Historical Race Weekend Sell Out Timing

[DopeyBadger]

I figured having one thread for historical race weekend sell out timing would be useful. There's always a lot of hand wringing over the registration process and the timing of sell outs. So I figured some historical data would be useful for those discussions in one easily findable collection of information. I'll update this thread after each weekend's registration.

Registration Run-Down w/ Images! (A comprehensive run-down of the registration process) & Part 2

Wine and Dine

2024 Race
Links went live and opened at 9:37am FL time (link)
Queue opened at 10am FL time
10k sold out in 113 min (link)
5k sold out in 143 min (link)
HM sold out in 151 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 152 min (link)
*New queue was still hovering at more than an hour when races sold out


2023 Race
Start (link)
Queue opened at 10:04am FL time (link)
10k sold out in 78 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 85 min (link)
5k sold out in 110 min (link)
No more queue after 130 min (link)
HM sold out in 135 min (link)


2022 Race
Start (link)
No more queue after 37 min (link)
10k sold out in 39 min (link)
5k sold out in 49 min (link)
HM sold out in 30 hours (link)
Challenge sold out in 1.5 weeks (link)

2021 Race (1st race registration since COVID-19 cancellations)
Start (link)
Queues stating wait longer than 1 hr (link)
No more queue after 41 min (link)
10k sold out in 55 min (link); Momentarily at 4:15 hrs post opening, it was noted that the 10k was open again (link)
5k sold out in 6 days (link)
*All races reopened 2.5 weeks after registration (link)
*All races continued to periodically reopen.

2020 Race (Reduced availability?? or Villain theme??)
Start (link)
5k and 10k sold out in 46 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 86 min (link)
Half Marathon sold out in 126 min (link)
*2020 registration was March 10th, 2020 which was before most of the world pivoted due to COVID-19. So it's hard to say this race actually did have reduced capacity. It is more likely that this race sold out quickly due to an anniversary year in combination with the newly announced Villains theme. 2021 will also be Villain themed.

2019 Race
Start (link)
10k sold out in 84 min (link)
5k sold out in 8.5 hrs (link)
HM sold out in three days (link)
Challenge sold out in May when registration was in March (link)
*There were brief occasions when these races opened back up again for a few moments.

**Couldn't find the 2018 Wine and Dine thread

2017 Race
Start (link)
10k sold out in 3 weeks (link)
HM sold out in 4 weeks (link)
5k sold out in 5 weeks (link)
*No mention of when Challenge sold out




Princess Weekend

2024
Start (link)
10k sold out in 70 min (link)
5k sold out in 85 min (link)
Yoga sold out in 91 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 100 min (link)
HM sold out in 197 min (link)

2023
Start (link)
Queue still present at 53 min (link)
Yoga sold out in 40 min (link)
10k sold out in 41 min (link)
5k sold out in 50 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 65 min (link)
HM sold out in 185 min (link)

2022
Start (link)
No more queue after 21 min (link)
10k sold out in 23 hours (link)
5k sold out in 2 days (link)
HM sold out in month (link)
Challenge unknown sell out date
*5k, 10k, HM periodically open after sell out in 23 hrs.

Yoga sold out in 3.5 hrs (link). Registration was about a month after normal registration.

2021 (Presumed reduced availability)
Start (link)
10k sold out in 20 min. (link)
Challenge sold out in 23 min (link)
Half sold out in 26 min (link)
5k sold out in 28 min (link)

2020
Start (link)
5k and 10k sold out in 97 min (link)
Challenge sold out in Sept 2019 when registration was June 2019 (link)
HM sold out in Dec 2019 when registration was June 2019 (link)

2019
Start (link)
10k sold out in 57 min (link)
5k sold out in 10 hours (link) *Post about 1 hr earlier states only 10k sold out thus far
Challenge and HM still open 2 months later (October with August registration) (link)
Challenge sold out sometime between 2-3 months based on this and prior post (link)

2018
Start (link)
10k on "hold" in 14 min (link) reopened at 22 min (link) sold out in 45 min (link)
Challenge on "hold" in 16 min (link) sold out in 67 min (link)
5k sold out in 12 hours (link)
HM sold out in 2 weeks (link)

2017
Start (link)
10k on "hold" in 5 min (link) reopened at 21 min (link) sold out in 74 min (link)
Challenge on "hold" in 13 min (link) reopened at 21 min (link) sold out in ? (greater than 1.5 weeks (link) and less than 6 months (link))
5k sold out in ? (no one mentions 5k is sold out)
HM sold out in ? (greater than 1.5 weeks (link) and less than 6 months (link))

