Marathon Weekend 2018

[Sailormoon2]

Also, one shirt is purple. Like TCU purple.

This would match the Dopey medal ribbon!! So excited!!!

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

This would match the Dopey medal ribbon!! So excited!!!

Yep, definitely thinking the purple has got to be for Dopey.

 

[kski907]

I finally got my last night booked for marathon weekend! We are at Saratoga Springs till the 8th but not flying home until the 9th. I was able to get a room at AS sports for the night of the 8th! Very happy with that as that is where I kept trying and it kept telling me no availability. Someone must have cancelled. It's great for our last day as we stay there all the time and know where to take our luggage in the a.m., know the food court, where to catch ME, etc. Also kinda feels like home, we have stayed there so much!

I was also able to modify one of our ADR's (we have 2) to add another person. But no luck adding a 7th person to Beaches and Cream the evening after the marathon. I had serious doubts about that one anyway as I had a very hard time getting the table for 6 originally! Sis and fam will have to figure something out as I am not giving up my No Way Jose after the marathon!

I know this is probably late in the game, and you already explored this avenue, but last year we also had reservations for Beaches and Cream in January that we needed to tack on extra folks. I called and we were able to break down the reservations into 2 separate reservations with close times (party of 4 & party of 3). We showed to the restaurant at the first time slot and mentioned to the lady at the podium that we were all together with the separate reservations and asked if we could be at least seated at the same time and near each other. The lady said she could if we didn't mind waiting a little longer. We waited and extra 30mins and then to our surprise they had moved a bunch of tables together and seated us all together. But I agree I would not give up the No way Jose either.

 

[DopeyBadger]

@DopeyBadger i can't find the spreadsheet with all the runners on it. It is far back in the thread now, but when i did look i did not find me for the 10k. Now I may have missed it there are a lot of people on the list, but if i did not i thought i would let you know. FYI i had said no to the pre meet on 10k but i am now a definite maybe and more than likely a yes to the 10k meet up.

Got it now!

This might be a stupid question, but my parents are staying at Saratoga Springs and wanted to come to Main St for the marathon to watch the runners. How do they go about getting there? Are there buses from all the resorts to MK at 6am?

There are no buses from resorts direct to MK for viewing on Main Street at that time. The last bus from the resorts is at 5am to EPCOT. So, they'd have to get on the bus at 5am to EPCOT and then follow the directions below.



This plan though would not get them there by 6am (maybe). It would probably be cutting it close. The fastest DIS marathon runner would arrive at Main Street at 6:14am (Corral A and 3:14 marathon estimate), so a little later than 6am would probably be fine.

 

[DISRNR1000]

I did not receive final race instructions nor see them on the run Disney website. I am hoping they might answer this question:

Event guide says you have to board a monorail by 3:30 AM. The website says you have to board a bus or monorail by 4 AM:

• Participants must board transportation no later than 4:00 a.m. in order to make it to their corrals on time.

I did email run Disney and I got the 4 AM response. That is also what it has always been in the past. Just was hoping for some additional confirmation.

 

[jmasgat]

This might be a stupid question, but my parents are staying at Saratoga Springs and wanted to come to Main St for the marathon to watch the runners. How do they go about getting there? Are there buses from all the resorts to MK at 6am?

An alternative is to take a cab to TTC and monorail from there or even better, cab to Contemporary and walk over to MK. The nice thing about SSR is that you can get to TTC via Vista Blvd and avoid the nastiness of World Blvd, or to Contemporary with only a small portion of World Drive to bother with.


Meanwhile, my "quad strain from nowhere" (seriously-it cropped up while I was NOT running) is refusing to go away. It feels marginally better, but I have purposefully not run in almost a week and really was hoping it would be gone by now. Nope. So now I see no running til I get to Disney and am trying not to relive my dismal memories of Goofy 2013. Sigh.

 

[FlashAM7]

Got it now!



There are no buses from resorts direct to MK for viewing on Main Street at that time. The last bus from the resorts is at 5am to EPCOT. So, they'd have to get on the bus at 5am to EPCOT and then follow the directions below.

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This plan though would not get them there by 6am (maybe). It would probably be cutting it close. The fastest DIS marathon runner would arrive at Main Street at 6:14am (Corral A and 3:14 marathon estimate), so a little later than 6am would probably be fine.

Could they not just drive to the TTC and take the monorail from there?

 

[DopeyBadger]

Could they not just drive to the TTC and take the monorail from there?

Yes, if they have other transportation other than the Disney bus. They could take a cab/uber or drive a car. I'm not 100% certain you can park at TTC, but I'd be surprised if you could not.

