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Dani--I bet the 3 of you are going to make some awesome memories during your race! If I think I see you during the race, I'll be sure to say "hi" (if that wouldn't be too weird).
Please do say Hi!
Im doing Princess half (just me) and after I signed up, my son said Mom can we do Star Wars, the medals look sick
Hope to see you, will keep in touch on here.
I hope you all don't mind me asking here - We are vacationing starting that weekend (4/21 - 4/29) Does the marathon make the parks more crowded? We have never been to WDW during a marathon event. Thanks in advance. And good luck to all the runners!!!
Also wanted to add that food courts and pools (weather dependent) are noticeably busier. But the parks themselves aren't too too bad. As mentioned, it will be more noticeable in the afternoon and particularly Sunday evening. Also be mindful of increased traffic, road closures, longer bus rides on race mornings.
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It has been my experience that the parks do get busier as many runners families accompany them. But sometimes if you get to the park early, take a break when it gets busy, and then head back later (sound familiar?) and are expecting it to be busy, it's great. We always make it a point to avoid the MK and Epcot on race weekends, since they seem to be the buiest. We've also noticed that oftentimes the runners tend to come in to the parks later during the day, as they go back to the resorts to shower/nap/eat before heading out for the day.
Hope this helps and enjoy your vacation! (And no, we don't mind your asking the question here, it's probably the best place to do so!)
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Also wanted to add that food courts and pools (weather dependent) are noticeably busier. But the parks themselves aren't too too bad. As mentioned, it will be more noticeable in the afternoon and particularly Sunday evening. Also be mindful of increased traffic, road closures, longer bus rides on race mornings.
Thanks for the advice.
Will make a note of all of this. I will try to avoid what I can. ie - food courts on these morning, buses (we rent a car so that's not an issue - but we will be prepared for increased traffic driving into the parks. ), and the pools.
Is it only weekend that seems to be busier or the whole week before/after? Am I looking at heavy crowds for the whole week that I am there? I had planned on avoiding Epcot over the weekend, but we were planning on the Magic Kingdom for Sunday, I might need to rethink that. We will adjust. We are fly by the seat of our pants park goers anyway. I have ADR's already, and plan on making FP+ on my 60 day mark, so we should be fine. I know there is no such this as "non crowded" times at Disney anymore and we deal with it and go with the flow!
Traffic issues should all be over with by 11am. So if you were thinking of having any one day of your trip to be lazy in the morning, that Sunday morning might be your best bet!
Good that you're flexible - that helps with any vacation!
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Has anyone seen if there will be a new Dooney for this race? I have been stalking the run disney site, but can't find any info on it. I loved last years, and am hoping to actually get one this year.
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I'm not sure they released info prior to the January races on Dooneys. Pretty sure they did not. But they were indeed for sale. Maybe they just don't release info pre race anymore? I don't know!
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My husband and I are doing the Dark Side challenge. So much for sleeping in
so excited. We finished our first full in January. 26.2 is a LONG way but so much fun running through all 4 parks and ESPN.
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My husband and I are doing the Dark Side challenge. So much for sleeping in
so excited. We finished our first full in January. 26.2 is a LONG way but so much fun running through all 4 parks and ESPN.
Congrats to both of you for finishing your first marathon! That is an AWESOME achievement!
Yeah, no sleeping in on a RunDisney Race-cation, is there? I'll be there with you on the 10k course (along with about 12 million of your new best friends, right?)
Welcome to the boards, McMonsters! My hat is off to you for doing all 3 of the races!
Thanks! I just added the 5k yesterday, my favorite charity is having a hard time raising funds so we decided to "help", I love Star Wars so it was easy I did all three last year, walked the 5k and 10k due to injury and hobbled through the half. I've been using RunDisney to motivate my weightless for the past 2 years so Im really new at running.
Thanks! I just added the 5k yesterday, my favorite charity is having a hard time raising funds so we decided to "help", I love Star Wars so it was easy I did all three last year, walked the 5k and 10k due to injury and hobbled through the half. I've been using RunDisney to motivate my weightless for the past 2 years so Im really new at running.
That's nice of you to help out. What's your charity, if you don't mind me asking?
Did you see the medals for these races yet? Someone, (Tanya, maybe?), posted a link earlier in this thread.
And the cool thing, imo, about running? We all started at the same level. (And of course there's that great t-shirt that says "My sport is your sports punishment")
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