Marathon Weekend 2027

[hpygrll]

Booked our 1 bedroom at OKW!

 

[Disney at Heart]

Ok, to all of you who have SCF secured bibs. If you are online on regular registration day, please send me your links as soon as you get in. I always get “more than an hour” wait times.

 

[Novatrix]

Ok, to all of you who have SCF secured bibs. If you are online on regular registration day, please send me your links as soon as you get in. I always get “more than an hour” wait times.

With my luck, it will be the first time I get a 5 minute wait link. But if I get a good one, it's yours!

 

[marty3d]

Ok, to all of you who have SCF secured bibs. If you are online on regular registration day, please send me your links as soon as you get in. I always get “more than an hour” wait times.

I still have to try to get a Dopey bib for DS on reg day but we're both going to have browsers going so I'll hopefully have links to share.

 

[GuinnessRunner]

To be fair, the expensive room categories at BW already have at least 1 night missing too.

You should be fine with either OKW (not near hospitality house category) or SSR.

Thanks. I figured but its moot now. Decided to rent from someone off of DIS who does 50% time of reservation so decided to go ahead get my reservation secured now. So OKW studio is booked.

 

[Baloo in MI]

You should be good. I wouldn't wait until 5 months, but dedicated 2 bedrooms at saratoga springs are typically easily available. If you're ever curious to see historical availability charts for any dvc resort, https://dvcfieldguide.com/ is pretty useful.

This is a great resource! Thank you for sharing.

 

[PrincessV]

I cannot believe I’m typing this, considering that I swore off any more marathons after my 7th, and haven’t even run a half in more than a year (though I’ve got PHM coming up for a good mind-and-body-check), but…

… I think I’m considering Goofy.

Why?!?! I don’t even like Goofy as a character. I’ve never done it on its own - only as part of Dopey. Long training runs through FL summer and hurricane season is not something I miss. My bad knee acts up regularly and is not at all fun to run on when it does. I can’t find a pair of shoes that doesn’t hurt my feet when I get into double digit mileage.

And yet… yep. Seriously considering it. #ITSACULT!!!

 

[smileyanna]

… I think I’m considering Goofy.

YYEESSSS.

 

[fatmanatee]

Had not caught this at first but POT range for W&D is 1/1/2024-6/1/2026. Would guess they tag on a couple of months for MW, so we’re potentially looking at August 1 or September 1 at the latest.

No changes to how the 5k paces are handled as of now. Hope we eventually get some answers on how they’ll handle that day!

 

[camaker]

Good morning RunDisney All-Stars! It's time for today's Sundays Are For Disney (SAFD) question. One of our favorite things to talk about is when we like to go to Disney and what we like to do when we're there. Let's change that up a bit this week. Is there a time (or event) that you haven't been to Disney that you'd like to experience that you haven't had a chance to?

SAFD: I've never had a chance to attend the Epcot Festival of the Arts. I always see the booths set up and ready to go during Marathon Weekend, but it's never worked out to stay long enough to see the festival itself. I'm not a huge art connoisseur, but I do like to have some pieces around the house. The Art of Disney stores in the parks have been cut back over the years and their selection was limited, at the best of times. I'd love to see the artists and their Disney interpretations on a larger scale. I picked up this piece at Marathon Weekend this year:

 

[DianaMB333]

I got the exactly same piece! Love how bright and upbeat it looks!

 

[Erika10021]

SAFD: I have never been to Disney during the actual holidays. Once, we almost decided to just bail on all family obligations and escape to Disney for Christmas. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. I have always wanted to do it again.

 

[The Expert]

SAFD: My answer is the same as @camaker -- FARTS. I've been going to the parks for so long that there are very few things I haven't done, but Festival of the Arts is one of them. It falls very specifically between MW and PW, and I've never been able to make it work to overlap.

 

[DianaMB333]

SAFD: I would like to be at Candlelight Processional at DL… I have it in the plans for this year

 

[marty3d]

SAFD: I'm going to be completely unoriginal and agree 100% with @camaker and @The Expert and choose Festival of the Arts. I've also been going to WDW long enough that I've been there for all the other festivals, holidays etc but it's never lined up for this one. Also, for some reason I've seen a lot more online about this year's Festival than in other years so I'm getting a little FOMO.

I've already started thinking about maybe getting down to Epcot for a couple of days during the festival next year. If I get into W&D on Tuesday I'm probably going to pull the trigger on an annual pass and my sister now lives 2 hours away so I can justify the trip as "visiting family"

 

[The Expert]

I can justify the trip as "visiting family"

This is precisely why I was SO supportive of my mom moving to Celebration!

 

[marty3d]

This is precisely why I was SO supportive of my mom moving to Celebration!

It's certainly nice to be able to combine trips!

Though it has me now doing DVC calculations - which is still probably not a good idea for me!

 

[Herding_Cats]

SAFD:

Also FArts. I've managed almost all of the other festivals, but not that one because of the funky timing and the short duration.

 

[jillinastoria]

SAFD: We are heading down to WDW on Saturday (2/14) and are finally doing something I've wanted to do forever, the Wild Africa Trek! Really excited--I love Kilimanjaro Safaris and this will be such a unique way to see it!

 

[marty3d]

SAFD: We are heading down to WDW on Saturday (2/14) and are finally doing something I've wanted to do forever, the Wild Africa Trek! Really excited--I love Kilimanjaro Safaris and this will be such a unique way to see it!

That is one of my favourite experiences I've done at WDW! You guys will love it!