Not OP, but I know what video they are referencing. I didn't notice the Corral change originally, but watched again. But I also noticed when I went back to watch it on Youtube, that the video is marked as an Ad, and specifically they partnered with RunDisney and Disney Style. While I have no direct knowledge, I would assume that partnership some how got them the corral change.
Ah they did have some paid for people doing races with Oh My Disney and Disney Style. While not really great that they got to move up it would make sense since they were “influencers” and essentially a runDisney advertisement.
What's the video?
Ahh, I don't see Ads on youtube so I didn't realize they were partnered. I see the #AD text but I have ad blocking in Firefox so I don't actually get any ads during Youtube videos (YAY!)
My DH and I are the same except that I do the pacing. I have to stay about 3 steps ahead of him or he keeps creeping the pace faster and faster. He's horrible at pacing. "Run fast until you drop" is his motto.But he will drop directly behind me if a car is coming.
I've never read of anyone stopping at Character Stop, but it would be Mickey, Goofy and Minnie. Or across the way they have Baymax in another spot or Joy and Sadness in another. Wreck It Ralph was temporarily around there but moving to Imagination.
I think it's a huge mistake by runDisney to give influencers a wildly unrealistic race experience. Have them run the race? Fine, but place them accordingly. So now these paid advertisers tell everyone all about everything they did. They started the race in corral B, so they probably had substantially shorter character lines than the average first time runner with no proof of time starting from a later corral.
Agreed. The problem with the wildly unrealistic race experience is that the new runner with no proof of time starting from a later corral has a very wrong sense of what's going to really happen on race day. They're going to stand in their corral for 30+ minutes before starting the race. Instead of being 45 minutes ahead of the ballon ladies like the "influencers" or corral jumpers, the new no proof of time runner is at best 15 minutes ahead. The influencer talks about how great it was to meet *insert rare character here* but the new runner discovers a 10 minute line for that rare character. Next thing you know that new runner is sitting on the parade bus wondering how in the world they got swept after the "influencer" did the same thing. And if they were signed up for a challenge (I did my first marathon as part of Dopey), they're about to discover that the challenge medal isn't coming. So now runDisney may well have an upset customer who ins't coming back. Or even if the new runner finishes the race, they may still be one and done simply because the false experience shared by the influencer does not match reality.
This was probably my biggest surprise running the race. I almost slammed into a woman who shoved her two small kids into the lane while dragging her stroller under the rope to hop across to get there. While I imagine it is not a terribly high volume attraction, they should have addressed this and I am surprised they did not.
What an awesome idea. I may have to steal that one.
alternatively monitor EBAY to see if you can get one - I see them up for sale occasionally.
They didn't used to change, but starting with this year, they might. The formerly Pluto 5K was changed to Oswald. And we've heard rumors of the 10K changing from Minnie to ???. Based on rD's descriptions, it seems Donald will keep the half, Mickey the marathon, and Goofy and Dopey their challenges. We'll have to wait and see what happens with the 5K and 10K!
