Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping our night at Disney’s hard ticket event Magic Kingdom After Hours. Onward! How much would you pay to have the Magic Kingdom all to yourself for a couple hours? Most of us will never experience...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping our Topolino’s Terrace character breakfast at Disney’s Riviera Resort. Onward! Let’s see – how many times have I experienced the character breakfast at Topolino’s Terrace now? One in 2021… two in 2023… this is now...
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Um, guys? I think I have to replace my Shokz… with Shokz. MUSIC & RUNNING ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED FOR ME I have gone on record: I don’t care if running without music would make me faster. For me, it would make running less fun. For some reason my brain converts music into kinetic energy. Music makes me WANT to...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping our post-marathon bar crawl on Disney’s Boardwalk. Onward! There is no wrong way to fete a successful runDisney race weekend! Some like to show their medals off in the theme parks; some take themselves to...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping the Walt Disney World Marathon. Onward! Okay, yes, the 2026 WDW Marathon was far and away the WORST of my eleven outings in this race. But I’m still deeply grateful for it, because I finished…...
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Disney’s Beach Club resort is not a hard sell. It’s a deluxe accommodation with a spectacular location, multiple popular restaurants on site, and the most coveted pool complex on property. I’m not here to ask if you should stay at the Beach Club. But I am asking: is the Beach Club a good place to set up camp during...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping the Walt Disney World Half Marathon. Onward! After the cooler conditions of 2025, the morning of the WDW Half Marathon dawned with the promise of warm temperatures. Perhaps too warm, but at least with...
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From the moment it was announced, The Cake Bake Shop has been one of the most talked about restaurants on Disney property. Part of this is for the reasons you would expect: the food, service, and decor. But an awful lot of it has focused on one particular element: the pricing. Yes, The Cake Bake Shop is expensive, arguably...
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Let’s kick this trip report off with the straight truth, because I’m not gonna lie to you guys: my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend was kinda rough. And why would I lie to you guys? From what I’ve gleaned, I wasn’t the only one. The full marathon in particular was a hot, sunny affair, to the point where the back...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time for the flagship runDisney event: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. THAT’S WHAT TIGGERS JENNS LIKE BEST! Every single runDisney race weekend is a great time. I invariably create great memories at all of them. But the granddaddy of my mental health, my purest, most reliable source of my will to...
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