Posted on Wednesday, 30th September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

Saturday, September 26, over 3,500 runners gathered en masse at Disney’s Animal Kingdom to take on the sold-out Expedition Everest Challenge.  Unfortunately, as the evening wore on the weather turned treacherous and race officials were required to shut down the course due to lightning.  Many competitors who started in the rain could not complete the [...]

Tags: animal kingdom, Disney Endurance Series, race, running
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Posted on Monday, 28th September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

wdwinfo.com photos by Corey Martin
Dan Cockerell, 40, Vice President of EPCOT, has worked with the Disney Company for over 18 years.  He started right out of college parking cars in the EPCOT parking lot, worked his way up to a front-line food and beverage manager at the Disneyland Resort Paris, and, as of February 2009, [...]

Tags: Celebrating Family and Friends in the Kitchen, Chef Jens Dahlman, Dan Cockerell, Epcot, event, food and wine festival, Party for the Senses, World Showcase
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Posted on Friday, 25th September 2009 by Pete Werner

When someone in Australia finds out you’re gay, they immediately tell you that Sydney has the largest gay population in Australia.  Almost like “you should go there and be with your own kind”.  Always said with the best intentions, I was amused by how often this happened - I’m not lying, it was like a [...]

Tags: Adventures by Disney, australia, sydney, the grace hotel
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Posted on Monday, 21st September 2009 by Dave Parfitt

The new restaurant Kouzzina by Cat Cora located on Disney’s Boardwalk had its “soft opening” a month ago [see Kathy Werling's blog for recent photos], but the official Grand Opening was Thursday, September 17.  Cat Cora is a world renowned chef and television personality.  She is the first and only female “Iron Chef” on Food [...]

Tags: Cat Cora, Disney's Boardwalk, EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, Greek, Kouzzina, Restaurant
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Posted on Saturday, 19th September 2009 by Pete Werner

Days 5 and 6 of our trip took us to Uluru, in what is known here as “the red center” (the soil is red, and it’s in the center of the country – those Aussies are so creative with naming things ). Uluru is also known more popularly as Ayers Rock. I’ll be honest; while [...]

Tags: Adventures by Disney, australia, desert gardens hotel, uluru
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Posted on Wednesday, 16th September 2009 by Pete Werner

On the third day of our Adventures by Disney vacation, we headed out into Cairns for a 45 minute boat ride out to the Great Barrier Reef.  Considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world, this was something I had been looking forward to for many years.  Not so much for myself, because [...]

Tags: Adventures by Disney, australia, great barrier reef
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Posted on Tuesday, 15th September 2009 by Walter Echols

On Tuesday night, I went for a walk on the beach but was not prepared for the intensity of a Palm Cove evening. You can’t see the animals; you can just hear them. You hear them making sounds that usually preclude someone being killed as they foolishly walk alone in a strange land. As I [...]

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