 

[FlashAM7]

An alternative is to take a cab to TTC and monorail from there or even better, cab to Contemporary and walk over to MK. The nice thing about SSR is that you can get to TTC via Vista Blvd and avoid the nastiness of World Blvd, or to Contemporary with only a small portion of World Drive to bother with.


Meanwhile, my "quad strain from nowhere" (seriously-it cropped up while I was NOT running) is refusing to go away. It feels marginally better, but I have purposefully not run in almost a week and really was hoping it would be gone by now. Nope. So now I see no running til I get to Disney and am trying not to relive my dismal memories of Goofy 2013. Sigh.

Ah ok, this answers my question then. I probably should have disclosed that they have their own car. I may just have them park at TTC then and take the monorail from there, or see if they can park at the Contemporary and just walk

 

[lhermiston]

Balmy 8 degrees today. I almost feel bad for those of you going to Florida next week.

 

[OrangeBirdGirl]

Minimal changes from today

Accuweather

1/3 - H 69 L 49
1/4 - H 67 L 55
1/5 - H 58 L 42
1/6 - H 72 L 53
1/7 - H 77 L 46

Well if Accuweather holds out I am glad our cold day will be the 10K. My cold running gear is Under Armour long sleeve compression and I don't want to throw that away, so at least I could suck it up and be overly warm for that "short" of distance.

 

[Simba's Girl]

I did not receive final race instructions nor see them on the run Disney website. I am hoping they might answer this question:

Event guide says you have to board a monorail by 3:30 AM. The website says you have to board a bus or monorail by 4 AM:

• Participants must board transportation no later than 4:00 a.m. in order to make it to their corrals on time.

I did email run Disney and I got the 4 AM response. That is also what it has always been in the past. Just was hoping for some additional confirmation.

Check your junk box. Mine was in there

 

[FFigawi]

Well if Accuweather holds out I am glad our cold day will be the 10K. My cold running gear is Under Armour long sleeve compression and I don't want to throw that away, so at least I could suck it up and be overly warm for that "short" of distance.

The 42 shown on Friday is the overnight low into Saturday. The 10k should be warm enough that you won't need to bring your UA top.

 

[croach]

Does this include for the half? That’s the one race I’m doing and character pictures are a top priority for me this time. I don’t want to stop for tons, but would love to get some good ones and have advance notice to prioritize. I’ll send you a PM!

Yep I'll be doing it for the half and the full.

 

[Dis5150]

I know this is probably late in the game, and you already explored this avenue, but last year we also had reservations for Beaches and Cream in January that we needed to tack on extra folks. I called and we were able to break down the reservations into 2 separate reservations with close times (party of 4 & party of 3). We showed to the restaurant at the first time slot and mentioned to the lady at the podium that we were all together with the separate reservations and asked if we could be at least seated at the same time and near each other. The lady said she could if we didn't mind waiting a little longer. We waited and extra 30mins and then to our surprise they had moved a bunch of tables together and seated us all together. But I agree I would not give up the No way Jose either.

I will try that when i call back, thanks!

 

[Poutine]

I was thinking of the temps I'd like for next week, but since it is currently below zero where I am, any temp Florida can produce will feel like a heat wave.

 

[Kebby]

Newbie! It never occurred to me to drive. If we do so, what time should we leave the Polynesian for the 5k? I assume there is lots of parking signs?

 

[nighttowll]

Hi all.

Any advice for a non runner? I’m not really sure what to except crowd and transportation wise. Anything special we should be aware of?

This will be our first time to visit during a marathon. I had no idea it was even going on until after I booked the trip. We get in late Saturday night, so our first day isn’t until Sunday. We’ve got a lunch booked at the Contemporary. Then plan to head over to MK.

Good luck to you all. We’ll be cheering everyone on.
Thanks.

 

[rteetz]

Hi all.

Any advice for a non runner? I’m not really sure what to except crowd and transportation wise. Anything special we should be aware of?

This will be our first time to visit during a marathon. I had no idea it was even going on until after I booked the trip. We get in late Saturday night, so our first day isn’t until Sunday. We’ve got a lunch booked at the Contemporary. Then plan to head over to MK.

Good luck to you all. We’ll be cheering everyone on.
Thanks.

There shouldn't be any impact to MK from mid-day on. Only early morning is really when MK would be impacted. Crowds shouldn't be too bad on Sunday either.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Kinda aggravated at myself now. Thanks to a miscommunication - my husband took the slightly wrong days off of work. Guess we aren't getting their Thursday early afternoon now and will now arrive late Thursday evening. Now I'm not sure when we will fit in our last ride on Stitch's Great Escape and no more Diamond Horseshoe.