Marathon Weekend 2026

[Mr_Incr3dible]

More Epcot!

More lights anywhere there’s construction

Lights that shine from behind us, not in our eyes. I'm glad they have the auxiliary lights, but when we are running into them, I can't see anything.
Powerade other than the icky green stuff.
Go back to the former routes
More park time.

 

[The Expert]

Some great suggestions! The only other thing i can think of is to offer pre-orders of 90% of the merch to bib holders of that race or challenge.

 

[IamTrike]

Some great suggestions! The only other thing i can think of is to offer pre-orders of 90% of the merch by bib holders of that race or challenge.

This 100%. Right now they aren't putting out enough to meet demand consistently enough that people can profit by selling on secondary markets. I'd be willing to bet that with a large enough pre-order catalogue they'd sell more and they'd make it more convenient for everyone.

 

[BigEeyore]

The merch issue continues to be a problem for rD. Disappointed in both the quality and variety of items but it saves me a ton of money! I only bought an ornament and a pair of Brooks (plus my pre ordered Goofy hoodie). Part of it may have been that I didn't love the theming or the artwork this year. And only registered runners should be allowed to shop for the first two days of the expo.
The extended time in MK parking lot kinda crushed my soul this year. I was expecting BB but not that.
LOVED the SW section - bravo and a nice reward for surviving that slog thru the MK parking lot!
Better lighting for sure - there were sections where we had to use our phone flashlight to make sure we weren't going to step somewhere we shouldn't

My legs honestly feel pretty good but I'm taking at least a good 10-14 days off running, I am doing some easy cycling and swimming for active recovery. It is also freezing here in GA so I'm not sad about taking off from running!

Unrelated, but I thought character stops had the longest lines I've seen in my four MWs. I got far less character photos in than usual, especially in the half, lines really never got short. They did get shorter during the marathon after AK, but still longer than usual in my opinion.

YES! I didn't think the marathon was that bad, especially the second half, but for the half we only got two character photos and those were on the way back to Epcot.

Definitely have the post race blues. The freezing weather doesn't help. Currently planning my spring break trip to DL to cheer myself up!

 

[dobball23]

DH got a race survey 20min ago.

Is it time for the airing of the grievances?

What do we want to tell them?

Find a way to stop people from running to the corrals when start groups open.

Have more going on in the finisher/Reunion area. I find that I want to stick around a bit after my race, but it always seems like there is nothing encouraging me to stay. That being said, I don't know what you put there to encourage me to stay.

Have a shorter distance between the warning for speed bumps ahead and the actual speed bumps. Sometimes I forget about the warning by the time I get to the speed bumps.

 

[RuntheMouse]

DH got a race survey 20min ago.

Is it time for the airing of the grievances?

What do we want to tell them?

Get a new merch design team. The designs are terrible. This is the second year I haven’t bought a single thing. And agree for those who do like the merch, open up presales for the whole collection.

Tone down the medals!

Lighting needs improvement.

 

[RuntheMouse]

How did everyone fare with the weather on Sunday? I'm from MN, and was really worried about heat/humidity, but it ended up being far more tolerable than I expected.

I didn’t do great with it but I was prepared. I was fine until the sun started to come up but my plan all along was to do pics after MK and I started with Stitch! The heat ended up being a great way to force me to stick to my PR in fun plan.