Marathon Weekend 2026

SAFD: I will stop for rare characters within reason, and almost anybody if the line is short enough. I'll stop for a character I'm dressed as almost every time. Those who are wait-worthy for me that I have gotten:

Herc and Meg together
Bolt
Adventurer's Club cast
All the princes (assuming they still do this for the Princess half?)

The one I regret not stopping for was Merlin, who was out just after the start for a race a few years ago and the line was CRAZY. But I should have just done it.
 
SAFD: TBH I’m not a huge character person in general and with only one runDisney race (SS 10k) in the books I was pleasantly surprised with seeing them on the course. However I was more concerned with not getting swept so I didn’t stop for any. We have races 2 & 3 this weekend and since I’m in better running shape than I was 6 months ago I might stop. The whole family is doing the 5k and this is the only motivation my 17 year old daughter has for agreeing to do this. I hope she sees someone she likes. I do think my 15 year old son will like it too. He can’t wrap his head around the idea of going to WDW and doing a race. He’s loves Disney world too. He’s a cross country runner so he should beat all of us, or at least give him enough time to see some characters.
 
SAFD: I only stop for characters if the lines are reasonably short (5 people or less) which doesn’t generally happen for me until the marathon. But Like @Barca33Runner, I would stop for Disney Afternoon characters with a little longer line. Darkwing is my favorite, but if I ever see Kit Cloudkicker or Becky or the other characters from the Rescue Rangers, I would stop for them too. I think I remember seeing Monterey Jack recently, so that was fun!
 




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