Official 2016 5th Anniversary Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend!

[huggybuff]

I checked the runDisney page at the Disney Store site and I'm not seeing any Tink training shirts. Boo.

 

[kirstie101]

I will not register for the 10k...I will not register for the 10k...

 

[rteetz]

Kids races 95% 10k 85%

 

[Benisa]

I'm in! 5k + PDC.

Now I just have to wait for registration for the Paris weekend to open, and then I'll be officially signed up for my very own "Coastinent to Coastinent challenge" (sometimes I love not being a native English speaker ).

 

[lynann]

Easy registration - Signed up for the Half Marathon - 2nd Tinkerbell...

 

[SarahDisney]

2:35 PM Eastern Time ... Kids Races just showed up as "on hold"
Everything else is still available.

 

[huggybuff]

Oh man they should've sold out sooner, I went ahead and signed up for the 5K. First weekend of 3 races in a row!

 

[Ariel484]

Just booked my flights! Both are direct...the incoming flight is at a decent time, but the outgoing flight is due to take off first-thing Monday. Ouch. BUT...I had enough credit card reward points to book them, so woohoo!
ETA: Should also add that this is the exact same incoming/outgoing flight I current have booked for Disneyland Half weekend...but the RT price is about $30 cheaper than what I paid for next month (!!), which is why I jumped on it so early.

I bought discounted tickets through a travel agency for Disneyland Half weekend not knowing I'd be doing this race and Princess...hoping they'll let me put the ticket I already have toward a premier annual pass.

 

[Warm Hugs]

Kids races sold out...

10k at 90

Pixie and 5k at 80

Half at 50

Shaping up to be like last year in terms of sellout rate

 

[hiroMYhero]

I bought discounted tickets through a travel agency for Disneyland Half weekend not knowing I'd be doing this race and Princess...hoping they'll let me put the ticket I already have toward a premier annual pass.

Yes, they will. After you enter the parks at least one time, go to Guest Relations and upgrade the ticket to the Premier AP. That way your discount stays intact and you pay the difference in the value of your tickets versus the cost of the Premier AP.

That's what we would always do with promo/discounted tickets at DL. We would use them and before the end of the last day, we would upgrade to the SoCal AP and continue upgrading whenever we needed to enter on blockout days.

 

[Ariel484]

Yes, they will. After you enter the parks at least one time, go to Guest Relations and upgrade the ticket to the Premier AP. That way your discount stays intact and you pay the difference in the value of your tickets versus the cost of the Premier AP.

That's what we would always do with promo/discounted tickets at DL. We would use them and before the end of the last day, we would upgrade to the SoCal AP and continue upgrading whenever we needed to enter on blockout days.

Oh good...this gives me hope.

I think I know the answer to this - or maybe there is no answer because no one else is as dumb as I am when it comes to pre-buying tickets but what if I have 2 vouchers for tickets? Can I put both toward an AP?

 

[hiroMYhero]

Oh good...this gives me hope.

I think I know the answer to this - or maybe there is no answer because no one else is as dumb as I am when it comes to pre-buying tickets but what if I have 2 vouchers for tickets? Can I put both toward an AP?

Only one can be used towards an upgrade. Is there an expiration date on the vouchers? Or, if you used the voucher to get the ticket, can you save that ticket to use after your Premier AP expires? It will all be dependent upon the expiration date, if there is one.

 

[Ariel484]

Only one can be used towards an upgrade. Is there an expiration date on the vouchers? Or, if you used the voucher to get the ticket, can you save that ticket to use after your Premier AP expires? It will all be dependent upon the expiration date, if there is one.

Both expire on 12/31/15...

So I have 4 trips I'm looking at (lucky me! ):

Disneyland Half Weekend - 5-day PH voucher bought
Disneyland during Christmas - 4-day PH voucher bought
Princess Half - nothing yet, but would need a 6-day PH
Tink Half - nothing yet, but would need a 4-day PH

I was going to get an AP for the DL Half/Christmas trips, but then I saw there were two types of Disneyland APs - the cheaper one with blackout dates (covering the entirety of my Christmas trip) and the more expensive one with no blackout dates. So I bought those vouchers before realizing that Princess and Tink were happening...otherwise I would have just gone for the Premier pass...and my name is on both vouchers so I can't sell them or anything...

