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...
Continue readingSpeed Running Walt Disney World: The Snack Report
My last Walt Disney World trip was small but mighty. I may not have had a lot of hours to spare, but I had to sneak in some snacks and drinks! As you know, one simply cannot dine at Disney without reviewing the experience, and as I don’t want to lose my blogger card, I must oblige. Read on...
Continue readingStolen Disney Moments: A Mini WDW Trip Report
Oh, right, I kinda-sorta went to Walt Disney World earlier this month, didn’t I? Normally I would do what I always do – publish a lavish multi-post trip report series using every word in the English dictionary at least twice. However, since this trip was technically a work trip, the Disney parks time was kinda shoved into odd corners...
Continue readingOn Memory, The Magic Kingdom & The Ice Cream Kid
Happy last day of WDW50! Personally I found the protracted, alleged 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World (okay, the Magic Kingdom really) was celebrated… barely at all, really. So I’m not that broken up about it. But it does get me to thinking… I am not a parent. I never worked as a babysitter and have held a baby...
Continue readingThe Fairest Trip Report Of All: 1/8/23
It’s my favorite annual trip report – my WDW Marathon trip! See all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! Right so, when we left off this trip report, I had just finished up the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon and taken a bus back to All-Star Sports. As is often the case for me, I was craving...
Continue readingC’mon, Tron: Lightcycle Run, What’s Taking So Long? Well, Pat Can Explain
Listen, I don’t force Walt Disney World on people. But when you’re around me a lot, well… let’s just say Pat has now been to WDW 3 times since we met and subscribes to the WDW subreddit. Which leads us, believe or not, to the theme of today’s blog post: why is it taking so long for Disney to...
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