Marathon Weekend 2027

[The Expert]

It was registration for 2023

Was it?? I honestly though it was for the first MW back in person after Covid. I suppose it doesn't really matter -- it was a mess!

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

Already planned. I expect the complaints to be even more vociferous...

Jan 9, 2027 Channel 2 Breaking News: "Scuffle breaks out at a [checks notes], a light pole? In the half marathon corral at Disney?"
[News reader looks at camera] "What on earth? Was this a protest? Or some riff-raff causing trouble at Disney?"
[Camera cuts to rD-ers all intently looking at their own feet]


>> Everything will be sold out by 1130, right?
I'm thinking by 11 for a couple of the races, and 11:10-11:15 for the rest.

 

[KellyKateri]

Wondering what the pre-order merch looks like… and kinda hoping it’s not ~all~ Donald Duck themed

 

[The Expert]

Wondering what the pre-order merch looks like… and kinda hoping it’s not ~all~ Donald Duck themed

As soon as the link pops up for early registration, I'll grab screenshots and post here. Should be in the next 30 minutes or so.

 

[Stitch&Co.]

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I love how they insist on thanking us for our patience, as though we have a choice….

I don’t recall a lot of patience happening.

 

[The Expert]

Link is up! Pricing:




Estimated time drop-downs and POT times have NOT changed. Here's the POT window (Jan 1, 2024 - Aug 3, 2026):



Time windows for the marathon are in 15 minute increments.


Time windows for the half are 10 minute increments.

 

[The Expert]

The merch is.... VERY blue and yellow!!! Grabbing shots now.

 

[The Expert]

Getting bigger photos but here's the spread.

 

[The Expert]

The spirit jersey text on the front is "It's a Quack Up!"




I'm not a big Donald person but that last jacket is pretty cute!

 

[The Expert]

 

[PrincessV]

Oh... goodness... that is not the direction I thought the merch art would go based on the website graphics... I'm glad I don't actually care about what the merch or "free" shirts look like, but I do worry about the marathon medal now.

 

[fatmanatee]

So they are leaning into the Donald thing way more than I expected...

 

[PrincessV]

So they are leaning into the Donald thing way more than I expected...

It's an interesting choice. Is there really that much love for the duck, I wonder?

 

[Smooth_Whiskey]

Dang, I didn't know you could pre-order Dopey stuff has a CrD. Now how do I convince myself it's worth it to pay to be a silver member to hopefully someday move up so I can spend more money on races and merch.

 

[fatmanatee]

Dang, I didn't know you could pre-order Dopey stuff has a CrD. Now how do I convince myself it's worth it to pay to be a silver member to hopefully someday move up so I can spend more money on races and merch.

You can preorder this stuff without CrD.

 

[The Expert]

I DO wonder if they will bother to police preorders for Dopey. In person, you had to prove you were running Dopey to buy the merch this year, but in theory I could order the Dopey stuff and not register for that race. My gut says Disney IT doesn't have that capability and they don't really care about preordered merch; it was more about crowd control on-site.

 

[The Expert]

Dang, I didn't know you could pre-order Dopey stuff has a CrD. Now how do I convince myself it's worth it to pay to be a silver member to hopefully someday move up so I can spend more money on races and merch.

As @fatmanatee said, you don't have to be CrD to preorder. But don't waste time ordering merch during the open registration window. Once you're in, you can go back to your rD account for at least a couple of months (usually) and add preorder merch.

 

[FFigawi]

It's an interesting choice. Is there really that much love for the duck, I wonder?

Not me. There's not much there that I'd be interested in.

 

[marty3d]

Definitely Donald. I think we have a pretty good idea of what one of the Brooks shoe colorways will be.

 

[smrt1]

Dopey 2027 countdown is on!