Laura Gilbreath News & Updates

Disney Wonder Pacific Coast Cruise – Part 2, Victoria

September 23, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Tuesday – Victoria Victoria was our only port of call on this cruise. Since it’s not very far from Vancouver, we spent a lot of the night not moving very fast. 🙂 We’d already made it into port by the time we got up. We went up to Beach Blanket Buffet for breakfast. It was … Continue reading "Disney Wonder Pacific Coast Cruise – Part 2, Victoria"

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Disney Wonder Pacific Coast Cruise – Part 1, Vancouver

September 22, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since we last took a Disney cruise, and yet this is one that we’ve had planned for quite a long time! The Disney Wonder has been over on our side of the continent for several months and made several stops in San Diego this season … Continue reading "Disney Wonder Pacific Coast Cruise – Part 1, Vancouver"

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2014 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2

September 2, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Another Disneyland Half Marathon successfully completed! That makes seven for us. We had a good race, and felt strong despite running a 10K the day before. Even though at Disneyland we have the advantage of proximity to the starting line, we still had to get up pretty for a race that starts at 5:30! Lee was happy that the Hearthstone Lounge in the hotel opened at 4:00 so he could get his morning coffee. (All of the coffee-type places in the Disney hotels opened early today as did many locations in Downtown Disney.) We again met some of our fellow runners in the lobby and walked over to the pre-race area together. Even though there were 18,000 registered this morning (as opposed to 10,000 for the 10K) the walkways still weren't congested, and even the porta-potty lines weren't very long.

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2014 Disneyland Half Marathon Part 1

August 29, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

We're here for the 9th annual Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend! Our first stop was the Health and Fitness Expo to pick up our bibs and shirts - and do a little shopping, too. :-) Next up, catch up with friends and then the 10K!

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2014 Disneyland Half Marathon Preview

August 26, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

This weekend, August 28-31, is Disneyland's Half Marathon weekend. (This is #9, for those keeping track of such things - like me.) Events include the Health and Fitness Expo Thursday-Saturday, the Family Fun Run 5K on Friday morning, the Disneyland 10K and Kids Races on Saturday, and the Half Marathon on Sunday. The Dumbo Double Dare race challenge, where participants run both the 10K on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday, will be held for the second time.

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Legends of Frontierland: The Adventures of Lasso Laura and Jiminy Jason

July 23, 2014 by Jason Dz

Legends of Frontierland is a new interactive guest experience at Disneyland this summer. From the information pamphlet: "You are invited to play an immersive game in which you can create your own persona and frontier story. Start out as a friend of Frontierland or Rainbow Ridge and work your way up to become a legend." As it was explained to us, the citizens of Rainbow Ridge are down on their luck - the gold mines are played out and their water has dried up. They've now got their eyes on the more prosperous Frontierland, and are trying to take it over, and the folk of Frontierland are trying to prevent that.

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Tokyo Disney Resort Part 8

July 7, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Several members of the AllEars team spent most of March visiting Disney destinations far from home. We visited Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Sea, and Aulani in Hawaii. Along for all or part or this journey were AllEars' Deb Wills, Laura Gilbreath, Lee Zimmerman, Jeanine Yamanaka, Linda Eckwerth, and Deb Koma, and friends Jack and Pete.

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