Marathon Weekend 2026

[Herding_Cats]

Ok. Couldn't find much on the RunDisney site. First time Runner (half marathon), and dragging my non-disney loving husband with (blasphemy, I know). He is not a fan of crowds. Confirming, I realize it's a pain, but we can drive from Boardwalk to the Epcot parking lot in the AM, right? There will be road closures, but it's totally feasible, and he can stay in the car and avoid crowds til we need to get into the corral, right? (submitted POT so should be in B) I don't think the atmosphere on the bus is his thing, and im hoping to convince him to do more of these races

Yes. This is entirely doable. Note the time that your corral *closes* once you know for sure which corral you are in (you'll find out when you pick up your bib) and then give yourself at least 25min to get there from your parking space in Epcot, as it is quite the walk once you get through security, and then walk alllll the way down to the pre-race area and then out to the corrals. More time if you think you'll want a bathroom stop. Don't try to cut it super close as it won't be worth the stress of [potentially] needing to hurry to your corral before they close it.

 

[marty3d]

I totally agree with the pack for any weather approach - and I will be following it for the races (see my previous comments about 2017), but that forecast has me seriously rethinking my packing strategy for the daytime next week.

 

[nancipants]

Ahem... (from the shared doc). Pink stars are locations.

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@AZMermaid Do you want to meet at the TTC together?

 

[FFigawi]

Yes. This is entirely doable. Note the time that your corral *closes* once you know for sure which corral you are in (you'll find out when you pick up your bib) and then give yourself at least 25min to get there from your parking space in Epcot, as it is quite the walk once you get through security, and then walk alllll the way down to the pre-race area and then out to the corrals. More time if you think you'll want a bathroom stop. Don't try to cut it super close as it won't be worth the stress of [potentially] needing to hurry to your corral before they close it.

@clbielick Add even more time if you are planning to check a bag. If you want to convince him to do more Disney races, getting to your corral after it closes is not going to be helpful.

 

[AZMermaid]

@AZMermaid Do you want to meet at the TTC together?

I’ll DM You!

 

[The Expert]

I’m running, not spectating, for the half. DH is the one spectating. I’m sorry! We’re each running one race and spectating for the other.

D'oh! I did indeed misread that. I should've noticed when I also put your info in as a racer. Sorry for the confusion! If we do an update for the pacers, I'll fix that.

With this, you could potentially monorail to the Poly, spectate, walk to the TTC, spectate, and then monorail back to BLT. Of course it's always an option to just get off at the TTC and walk to Poly and then walk back to spectate again, depending on how mobile your parents are and how much walking you want to do.

This could work! Just know that you'll be going to the far end of the Poly parking lot to spectate (iirc), which is not very close to the monorail and even further from the path to TTC.