Marathon Weekend 2026

[KCO5988]

Ahh so much fomo right now as I unpack everything at home. It was so great hanging out with you all at HH this year! If I can convince DH that I should do Dopey again next year I’m going to shift my arrival to expo day so I can stay for DATW! Have so much fun!

 

[The Expert]

We are heading to the UK

 

[The Expert]

Moving on to our final stop in Canada

 

[LSUlakes]

Moving on to our final stop in Canada

Anything group wise planned for after Canada? Our plans got all messed up today and way behind schedule lol. A travel group of 11 makes things difficult.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

So nice meeting some of you today at Morocco, France and England. Thanks for the lovely welcome for my daughter and me.

 

[RuntheMouse]

As if this MW couldn’t get any better, DH and I had breakfast at Steakhouse 71 this morning and as we were leaving, we were stopped by Alan Young and had a nice chat. I don’t use social media so I didn’t know who he was at first. Turns out he’s a RunDisney legend who shared one of his bracelets with each of us. When I figured out who he was, I was a bit overcome as I have some heart issues that are always in the back of my mind. It was a chance encounter that meant so much.

 

[The Expert]

Anything group wise planned for after Canada? Our plans got all messed up today and way behind schedule lol. A travel group of 11 makes things difficult.

DH and I split off for a reservation so I'm not sure.

 

[Dopey 2020]

DW and I had a great time at DATW, so happy we were able to fly out a day later this year. Great to see familiar faces at the meetups as well as some new ones. Love to see the group keep growing, sorry I didn’t get to meet everyone but hope to see y’all at the next one. Already planning April, October, and next January.
Safe travels

 

[nancipants]

Had such a great time with everyone! In retrospect I should have stayed longer because my usual 30 minute drive home took 1.5.

 

[Novatrix]

Had a great time at DATW with everyone! Made it to my gate 6 minutes before boarding.

Look forward to doing this again next year!

 

[garneska]

@Novatrix pretty much perfect. Good job.

 

[Grabnar]

Send some positive vibes my way, starting to feel like I’m catching the crud. Guess all the people coughing on the course negates the masking in the corrals

 

[JackosinDIS]

Lovely to meet you all today and thank you for being so welcoming to the new-comers! Hopefully see you again at future runs (once my legs have recovered!!)

 

[GuinnessRunner]

Man reality hits hard after a great MW. Glad I got a chance to be at most of DATW to cap it off. Already looking forward to next year.

 

[Disney at Heart]

DATW was wonderful. You all add so much joy to MW. Yes, it is a running weekend, but also a weekend to see friends, both old and new!

 

[AZMermaid]

I was behind a Joyful vlogger from the past in the Castle pic line. She was with a few friends. I told her I liked her videos and got kinda scoffed at. Trying to give benefit of the doubt that she was surprised because she hasn’t made any in a while.

 

[marty3d]

it was great spending time with everyone at DATW today. What a great group!

Hard to believe this weekend is already over. Looking forward to doing this all again next year. Safe travels home all - whether that’s near or far.

 

[rick1zoo2]

We are heading home today. What an amazing weekend. I am very grateful that we successfully completed the Dopey Challenge. I want to thank all of you that we met in the mornings and yesterday at Epcot. That gave us a lot of encouragement that really helped.

 

[Erika10021]

What an amazing marathon weekend this has been! I keep drafting up responses to post here and everything I have drafted feels inadequate to capture the feelings and vibes and excitement and joy. A simple “thank you” will have to do. Thank you all for all that you do, your posts, good vibes, encouragement and support make it all possible.

 

[The Expert]

I had such a great time this week and I'm so happy we got some new folks to join the meetups! See? We told you we were nice! It was such fun to have such big groups at the light pole every morning, at HH and at DATW. Can't wait to see some of you at Princess and a lot of you next year at MW!

p.s. I uploaded all the versions of the group photo Leo took yesterday to my OneDrive here: DATW 2026
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