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runDisney Wine & Dine 2026 Recap: The Expo, the 10K, the Half Marathon, and the New 5K
A full recap of runDisney’s 2026 Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend: the Expo, the Three Caballeros 10K, the Mary Poppins half marathon, and what actually happened at the newly expanded 5K, including the balloon ladies and the sweep.
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Disney’s New Genie and Genie+ Services to Launch October 19th – And we got to play with them!!
A few weeks ago, we started to get details on the Disney Genie and Genie+ services that were first teased back at D23 in 2019 and opinions were rampant. But now we have a launch date – October 19th(!!) – and a small group of us got to sit down with members of Disney’s Digital…
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Thursdays Off the Beaten Path: Orlando’s ICON Park
Welcome to Thursdays off-the-beaten path – a collection of ideas for day trips and getaways from Walt Disney World when you need a bit of down time or otherwise want to explore more of what Central Florida has to offer as a local or guest. Last time we visited downtown Winter Garden’s Farmers Market and Plant…
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Disney(ish) Running Trails: The West Orange Trail
We’ve gone over so many great running trails on Disney property. From the Boardwalk resorts to Seven Seas Lagoon to Art of Animation and Pop, you can find them all right HERE. But whether you’re local or on vacation and really needing some serious training time, sometimes it’s good to know a place where you…
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On Saying Goodbye: Wandering Thoughts on the End of Happily Ever After
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ― A.A. Milne, The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh Taken at the second to last Happily Ever After last night. I feel like I’ve been mentally preparing for my sons’ first heartbreaks since the days they were born. I think sometimes about my own mother…
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Candlelight Processional Returns to EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays This Year
©Disney Parks Blog It’s difficult even putting into words how excited I am for the news that just popped up on Disney Parks Blog. Candlelight Processional is coming back this year!!! It will be back as a part of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, running from November 26 – December 30. As Disney…
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Gold Character Statues Appear Overnight at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World has slowly unveiled the Fab 50 characters that will have spots around Magic Kingdom during the 50th. Everyone from Tink to Rocket Raccoon to Mickey himself will have a spot in the park for the 18 month celebration. After the slow reveal of the list, we finally got to see the first…
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Ten Things You Won’t Want to Miss at the 2021 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
One of the things I love most about these long festivals is how long I have to find (and repeat!!) my favorite things. Just think – today is September 1st – so we’ve had a month and a half to discover our favorites…and still have more than two months to revisit them!! I was thinking…
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Boma is Back Baby!! And here’s every single thing you’ll find on the dinner buffet.
There have been a lot of exciting reopenings at Walt Disney World over the last year plus. But I don’t think anything has gotten me nearly as excited since the reopening of the Parks themselves as this one: the reopening of Boma at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge. Far and away my favorite buffet at Walt…
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Thursdays Off the Beaten Path: Downtown Winter Garden’s Farmers Market and Plant Street Market
Welcome to my latest series – Thursdays off-the-beaten path – a collection of ideas for day trips and getaways from Walt Disney World when you need a bit of down time or otherwise want to explore more of what Central Florida has to offer. Last week we visited Lakeside Winery & Vineyards. This week we’re…