Was it a cost cutting measure you think?Nope. I really wish they still did.
I don’t know about that but I think they’d rather just use the same 5K course for everything. That way they can use the same finish area for all the races.Was it a cost cutting measure you think?
I don’t know about that but I think they’d rather just use the same 5K course for everything. That way they can use the same finish area for all the races.
Likely a bit of both.I'm not sure if it's laziness or penny pinching but rD has done their best to standardize their courses. It is a shame in my opinion.
I’m still bitter that the day after AP registration for 2019 they announced the 5K would be moving from DAK to Epcot as the reason I signed up was mainly to run a different park (only been in Epcot and studios)That 5K through AK from 2018 Wine and Dine was definitely my favorite course ever.
The 2006 central Florida Race for the Cure was at AK. It was more low key and didn’t require all of the logistics - busses, expo, etc. Just a more basic start and finish line with a few cones and Marshall’s was all that was needed. Too bad Disney doesn’t do any community events anymore. (They use to also host a half Ironman.) Recently it was getting hard enough to just to have runDisney races with out interrupting park day guests.
While I completely understand that the parks were getting too busy over the years to have outside events, part of me wonders if they might try some of these events post COVID to boost day traffic. Obviously that has to be after the safety considerations are in place. It could be a way for them to pull in locals if that becomes a needed economic stream.
Was it a cost cutting measure you think?
They stopped it without explanation. Then, over time, they changed things around at AK and, after years of explaning that the short hours at AK were for the sake of the animals, made the hours much later there.