Marathon Weekend 2019

[lhermiston]

Well... you're talking to the wrong person because I can easily spend 2 full days if not longer at AK.

Your love for AK is well-documented.

Don’t get me wrong - I don’t dislike AK at all. Ideally, it’d be a 1.5 park for me, but I’m not splurging on park hoppers.

 

[rteetz]

Your love for AK is well-documented.

Don’t get me wrong - I don’t dislike AK at all. Ideally, it’d be a 1.5 park for me, but I’m not splurging on park hoppers.

Yeah I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have park hoppers.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

Your love for AK is well-documented.

Don’t get me wrong - I don’t dislike AK at all. Ideally, it’d be a 1.5 park for me, but I’m not splurging on park hoppers.

We bought park hoppers last time and didn't use them at all, so we are doing 1-day tickets this time too. Hope I don't regret it!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

We bought park hoppers last time and didn't use them at all, so we are doing 1-day tickets this time too. Hope I don't regret it!

We have APs and rarely park hop - if you plan right it won’t matter much

 

[lhermiston]

Yeah I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have park hoppers.

If I were on my own I’d probably do it. I move fast and I’d use it to see HEA and IllumiNations a bunch, but it doesn’t make sense for our family. We’re fine sticking with one park per day.

 

[lhermiston]

We have APs and rarely park hop - if you plan right it won’t matter much

That’s my approach. We don’t sacrifice much by not park hopping, in my opinion. But, to each their own.

 

[cavepig]

It's freezing and was snowing so I couldn't see attempting to run today, it was miserable as in why did I even try. It's not supposed to be this cold yet. I'm like mother nature there's still about 2 months till marathon weekend keep it together!

We normally park hop a lot, but I want to try to keep it less to minimize transportation/bag check time. Like, do we really need to go to 3 parks in a day, no. Sometimes staying all day in one park really let's you take in some of the smaller things I think.

 

[jennamfeo]

Yeah I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have park hoppers.

Says the poor college student.

I am excited to have the ability to park hop this time. Especially since I don't have my entire family to drag around.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

It's freezing and was snowing so I couldn't see attempting to run today, it was miserable as in why did I even try. It's not supposed to be this cold yet. I'm like mother nature there's still about 2 months till marathon weekend keep it together!

Girl! You are crazy! It is so flippin' cold here! When I went outside this morning at work, it was negative wind chills. BRRR!

 

[Bree]

Someone invited Summer back to central FL. It’s so hot. Blah. Between the weather and Florida not being able to get their crap together for elections I am more than ready for Thanksgiving in bitter cold Maine.

I volunteered to hand count Florida ballots. Not sure if I’ll get selected, but I’d like to see the process first hand.

 

[cavepig]

Girl! You are crazy! It is so flippin' cold here! When I went outside this morning at work, it was negative wind chills. BRRR!

I will say it was stupid and not worth the 2.25 I did since I couldn't see, wind chill was 20 maybe her. Tomorrow now will be long run (maybe) & it looks so cold, like did you see the Husker football team rolling/practicing on the snow. They are going to freeze tomorrow too.

Someone invited Summer back to central FL. It’s so hot. Blah. Between the weather and Florida not being able to get their crap together for elections I am more than ready for Thanksgiving in bitter cold Maine.

I volunteered to hand count Florida ballots. Not sure if I’ll get selected, but I’d like to see the process first hand.

Oh hot sounds so lovely, Please send that Florida heat to Nebraska, thanks! Thanksgiving in Maine sounds pretty!

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I will say it was stupid and not worth the 2.25 I did since I couldn't see, wind chill was 20 maybe her. Tomorrow now will be long run (maybe) & it looks so cold, like did you see the Husker football team rolling/practicing on the snow. They are going to freeze tomorrow too.

I don't know what I'm going to do for my long run tomorrow- it's going to be crazy cold here in the morning that then super windy/cold in the afternoon... So I might hit the ol' treadmill.
My husband is going to the game tomorrow and for the first time, I am glad to not be going (I have to work). It's going to be so cold!

 

[rteetz]

Says the poor college student.

I am excited to have the ability to park hop this time. Especially since I don't have my entire family to drag around.

I have an AP right now and on family vacations we would always get park hoppers.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

I was definitely planning on checking out Satuli as a midday “snack.”

Satuli Canteen is a very big mid day snack. It's good though.

Congrats! I was a little glitchy, too. But, I got FOP, 7DMT for the first time and a little something for everyone in the family. I’m not thrilled, but I’m pleased.

I found it trickier to get the perfect times I wanted for after the race days, but I think most of that is a function of me being slower and accounting for my race finish times. As it is I may have to skip one Epcot FP+ because it's too early after the marathon for my slowness, but that's okay.

Did you guys use the app on your phone or do the online/browser approach? Did either work just fine or would you recommend one over the other?

From my experience, I advise that you know how to do it on both. For my first FP+ reservation for 2017 Dark Side, online/browser did not work at all, but the app did.

