said everybody has one
thing they do. I think my things kind of crazy but it's also fun and I keep going
more than 10,000, we'll see what happens.
[Jon Hale] laughs
Where I work, I work Wednesday to Sunday
so I have Monday and Tuesday off so I usually will spend pretty much all the day
Monday and Tuesday at Disneyland Resort.
>> CATALINA: We are Ride Operators here at Radiator Springs Racers.
>> CARLENE: The first time I noticed Jon was when he hit his 300th lap.
We had a couple of Cast Members come out and greet him and we took a picture with
him and held his sign up. It, it was pretty wonderful.
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>> JON HALE: The reason I like Radiator Springs Racers, it came along in a time where
some things were happening in my life. I was pretty much kept to myself, kind
of an introvert, I used to weigh over 400 pounds.
I don't know, I don't know if it's because I was
feeling lonely or
just feeling, maybe I just gave up. I don't know.
I don't know why it's just eventually the weight just kept piling on,
and my knees were so bad, I kind of got to the point where I just you know
that enough is enough we got to do something about this. So eventually I had
gastric bypass surgery, a year later when after I'd lost 130 pounds I had double
knee replacement surgery. The day of the surgery was probably one of the most
happy days in my life, because I knew this is we're gonna fix me up we're
gonna fix me up good.
Right at the end of my recovery, a certain attraction opened up
that first time I was like, can I bend my knees to get in that back row? And I did,
and I fell in love with Radiator Springs Racers right then. I was like oh this is
the ride, this is the ride for me.
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This has really kind of
opened the door for me.
Kind of let me out of the box where I'm not afraid to talk to people any more.
This is all the collection I've gotten since I've started Radiator Springs Racers.
Some of the things I've collected, some of the things the Cast Members have given me.
So this is from the Doctor Strange 10K, Avengers 5K.
Going on this ride so many times walking it kind of got me into doing some
runDisney events. Keeps me healthy. I did a 10K on a Saturday and the Sunday I did
the Star Wars half marathon. Whatever I start I want to finish it.
When I go on Radiator Springs Racers, I usually have my Cars Land hat, so I always turn it
backwards so I don't want the hat to fall off. When I reach 1,300 times, my hat still fell off.
>> CARLENE: I was there that night. At the end the night we do walk the track and we found the hat.
>> JON HALE: When I came back to the ride the next day, the Cast Members
presented the hat to me and they had all autographed the hat.
>> CARLENE: All the Cast Members signed it for Jon. So that was pretty magical.
>> JON HALE: It's touching that they would think of me that way.
They really are my second family at the parks.
>> CATALINA: I ended up getting a friend plus an older brother that I never had.
When he hits his milestones we all so celebrate with him.
Latest one that we did was the 10,000 race and that was pretty fun.
>> JON HALE: They're my family, and they're very special to me
and I love them to death and I didn't have that I, I don't know.
It's, it's pretty much the community thing that really keeps me going now.
Yes, I want to get more times on the ride. But it's pretty much going and seeing friends, Monday and Tuesday.
So today we're going to Radiator Springs Racers for my ten thousand, seven hundred, and fifth time.
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>> JON HALE: I feel like Disney California Adventure is also a home. It's my second home.
>> CARLENE: It was his chance to be the person he wanted to be. It's very empowering to be
able to do something you've always wanted to do, and then feel like you
can't, and then get there and follow your dreams.
>> JON HALE: How's it going?
>> FAMILY: Hey Jon!
aaawwwww
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>> JON HALE: Disneyland Resort, it really came at the right time when I had the surgeries and
I was able to better communicate with people, and really I wanted to improve myself.
I wanted to be able to enjoy things, I want to be able to enjoy life.
And I was able to accomplish that and that made me enjoy Disney California Adventure
even more, by having a way that I could get around all day long.
I'm Jon Hale and I've been on Radiator Springs Racers ten thousand, seven hundred, and fifty times.
And that makes me one of the many Disney People.
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