Marathon Weekend 2027

[The Expert]

I tried several things, but only resulted in 404 errors or it sending me back to the same queue.

 

[marty3d]

Well - that was something. What surprised me most is how few people seemed to have short wait times. Without the sharing I thought the races might stay open longer but obviously not the case.

I am a little conflicted now because I grabbed a charity bib for Goofy so I wouldn't have to deal with 2 registrations but I will never hear the end of it if I can't get DS a bib for his first Dopey. I might start looking at the various charity options between now and registration day.

 

[Goofed98]

Welp, y'all managed to scare the poop out of me, so I signed up through charity. TECH Corps had Dopey for a very reasonable $1314 fund raise (the same as Goofy, which is nice).

Anyway, in for Dopey in 2027.

 

[accm]

I'm also considering going through a charity now. On one hand, I don't really have many people to ask to donate, but on the other hand, I don't want to miss out on registering.

I went on the charity page and saw this for the first time, does anyone know what this is all about?

 

[The Expert]

I'm also considering going through a charity now. On one hand, I don't really have many people to ask to donate, but on the other hand, I don't want to miss out on registering.

I went on the charity page and saw this for the first time, does anyone know what this is all about?
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They used to have bib availability through travel agents, but that went away some years ago. This is either referencing the trip around the race (ie it's still on you to get a bib), or they may be bringing that back. My bet is the former or I think we'd see chatter from some of the rD connected agents.

 

[JediKnightXan]

I think it was the pandemic that got rid of the travel agents, my sister in law is friends with one and I had reached out to her for a bib sometime shortly before the world shut down and she was expecting to get some.

If they bring that back maybe it will be tied to some kind of minimum trip spend let Disney find a way to extract some more from everyone/get the preferred do it once and spend a ton customers? Just random tonight if they wanted to do travel agent bibs again.

I am increasing grateful that I got to run the Marathon this year. Not planning on 2027 but thinking I better start putting some extra money aside for 2028 for a possible charity route (or more likely reducing my contributions I make to the United Way through work).

If I may ask what isn the general premium for a charity?

*Edit spelling/formatting.

 

[fatmanatee]

They used to have bib availability through travel agents, but that went away some years ago. This is either referencing the trip around the race (ie it's still on you to get a bib), or they may be bringing that back. My bet is the former or I think we'd see chatter from some of the rD connected agents.

I had heard some chatter recently about it still being possible to register through travel agents, which kind of surprised me because I never hear about it here. Might be worth a call to see what they can do these days.

 

[marty3d]

I'm also considering going through a charity now. On one hand, I don't really have many people to ask to donate, but on the other hand, I don't want to miss out on registering.

I went on the charity page and saw this for the first time, does anyone know what this is all about?
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If you're paying for hotels vs DVC (or Marriott Bonvoy points), the same International Tour Operator I used for NYC does runDisney races too. I've thought about it but it's close to the equivalent of full room rates if I recall correctly.

 

[DisneyParrothead]

My charity said they’d be sending out links in the next couple weeks for MW. I like going this route since my money is going to a good cause, and I get to avoid the madness of registration.

 

[The Expert]

If you're paying for hotels vs DVC (or Marriott Bonvoy points), the same International Tour Operator I used for NYC does runDisney races too. I've thought about it but it's close to the equivalent of full room rates if I recall correctly.

Don't you have to be from outside the US to do this?

 

[Naomeri]

My DVC rental came through today, so I'm definitely going to be there for Dopey 2027

 

[marty3d]

Don't you have to be from outside the US to do this?

That is true!

 

[Goofed98]

I think it was the pandemic that got rid of the travel agents, my sister in law is friends with one and I had reached out to her for a bib sometime shortly before the world shut down and she was expecting to get some.

If they bring that back maybe it will be tied to some kind of minimum trip spend let Disney find a way to extract some more from everyone/get the preferred do it once and spend a ton customers? Just random tonight if they wanted to do travel agent bibs again.

I am increasing grateful that I got to run the Marathon this year. Not planning on 2027 but thinking I better start putting some extra money aside for 2028 for a possible charity route (or more likely reducing my contributions I make to the United Way through work).

If I may ask what isn the general premium for a charity?

*Edit spelling/formatting.

The cost of the actual race was the same, plus a $35 race sign up fee. On top of that, the charity seems to vary greatly in the required donations.

I think Team RWB was $2000 for Dopey. The charity I got based their donations off of Pi ($314 for 5k, $628 for 10k, etc.), as they're a charity raising funds for STEM education.

 

[JediKnightXan]

The cost of the actual race was the same, plus a $35 race sign up fee. On top of that, the charity seems to vary greatly in the required donations.

I think Team RWB was $2000 for Dopey. The charity I got based their donations off of Pi ($314 for 5k, $628 for 10k, etc.), as they're a charity raising funds for STEM education.

Thank you!