After the completion of my recent Dopey Challenge, I put together a little blog post tallying my costs. I thought it might valuable to those trying to determine whether the arguable crown jewel of runDisney is right for them. As much as I wish it wasn’t, the price can be a factor as to whether one (including me) feels...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Today we discuss Fort Wilderness in its capacity as a runDisney race weekend home base. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! Is any Disney resort a bad choice? Of course not! They all...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Today we recap the Princess Half Marathon! Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! What’s better than your alarm sounding at 2:30am? Your alarm sounding at 2:30am two mornings in a row, of course!...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Today we recap the Princess 10K! Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! As is so cruelly usual, my alarm woke me in the bleak and dark of the middle of the night. But...
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Holy smokes; I’m not even done with my Dopey Challenge trip report and it’s already time for Princess Weekend! Not that I’m complaining, mind you – this is merely an observation. So my promised Dopey takeaways and traditional snack roundup posts are just going to have to wait. I’m headed back to Walt Disney World, baby! I think we...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’d like to talk about the costs associated with being a Dopey Challenger. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! WDW Marathon Weekend is special to me. Although I’m not one of the diehards who register for the Dopey Challenge every year, I had an amazing...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today we’ll consider Disney’s Old Key West Resort in its function as a runDisney race weekend accommodation. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! There’s more than one way to reserve a Disney resort hotel room. Maybe you can’t afford Disney Vacation Club’s buy-in costs (I know...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’m recapping the crown jewel of the Dopey experience: The WDW Marathon. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! You know what I love? I’ll tell you what I love: the WDW Marathon. It is my One Race to Rule Them All. I haven’t skipped a...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’ll be recapping the WDW Half Marathon. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! After two distressingly chilly race mornings, the WDW Half Marathon promised milder conditions. Even in the middle of the night we were looking at temps in the 60s. The only potential dampener*...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Today we’ll be discussing some of my thoughts on the WDW Marathon Weekend race expo. Onward! Normally one attends a runDisney race expo once, maybe twice. You grab your bib, of course, and then maybe go again to buy some running...
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