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

 

[jmasgat]

A veritable s--tshow getting out of MCO tonight due to T storms. Flight 4+hours delayed (and counting) and Lyft pricing to get to airport was jaw dropping. Should have left earlier like I was considering. I'll be lucky to be home by 2 am.

 

[DisneyMountainWoman]

A veritable s--tshow getting out of MCO tonight due to T storms. Flight 4+hours delayed (and counting) and Lyft pricing to get to airport was jaw dropping. Should have left earlier like I was considering. I'll be lucky to be home by 2 am.

Man it was soo bad... we started off by walking to the terminal cause of power outage...
We loaded on the plane and air pilot said we are slowed because of weather and not enough air traffic controls and then it was full stop no one flying out.... And we were just sitting there for ever... our pilot timed out... eep... but he lives in Houston soo he stayed on to fly home and really worked to get us out of Orlando on the small window that happened. We then made it into TX... had to deboard the plane... and switch out crew... then get back on... now to Denver. Originally suppose to get home at 5:30 pm... landed 12:30 am did not get home till 1:30 am... and I have to work today.... Happy we at least made it out unlike many other people... but that sucked.

 

[Zutroy]

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.

In Florida, the trade off is that humidity drops once the sun comes up. It’s not unusual for it to be 99% humidity in the morning, and then drop to 74% as soon as it gets light. I really prefer the extra hour of sleep with slightly less humid conditions. This weekend was super swampy. I was sweating standing in the corrals before the race even started.

 

[DisneyMountainWoman]

Ohh I got a survey for rundisney, I wrote about crowding and pinch points specifically the run in and out of blizzard beach and then I talked about how the post party is pretty lacking.

 

[DisneyGamer11]

I was in Corral C, with my first time submitting a POT, and I'd say my congestion experience was B+ (compared to let's day D's or F's in the last few for me). Maybe I got lucky, because I started at the beginning of a wave, but the only congestion I had was the beginning highway going to Epcot. The dreaded Boardwalk/HS path was more open for me than it was ever in the past, and both the miles inside HS and highway miles were very open for me.

 

[FlyingDonut]

I loved the soundtrack! I hadn't heard the big band versions of several Disney songs (it's a small world being the best). This was my first FL race, is that normal, or was because of the 50s theme for the half? It seemed like more than what you get just standing outside Hollywood Studios, and they definitely played a few on the course not just at HS.

I thought some of the character stop locations were weird. Mandelorian in HS and the Frozen Friends in Epcot were hidden. (I was in A so a line hadn't formed, but that also meant there wasn't as much of a line to clue me in that there was someone there until I no longer wanted to backtrack.)