Marathon Weekend 2018

[mbwhitti]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

I've visited the world 13 times!! (1 trip was for football but I squeezed in 2/3 of a day). First trip was when I was 21 with boyfriend at the time and his family. I have two older brothers and my mom would always say that we would go to Disney World as a family when I was old enough to remember it.... needless to say that never happened.

 

[Simba's Girl]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

You mean I have to math this early on a Sunday???

Ummm....First trip 1980 then 1982, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998,1999,2000,2002,2003,2004,2005,2007,2010,2013,2015 so 16X I was 7 on my first trip.

 

[Barca33Runner]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

I went three times as a kid. Twice in the early 90's where we visited MK, Epcot, and MGM Studios and then went on a cruise and once in the late-90's where we spent about a half a day at AK.

Took a long hiatus until running the 2012 WDW Half Marathon. This was my sixth Marathon Weekend trip and we also had a family trip in 2014. So I guess I'm at 10.

 

[ZellyB]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

Hmmm first time was with my parents when I was in high school so probably 1981 or so. I think I've been 8 times now.

Oh, please. I graduated from college in 1992. I must have one foot in the grave on the @Keels scale of old!

As for the question of the day, my first trip was in 1993 for my first honeymoon. Hey, maybe I saw @Keels perform! Since that trip, I've probably been about 2 dozen times, give or take a few.

Now I'm feeling really old. I graduated college in 1987!!

 

[PCFriar80]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

Congratulations on the nomination and new job! I guess your inauguration is 6 days ahead of the one on Friday?

 

[croach]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

I would guess I've been 8 or 9 times. Three of those were marathon weekends. First trip was when I was probably around 11 years old. My sister was in a high school music group and they went to WDW to perform. Not much recollection of it unfortunately except the long bus ride from West Virginia and dropping a piece of glassware I bought for my Mom.

Bonus answer: I've been to Disneyland twice - both times to run.

 

[PCFriar80]

Oh, please. I graduated from college in 1992. I must have one foot in the grave on the @Keels scale of old!

Yikes! I must be dead then. I graduated college in 1980. I think that was before coed dorms?

I've been to WDW just over 80 times with the first trip to the Yacht Club in 1996. Proud DVC owners with BCV as our home resort.

 

[lahobbs4]

I'm hoping we can afford to stay at AKL but if not we'll go back to All Star Movies. Stayed there for marathon weekend 2018 and it was a breeze! Like others have said more money for merchandise!

Anyone stayed at AKL for any race weekends? Wouldn't mind your opinion if you have!

That's where we stayed last weekend! It worked great for the marathon weekend, in my opinion. You don't share a bus with anyone! The food options there outweigh everything to me, though. That being said, we are trying for Beach Club in 2018. We like the option of being closer to Epcot (our fave) for our adults-only trips and have stayed at AKL 4 times.

 

[FFigawi]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My first trip was is 1975 (76?). We went to Tampa to visit relatives and came to Disney for a few days too. I don't remember much about Disney, but I have clear memories of being taught by my aunt how to cook fried chicken in a cast iron pan well seasoned for more than 30 years.

 

[michigandergirl]

I have been to Disney World a total of 6 times; I went 3 times as a kid (ages 3, 11, & 15), as an adult we've been twice as a family (2009 & 2013), and I went once with friends in 2016 for marathon weekend.

I have two Disney trips planned in the next 12 months though!!! Taking the family for spring break in April and of course Dopey 2018 with friends in January.

 

[jmasgat]

I'm usually an Epcot Resort girl - but would love to stay at Wilderness lodge this time around. Any thoughts from others who had previously stayed there for marathon weekend?

I stayed there for my first half in 2009. Can't really comment on transportation (because I'm sure it's changed and of course, I forget!) One comment though re:room location: I like the rooms at the "stub end" of the corridors--the ones that overlook the lake. The only down side is that every night the Electrical Water Pageant" goes off at around 9:30. It is hard not to hear!

 

[DopeyBadger]

I'm hoping we can afford to stay at AKL but if not we'll go back to All Star Movies. Stayed there for marathon weekend 2018 and it was a breeze! Like others have said more money for merchandise!

Anyone stayed at AKL for any race weekends? Wouldn't mind your opinion if you have!

I've stayed at AKL for the past two race weekends. I think the only thing that bothered me was the lack of good space to run during the time leading up to the races. I just did some parking lot running with a 0.4 mile out and back several times. The walk to the room can be a beast though too from the bus depot depending on how far away your room is, but it is all indoors.

But it's beautiful, has an easy bus ride to most places since it doesn't share, and I've had no real issues with race transportation. They usually have a pretty short line back to the resort from the race which is nice too.

Anything else you'd like to know?

 

[JClimacus]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

First time was 1978, when my Dad had a business trip to Florida in August. We drove to Florida from New York in a rented station wagon that had air conditioning (something we had not experienced before). Those were the days when seatbelts were optional and we kids used the back of the station wagon more or less as a rec room. My brother (who was 18, I was 15) bought a CB radio and installed it in the car for the trip. One of my favorite memories is my brother taking the wheel one evening, with me in the passenger seat alongside and everyone else asleep. We drove through several states "breaker one-nineing" various truckers. It was a coming-of-age moment for my brother and me, being trusted with the driving and navigation for several hours, my parents confident enough in us to sack out.