2016
Start (link)
Challenge sold out in 105 min (link)
10K sold out in 2.5 hrs (link)
HM sold out at approximately 7 hours (link)
5K sold out 5 days (link)


Marathon Weekend

2025
Start (link)
Goofy sold out in 53 min (link) *20th Anniversary
5k sold out in 69 min (link)
10k sold out in 79 min (link)
Dopey sold out in 92 min (link)
M sold out in 112 min (link)
HM sold out in 119 min (link)


2024
Start (link)
5k sold out in 47 min (link)
Goofy sold out in 52 min (link)
10k sold out in 57 min (link)
Dopey sold out in 71 min (link)
HM sold out in 82 min (link)
M sold out in 91 min (link)

2023
Start (link)
Delayed Registration Timing until 12:30pm ET (link)
5k sold out in 24 min (link)
10k sold out in 34 min (link)
No more queue after 34 min (link)
Dopey sold out in 38 min (link)
Goofy sold out in 43 min (link)
HM sold out in 55 min (link)
M sold out in 67 min (link)

2022
Start (link)
Opening queues stating wait of 8 min to over an hour (link); Timing does not appear until exact time of registration opening
No more queue after 21 min (link)
5k sold out in 45 min (link)
HM sold out in 86 min (link)
10k sold out in 5 hours (link)
Goofy sold out in 2.5 days (link)
Dopey/M sold out on 10/12 (link)
*All races periodically reopened.

2021 (Presumed reduced availability)
Start (link)
Goofy sold out in 19 min (link)
Dopey sold out in 26 min (link)
5k sold out in 26 min (link)
10k sold out in 31 min (link)
HM sold out in 31 min (link)
M sold out in 89 min (link)

2020
Start (link)
5k sold out in ~20 min (link)
10k sold out in 93 min (link)
Goofy sold out in Oct 2019 when registration was April 2019 (link)
HM sold out in Oct 2019 when registration was April 2019 (link)
Marathon sold out in Oct 2019 when registration was April 2019 (link) *Can't find a specific post for this one.
Dopey sold out in Nov 2019 when registration was April 2019 (link)
***A few of the races opened momentarily between April and October (like 5k in August). Likely because they were breaking up unsold challenge bibs.

2019
Start (link)
5k sold out in 8 hours (link)
10k sold out in 21 hours (link)
HM, M, Goofy and Dopey were essentially open until the end.
***A few times the 5k and 10k reappeared as they were presumably breaking up unsold Goofy/Dopey bibs.

2018
Start (Feb) (link)
5k sold out in 4.5 hrs (link)
10k sold out in 2.25 days (link)
Dopey sold out in 2.5 days (link)
HM sold out in May (link)
M sold out in November (link)
No information found on Goofy selling out

2017
Start (April) (link)
5k sold out in 90 min (link)
10k sold out in 93 min (link)
HM sold out in 25 hrs (link)
Dopey sold out in August (link)
No information found on Goofy or M selling out




Spring Surprise

2024

Start (link)
5k sold out in 46 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 75 min (link)
10k sold out in 2.5 days (link)
10 miler sold out in 3.5 months (link)
Yoga sold out in X (link)


2023

Start (link)
5k sold out in 31 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 5 days (link)
10k sold out in 6 days (link)
10 miler sold out in 6 months (link)
Yoga sold out in X (link)

2022

Start (link)
5k sold out in 19 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 35 min (link)
10k sold out in month (Dec 9th to Jan 10th) (link)
10 miler and Yoga still open as of 1/28/22


Disneyland in January (Tink 2012-2014, Star Wars in 2015-2017)

2024 (*First race weekend in Disneyland since 2017)
Start (link)
Queue Delayed until 10:15am ET (link)
Wait times posted at 10:21am ET *Marking this as official "start" time (link)
Challenge sold out in 27 min (link)
Yoga sold out in 34 min (link)
5k sold out in 42 min (link)
10k sold out in 43 min (link)
HM sold out in 54 min (link)
Kids Race sold out in 57 min (link)


2017

Start (link)
10k sold out in 135 min (link)
5k sold out in 1 day (link)
Challenge sold out in 1 month (link)
HM sold out in unknown (link)


2016

Start (link)
10k sold out in 116 min (link)
5k sold out in 146 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 3 hours (link)
HM sold out in unknown (link)



Disneyland HM Weekend (Disneyland in September, 2024 Halloween themed)

2024
Start (link)
5k sold out in 50 min (link)
10k sold out in 51 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 61 min (link)
Kid's Races sold out in 78 min (link)
Yoga sold out in 86 min (link)
HM sold out in 114 min (link)


