Marathon Weekend 2026

[Novatrix]

Famous last words!

I probably won't be making it to the Expo until after HH so I'm on the fence right now about pre-orders. I always seem too see a lot of Goofy merch still available on Day 1 - but maybe not by Day 3....

Who knows how it will be this year considering the popularity of the themes, but last year when I went after HH there were still pins, magnets and ornaments at the expo. Also noticed plenty of clothes, but I didn't pay attention to sizes that were left.

 

[marty3d]

Well - that was more stressful than I expected. I am really surprised by the sellout times this year. In for Goofy #2 (or is it #5 if I count Dopeys?) entirely because of the support of this community. Thanks to everyone who shared links and hope to see many of you in January! I hope everyone was able to get what they wanted!

Now I have to get back to some less stressful "reality" and get ready for some meetings after essentially taking the morning off.

 

[Jason Bryer]

I preordered the pin bundle because we are likely not getting there until Friday and flying from AZ we might even have to hit the expo on Saturday.

I did the same.

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

So ridiculous how fast it sold out. I probably would not have gotten in to what I wanted if my sister didn’t get the magic draw of being one of the first in.

As I said, I don’t know how much the themes really drew the demand, but I don’t get it. I am a big book person myself, but I don’t understand signing up for races because you like a book theme.

 

[UNCBear24]

Does anyone have a guess to sizing of the mens weekend jackets? Thinking of pre-ordering, but not sure if I should do L or XL.

 

[Jason Bryer]

Does anyone know how quickly the weekend jackets sell out? I want to be able to use my AP discount at the expo, but think it's the one piece of merch that I'll buy... the more I type the more I'm talking myself into just getting it now and avoiding of the stress of rushing for merch on the first day of the expo lol!

I think they had plenty of the weekend jacket this year. Dopey merch is what goes fast.

 

[peder]

With some of the macro econ things going on, I thought it might keep some folks away from registering. lol nope.

 

[prncssjas]

Well - that was more stressful than I expected. I am really surprised by the sellout times this year.

Agreed at the level of intensity--I was not expecting it either. This is the best place on the internet....

 

[jrsharp21]

Southwest decided to change up their bag policies on us today. Coincidence? LOL.

 

[hotblooded]

So ridiculous how fast it sold out. I probably would not have gotten in to what I wanted if my sister didn’t get the magic draw of being one of the first in.

As I said, I don’t know how much the themes really drew the demand, but I don’t get it. I am a big book person myself, but I don’t understand signing up for races because you like a book theme.

I kinda get it. I register for the half marathon every year but this is the most strongly I’ve ever considered Dopey. Would have done it if not for how much I hate training for a full!

 

[Barca33Runner]

Thanks @Kerry1957 and @KSellers88 for the links. They improved on my best link by 2 minutes. In the crazy rD registration world 2 minutes can sometimes make all the difference.

5k was sold out by the time I got in, but my mom was able to get her registration done as one of the final 5k registrations (she finished after 10:40 and it listed sold out at 10:43) and that was more important than mine.

Since the 5k was sold out when I finally got in, I quickly considered Dopey or adding the 10k to my marathon. In the end, I decided to stick to my plan and sign up for the Marathon and not to look to replace the unsuccessful 5k registration.

So I missed getting registered for the exact races I wanted for the first time, but it’s not a big deal. I got the one that is most important and I can never be too crestfallen about an extra day where I don’t have to wake up at 3 AM .

 

[Herding_Cats]

Famous last words!

I probably won't be making it to the Expo until after HH so I'm on the fence right now about pre-orders. I always seem too see a lot of Goofy merch still available on Day 1 - but maybe not by Day 3....

I mean....some of us are diehard first-day-expo-shoppers who may or may not be willing to pick things up for you on Wednesday and hand them off at HH.

 

[fatmanatee]

Does anyone know how quickly the weekend jackets sell out? I want to be able to use my AP discount at the expo, but think it's the one piece of merch that I'll buy... the more I type the more I'm talking myself into just getting it now and avoiding of the stress of rushing for merch on the first day of the expo lol!

I would buy it now unless you have CrD. There was a very limited selection when I was at the expo this year and none in my size. Pre-ordering it was a no-brainer, not worth the stress.

 

[Fischstick]

I mean....some of us are diehard first-day-expo-shoppers who may or may not be willing to pick things up for you on Wednesday and hand them off at HH.

I was going to say the same!

 

[nancipants]

So ridiculous how fast it sold out. I probably would not have gotten in to what I wanted if my sister didn’t get the magic draw of being one of the first in.

As I said, I don’t know how much the themes really drew the demand, but I don’t get it. I am a big book person myself, but I don’t understand signing up for races because you like a book theme.

For me it was less the book theme than the genres themselves. I was already doing the marathon, but I added the 5k because I love space/sci-fi and it gives me an excuse to put together a Star Wars costume.

 

[marty3d]

I mean....some of us are diehard first-day-expo-shoppers who may or may not be willing to pick things up for you on Wednesday and hand them off at HH.

Thanks!

Not feeling it with the Men’s MW jacket drawing. Much prefer the Women’s. So likely not buying now. It’s the Goofy hoodie that I have to decide on.

 

[Z-Knight]

why are the women's jackets so much dang better then mens!!! lol

 

[StarGirl11]

Does anyone have a guess to sizing of the mens weekend jackets? Thinking of pre-ordering, but not sure if I should do L or XL.

So i would say in general wait to see what people say coming out of Springtime. Because rD just picked up Brooks and I am expecting that is going to impact how everything fits in terms of a quality and sizing. And sow hat was true going into previous race weekends might not be true now.

Either way give it a few weeks.

 

[dancingtodisney]

So I'm in for the 10k and the Marathon! Same combo I did this year!

 

[Barca33Runner]

So ridiculous how fast it sold out. I probably would not have gotten in to what I wanted if my sister didn’t get the magic draw of being one of the first in.

As I said, I don’t know how much the themes really drew the demand, but I don’t get it. I am a big book person myself, but I don’t understand signing up for races because you like a book theme.

I was rather shocked at everything being sold out this quickly. Regardless of theme, I figured a non-anniversary year that is later than the extended Holiday period that this would potentially be one of the lighter registration days. I guess those don’t exist anymore for Marathon Weekend.