I started on the desktop, booked a couple and it got glitchy. Switched to mobile, that was worse. Went back to desktop, hit refresh and everything was fine. Did the rest of my trip with zero issues.

The weirdest thing was I’m 90 percent certain I booked a Toy Story Mania FP, but wound up with a alien saucers (whatever it’s called) FP. Maybe the error was on my end, but double check you get what you selected.

I had the exact same thing. Browser 1 failed altogether. Browser 2 did fine for a reservation or two before failing. At this point I switched to MDE where I was able to book a pass by clicking confirm, but never received the confirmation and got an error message from the app. At this point, I went back to the browser and it worked fine with no problems the rest of the way. I discovered I had made the app reservation successfully because I could no longer choose a tier 1 FP+ for my park in the browser as the system said I had one already. And when I checked the final total, the one I wasn't sure about because the app glitch was there.

So where are the big DIS get togethers going to be? I know DATW on Monday, so I'll make my FP+ for Epcot then, but I have no idea what I'm doing on the other days.

Maybe it's an inefficient use of my FP+, but I actually went for Animal Kingdom that day. I will use Flight of Passage in the early morning and can head over to Epcot later. I'm finishing the day up in the Magic Kingdom no matter what since I have dinner in that area.

Yeah I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have park hoppers.

I don't always park hop, but I like the ability to do so.

f I were on my own I’d probably do it. I move fast and I’d use it to see HEA and IllumiNations a bunch, but it doesn’t make sense for our family. We’re fine sticking with one park per day.

I might not even see HEA this trip. As a fireworks show, I think it's tremendous. But it doesn't really have the nostalgia factor for me that other Disney shows offer. Throw in my ADR outside the Magic Kingdom for 8:30pm for the one night I could see HEA and it doesn't quite work out.

I am excited to have the ability to park hop this time.

If current plans hold, I'll probably park hop on only two of the days this visit since Dopey is already taking away park time, but I still love the ability to do any DIS meetups in one park and be able to do something different that day if I want to.

Also if anyone cares, the Star Wars Galactic Spectacular dessert party is now available for booking around marathon weekend time. Clearly, I can't give up this tradition since I did after Dark Side 2017 and Dark Side 2018.

 

[jennamfeo]

I have an AP right now and on family vacations we would always get park hoppers.

Even on all of our trips to Disneyland for races, I could never convince anyone to do a park hopper. Haha. We were always one park per day. Actually, if I remember correctly we did one park per race weekend. I think we even did a race weekend where we didn't do any park time! I'm definitely not living my best Disney life.

 

[Keels]

Even on all of our trips to Disneyland for races, I could never convince anyone to do a park hopper. Haha. We were always one park per day. Actually, if I remember correctly we did one park per race weekend. I think we even did a race weekend where we didn't do any park time! I'm definitely not living my best Disney life.

I could do WDW without park-hopping, but I don't think I could ever do it at DL ... it would make me so sad knowing Sonoma Terrace and Carthay Circle Lounge are so close, but unaccessible by me.

 

[rteetz]

Even on all of our trips to Disneyland for races, I could never convince anyone to do a park hopper. Haha. We were always one park per day. Actually, if I remember correctly we did one park per race weekend. I think we even did a race weekend where we didn't do any park time! I'm definitely not living my best Disney life.

I have considered doing a Disney race weekend without parks. Don't think I could end up doing it though. I don't park hop every day but I like having the flexibility to do so. I do it a lot more with an AP than I did before.

 

[lhermiston]

It's freezing and was snowing so I couldn't see attempting to run today, it was miserable as in why did I even try. It's not supposed to be this cold yet. I'm like mother nature there's still about 2 months till marathon weekend keep it together!

We got our first snow of the season overnight. It was actually really nice this morning, but it never really warmed up. I just went for 6 miles - 21 degrees and blustery. The biggest concern was any unseen black ice on the sidewalks, but I managed to avoid any that was out there. I really should get a reflective vest, too. Too many people out there watching their phones and not intersections and parking lot entrances.

Satuli Canteen is a very big mid day snack. It's good though.

Family of five, including three girls who often summer from bottomless stomachs. I'm thinking we'll probably start with a beef or chicken bowl to share and see how that goes. My girls really want to try the cheeseburger bao buns, too.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Family of five, including three girls who often summer from bottomless stomachs. I'm thinking we'll probably start with a beef or chicken bowl to share and see how that goes. My girls really want to try the cheeseburger bao buns, too.

When my sister and I ate at Satuli Canteen, we found the portion sizes were large enough to feed one person, but not large enough to share between two. I'm 42 and she's 31.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

I could do WDW without park-hopping, but I don't think I could ever do it at DL ... it would make me so sad knowing Sonoma Terrace and Carthay Circle Lounge are so close, but unaccessible by me.

I’m sad I don’t know when I’ll get back to Disneyland