2017

Start (link)
5k sold out in 2 months (link)
10k sold out in 2 months (link)
HM sold out in 5 months (link)
Challenge sold out in 5 months (link)

2016

Start (link)
10k sold out in 82 min (link)
5k sold out in 2 months (link)
Challenge sold out in 4-5 months (link)
HM sold out in never (link)

2015

Start (link)
10k sold out in 36 min (link)
Challenge sold out in 36 min (link)
5k sold out in 4.5 hrs (link)
HM sold out in 36 hrs (link)

 

[NewYKRunner]

Any idea if early registration was an option and when for previous Marathon Weekends like there is for 2022?

Club runDisney Gold & Platinum Registration Opens July 20, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

General Registration for In-Person Races Opens July 27, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

General Registration for Virtual Races Opens July 30, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

If everything for Marathon Weekend is like it was last year (fully expecting that there will still be way reduced capacity compared to 2019 & 2020 - crazy that almost everything was available so long those years!) hopefully that means I can at least get into the Marathon. 20-30 minutes is a crapshoot amount of time depending on where you fall in the queue, but 90 is better.

Since I already have my room reservation for the MW days, I just want to get into something! I’m going for Dopey, but will literally sign up for any of the races depending on what’s open by the time I get through.

 

[jmasgat]

Any idea if early registration was an option and when for previous Marathon Weekends like there is for 2022?

Club runDisney Gold & Platinum Registration Opens July 20, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

General Registration for In-Person Races Opens July 27, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

General Registration for Virtual Races Opens July 30, 2021 at 10 AM EST.

AP holders and DVC owners had an early registration period about 5 days ( I believe) before general registration. But there was a limited number of registrations available for them, i.e., not all AP/DVC who tried to register during the early period were accepted.

Who knows if this number of previous early registrations is comparable to the number of Gold/Platinum Club members who can theoretically all get a registration--RD never released DVC/AP available numbers and I don't know if they ever published Club registration numbers. The unknown impact would be on us non-club members--if there are more people in the Club getting race slots than the number of previous early registrations allowed, then assuming the same field size, there will be fewer spots available for the rest of us.

 

[NewYKRunner]

Since I already have my room reservation for the MW days, I just want to get into something! I’m going for Dopey, but will literally sign up for any of the races depending on what’s open by the time I get through.

We've been debating going to Hawaii in December for the Honolulu marathon (assuming the MW wasn't happening), and we've been saying we want to go to Hawaii anyway for Christmas one year. The availability of MW races will help make our decision!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Any idea if early registration was an option and when for previous Marathon Weekends like there is for 2022?

Commonly the AP/DVC early registration would sell out. During my digging, I do even remember coming across a 5k that sold out really quick during early registration, but then took days during general.

The opportunity for early registration no longer exists for AP/DVC in 2021/2022 registration.

Who knows if this number of previous early registrations is comparable to the number of Gold/Platinum Club members who can theoretically all get a registration--RD never released DVC/AP available numbers and I don't know if they ever published Club registration numbers. The unknown impact would be on us non-club members--if there are more people in the Club getting race slots than the number of previous early registrations allowed, then assuming the same field size, there will be fewer spots available for the rest of us.

One catch is the Club runDisney member only get a single registration for a single race per member. Gold can only get a HM or longer (so no early registration on 5k or 10k or even the mystery spring race if it ends up being a 10 miler). Platinum gets one spot in one distance. Whereas, AP/DVC members could register for multiple races and for multiple people. People commonly asked how extended of family they could register for DVC members and I'm sure in some cases it was stretched. So the impact on 5k/10k races might actually be less than early registration AP/DVC. But it's a complete unknown.

 

[Baloo in MI]

Commonly the AP/DVC early registration would sell out. During my digging, I do even remember coming across a 5k that sold out really quick during early registration, but then took days during general.

The opportunity for early registration no longer exists for AP/DVC in 2021/2022 registration.



One catch is the Club runDisney member only get a single registration for a single race per member. Gold can only get a HM or longer (so no early registration on 5k or 10k or even the mystery spring race if it ends up being a 10 miler). Platinum gets one spot in one distance. Whereas, AP/DVC members could register for multiple races and for multiple people. People commonly asked how extended of family they could register for DVC members and I'm sure in some cases it was stretched. So the impact on 5k/10k races might actually be less than early registration AP/DVC. But it's a complete unknown.

