Discounted tickets for Marathon?

[Steve's Girl]

I was reading an article on allears about marathon weekend and it says that Disney usually offers discounted theme park tickets for registered runners and their families. It also stated that the tickets are valid for a specific period of time generally about one week prior to and week week after the marathon. Does Disney still do this? The article on allears was an older article and I can't find any other reference to this info.

Thanks!

 

[BrianD]

For the past couple of years I have purchased (significantly) discounted tickets from Anthony Travel for Marathon Weekend. On their website, they would let you order them, even if you weren't using them for a hotel reservation. I was planning on doing the same for this year, but a couple of months ago, out of the blue, they removed their Marathon Weekend page from their website, and it is no longer listed as an event that they are participating in.

I don't know if there are any other sources to purchase these types of tickets, but for me, for this year, I have just taken advantage of one of Disney's discounted packages for my stay.

 

[mickeymom1]

I am doing the Princess run in February, but I am sure it would be the same for the marathon weekend. I called the phone number that you would make hotel reservations for through disney wide world of sports events 407-wdw-irun and asked about ticket prices. I don't remember the actual prices, but they were a few dollars cheaper than the ones that I had ordered from Under Cover Tourist. I did not ask about what time frame the tickets were good for.