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 readingA Walt Disney World Christmas In July Trip Report: 11/24/23
Christmas in July is here! I held back my Thanksgiving Walt Disney World trip report due to time constraints, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. Click here for the setup, and read all the posts in this report here. Onward! Alas and alack, the final day of our Thanksgiving trip to Walt Disney World did arrive. What’s that...
Continue readingA Walt Disney World Christmas In July Trip Report: 11/22/23
Christmas in July is here! I held back my Thanksgiving Walt Disney World trip report due to time constraints, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. Click here for the setup, and read all the posts in this report here. Onward! I call this the Christmas in July trip report for a reason, you know. Things are about to...
Continue readingA Walt Disney World Christmas In July Trip Report: 11/18/23
Christmas in July is here! I held back my Thanksgiving Walt Disney World trip report due to time constraints, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! AUTHOR’S NOTE Before we begin, a bit of housekeeping: in the modern age, it is incredibly rude to post photos and...
Continue readingIn Defense Of The Frivolous Disney Souvenir
As Disney fans go, I consider myself to be among the more fiscally conservative. Sure, by this point I’m sure I’ve spent a solid five figures on Disney parks, but that’s over the course of a good decade and a half and more. Call it discretionary spending, but never debt. I mean yeah, I could have a nicer car...
Continue readingThe Fairest Trip Report Of All: 2/26/24
It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! My last Disney day began in the same way Disney days so often do: with a just-before-7am wakeup call to join a virtual queue. I was...
Continue readingFailure, But Make It runDisney: My 2024 Princess Half Marathon
It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! The best part of any runDisney experience is the 2:15am wakeup call, am I right? I mean, that’s why I do it. And then at that...
Continue readingWe Survived A Reservation At Tony’s Town Square Restaurant
It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. Any race weekend requires pasta, so in this installment we take a chance on Tony’s Town Square restaurant. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! In a comparatively grim Magic Kingdom dining lineup,...
Continue readingThe Fairest Trip Report Of All: 2/24/24
It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! In case you missed it: the first day of my Princess Half Marathon trip began before I even left. But to summarize now that it is...
Continue readingMy Thoughts While Watching The Magic Of Walt Disney World (1972)
Hello and welcome back to my favorite blog post series, Thoughts While Watching, where we react to bygone Disney parks media in real time with modern sensibilities. That’s right, we’re judging fashion and cultural policy around here. What could go wrong? Today we have a lunch-break-friendly, 30 minute gem: “The Magic of Walt Disney World,” a promotional video from...
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