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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Maybe you can tell (or maybe you can’t 😬), but I’ve been really trying to improve the quality of the blog posts around here lately. That includes boosting search optimization; I watch over Google Search Console with great interest. Sure, I think my words are worth the read (I certainly generate enough of them), yet the verdict remains with...
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Hello runDisney friends! I know, I know, I famously did not run the 2024 Wine & Dine Half Marathon. Luckily, someone simultaneously much cooler AND hotter than me did. Enter my cousin-in-law (that’s a real term; I checked) Kate, the only member of my family who loves Disney parks as much as I do. She recently came over to...
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I’m getting out ahead of my Disney Christmas in July trip report with some avant food reviews! Today we once again return to one of my favorite treat restaurants, the California Grill. Read all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! My last experience at California Grill was during WDW’s 50th Anniversary, and the restaurant was running a special...
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I’m getting out ahead of my Disney Christmas in July trip report with some avant food reviews! Read all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! The best Disney restaurants are not simply restaurants. What is a Disney park for but its elaborate themes? Not every table service meal in the World is guaranteed to be spectacular, but there...
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I’m getting out ahead of my Christmas in July trip report with some avant food reviews! Read all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! Here’s my second food review from my Thanksgiving 2023 Walt Disney World trip! As noted earlier, I’ll be dropping the trip report proper in July. However, as we all know, WDW restaurant reviews...
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I’m getting out ahead of my Christmas in July trip report with some avant restaurant reviews! We’ll be starting with Steakhouse 71. Read all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! Hello and welcome to this Steakhouse 71 restaurant review, which also serves as the inaugural post of my Thanksgiving Walt Disney World trip. Hold on, hold on...
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