A stress dream about runDisney? Sure, done it a bunch. A stress dream about Disney dining reservations? Now we’re building on the medium! Let’s back up a moment. I am currently helping Pat’s family plan a WDW trip, and as the acknowledged Disney oracle of the group, I am more or less running the show. This is great, because...
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And you thought I went to WDW a bunch last year! Frankly, so did I. But as they say, sometimes fate steps in and sees you through. In my case, fate stepped in in the form of a work conference in Orlando, right across the highway from my beloved Walt Disney World. Score! Of course, this trip is primarily...
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Guess what? We’re taking my nieces to Walt Disney World for the first time EVER this November! Guess what else? They have NO IDEA. Indeed, my brother-in-law says he wants to keep them in the dark right until the moment they arrive at the parks. Now, these kids will be 6 and 9 at that point, and none so...
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The unthinkable has happened: this year, I am going to attend the Epcot Food & Wine Festival… TWICE! For some of you, this is de rigueur. For me, this is UNPRECEDENTED. I’ve never gotten to go twice! Some years I only get one day TOTAL! Some too might complain of Epcot’s seemingly inescapable festival creep, but I’m not about...
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Q. How many trips to WDW in a year are too many? A. … What? I am, as always, very ready to go home. My Springtime Surprise race registration was a total impulse buy, but then what is it the kids say? Is it carpe diem? Is it YOLO? Could it be yo, carpe diem? Have they moved on...
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Hello and welcome back to another edition of What I’m Going To Wear To Walt Disney World! Last time I posted my trip wardrobe after I got home, and while it was due to extenuating circumstances I considered doing the same for this trip. However, an informal Instagram poll seemed to indicate that you guys prefer it before. And...
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Okay, so you know that against my better judgment, I signed up for the Two Course Challenge last week. And you know I ran every runDisney race weekend last year, thanks to my COVID-era race registration strategy. You probably also know that all this racing is not conducive to saving money, something I was kinda hoping to do this...
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I only have one day in Epcot for this year’s Flower & Garden Festival, so you know what would make the most sense? Dialing it back a little. Making modest plans. Assembling a to-eat list that’s a bit more restrained, a bit more curated. Yeah. That would be good. It would be good, but I’m not doing it –...
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For literal years now, I have always assembled a pre-trip Walt Disney World wardrobe post. It’s not that I think anyone really cares all that much; it’s just fun! And it does help crystallize what to include in this particular packing list. Yet this time around, I didn’t do one. It was too risky. What if I really HAD...
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Holy smokes, kids; this is NOT NOT NOT the pre-trip WDW post I expected to write. I almost had to skip it entirely and IT. WAS. TERRIFYING. What happened, you ask? A sudden injury? A death? A work obligation? No! It was that most mundane emergency of the present decade: COVID exposure. Over the last week, I have tested...
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