2017 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend

[joan4mickey]

I got three emails with three different tacking numbers for my Magic Band.....or maybe I am getting three???
I am coming by myself for three nights and have added a two day ticket. I got two pieces of snail mail with coupons for mini golf and discounts. I have tickets for 8 free rounds of mini golf if anyone wants one or more, or would like to join me for a round.
That's some crazy stuff.

 

[keahgirl8]

Yes the expo vendors were all listed as "name" and "booth"'

Exactly! lol

 

[RunningPrince]

First time running Princess with my GF - I've run all the other RunDisney races (except Tinkerbell). What characters can we expect to see on the 10K and half? Are they primarily the princesses and princes/male characters (I've seen Tarzan and Flynn Rider in some past year photos) versus the traditional characters that we've seen on the other RunDisney runs?

 

[The Expert]

Sharing from FB: USATF certified course map for the Half!
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL16085TY

 

[Ariel484]

^^wow! They actually certified it before the race! Looking forward to the New Fantasyland portion!

And now, we wait for more info....

 

[Ariel484]

It also looks like we run up near Big Thunder, like the marathon course (I mean, I think...kind of hard to tell). So that will be new, too.

 

[bellanotte10]

hahah I don't know why I'm finding this so funny, but under 15k on the right says Saratogo Springs

 

[courtneybeth]

i think I'm more excited about the EPCOT park time than MK. Running towards Spaceship Earth and then around it for the finish is special.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

Yay! I'm glad to see the official map has us running through the castle... I wouldn't be heartbroken if we didn't run through, but I am happier that it looks like we are.

Now just waiting for waivers... this week or next week?

 

[Ariel484]

Yay! I'm glad to see the official map has us running through the castle... I wouldn't be heartbroken if we didn't run through, but I am happier that it looks like we are.

Now just waiting for waivers... this week or next week?

Hopefully this week...I'm surprised they didn't take the event guide down since it clearly wasn't ready for prime time. I know people can just save the link or whatever, but they left it up on their own webpage knowing there were errors...?! Oh, runDisney...

 

[courtneybeth]

Registration is still up - so that's what making me hesitant to think waivers will come out tomorrow. But who knows with rundisney.

 

[Ariel484]

Registration is still up - so that's what making me hesitant to think waivers will come out tomorrow. But who knows with rundisney.

That's a good point. Do we know what the last day is for registration?

Corrals for WDW Marathon Weekend came out on December 16 - a little less than 3 weeks before the race weekend started, so we may still have another week or so to go.

 

[Ariel484]

Just looked and found a couple of Travel Agents who were cutting off their bib sales on Friday the 27th.

 

[courtneybeth]

RunDisney "conspiracy corner" is always my favorite part of the races.

Time to get excited as we guestimate when bibs will be announced; guess the color of the race shirts; and whine when we see the merch previews because we may never actually get to buy the stuff.

I'm actually curious as to the colors of the race shirts. The ribbons are pink, maroon, and two blues. I wonder if the colors will coordinate to the ribbons or if we'll just get random colors. I hope these shirts are brightly colored.... I could use some shirts for training runs that make it easy to see me on the road. (I have a running vest, but all of my race shirts are variations of black, grey, and navy... so manly!)

 

[Ariel484]

RunDisney "conspiracy corner" is always my favorite part of the races.

It begins!!!

Maybe they "accidentally" released the unfinished program just to make us all insane.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

RunDisney "conspiracy corner" is always my favorite part of the races.

I am loving this! I am fine with basically any shirt color, but would prefer not yellow... but that is very "Belle," so I'll be ok with that.

On a side note... EVERYONE around me is SICK. UGH. I am SO paranoid about catching something. My hubby was sick all of last week and now co-workers are dropping like flies... Please send healthy thoughts my way!

 

[WiscRunner]

I just wanted to stop in and say hi- I am running the Princess race as my first Disney race! Plus I'll be down there all by myself so I'm a little nervous! But I'm more excited than anything else!!

 

[Ariel484]

I am loving this! I am fine with basically any shirt color, but would prefer not yellow... but that is very "Belle," so I'll be ok with that.

On a side note... EVERYONE around me is SICK. UGH. I am SO paranoid about catching something. My hubby was sick all of last week and now co-workers are dropping like flies... Please send healthy thoughts my way!

Good luck! My husband and I had a little bug last week...like the beginning stages of a cold that never turned into a cold. I have been washing my hands like crazy...they are super dry and cracked but it's worth it not to get sick!!

 

[Ariel484]

@WiscRunner welcome!

 

[WiscRunner]

@WiscRunner welcome!

Thank you! I've been scouring this thread for tips!!