Marathon Weekend 2026

You may already know this, but on the off chance you do not... they sell Zebra Domes to go in the little lobby gift shop at Kidani. They're in the refrigerated section and come 2 to a box. My dad transported some home to my nephew on our last trip with them.
Oh yes! Stayed in Jambo and walked over to Kidani several times. Also if you preorder you can get them Gluten Free there and at the Mara (both my daughters have Celiac) and the gluten free ones are even better. Instead of the soft cookie base the gf ones have a hard chocolate base that are fantastic!
 
Their breakfast menu is great but I miss the Bon Voyage Adventure Breakfast Trattoria Al Forno used to host prior to the pandemic. One of the best character meals they've done at WDW.
I remember that and would agree! That was crazy fun!
I’ll never forget it, had to be about 8 years ago I went, one of the things besides a recognition plaque that I got for 25 years at my company was $$ toward any meal out with family and friends. The look on the bosses face when I handed in a receipt for breakfast for 3 people and they saw the bottom line…
 

SAFD: I don’t think we have a specific celebration. After finishing in 2024 we moved from All star sports to club level at the Polynesian. This year we did brunch at Chef Art Smiths, but this year we are staying club the entire time for our first dopey (somehow the rack rate difference of regular vs club was $200 for the week???). I’d love to do one big dinner with everyone in our party at Toledo, but not sure that’s going to happen due to party size.
 
I remember that and would agree! That was crazy fun!
I’ll never forget it, had to be about 8 years ago I went, one of the things besides a recognition plaque that I got for 25 years at my company was $$ toward any meal out with family and friends. The look on the bosses face when I handed in a receipt for breakfast for 3 people and they saw the bottom line…

Wait, was there a max amount allowed? Because that's the perfect time for Victoria&Albert or Takumi Tei!
 
So sorry to hear your DH is injured. Looking forward to seeing you, him, and Whiskey at the Lake Hartwell Dam Run, even if he can’t actually run it!

@Fischstick So far @garneska and DH, @princesspirateandrunner (both?), DH and I plan to be at the run. @GuinnessRunner and @camaker tried to make it work, but had work and injury issues. @Mr Incredible 221, how about you? It’s a good 10K for a POT and an otherwise beautiful 5k/10k for a Saturday morning. @OldSlowGoofyGuy also has run in the past, but is not on the thread much lately.

ETA Also Whisky plans to come!🤣
I wish I could make it up there, but DD2 is about to graduate HS and we have graduation events that weekend. But thank you for thinking about me.
 
Question for experienced Dopeys - how much slower than my "predicted" marathon time (based on McMillan, Magic Mile, etc) would I expect my Dopey marathon to be? It's been 10 years since my last marathon (run a few halfs and just finished SS Challenge this year), so I'm trying to figure out what long run training pace to start at.
 
Question for experienced Dopeys - how much slower than my "predicted" marathon time (based on McMillan, Magic Mile, etc) would I expect my Dopey marathon to be? It's been 10 years since my last marathon (run a few halfs and just finished SS Challenge this year), so I'm trying to figure out what long run training pace to start at.
this is a really, really hard question to answer because there are so many different ways to complete a dopey (including but not limited to where you start in the pack, course crowding, if you stop of pics or rides, if you plan to complete it at "party pace" or with a hard effort.) I would definitely say that you'll likely be better off if your long run pace is a little "too slow" than too fast.
 
Question for experienced Dopeys - how much slower than my "predicted" marathon time (based on McMillan, Magic Mile, etc) would I expect my Dopey marathon to be? It's been 10 years since my last marathon (run a few halfs and just finished SS Challenge this year), so I'm trying to figure out what long run training pace to start at.
Like @Herding_Cats said, this is really hard to estimate.
With the McMillan calculator, what are you using as your initial measurement - your Magic Mile?
For me, with my ‘Magic Mile’ used in the calculator, a hard-good effort marathon with hills was about 6 minutes slower than the calculator said I could do. Now maybe on a flat course it would have been closer… But in general, I think that was a really good conversion. Probably 15 minutes slower than the calculator would be an actual good conversion for a marathon from an all out mile time.
A Dopey marathon will most likely not be a hard effort pace on tired legs, and might be 30-45 minutes slower (or more) than the calculator predicts.
However, since you are looking for training paces, I would go ahead and use paces based on the Calculator - even if that won’t be the pace you run during the race. Those should be paces that are correct for training.
 
I trained for Dopey as though it was for a solo marathon effort pacewise. I did not "slow down" my paces.

When it came to racing, I did the 5k/10k and half at an "easy" pace-- as defined by my training pace. Then for the marathon , I did an effort that was somewhat slower than what marathon pace would have been if it had been a solo effort--maybe 15-30 sec or so/mile slower.
 
Question for experienced Dopeys - how much slower than my "predicted" marathon time (based on McMillan, Magic Mile, etc) would I expect my Dopey marathon to be? It's been 10 years since my last marathon (run a few halfs and just finished SS Challenge this year), so I'm trying to figure out what long run training pace to start at.
Unless you plan on racing it, which a fair number of people do, your pace will definitely be lower than your predicted pace because you'll be stopping for character photos, rides in the parks, and maybe even a drink or two. :)

In all seriousness, set your training paces like you would for a normal marathon. If/when you run slower than that during Dopey, It'll feel like an easier effort which is a good thing at the end of four days of running.
 
Do we have a guess as to when disney is going to release the ticket calendar for january? I'm trying to figure out a budget over here.
And resort reservations also! They are definitely later than last year. I am guessing they are waiting for Epic Universe to open so they can react to the response on that.

Also in trip planning, I am hoping flights to Orlando drop in price. I have been checking United and ticket prices are high.
 
And resort reservations also! They are definitely later than last year. I am guessing they are waiting for Epic Universe to open so they can react to the response on that.
That makes sense. Fingers crossed then, that they give us a similar version of that 3-day ticket they have for the summer.

Also in trip planning, I am hoping flights to Orlando drop in price. I have been checking United and ticket prices are high.
Right?! I booked our flight TO orlando via united about a month and a half ago on points, and while the flights *back* aren't terrible from a points perspective, I'm hoping for them to go down by about 3k/person(for each direction!) before we have to fly. Shockingly enough, it's consistently been either the same or cheaper for us to fly out of our small regional airport than to drive 2-4hrs to larger airports (and pay over $100 for parking.)
 
I asked Undercover Tourist a few weeks ago and they told me “end of spring/summer”. Sigh.
One of my co-workers, who runs the marathon each year with me, has a family friend who is a Disney travel agent. They use her to book and plan their trips every year. He asked her the other day of when Disney was going to release 2026 reservations and ticket prices. She told him there has been no communication from Disney at all on it and they are all in the dark. She said they are getting asked every day about it but have no answers.
 
I've been using someone from Magic Bound Travel and she is also saying that resort reservations haven't opened yet. Good to hear it isn't just me....
 












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