Marathon Weekend 2019

[SunDial]

Hope everyone had a great time with your 5K this morning!!!

 

[SarahDisney]

Question - Are lines always this bad for characters? I don't remember them being this long, but its been a while since my last rD experience. Was wondering if this is the new normal.

 

[kleph]

I hate to be a pest, but any info on pins and magnets?

here are some examples we picked up. there are regular pins, medal pins and magnets for every event.

 

[SunDial]

Question - Are lines always this bad for characters? I don't remember them being this long, but its been a while since my last rD experience. Was wondering if this us the new normal.

Last year when I ran "just" Dopey the 5K and 10K lines were crazy long. The half and full were your normal lengths based on character popularity.

 

[Livelovedance]

here are some examples we picked up. there are regular pins, medal pins and magnets for every event.

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Thank you!!! This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.

 

[kleph]

Thank you!!! This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.

They also sold the pins in "packets" for each challenge so you dont have to chase down a bunch of singles if you dont want to.

 

[lahobbs4]

Question - Are lines always this bad for characters? I don't remember them being this long, but its been a while since my last rD experience. Was wondering if this is the new normal.

Do you mean the characters during the race? I caught Donald Duck with about 10 people in line. Was super quick. If you are talking about pre-race characters, I didn't even see those!

 

[JeffW]

Does anyone know if you can park at the Boardwalk on 10k morning, if you are staying at another Disney hotel? I'd like to cheer on my son during tomorrow's 10k race, after I drop him off at Epcot. Trying to figure out the logistics of how to make that happen.

 

[Novatrix]

So character run down for the 5k, please shout out with the ones I missed out on the course:

Flik and Princess Atta (a bug's life)
Vikings
Pinocchio
Genie/Jafar swap out
Highlander Goofy
Racing Donald

 

[gsu1988]

I did not plan to stop for any characters during the 5K but the lines for Goofy and Donald were so short I could not resist. At both stops not only did the Photopass photographer take my shot but a cast member gladly took my phone and took a couple of shots also. I'm glad they did because when I looked at my photo with Goofy I realized that my pose covered up my number so that shot will not be showing up in my photopass shots.

 

[SarahDisney]

Do you mean the characters during the race? I caught Donald Duck with about 10 people in line. Was super quick. If you are talking about pre-race characters, I didn't even see those!

I did not plan to stop for any characters during the 5K but the lines for Goofy and Donald were so short I could not resist. At both stops not only did the Photopass photographer take my shot but a cast member gladly took my phone and took a couple of shots also. I'm glad they did because when I looked at my photo with Goofy I realized that my pose covered up my number so that shot will not be showing up in my photopass shots.

Its funny - I had the exact opposite experience. At least 8-10 minutes per character. But I also stopped for all of them, so by the end it was just the accumulation of people. But even Flik and Atta was a 7-8 minute stop, and that was with me starting in the third wave of corral A (but admittedly, running slower than i had planned when I signed up because running is stupid).

 

[lhermiston]

Great to meet some runDisney all-stars this morning. I’ll be at the same spot (by the a-c gear check sign) tomorrow morning.

 

[Smilelea]

Congrats to all those that ran the 5k this morning. We are packing up last minute things and heading to the airport.

The 2 yo wants to "get on the plane. See water and clouds. See Ralph and venelope and Mickey Mouse". His exact words.

The 6 yo is playing all Disney songs from his iPod as loud as he can.

 

[SarahDisney]

Great to meet some runDisney all-stars this morning. I’ll be at the same spot (by the a-c gear check sign) tomorrow morning.

Sorry I missed you guys, but I wanted a picture with Minnie (well, really I wanted Oswald, but ... sigh). Maybe tomorrow I'll tey to stop by and sai hi!

 

[gsu1988]

Its funny - I had the exact opposite experience. At least 8-10 minutes per character. But I also stopped for all of them, so by the end it was just the accumulation of people. But even Flik and Atta was a 7-8 minute stop, and that was with me starting in the third wave of corral A (but admittedly, running slower than i had planned when I signed up because running is stupid).

I was in the second wave of A and ran faster than I had planned. The length of the line was exactly why I passed by the first two photo ops. When I got to Goofy and Donald those line were just to short to pass up. Probably spent 2-3 minutes in Goofy line and 1-2 minutes in Donald. With photo stops I still managed to finish in just under 34 minutes. I guess I just got lucky!

 

[TheHamm]

I finally told my kids last night at dinner that I was going to WDW without them to run a race. I thought there would be protests, but instead cute encouraging questions.
"Are you going to win?" "No, but I do't mind." "will you still get a medal?" "Yes, if I finish. I've never run this far before." {cue earnest eyes big as a cartoon character and 5 year old lip tremble} "I believe in you mommy! You gotta finish, I want to see that medal!" {Other 5 year old} "Then you can earn a popcorn bucket!"
See you all bright and early Saturday! Any doubt I had about finishing is now gone. If I have to crawl across the line, I'm bringing home a medal and a popcorn bucket.

 

[garneska]

I finally told my kids last night at dinner that I was going to WDW without them to run a race. I thought there would be protests, but instead cute encouraging questions.
"Are you going to win?" "No, but I do't mind." "will you still get a medal?" "Yes, if I finish. I've never run this far before." {cue earnest eyes big as a cartoon character and 5 year old lip tremble} "I believe in you mommy! You gotta finish, I want to see that medal!" {Other 5 year old} "Then you can earn a popcorn bucket!"
See you all bright and early Saturday! Any doubt I had about finishing is now gone. If I have to crawl across the line, I'm bringing home a medal and a popcorn bucket.

That is adorable. We all believe in you. You can do this!!

 

[pluto377]

I was in the first was of b and all the lines were long! I stopped for Vikings, Pinocchio and genie and it was taking so long I just turned my garmin off!

Planning to do a few stops tomorrow and probably none Saturday and Sunday.

 

[Keels]

I'm sad to report that I did not come in DFL. I'm sorry to disappoint y'all.

I stopped for all the characters and then took six photos with Epcot construction (the real stars, y'all) and finished in a little over 43 minutes. I really don't think I could've drug that race out more because it was cold and I was SUPER annoyed by the relative few people they sent off in each "mini-wave". It was like 100-200 people at a time, which is ridiculous. Middle-back of corral A (where we were) didn't start until 5:48 and ain't nobody got time for waiting around like that listening to Carissa Galloway squawk about Westin.

Anyway. Pit Crew Donald was the hero of today's race. What a cutie that little pantsless guy is.

 

[Ariel484]

I should be in bed right now, but ... this has been an interesting trip so far. I loved meeting @PCFriar80 (and his lovely wife) and @hotblooded. Club Level is some kind of amazing. I think i'm starting to get excited about the marathon.
But there is a giant hole the size of my sister in my trip right now. I'm glad I tried Disney solo, but I don't think it's for me. I spent the whole day missing my sister (I even called her an hour ago to tell her that I wish she was here), and I don't know that I'd do Disney without her again.

Hoping to meet more people tomorrow - what time are we all lining up at the BC bus stop?
(Also, anyone else at BC thinking about the Regatta Run tomorrow? Too crazy?)

I felt the same way the first time I did a runDisney race without my brother. Hopefully you can find the good in a solo trip!