Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend September 4-6, 2015 10th Anniversary

[kim3339]

I want to run the double and my wife and oldest daughter want to run the 5k. I'll register both my kids for the kids races. I plan to be waiting for the registration to open and book as soon as possible.

I already booked my room for DLH. I was hoping for a better rate but didn't want to risk it being sold out so I used DVC points to book (cash rates were pretty exhorbitant) and hope to switch to a villa on Sunday at VGC.

Any advice for booking the run?

Baskets of pins? What reason does a person have for buying baskets of pins?

For reg, I would go DDD, kids races and then 5k. Can you get anyone to help you w/ all of them? I would say if you're on as soon as it opens, you should be okay for DDD and the kids races, baring no problems, those tend to sell the fastest. Just not sure on how fast the 5k will sell out, I think SW was in the 1st 1/2 hour. But I'd also have the active page open and be logged in, sometimes, not always, it will prefill some payment and personal info which will help on time.

As for the basket of pins, people put them on ebay to make money. About an hour after the expo opened for SW, someone was trying to sell the whole set for $600. Don't know whether they got anything for it, but they know if the expo is sold out and people want it, they'll pay $$ for it.

 

[zanzibar138]

Pop Tart and I got in for the 10K! Prior to Avengers last November we hadn't run at all and just did that 5K and then SW 5K with my kids. We have decided to up the ante and try the 10K! We are staying just two nights at Anaheim Plaza.... Old but cheap is the way to go for us!

Anaheim Plaza is a pretty good location too, nothing wrong with that at all

The 10k was so much fun last year! You'll have a great time

I want to run the double and my wife and oldest daughter want to run the 5k. I'll register both my kids for the kids races. I plan to be waiting for the registration to open and book as soon as possible.

I already booked my room for DLH. I was hoping for a better rate but didn't want to risk it being sold out so I used DVC points to book (cash rates were pretty exhorbitant) and hope to switch to a villa on Sunday at VGC.

Any advice for booking the run?

I agree with Kim. Definitely do your DDD registration first. You shouldn't have any trouble getting into the 5k.

I recommend 'liking' the RunDisney page on Twitter or Facebook, and keeping that open when you're registering. The only reason I got in last year was because they put up a link straight to active.com.

 

[c3ltspirit]

My husband and I just did the Dopey and we are now registered for DDD. We are also going to register for the 5k. I have never been to Disneyland and he was there once when he was a kid. So excited

 

[frozengurl]

Hi all! I'm getting so excited yet nervous for registration next week! I just ran thee WDW 1/2 marathon last month, my first half and my first runDisney race! I didn't expect to have this amazing opportunity to go to Cali for the DL 1/2!!! I've never even been to Disneyland!
All of that to ask... How quickly does the 1/2 sell out for DL? I'm so nervous I won't get in!
My sister signed me up when I ran the WDW 1/2 so I'm not sure what the best way to register is? Through the runDisney site or Active.com?
If I'm on right at 12.... Will I likely get in? And that is 12 EST right?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm just so excited because.... I'm going to Disneyland!!!

 

[kim3339]

Hi all! I'm getting so excited yet nervous for registration next week! I just ran thee WDW 1/2 marathon last month, my first half and my first runDisney race! I didn't expect to have this amazing opportunity to go to Cali for the DL 1/2!!! I've never even been to Disneyland!
All of that to ask... How quickly does the 1/2 sell out for DL? I'm so nervous I won't get in!
My sister signed me up when I ran the WDW 1/2 so I'm not sure what the best way to register is? Through the runDisney site or Active.com?
If I'm on right at 12.... Will I likely get in? And that is 12 EST right?
Sorry for all the questions but I'm just so excited because.... I'm going to Disneyland!!!

Congrats on your 1st 1/2 last month! The half will sell out the 1st day, but if you're on right at 12 est, you should be fine. The sell outs will probably go DDD, Kids Races, 5/10k and then the 1/2; that's how they've usually gone in the past. I've always registered through the link on the rD site, but I always have open on a separate page the Active site and am logged in so some of my info prefills when checking out.

 

[Sir Aaron]

Ok, I'm going to register for all the events. I'm going to try to get my wife to register the kids for their races and her and one of the kids for the 5K. I'm going to try for the DD.

The site will open at 12PM EST? Is that correct?

Any tips, hints, or other suggestions for a successful experience?

 

[kim3339]

Ok, I'm going to register for all the events. I'm going to try to get my wife to register the kids for their races and her and one of the kids for the 5K. I'm going to try for the DD.

