Another never-ever for WDW and 5k on October 1

[sweetsncheese]

I've never been to WDW so am super excited for our family trip in 11 days!!!

We arrive on Friday evening, Sept. 30 around 7:00 p.m. and are staying at the Shades of Green. With that in mind:

1. Can I pick up my packet on Friday when I arrive? If so, but should my arrival time get delayed for any reason, can I pick up the packet on Saturday morning instead? And, will there be lockers somewhere near the start line to store my goodies?

2. Where exactly is the start line, and what would be the best way to get there from Shades of Green?

3. I plan on meeting my family possibly at Hollywood Studios/MGM. What would be the best way to get there from the finish line? (providing that I retrieve my goodies back at the start line, or wherever I can put them during the race)?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[APrunner]

I've never been to WDW so am super excited for our family trip in 11 days!!!

We arrive on Friday evening, Sept. 30 around 7:00 p.m. and are staying at the Shades of Green. With that in mind:

1. Can I pick up my packet on Friday when I arrive? If so, but should my arrival time get delayed for any reason, can I pick up the packet on Saturday morning instead? And, will there be lockers somewhere near the start line to store my goodies?

2. Where exactly is the start line, and what would be the best way to get there from Shades of Green?

3. I plan on meeting my family possibly at Hollywood Studios/MGM. What would be the best way to get there from the finish line? (providing that I retrieve my goodies back at the start line, or wherever I can put them during the race)?

Thanks in advance!!

1. The expo is open until 8pm on Friday. It is open from 9am-4pm Saturday. You can get your stuff during those times. The race starts at the ESPN sports complex and finishes at EPCOT. There is a bag drop at ESPN, you can then pick it up at EPCOT when you finish.

2. Not sure what is the best way. One way is to bus to EPCOT, then there will be buses going from EPCOT to the start of the race. That is probably the best way I can think of.

3. I wouldn't meet the family at Hollywood studios after the race. Why would you want to do that? Plan on meeting at EPCOT. Are they doing the after race party with you?

 

[regul8ter18]

My dad is also doing the 5k and after we are hoping to be able to hop on a bus and head to one of the other parks.

As far the pact pick up I would call run disney to check when you can pick up your packet.

 

[JCH]

I've never been to WDW so am super excited for our family trip in 11 days!!!

We arrive on Friday evening, Sept. 30 around 7:00 p.m. and are staying at the Shades of Green. With that in mind:

1. Can I pick up my packet on Friday when I arrive? If so, but should my arrival time get delayed for any reason, can I pick up the packet on Saturday morning instead? And, will there be lockers somewhere near the start line to store my goodies?

2. Where exactly is the start line, and what would be the best way to get there from Shades of Green?

3. I plan on meeting my family possibly at Hollywood Studios/MGM. What would be the best way to get there from the finish line? (providing that I retrieve my goodies back at the start line, or wherever I can put them during the race)?

Thanks in advance!!

Here are the final race instructions for the 5k. It should help with these.
http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/media/ewwos/pdf/rundisney/wine-and-dine/5kFRI.pdf

 

[APrunner]

You may need to ignore my post above. I was thinking about the half marathon, not the 5K. Sorry about that.

 

[JennyDrake]

WELCOME! I am also doing the 5K! While I've had many trips to WDW, this is my first 5K ever! I am 40 something and have never run in my life--never ever. Conditioning has been much tougher than I thought (I have asthma) and I've had to accept that I am not going to be ab;e to run much. My original goal had been to run the whoel thing. But I started at a 21 minute mile and now I'm at 15 minute miles (just walking) so I'm trying to be happy with progress.

 

[walkdmc]

I'm so happy I found this thread! My family is running this 5K as well and it's our first 5K. We've been training for 3 months and 2 of the 4 of us are still pretty slow. I'm worried about my 7 yo's legs being able to make the full 3 miles. We just did a practice run and it took us nearly an hour to do a 5K. I'll feel bad if we have to get on that bus and be transported to the finish line.

Anyway, good luck to everyone and let's have lots of fun!!!