Marathon Weekend 2026

[accm]

Im starting to think that whoever at rundisney is in charge of MW social media posts either got fired or is sleeping on the job.

They posted Wine and Dine merch previews, and still crickets about MW. I’m going crazy over here.

 

[dobball23]

but OKW has hot tubs. and less people. and a mini fridge. and free laundry in the laundry rooms by the pools. and is the closest bus post-race. and is 5min from the start.

True...all of that is probably worth the $250!

 

[jrsharp21]

Anyone changing their resorts with the release of the new discounts? Oddly enough, it was more expensive for us with the discount. We booked standard room and doesn’t appear to have that room type still available. I’ve been on hold this morning, to see if they can apply the discount to our room type but I’m not optimistic.

On our first night, January 6th, we staying at AS Sports before moving over to SSR the next day. With the AP discount, it's about a $30 savings. Trying to make the switch online to the AP rate and the website keeps saying its unable to update the reservation at this time. I ended up just canceling my original reservation and then re-booking under the new discounted rate.

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

Im starting to think that whoever at rundisney is in charge of MW social media posts either got fired or is sleeping on the job.

They posted Wine and Dine merch previews, and still crickets about MW. I’m going crazy over here.

I’m with you. Getting really impatient over here.

 

[Herding_Cats]

So in the instagram merch preview for W&D they have the mugs for W&D, PW, and SS, and the "season" mug, and in a quick shot when he gestures at a stack on a shelf, you can see the MW mug as well.



He did say "SOME of the pins" (he emphasized "some") so either they didn't pull all of them for the promo, or they don't have them yet?

Are all these mugs just production samples, or are they warehousing them somewhere?

Where is our medal preview?!

 

[princesspirateandrunner]

We’re at Pop for most of MW, but had not reserved anywhere for Monday night so we could attend DATW. I just made a reservation for Yacht Club, using reward money from the Visa card.

Last year, we had the same idea, and moved from POR to Beach Club for Monday night. Unfortunately, I caught the flu and we missed DATW, and Beach Club was my sickroom for that day. . I am determined to stay well this year, and finally make it to DATW!

 

[JediKnightXan]

I kinda wonder if they are holding off on MW reveals/info due to wanting to see how construction progress goes, maybe some routes or parking lots will or wont be available based on how many weather delays they do or don't have with all the projects going on.

That coffee cup looks pretty sweet from that one view, probably going to come home with that, assuming its still in stock when I get to the expo.

 

[fatmanatee]

I kinda wonder if they are holding off on MW reveals/info due to wanting to see how construction progress goes, maybe some routes or parking lots will or wont be available based on how many weather delays they do or don't have with all the projects going on.

Map release shouldn't have anything to do with medal reveals. My guess is that the map has been final for quite a bit, and RD coordinated with parks ops to determine what areas would be available well in advance. At this point they should be planning for the course certification, I think that usually happens late this month or maybe early November.

Really worth noting: that weird map reveal last year happened alongside the announcement that the start time would be half an hour earlier. THAT was way more important to get out there as early as possible, I think they figured that if they paired it with an announcement about how there would be more park time in MK that would blunt the impact of the early start. Not only did that not really work, it was pretty apparent that a lot of the change was due to Epcot not wanting to deal with marathon athletes during park hours. I'm not expecting an early map reveal again this time.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Map release shouldn't have anything to do with medal reveals. My guess is that the map has been final for quite a bit, and RD coordinated with parks ops to determine what areas would be available well in advance. At this point they should be planning for the course certification, I think that usually happens late this month or maybe early November.

Really worth noting: that weird map reveal last year happened alongside the announcement that the start time would be half an hour earlier. THAT was way more important to get out there as early as possible, I think they figured that if they paired it with an announcement about how there would be more park time in MK that would blunt the impact of the early start. Not only did that not really work, it was pretty apparent that a lot of the change was due to Epcot not wanting to deal with marathon athletes during park hours. I'm not expecting an early map reveal again this time.

Official certification for the HM and M for 2025 happened on December 13th. But the marathon course changes were announced 9/24 for the 2025 race. And we usually get the guide around mid-December. USUALLY. And that's really awkwardly worded, but I don't wanna take the time to figure out how to redo it. Except to say, I don't think that an early course change announcement is out of the question, but that I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't get one.

W&D certs (and "season" 10k/5k courses) happened on 10/10 last year.