2025 Wine and Dine

[DisneyMountainWoman]

Ohh and I booked a private photopass in MK, I asked for fall and castle pics in one if she could and she delivered! Ohh and she was dealing with the rain too. So even harder job. She now took my most fav pics.

 

[lookingforsunshine]

This is why it was better when W&D fell on the time change weekend, that extra hour of sleep on half marathon day was nice

I liked it better this way- I was always so stressed about my alarm with the time change and with the humidity, the extra hour of running in the dark was nice.

Way fewer "I Did It!" backdrops in the reunion area.

There were a lot fewer (before there were maybe 12? and now 8?) and the set up was different. I definitely waited longer than usual.

I liked the course and didn’t find it nearly as crowded as I have experienced on the MW/PW half course this year, but maybe I was just in a better spot. I started in C and my average pace was something like 15:57 with all the stops. I liked that the course felt different and the park time. I also don’t hate Blizzard Beach (being there in the dark is nice, haha). I am not a fan of the three on ramps into EPCOT because the camber kills me on the first one especially, but it seems like they are necessary since they’re used so often.

Overall, it was not my best race but October has been hard. I need to get myself together for Dopey for sure or I am going to be suffering. I also didn’t love that this trip was both Halloween and then a non-Halloween themed race weekend. Disney Halloween is my favorite thing ever, so it just felt weird to sort of split this trip up. But I’m grateful I got to go, and I managed to bring some Halloween vibes into my costume (Lady and the Tramp carved pumpkins). I’m curious if they’ll theme W&D around Halloween next year if it’s earlier again since DLR is going away.

 

[Disneyhanna]

I also didn’t love that this trip was both Halloween and then a non-Halloween themed race weekend. Disney Halloween is my favorite thing ever, so it just felt weird to sort of split this trip up.

This felt so weird!!! Honestly forgot it was Halloween.

 

[DianaMB333]

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[Naomeri]

I liked it better this way- I was always so stressed about my alarm with the time change and with the humidity, the extra hour of running in the dark was nice

That's a good point about the extra time in the dark, I forgot about that benefit of not having the time change on race morning