Marathon Weekend 2019

[Keels]

Keels tried that last year.

Keels also has learned valuable lessons about laying her stuff out the night before and not blindly rifling through a suitcase at 4 a.m. when she's only had a power nap.

It's gonna be a smarter, wiser Keels in 2019.

 

[rteetz]

Keels also has learned valuable lessons about laying her stuff out the night before and not blindly rifling through a suitcase at 4 a.m. when she's only had a power nap.

It's gonna be a smarter, wiser Keels in 2019.

You say that now...

 

[Bree]

Ugh. I really want some Dopey merchandise. So does that mean adjusted hours for the expo or is it opening at 8am? If it’s an 8am opening that means leaving my house at 6am so I miss Orlando rush hour.

 

[Keels]

You say that now...

Well, the all-nighter wasn't even my worst move of the weekend this year. I forgot to bring enough fuel, so I ran with the three mini packets of Oreos from my snack boxes for the Marathon. That said, I'm almost positive my villa-mates consumed at least one package of ShotBlocs because ... well, I don't really know why.

 

[rteetz]

Ugh. I really want some Dopey merchandise. So does that mean adjusted hours for the expo or is it opening at 8am? If it’s an 8am opening that means leaving my house at 6am so I miss Orlando rush hour.

If they do the early entry for race retreat the expo wouldn’t open until 12 for everyone.

 

[rteetz]

Well, the all-nighter wasn't even my worst move of the weekend this year. I forgot to bring enough fuel, so I ran with the three mini packets of Oreos from my snack boxes for the Marathon. That said, I'm almost positive my villa-mates consumed at least one package of ShotBlocs because ... well, I don't really know why.

 

[SarahDisney]

Sooooo we should do an all-nighter before the 5k?

When planning your all-nighter, remember that MK has EMH on Wednesday night and you've already volunteered to be my EMH buddy. So the start of the all-nighter fun may be delayed

 

[leholcomb]

I want to sign up for the 5K but do not get in until late night before. I have heard in the past they have same day bib pick up. Is this still correct?

 

[rteetz]

I want to sign up for the 5K but do not get in until late night before. I have heard in the past they have same day bib pick up. Is this still correct?

In the past yes but it’s not guaranteed. I don’t see them getting rid of it but don’t expect it I guess.

 

[Keels]

Ugh. I really want some Dopey merchandise. So does that mean adjusted hours for the expo or is it opening at 8am? If it’s an 8am opening that means leaving my house at 6am so I miss Orlando rush hour.

So, I found the email ... this person requested a refund (like others had received prior to her email) because Early Entry wasn't included. And this is the response she got:

 

[FFigawi]

Keels also has learned valuable lessons about laying her stuff out the night before and not blindly rifling through a suitcase at 4 a.m. when she's only had a power nap.

It's gonna be a smarter, wiser Keels in 2019.

Famous last words, though I bet you'll know you put your socks on this time around

 

[rteetz]

So, I found the email ... this person requested a refund (like others had received prior to her email) because Early Entry wasn't included. And this is the response she got:

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Interesting

 

[leholcomb]

In the past yes but it’s not guaranteed. I don’t see them getting rid of it but don’t expect it I guess.

Thanks. We ran into an issue several years ago where my aunt's flight was delayed and she was close to missing the expo. The officials at the time told us not to worry that race day pick up would be available. We ended up not having to worry about it as the taxi driver got her (and her tons of luggage) there with 5 min to spare. lol

 

[Keels]

Famous last words, though I bet you'll know you put your socks on this time around

Probs gonna put those bad boys on before I start boozing on Wednesday night and just won't take them off. Just to be safe.

 

[FFigawi]

Probs gonna put those bad boys on before I start boozing on Wednesday night and just won't take them off. Just to be safe.

 

[roxymama]

I'll be expo-ing on Friday mid-day after we arrive in the morning. My gameplan is:
Fly In
Magical express to AOA
Lunch at food court of hotel with roxypapa
Minnievan or uber to expo (I don't care about $$ for that...I will NOT spend another 2 hours waiting for an expo bus!)
I won't buy more than will fit in my backpack bc I don't want to go back to the hotel again.
Then uber/taxi/minivan to Magic Kingdom and dinner at Skipper's Canteen. AND DOLE WHIPS!!!!

Anyone who wants to live dangerously, I'll be at Trader Sam's with my friend on Saturday night. Bwahahaha!

I haven't figured out my parks to go to on Saturday or Sunday other than we'll have Sunday dinner in Epcot. I should probably start figuring that out for FP purposes!!!! I'm thinking MK and AK on Sat. HS and Epcot Sunday? I DUNNO????

 

[Keels]

The expo opens in 10 weeks!

Parks/expo strategy question for experienced RunDisney all-stars:

I’m doing Dopey, so I have no choice but to do the expo on Wednesday. That is also our lone AK day.

My plan is to hit up the expo first thing in the morning, send the rest of the family to Disney Springs for breakfast/shopping and meet at AK for lunch. Is that the best option for minimizing my time at the expo and getting the most out of AK or, should we:

- rope drop AK and I hit up the expo solo after lunch?
- see if I can get a FoP FP+ and base my plans off that?

Priority 1 is expo. Priority 2 is FoP. Priority 3 is eating all the food at AK.

Just an FYI ... there isn't a whole lot for breakfast OR shopping open at Disney Springs (other than Starbucks) until like 10-11 a.m. Maybe Earl of Sandwich? But I definitely wouldn't go out of my way to go there when I can go to a park. I would let them go start their day at AK and you just meet them after the Expo.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

I wonder if race retreat sales were down because of no guaranteed early expo access so they added it back in.

Even if race retreat now offers early merchandise access, I don't know that I'll use it. My sister did not purchase race retreat and the only Dopey merchandise I might really want is the I did it shirt and it's not the end of the world if it's long gone by the time I get there. I'm not too concerned about Goofy or marathon stuff still being there later in the day.

 

[rteetz]

Just an FYI ... there isn't a whole lot for breakfast OR shopping open at Disney Springs (other than Starbucks) until like 10-11 a.m. Maybe Earl of Sandwich? But I definitely wouldn't go out of my way to go there when I can go to a park. I would let them go start their day at AK and you just meet them after the Expo.

Yeah breakfast is not a strong suit of Disney Springs

 

[drummerwife]

Well, I’m officially a sucker. Even though I haven’t run in months because of foot surgery, and I’m currently in a boot due to tarsal tunnel syndrome, I’ve signed up for the 5k. The pull of the Oswald medal was just too strong...