Jason Martin
JDM
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2017
They have a large bin at the starting line to leave your stuff or take it to the beach first. Going back and forth to the ship after the race will turn your 5k to an 8k
What are the nuts and bolts of how the morning goes for the race? My wife and i are considering running it. Our kids are 14 and 12. Do people go back to ship to get stuff for day at CC or do they bring and drop stuff somewhere? Is course straight line or double back on itself? I thought i saw youtube of someone who passed people on way to finish. We have 2 stops at CC so will there be race both days? any info we need to know about it?
thanks
mikewdw
I just did the 5K on the Fantasy and noticed the coordination for the race is different than previous years.
Runners no longer met on the ship before going together to the starting point. I signed up at Guest Services the day before, and was told to just leave the island and go to the starting point for the race on my own (near the bike rentals). I was asked to get there by 10:15am, as they were having staggered starting times of 9:45am, 10am, and 10:15am.
With that said, I think we arrived at Castaway Cay later than scheduled, as we were not allowed off the ship until approximately 9:45am. My son and I headed to the starting point once we could get off the ship, and you receive your race number at the starting point on the island. We were told we could just start running right away, as the timer had already started, so we noted the time we started the race just so we could track our times.
This sounds very disorganized to me. I have done numerous CC5K's and it seems to change each time a little... the last few times you are pushing your way through all the other guests getting off the cruise at the same time - no more getting off ahead of everyone else so you can get to the start line and get moving before the island fills up. But what you are describing seems like it would be total ciaos trying to get your number and do the run/walk. And the start times do seem late. I am usually done with the race (I walk it in about 50 minutes) and am back on the ship having breakfast with DH at Cabanas before they close. Then go shower and head back to the island for a swim and then lunch.
Where are the character photo ops? I was thinking they’d be when we’re heading off the ship, but if we’re disembarking for the 5k earlier than everyone else and not heading back onto the ship, I’m afraid I’ll miss them?
With that said, I think we arrived at Castaway Cay later than scheduled, as we were not allowed off the ship until approximately 9:45am.
I have done numerous CC5K's and it seems to change each time a little... the last few times you are pushing your way through all the other guests getting off the cruise at the same time - no more getting off ahead of everyone else so you can get to the start line and get moving before the island fills up.
No characters on course (except maybe the ‘challenge ‘ in JanuaryWhere are the character photo ops? I was thinking they’d be when we’re heading off the ship, but if we’re disembarking for the 5k earlier than everyone else and not heading back onto the ship, I’m afraid I’ll miss them?
No characters on course
used to be dated for the year on the ribbon, but it appears they have stopped doing that
I heard they change the “medals” every year, but mine doesn’t have a year on it so I can’t really tell....does anyone know if they still change them?
We will be on the Dream 1/14-1/18. It looks like our CC Day is the day of the RunDisney 5K. Is there a separate race for those who aren’t participating? My wife was considering running but not for $80.
As I understand it, yes. There will be the runDisney one for those who have paid for the challenge, and that will be a timed, legitimate 5K, and then there will be the free "fun" run which is not timed and not a true 5K. That is how it has been in the past anyway.