...like I said, dumb!

But if I can at least apply the set of tickets for DL Half Weekend toward the premier AP, I pretty much break even on ticket costs for that weekend, Princess and Tink. And then I'd get better merchandise discounts AND dining discounts, so I'd come out a little ahead, I think. Will have to crunch numbers a bit more later.

 

[SarahDisney]

@Ariel484 - is there any chance you'd be back again before Christmas 2016? If there is, you could use the ones you bought for the DL Half for that weekend, then use the 2nd set (the 4 day voucher) and upgrade those while you're on the Christmas trip. Doesn't help with discounts over DL Half weekend, but then you're using everything you bought.
I guess it all depends on how the numbers work out best for you.

 

[hiroMYhero]

But if I can at least apply the set of tickets for DL Half Weekend toward the premier AP, I pretty much break even on ticket costs for that weekend, Princess and Tink. And then I'd get better merchandise discounts AND dining discounts, so I'd come out a little ahead, I think. Will have to crunch numbers a bit more later.

Another thing you can do is use one voucher towards the purchase of the lower priced AP. At Christmas, use the 2nd voucher ticket to upgrade your AP to the full Premier AP.

You may want to check on this when you go to buy the lower priced AP. We could do this with tickets when upgrading to higher level APs but it was a few years ago.

 

[Ariel484]

@Ariel484 - is there any chance you'd be back again before Christmas 2016? If there is, you could use the ones you bought for the DL Half for that weekend, then use the 2nd set (the 4 day voucher) and upgrade those while you're on the Christmas trip. Doesn't help with discounts over DL Half weekend, but then you're using everything you bought.
I guess it all depends on how the numbers work out best for you.

OH...good point. That would be a lot smarter!

I don't know if I'll be back before Christmas 2016 but I can't say 100% that I wouldn't, so this is a good idea. Thank you!!

Another thing you can do is use one voucher towards the purchase of the lower priced AP. At Christmas, use the 2nd voucher ticket to upgrade to the full Premier AP.

You may want to check on this when you go to buy the lower priced AP. We could do this with tickets when upgrading to higher level APs but it was a few years ago.

Okay, help me out because I'm not totally sure I follow...

So I use voucher #1 and get the cheaper AP during DLH Weekend.
Then I go back at Christmas and they'll let me upgrade to the premier AP and put the cost of the second voucher toward it?

I apologize if I am not understanding correctly!!

 

[hiroMYhero]

So I use voucher #1 and get the cheaper AP during DLH Weekend.
Then I go back at Christmas and they'll let me upgrade to the premier AP and put the cost of the second voucher toward it?

Yes, I edited after I re-read it so it was me, not you!

Yes, take Voucher #2 and your AP to Guest Relations and ask to upgrade to Premier. You can enter the park with the voucher before you head to Guest Relations.

When we had SoCal passes, we would buy special weekend tickets to enter the park during a blockout time, then we would apply that ticket towards our AP upgrade. We always found that Guest Relations to the left of DL's entrance was the best place to do upgrades.

When you do go to Guest Relations during the DL Half Weekend, it won't hurt to ask if it is possible to apply both vouchers to an AP.

 

[Ariel484]

Yes, I edited after I re-read it so it was me, not you!

Yes, take Voucher #2 and your AP to Guest Relations and ask to upgrade to Premier. You can enter the park with the voucher before you head to Guest Relations.

When we had SoCal passes, we would buy special weekend tickets to enter the park during a blockout time, then we would apply that ticket towards our AP upgrade. We always found that Guest Relations to the left of DL's entrance was the best place to do upgrades.

When you do go to Guest Relations during the DL Half Weekend, it won't hurt to ask if it is possible to apply both vouchers to an AP.

Thank you!!! I hope they'll do it.

I'm screen-shotting this so I don't lose it.

 

[roxymama]

Congrats to everyone! I need the 10k to just sell out already to stop tempting me. I'm home with a sick kiddo so at least I've been easily distracted. Pixie dust to all!


And @Keels it is the Magnificent Mile Women's Half on 9/6. I'll report back if the race and swag lived up to hype or no. The medal looks hot pink though and I can get behind that!

 

[Warm Hugs]

10k about to sell out... Says on hold at 2:58 PST