Marathon Weekend 2022

[patty22407]

153. Tearing up watching your DIL turn to see the Castle on her first trip to Disney (as she cried).

 

[JAMIESMITH]

154. Watching my daughter receive a rose from Beauty and the Beast at the show in HS.

 

[JAMIESMITH]

155. Having my daughter be selected for princess of the day at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutqiue in Disney Springs and have her make-over done in the front window where everyone walking by could see!

 

[PrincessV]

156. Closing down EP and taking my time strolling toward the exit through WS, taking lots of photos of empty pavilions.

 

[striker1064]

So today I made the mistake of looking at a DVC points chart. And realized that it might be possible for me to stay at AKL or Riv for the same price as I'm paying for ASMo if I rented points. But I have no idea what availability looks like for DVC for MW. I know that it's a mess (and VERY booked) for the fall, but is it still super crazy for January?

You are out of luck, unfortunately. January is generally open but marathon weekend is almost completely booked. Your best bet will be searching the rental sites for confirmed reservations and hope someone put MW weekend up, otherwise renting points would be hoping someone cancels and your prospective rentee jumps on it right away.

 

[Baloo in MI]

157. Watching my daughters perform with their dance studio at Disney Springs during spring break several years ago.

 

[Baloo in MI]

158. Coming out of Wide World of Sports, near mile 20, of the marathon while running past all the people going the opposite direction into the area and back around mile 17. I am immediately grateful to be on the better side of the street; with the finish beginning to feel real!

 

[Cabius]

159. Marching in place as a suit of armor at Enchanted Tales with Belle.

 

[lhermiston]

160. Leaving WWoS (the ninth circle of hell) during the full.

 

[lhermiston]

161. Hurricane Hanna's the Friday of Marathon Weekend

 

[Herding_Cats]

If you give me dates, i'll look at availability for you (I'm DVC).

I definitely wouldn’t be booking anything until I have a confirmation email for a bib. But probably the 7th-10th. Or the 6th-9th.

I figured that everything would be super booked up with the backlog of points from last year, stuff reopening close-ish to normal, and MW being a for-sure go.

 

[anneeb]

I definitely wouldn’t be booking anything until I have a confirmation email for a bib. But probably the 7th-10th. Or the 6th-9th.

I figured that everything would be super booked up with the backlog of points from last year, stuff reopening close-ish to normal, and MW being a for-sure go.

Last week I tried to add Wednesday of MW to my reservation (I had already booked Thur to Tue BLT at 7 months) and there were no studios available anywhere. 1 bedroom only at AKL, Saratoga, or OKW and that was just for Wednesday night which tends to have less demand than the core of the weekend days. I ended up deciding on a DVC cash booking for a studio at BLT rather than move resorts. DVC bookings are really tough now that people are more comfortable traveling. David's DVC rental had a notation on their site that they have a shortage of points to rent and points are in high demand right now.

 

[Carol_]

149. Ugly-crying all the way up Main Street USA, completely overwhelmed with emotion, on my first half-marathon -- less than a year after running my first mile -- because I figured that Disney was the only thing I love more than I hate exercise, and that motivation, that moment, changed my life.

I’m so right there with you.

 

[MissLiss279]

160. Leaving WWoS (the ninth circle of hell) during the full.

162. Running around WWOS, and giving Goofy a high five on the track!

 

[Baloo in MI]

163. “Caution runners, speed bump ahead”

 

[MissLiss279]

163. “Caution runners, speed bump ahead”

Which reminds me…

164. Running under the Magic Kingdom sign for your first runDisney race ever (or really during any race).

 

[Disney at Heart]

165. Seeing newborns on the Kilimanjaro Safari! (Baby hippo and baby gorilla born this week!!!!)

 

[azrivest]

166. Hugging Baymax

 

[lhermiston]

167. Has anyone said Drinking Around the World yet?

 

[lhermiston]

168. Grim grinning ghosts.