Race: Port Orleans French Quarter Beignet Dash 5K
Watch Time: 33:50
Official Time: N/A
Pace: 10:20 min/mi
Comments: When we booked our Christmastime vacation at Walt Disney World earlier this year we made staying at the Port Orleans French Quarter for at least part of the trip a priority. A big reason for that was the Beignet Dash.
For several years, this resort has offered a Sunday morning fun run through the two Port Orleans properties. The total course is about a mile and a half. At the end, you are rewarded with three enormous beignets. More recently, they have added a commemorative button and Mardi Gras bead "medal."
Total cost of all this is $15. Which is
insanely cheap when it comes to Disney.
So we got up early and gave it a whirl. I put on my Goofy finisher shirt because you are damn right I did.
The run was really as pleasant as advertised. Maybe two dozen folks showed up for it. They had bibs for the runners and a little starting queue. Of course there were a number of kids who took off like a shot when it started. They slowed down soon enough, of course.
We did the course and I then went back and did another lap to make it a 5K. Since I did the first one slow, I let myself push it a bit on the second but nothing crazy. It was a great little workout and everyone involved was a delight to deal with.
Afterwards we got our beignets. I was very pleasantly surprised how good they were. Typically you get a powdered sugar doughnut but these were legitimate beignets. They didn't go halfway with the powdered sugar either. I had it all over myself by the time I got done. So points for verisimilitude.
