Salute to All Things Disney but Mostly Disneyland

Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend – Half Marathon Day

January 9, 2011 by Laura Gilbreath

Saturday was half marathon day! In case you didn’t read the update I made in yesterday’s blog, we finished in 2:35:49. Which was faster than we anticipated, and we felt good afterwards. One thing we don’t like about Disney races…they start so darn early. The alarm and the wakeup call came almost simultaneously at 2:45 … Continue reading "Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend – Half Marathon Day"

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Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend – Day 1

January 8, 2011 by Laura Gilbreath

We’re back at Walt Disney World (yes, less than a month after our last trip) for Marathon weekend. As I mentioned several months ago, Lee and I are planning to run the Goofy Race-and-a-Half Challenge this weekend. That means that we run the half marathon on Saturday (which is today for many of you reading … Continue reading "Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend – Day 1"

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A Pilgrimage to Pixar

January 7, 2011 by Jeanine Yamanaka

On November 6th, the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco held its Seventh Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit at the Pixar Animation Studios. Since I’d always wanted to take a look at that bastion of animation excellence, I made the 6 hour drive up to the Bay Area to attend. It’s a pretty boring drive. … Continue reading "A Pilgrimage to Pixar"

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Disneyland: Rainy Day Tips

January 3, 2011 by Laura Gilbreath

As a lot of you know, we have been having an unusually wet fall and winter here in southern California. (In fact, it is raining AGAIN as I write this.) So that means lots of rainy days at Disneyland (it even rained on Christmas night!!!). The bad thing about rainy days is that some outdoor … Continue reading "Disneyland: Rainy Day Tips"

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Followup: A Little Disney in Your Decorating

December 30, 2010 by Laura Gilbreath

A while ago I shared some of my Disney holiday decorations, and invited you to share yours. Disney is popular with a lot of you! Here’s what you sent. Mary Virginia wrote: Disney Christmas ornaments are my favorite way to incorporate my two favorites: Disney & Christmas! As a young child (5 years old, actually), … Continue reading "Followup: A Little Disney in Your Decorating"

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Happy Holidays!

December 21, 2010 by Jeanine Yamanaka

So the year’s winding down to a close, but the holidays at Disneyland continue in full swing. Had you been able to make D23’s November tweet-meet at the Plaza Gardens, you might have found, among the decorations, a Disney Geek. Jeffrey Epstein was there, asking trivia, answering questions, and giving out long-sleeve D23 t-shirts to … Continue reading "Happy Holidays!"

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2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 7

December 15, 2010 by Laura Gilbreath

All good things must come to an end…and today was the last day of our trip. It went way too fast! This was our coldest morning yet – 28 degrees at 8:00 (but felt like 20!). Still, it was a beautiful clear sunny day – hard to believe it was so cold until you went … Continue reading "2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 7"

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2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 6

December 14, 2010 by Laura Gilbreath

RADP Day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It was COLD today. Windy all day, and I don’t think the temperature ever got above 45. How cold was it? It was so cold that the gardeners were covering a lot of the plants because they are expecting a hard freeze tonight. It was so cold that I … Continue reading "2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 6"

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2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 5

December 13, 2010 by Laura Gilbreath

I think this is going to be short – it’s been a very long day and I’m tired! Today was Magic Kingdom day. The day started off absolutely beautiful, with a cloudless blue sky. First meet of the day was Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain. Fortunately they had turned off most of the real excessive … Continue reading "2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 5"

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2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 4

December 12, 2010 by Laura Gilbreath

RADP – Day 2 – Epcot! Actually we didn’t make the early meets at all today – we *really* needed to get out and run this morning (since we have this pesky marathon/half marathon coming up in four weeks!), so we went out and ran for 45 minutes or so this morning. If the weather … Continue reading "2010 Holidays at WDW – Part 4"

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