Marathon Spectator Logistics Questions

[Maverick]

I hope I'm not duplicating other questions already asked / answered, but I have a few questions related to family members catching up with me during the upcoming Marathon.

I plan to run about a 9:00 mile through the race, so keep that in mind with the questions.

The problem is that I don't know what roads are closed and what transportation still runs throughout the race.

Thanks in advance for any responses!

Main Street is at approximately mile 10.5 in the race. My wife will see me there. How would she get from there to AK to see me at mile 17.5 (in front of AK)? She would have about 60 minutes to get there. What would be the preferred route? Monorail to TTC and Bus? Monorail to a resort and Bus?

If she did get to AK, how would she get to Epcot for the finish? She would have about 80 minutes to make the final trek. Is there a bus directly to Epcot or would she have to take a bus to a resort and then another bus to Epcot? Are there taxi cabs available in the AK parking lot? Are the roads even open to taxi cab traffic at that point?

I may just have her see me at TTC and Polynesian and head back to Epcot to be safe, but I'd like to know what the options are.

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

Maverick

 

[ducklite]

From experience, I can tell you that she's probably not going to make it from Main Street to the AK.

I usually see DH over near the GF, and then at the finish. Transportation other than by boat or monorail is difficult at best on marathon day. Another otion might be seeing you run past the Contemporary then past the GF, but that's not as easy as it sounds because you'll be travelling faster than she can via the monorail.