The site will open at 12PM EST? Is that correct?

Any tips, hints, or other suggestions for a successful experience?

Yup, 12pm EST. Tips ~ get on the site early, 8:30/8:45, specifically the registration page that has the links to reg. Once you get to 8:50-8:55, keep refreshing the page, sometimes the link pops up early. If you don't already, create a login and fill in info on Active.com Be logged into Active on a separate page. A new one will pop up when you click on the reg link, but you being logged in should still be there and when you are in the check out, if you saved info, the personal info will sometimes refill. I also always have my credit card number typed on a word document so I can cut and paste the credit card info so I don't have to type all 16#s in a frenzy and worry about the being right. Good luck!!

 

[Sir Aaron]

Yup, 12pm EST. Tips ~ get on the site early, 8:30/8:45, specifically the registration page that has the links to reg. Once you get to 8:50-8:55, keep refreshing the page, sometimes the link pops up early. If you don't already, create a login and fill in info on Active.com Be logged into Active on a separate page. A new one will pop up when you click on the reg link, but you being logged in should still be there and when you are in the check out, if you saved info, the personal info will sometimes refill. I also always have my credit card number typed on a word document so I can cut and paste the credit card info so I don't have to type all 16#s in a frenzy and worry about the being right. Good luck!!

So do I just find the link on this page? http://www.rundisney.com/disneyland-half-marathon/
Why do I need an account at Active.com? Is that what run Disney uses for registration?

 

[kim3339]

So do I just find the link on this page? http://www.rundisney.com/disneyland-half-marathon/
Why do I need an account at Active.com? Is that what run Disney uses for registration?

Right site! If you look under the pictue there is a tab that says registration. All the links for the races will be there. Active is the site/group that does the reg for rD. You don't need an account, you can get guest access where you don't need to log in. It might be easier b/c when you reg for each race on the check out each time you have to enter personal info in the payment area and if you have an account, that info should prefill and w/ multiple race regs it might help save you a little time.

 

[DisneyFan13US]

Good morning everyone. Just about 30 more minutes until registration opens. Who's ready!!!

 

[Sir Aaron]

they must be getting ready to go live. website is down.

 

[DisneyFan13US]

Anyone had any luck getting on the website yet? I was through to the Active page then it booted me.

 

[Sir Aaron]

Well, I got myself registered for DD. I got my kids in the kids races and my wife and oldest kid in 5K.

I got room at the Disney hotel for Thur, Fri, Sat. I got DVC villa for Monday through the following Sunday. Now just need my waitlist to come through for the Sunday in between.

 

[DLR29]

Count me in for another Dumbo weekend!!!

 

[Sir Aaron]

Somehow I wound up with a stupid active membership subscription. Got to cancel that. Pissed about it.

So I'm going to finish the half in 2 hours or less but don't have a proof of time (no official race). Same problem with 10K. Any hints or tips for me?

 

[lori123]

I didn't see a spot to add my proof of time during the registration process - only a spot to say when I expect to finish and that I know I have to show proof of time. Where do I go to add it?

 

[MaleficentRN]

My Facebook is blowing up! DDD and 10k sold out! I hope everyone is able to register.

 

[kim3339]

Somehow I wound up with a stupid active membership subscription. Got to cancel that. Pissed about it.

So I'm going to finish the half in 2 hours or less but don't have a proof of time (no official race). Same problem with 10K. Any hints or tips for me?

Don't worry about the membership, it's really easy to cancel. All you have to do is email them. Were the races you got in all the races?


The changed up proof of time this year and you don't add it during registration. They said they'll put up a link on the race site in March and you have until June 2 to update and change it. You'll just need your time and the link to the results page.


Congrats to everyone who got in today, so excited for this year's race!!

 

[kim3339]

I didn't see a spot to add my proof of time during the registration process - only a spot to say when I expect to finish and that I know I have to show proof of time. Where do I go to add it?

No, you're good. They haven't posted where you submit it yet, it'll be in March.

Side topic, does anybody know how to do the multi-quotes w/this new format? I clicked on +quote and it turned to don't multi-quote?

 

[DisneyFan13US]

I was able to get DW and I registered for everything. However, Active is frustrating me. My wife and I both have Active accounts and for some reason it has me listed as a F on my race confirmation pages. I called runDisney and they said they fixed it but it's still showing that way in Active. It also won't let me access the confirmation page for DW DDD or my 10K. Not to mention the fact that the only things showing up as upcoming events for either of us are the pins that were attached to DW DDD and those are somehow showing on my Active account.