Marathon Weekend 2019

[Keels]

I feel that like that should earn me a couple of points today.

 

[rteetz]

I feel that like that should earn me a couple of points today.

Maybe...

 

[Disneyslowrunner]

It feels like bad juju to just criticize, so ill offset every harsh remark with a good one.

Overrated: La cellier and Art Smith’s homecoming. Both are very good, but not for the money. I thought the steak was good, but not for the huge price and compared to other really great steak restaurants. The chicken at art smith’s was fine but way too greesy.

Not overrated was California Grill and Citricos-fantastic. Also, everyone says BoG is mediocre for breakfast, but mine ended up being my favorite breakfast of any I had on property.

Overrated snack: mickey premium bars. They just remind me of the generic ice cream bars you find at any gas station in a special cooler. I’d rather get a magnum bar at home.

My must have snack: the massive hockey puck shaped, overly sugared chocolate chip cookie you can everywhere there.

Overrated ride: Navi River ride. It was relaxing, but underwhelming. Also, journey to imagination-they totally wrecked that ride with the reimagining of it a million years ago.

Shows: Fantastismic-it is fine I guess, but it’s just not my thing. Happily Ever after, however, is great. Also, I still love CoP, even thought the last scene needs some love. It’s probably a purely nostalgic thing for me.

 

[Keels]

My overrated is Via Napoli (sorry, @croach)

 

[jmasgat]

Not overrated, per se, but I was sorely disappointed in the revised Soarin'. This went from being a must do for me- a ride I would do whatever necessary to be top row for that true feeling of flying- to a gasping "What the F did they do to this ride!"

The new video is so distorted and they tried to smush a billion things into one film. It totally lost everything shred of magic. I was so unhappy when I left. The icing on the cake was the shot of the Eiffel Tower--bent and distorted (and no, I'm not describing myself!)

 

[cavepig]

I wouldn’t call Illuminations overrated so much as I would call it stale.

Yes this! It needs an updated badly.

 

[KingLlama]

Ride: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Resort: Art of Animation
Show: Illuminations
Restaurant(Table Service): Le Cellier
Restaurant(Quick Service): Pecos Bill
Snack: Mickey Bar
Miscellaneous food item: Mickey Waffle(it's just a waffle. In the shape of Mickey's head. People act like Disney mixes in cocaine and the powder of a unicorn's horn into the batter.)

 

[ZellyB]

Well, this answer is going to get me some hate.

Peter Pan's Flight.

I love the ride, but the waits for it are completely insane. No way to I wait 90 minutes for it, so that's why I consider it overrated.

 

[ZellyB]

Sooo...I'm seriously mulling around the idea of running the full this time. #thanksrundisney for delaying registration and giving me more time to step it up a notch...and spend more money.

It'd be my first full (no 1/2s or anything either so first of that too!)

I'm a regular runner about 10-12 miles per week

Longest run was 8 miles

I'm not fast

Looked at Galloway's plan. Anyone have any feedback on it?

I've recently incorporated run/walk into my training and my body is much happier! I'm currently running my usual 12mm pace at a 90/30 interval, he suggests that pace be 120/60 intervals but I find that my times are actually improving using the 90/30 intervals. I remember a discussion a few months back (it may even be on the 2018 thread) about interval length anyone remember the details of that?

I've used the Galloway training plans a few times for marathons. If you follow it, you'll finish a marathon. That said, I think it's the bare minimum needed to finish. If you use the basic plan but boost it some, I think you'd find that you'll have a better experience. If you stick with the 3x a week running, I'd build up your mid-week runs to be a bit longer than he recommends, but ideally I think for a marathon 4x a week is better. I also never went all the way to 26 in a training run. I topped out most of mine at 22 or so.

 

[lhermiston]

Well, this answer is going to get me some hate.

Peter Pan's Flight.

I love the ride, but the waits for it are completely insane. No way to I wait 90 minutes for it, so that's why I consider it overrated.

I have never understood the mass appeal of this ride.

 

[rteetz]

I have never understood the mass appeal of this ride.

Part of the reason it has such a long wait is 1. Fastpass and 2. It’s a low capacity attraction.

 

[pluto377]

Totally agree with Illuminations.

And the new Soarin'. I was so disappointed when I rode it.

Chef Mickey's.

 

[PrincessV]

SAFD: Rope drop. We are not morning people in my house.

 

[croach]

Miscellaneous food item: Mickey Waffle(it's just a waffle. In the shape of Mickey's head. People act like Disney mixes in cocaine and the powder of a unicorn's horn into the batter.)

This would explain a lot actually.

 

[jennamfeo]

All of the AK except EE. Can someone just move that to a different park, thanks.

 

[a-mad]

SAFD: Pirates. I still like it, but I can name several attractions at MK that I would prefer to ride. Part of it is being spoiled with DL's version...

As far as the ongoing Illuminations discussion - I realize it's getting pretty old, and the technology and gee-whiz elements are no longer fresh, but daggum if that music doesn't get me every time! It has to be probably my favorite score to any theme park show ever (neck and neck with the finale of Fantasmic!)

 

[roxymama]

The deluxe disney dining plan is overrated. People get really excited about it, but my stomach just can't take it and all the time spent going to restaurants and sitting down...blech. If I ever do a dining plan again it will be quick service with a few table service thrown in off our own dime.

Also waiting hours for parades and fireworks. I like parades and fireworks, but not enough to carve out hour+ of time I could be doing other fun things. I'll take an obstructed view anytime over curb stalking and defending my turf. Hence why paying a tiny bit more for Fantasmic dining package and fireworks dessert party was ok in my book as a treat.

 

[roxymama]

This has been asked like 80,000 times I'm sure...do we know when January will open up on the web to stalk hotel costs? Just in case I were to want to do that?
I know I can call disney now for rates, but I'm still in stalking mode.

 

[FFigawi]

This has been asked like 80,000 times I'm sure...do we know when January will open up on the web to stalk hotel costs? Just in case I were to want to do that?
I know I can call disney now for rates, but I'm still in stalking mode.

Sounds like Dopey to me. What say you @rteetz?

 

[camaker]

Sounds like Dopey to me. What say you @rteetz?

I heard if @roxymama does Dopey, @rteetz has to have an additional face painting session.