- An upcoming courting app will match grownup theme park fanatics. Single Riders will match Disney adults, in addition to followers of different parks, each romantically and platonically. The founder says it ought to be launched on the finish of this yr or probably early in 2026.
Being a theme park fanatic as an grownup can carry a stigma, however an upcoming courting app is seeking to assist these park goers come collectively, similar to Mickey and Minnie.
The app’s referred to as Single Riders, however you’re going to have to attend a number of months earlier than you’ll be able to obtain it. Introduced this week by the Disney content material creator who goes by the title Joe the Bearded Nerd, the concept behind the app was born two years when he was stood up by a date. To console himself, the Orlando resident went to Disney World – and inspiration struck.
Taking its title from the lane out there to solo company who’re prepared to experience alone in change for a shorter wait, the app will pair folks collectively each platonically and romantically. And in a follow-up video, its creator emphasised that it received’t be purely Disney-centric. It can additionally incorporate Common, King’s Island, Knott’s Berry Farm and different theme parks.
“It’s for all theme park fanatics,” he mentioned.
Beta sign-ups will begin quickly, in keeping with Joe the Bearded Nerd (who has managed to maintain his actual title hidden). The app itself, nonetheless, might be not “going to occur till the tip of this yr, perhaps early subsequent yr, based mostly off of our present growth cycle.”
The app will likely be just for U.S. parks initially and can solely be supplied in English when it launches. It’s being created, at present, by a two-person staff, each of whom have full-time jobs. Joe says he has had potential traders attain out to him by way of TikTok, however they haven’t determined but whether or not they’ll be seeking to fundraise.
“We’re interested by it, however we’re not there but,” he says.
Single Riders isn’t the primary try and carry Disney followers collectively. Ten years in the past, MouseMingle.com launched. The positioning remains to be energetic in the present day.
