The tradition continues – check out a new slate of photos in my Nightmare Before Christmas in Walt Disney World 2025! What’s this? What’s this? There’s color everywhere What’s this? There’s white things in the air What’s this? I can’t believe my eyes I must be dreaming Wake up, Jack; this isn’t fair! What’s this? What’s this? What’s this? There’s...
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‘Tis the season for Disney Christmas parties! Want to attend Jollywood Nights or Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party? Well, you’ll have to pony up: these are hard ticket events. WAIT, WHAT’S A HARD TICKET EVENT? If you’re not familiar with the term, a Disney hard ticket event is a park function not included in regular ticketed admission, Annual Pass...
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You’re never going to believe this – I finally made it to Club Level! Okay, yes, Coronado’s Club Level is by far the cheapest Club Level on property, but STILL. WHAT IS CLUB LEVEL AT DISNEY RESORTS? You may wish to start by consulting the official Disney Club Level page. Done? Great! I’ll start jabbering. Club Level is available...
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Man does not live by bread alone at Jollywood Nights. He also drinks cocktails. CROSS-PARTY COCKTAILS Yes, unlike Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party in the (mostly) dry Magic Kingdom, the holiday party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios toasts the season with adult beverages! Oh, and snacks too. In fact, Jollywood Nights features something of its own food festival. There are...
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Jollywood Nights was famously lambasted at its inception. I attended for my own first time this year, and I can tell you without reservation that I ADORED it. Yes, I would love to tell you why! Below is my overview of what Jollywood Nights is, followed by my experience when I attended to party. All of this is subject...
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I strongly prefer for someone else to manage my long training runs. Why should I figure out my course and my water stops when I can have it done for me? Which is why, for the fifth year in a row, I found myself at the Wilmington Historic Challenge, a...
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Much ado is made in the runDisney community about Panic Crafting. This fine art is the practice of at the very least creating but possibly even conceiving of your runDisney race costume within 48 hours or less of the race date. Judging by the number of Panic Crafting posts that pop up on socials, it is almost a badge...
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Does Universal Studios categorize its resorts in official tiers after the fashion of Disney? I don’t think it does – I think you just kinda deduce how fancy each hotel is through pricing comparison. UNIVERSAL RESORT MATCHUP: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Were you to apply a Disney-style tier overlay to Universal’s resorts, however, Aventura and Cabana Bay would...
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After the success of my collection of EVERY Walt Disney World resort’s background music loop, I am very pleased to present my holiday version of the very same… er, kind of. WHY COLLECT BACKGROUND MUSIC? I dive deeper into my ethos in this post, but a here’s a quick summary for those who might be new. I like to...
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I’m going to tell you a secret. You keep secrets, right? Good, because I do not want people to start flocking to Bar 17 Bistro. WHAT IS BAR 17 BISTRO? Bar 17 Bistro is an open air rooftop restaurant that crowns Universal Studios’ Aventura Hotel, one of the lower tier resorts on property – if you’re a Disney person,...
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