So one race, one distance excludes Goofy and Dopey? Or are the challenges incorporated into the options for Club runDisney members? If that is the case then it seems that opportunity to get Dopey or Goofy bibs on general registration day will be better this year than when AP/DVC had early registration. Excluding potential reduced numbers of course.

 

[ValW]

So one race, one distance excludes Goofy and Dopey? Or are the challenges incorporated into the options for Club runDisney members? If that is the case then it seems that opportunity to get Dopey or Goofy bibs on general registration day will be better this year than when AP/DVC had early registration. Excluding potential reduced numbers of course.

One race distance includes the Challenges. So Goofy and Dopey are available for club members during the early registration process.

 

[Baloo in MI]

One race distance includes the Challenges. So Goofy and Dopey are available for club members during the early registration process.

Thanks.

 

[sandam1]

@DopeyBadger for digging up the numbers on this! Hopefully the facts will help everyone take a big, deep breath and calm down as the various registration days approach.

 

[pinkxray]

I think I’m going to try for the Princess 10k. I am attempting to take the day off to register bc I know if I don’t I won’t have a shot.
Fingers crossed my boss approves it and I can at least try. Really hoping to get back to Disney races.

 

[GreatLakes]

I think I’m going to try for the Princess 10k. I am attempting to take the day off to register bc I know if I don’t I won’t have a shot.
Fingers crossed my boss approves it and I can at least try. Really hoping to get back to Disney races.

Can you just block your calendar on registration day? I put myself in a meeting from 9:30 until 11:00 so no one disturbs me or tries to pull me into something else.

 

[pinkxray]

Can you just block your calendar on registration day? I put myself in a meeting from 9:30 until 11:00 so no one disturbs me or tries to pull me into something else.

I wish. Unfortunately, I’m a mammo tech so if I have a patient scheduled I can’t stop what I’m doing.
I have my sister and older DD on standby if I can’t get the time off.

 

[EpcotPhoenician]

Does anybody know how long the 5k and 10k Marathon Week virtual registrations are typically open for before selling out?

 

[Herding_Cats]

Does anybody know how long the 5k and 10k Marathon Week virtual registrations are typically open for before selling out?

This is the first year they have offered both in-person AND virtual together so no one knows. I would THINK that virtual wouldn’t sell out as quickly because the demand for in-person will probably be so high, but there might be a lot of FOMO if everything for in-person sells out super fast.


I know if I don’t get an in-person bib I’ll probably do virtual dopey (because I like shiny things and the cost is almost the same as in person goofy) and hate every second because it’ll be winter in northern Michigan when I run it all......probably on my treadmill.

 

[Baloo in MI]

This is the first year they have offered both in-person AND virtual together so no one knows. I would THINK that virtual wouldn’t sell out as quickly because the demand for in-person will probably be so high, but there might be a lot of FOMO if everything for in-person sells out super fast.


I know if I don’t get an in-person bib I’ll probably do virtual dopey (because I like shiny things and the cost is almost the same as in person goofy) and hate every second because it’ll be winter in northern Michigan when I run it all......probably on my treadmill.

Same for me, if I fail to get an in-person bib then I will do the virtual. But my family is going to WDW on vacation either way. So I will avoid the Michigan winter weather and do the virtual on property.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Anyone else going to get on the website tomorrow and refresh every couple of minutes just to see how fast stuff sells out? So you can have more stress about registration for MW? Just me?

 

[DopeyBadger]

Anyone else going to get on the website tomorrow and refresh every couple of minutes just to see how fast stuff sells out? So you can have more stress about registration for MW? Just me?

I had planned to jump on there to get some new screenshots for helping others with registration questions in the future. But now I've got a project going on for about 2 hrs around registration time, so I probably won't be able to capture those screenshots if we get a quick sellout. I figure the Wine and Dine thread would do a decent job of updating us on the progress of sellouts (or update here and I can update the OP).

Tomorrow will be really interesting from a comparative standpoint. Does the sell out timing look more like W&D 2020 (everything gone in 2 hrs with no presumed capacity restrictions), MW/P 2021 (most everything sold out in 30 min, but reliable information to say reduced capacity), or 2019 rates where in general we're talking hours/days/months for sellouts?

 

[Kerry1957]

Anyone else going to get on the website tomorrow and refresh every couple of minutes just to see how fast stuff sells out? So you can have more stress about registration for MW? Just me?

I hope just you
I'll be on the website tomorrow to register for the HM!
We will let you know how fast races sell out on the W&D thread.

 

[Livelovedance]

Is it bad that I’m nervous for Wine & Dine registration and I’m not even registering?

I won’t be on the page but I’ll be reading here on the boards and wishing each of your well on your registrations!