I remember at MK you bought a book of paper tickets of different colors; the colors designated the level of ride they got you on, e.g. Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean were one color and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride another. The park was not crowded at night in August, and about 10:00 pm the cast members just started waving us on the rides without tickets. One classic memory: My brother spotted a girl he was sweet on from back home (what are the odds), but ended up being too chicken to talk to her!

I didn't go back until 2011, with my own family, now teenagers like I was back in 78. What a change! No more paper tickets, that's for sure. We stayed off property in 78 and only were there one day, and this time I wanted to do Disney right so I went whole hog and stayed at the Yacht Club for the better part of a week. I knew nothing about runDisney on that 2011 trip, only hearing about in early 2014. The Disney Marathon sounded so cool I had to run it, so I trained that year and ran it in 2015. I wanted to go back for another race but wasn't interested in a solo trip, so two of my kids trained for the half and I ran the Goofy. Maybe we'll do it again depending a familial interest... I'm a lot more interested in Disney than anyone else in my family.

 

[rteetz]

I remember at MK you bought a book of paper tickets of different colors; the colors designated the level of ride they got you on, e.g. Space Mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean were one color and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride another. The park was not crowded at night in August, and about 10:00 pm the cast members just started waving us on the rides without tickets. One classic memory: My brother spotted a girl he was sweet on from back home (what are the odds), but ended up being too chicken to talk to her!

Ah yes the old E-ticket books. A through E were the levels. E being the highest level attractions and A being the lowest. Many to this day still rate attractions that way including Disney imagineers themselves.

 

[Dopey Devon]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

Without sounding a bit....I don't actually know how many times I've been. When I was younger we used to come to the states about 5/6 times a year and would always go to Disney at some point in the holidays. The first time we went (and stayed on property at Dixie Landings) was when I was 5, so 1996. This is probably the first year I'll only get over to the states once.....and its for Dark Side #priorities

 

[baxter24]

My first trip was when I was four years old in 1987. I have lost count as to how many times I have been. Thinking it is in the high teens at least. The funniest thing about my first trip was that I apparently hated it! Or I was at least scared of every single ride (according to my parents) except the tea cups and It's a Small World.

 

[Dopey Devon]

That's where we stayed last weekend! It worked great for the marathon weekend, in my opinion. You don't share a bus with anyone! The food options there outweigh everything to me, though. That being said, we are trying for Beach Club in 2018. We like the option of being closer to Epcot (our fave) for our adults-only trips and have stayed at AKL 4 times.

Thanks for this! We've eaten at Boma a few times and love it and heard good stuff about the other restaurants too. I was wondering about the bus situation as we would be relying on that for the mornings but thats sounds ideal!

 

[Dopey Devon]

I've stayed at AKL for the past two race weekends. I think the only thing that bothered me was the lack of good space to run during the time leading up to the races. I just did some parking lot running with a 0.4 mile out and back several times. The walk to the room can be a beast though too from the bus depot depending on how far away your room is, but it is all indoors.

But it's beautiful, has an easy bus ride to most places since it doesn't share, and I've had no real issues with race transportation. They usually have a pretty short line back to the resort from the race which is nice too.

Anything else you'd like to know?

We would be arriving Expo day and staying the day after the marathon so finding race routes wouldn't be a problem for us, but thanks for the heads up. We were the furthest away from the main building when staying at All Star Movies and the walk to and from wasn't an issue for me - apart from straight after the marathon! Felt it loosened the legs a little. The only concern I had was with the buses for it being a bit away from Epcot but not sharing with other resorts does help.

Really just hoping we get signed up...starting to get a wee bit nervous

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

Well it is Sunday and Sunday's are for Disney (and football right now Go Pack Go!). Thanks to @lhermiston and @FFigawi for the nomination for this new job.

Today's Disney Question for everyone:

How many times have you been to Walt Disney World and when was your first trip?

My answer, I have been 9 times. My first trip I was 8 months old (1999) and don't remember anything of course.

First time was, I think, 1988 or so. Only went to Epcot.
Total? 88, 96, 97, 01, 03, 06, 09, 10, 11, 15, 16= 11

 

[DopeyBadger]

We would be arriving Expo day and staying the day after the marathon so finding race routes wouldn't be a problem for us, but thanks for the heads up. We were the furthest away from the main building when staying at All Star Movies and the walk to and from wasn't an issue for me - apart from straight after the marathon! Felt it loosened the legs a little. The only concern I had was with the buses for it being a bit away from Epcot but not sharing with other resorts does help.

Really just hoping we get signed up...starting to get a wee bit nervous

I was on the first race bus each morning and it was maybe 1/4 full when it left. We had no traffic and arrived at EPCOT in about 15 minutes from leaving AKL. Never had an issue when coming back either.