This man has been 'working from home' at Canada's Wonderland for over a year
Most people go to Canada's Wonderland for the thrills, but one man has turned the park's VIP lounge into his office, and he's not planning to stop anytime soon.
Since last summer, comedian and mental health advocate Ryan Zeitz has been bringing his laptop to the Vaughan amusement park, settling into the VIP lounge for the day to work on his jokes and edit videos, before eventually swapping his computer for the roller coasters.
"I got the pass late last July when Wonderland came out with the MVP sale. It was $99 for a Gold Pass, and that included parking," an unheard-of-phenomena, Zeitz tells blogTO.
Although he hadn't invested in a season pass for a while — he never had anyone to go with — he didn't want to miss out on this deal. So, he posted on Facebook to see if any family or friends would be interested in joining him.
When his partner showed interest, they jumped at the opportunity and even purchased the season dining and drink plans; "and then we came two days in a row. It was awesome," he recalls.
"We were scanning the barcode and getting free drinks and meals. It was like this cashless society where I was king."
It didn't take long for Zeitz to realize that if he was going to spend this much time at Canada's Wonderland, he might as well see if he could work from there.
As a self-employed comedian and someone diagnosed with ADHD, Zeitz says he can get easily distracted when working alone, so while researching ways to "work with his brain rather than against it," he came across the concept of body doubling.
The idea is simple: having another person working in the same room as you can make it easier to focus and get things done.
Zeitz had been trying to work from coffee shops, but that came with another problem: "It gets expensive," he confirms.
That's when something clicked for him. "I remembered that I've already prepaid at Wonderland for a year and a half of food and drinks! I can just go there and work."
So, exactly where did he set up shop?
At first, he worked on the bottom floor of Lazy Bear Lodge, but it wasn't serving as a quiet office space. But after finding a Reddit thread about quieter places to work at the park, he discovered the VIP lounge; after upgrading to a Prestige Pass, he officially settled in to what now serves as his full-time office.
And, thanks to the passes and plans he purchased, he says he doesn't spend a cent while he's there.
Zeitz paid $422.59 in July 2025 for his Prestige Pass, season dining plan and drink plan, which he says covered him for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
The comedian doesn't work traditional hours. He usually arrives in the afternoon and spends six or seven hours working on his laptop before shutting it down and heading for the rides.
Although the arrangement might sound like a gimmick, Zeitz says it has become a genuine part of his routine. It has also attracted far more attention on social media than he expected.
"I was a bit worried that Wonderland wouldn't like me when I first started posting," he says. "I never expected it to blow up the way it did. It was just a fun post I put up thinking I'd get a couple hundred people out to my comedy shows if they saw this fun video."
But that first post ended up getting around one million views across TikTok and Instagram.
With that kind of attention, the comments section was flooding.
One of the most common predictions was that Wonderland would eventually ban him. Zeitz says that's far from the truth. In fact, he shares the park's president has been supportive of the project and even gave him a handwritten letter celebrating the first anniversary of his work-from-Wonderland series.
He's also now on Canada's Wonderland's media list, and was recently invited to the soft launch of the newly revamped The DareDeviler.
Zeitz says his experience in making the series has made him appreciate the park more. "I used to take this park for granted," he admits, "but this is a world-class theme park that people travel to."
For now, the experiment continues. Zeitz plans to renew his pass next year and keep documenting his unusual office setup. He's also exploring the possibility of bringing his Mental Hell fundraiser comedy show to the park, confirming that the idea is in preliminary talks for a possible fall showcase.
Until then, he'll keep doing what he's been doing. Drive 20 to 30 minutes to Canada's Wonderland, open the laptop, get some work done, grab two meals and some drinks, and eventually go ride a roller coaster. For Zeitz, that's just another day at the office.
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