Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’ll be reviewing the character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare in Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! For our final meal of our WDW Marathon Weekend trip, we chose a character breakfast at 1900 Park Fare inside Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort...
Continue readingHow Is Old Key West As A runDisney Command Center?
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today we’ll consider Disney’s Old Key West Resort in its function as a runDisney race weekend accommodation. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! There’s more than one way to reserve a Disney resort hotel room. Maybe you can’t afford Disney Vacation Club’s buy-in costs (I know...
Continue readingWe Got The Best Table At California Grill
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today we’re discussing our celebratory post-marathon dinner at California Grill. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! A successful Dopey Challenge requires some form of commensurate celebratory meal. Were I a proper blogger, I would’ve selected a restaurant I haven’t been to before. Instead, I went with...
Continue readingDopey Challenge Redux: The WDW Marathon
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’m recapping the crown jewel of the Dopey experience: The WDW Marathon. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! You know what I love? I’ll tell you what I love: the WDW Marathon. It is my One Race to Rule Them All. I haven’t skipped a...
Continue readingWhy Does Summer House Appear Whenever I Am Near?
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’ll be reviewing our post-race brunch at Summer House… among other Summer Houses. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! Everywhere I go, there’s a Summer House restaurant. Okay, this is a slight exaggeration, but I definitely see my fair share of them: there’s one in...
Continue readingDopey Challenge Redux: The WDW Half Marathon
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’ll be recapping the WDW Half Marathon. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! After two distressingly chilly race mornings, the WDW Half Marathon promised milder conditions. Even in the middle of the night we were looking at temps in the 60s. The only potential dampener*...
Continue readingEat Secret Spaghetti In Enzo’s Hideaway & Tunnel Bar
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today we’re investigating a pre-race pasta option in the form of Enzo’s Hideaway. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! If running had commandments, this would be number one: thou shalt eat pasta the night before the race. With this in mind, we’ve been making the rounds...
Continue readingHold On, I Need To Rearrange runDisney’s Race Expo Real Quick
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Today we’ll be discussing some of my thoughts on the WDW Marathon Weekend race expo. Onward! Normally one attends a runDisney race expo once, maybe twice. You grab your bib, of course, and then maybe go again to buy some running...
Continue readingDopey Challenge Redux: The WDW 10K
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! OUR 10K PLAN Morning two dawned successfully – it was time for the WDW 10K! Although originally planned for the 5K, some last minute shuffling meant that my costume for this race was my longstanding favorite Figment. I had wanted...
Continue readingChef Art Smith’s Homecomin’: Put A Little South In Your Mouth
Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Today we’re diving into the restaurant scene with a review of Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ at Disney Springs. Onward! In the interest of full disclosure, let me say up front I did not invent the phrase “Put A Little South In...
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