monorail transporation for marathon weekend

[dumbo_buddy]

i waitlisted at BLT for marathon weekend. the DVC member services cast member told me that i wouldn't be able to use the monorail to get to the races in the morning because the monorails don't start running until 6am. she said i'd have to take a bus to the start instead of the monorail.

is that correct? when i went to cheer for the WDW half in january i'm almost positive that i took the monorail to get to my cheering spot outside the grand floridian (which, by the way, is an awesome spot to see everyone).

i could have sworn that runners could get to the start at epcot by using the monorail.

 

[kate2961]

My guess is that you will be able to take the monorail unless they changed it.

When I did the Princess 1/2 in February we stayed at BLT. The only transportation offered from BLT was the monorail to the race.

Good luck in your marathon!!!

Kate

 

[Ariel484]

The DVC rep is wrong. One odd thing you will find when it comes to these race weekends is that (unfortunately) some of the CMs just don't know much about what's going on.

With road closures for the courses to be set up and having to hire extra buses/drivers to transport runners I don't know why they WOULDN'T use the monorails when they can, as it definitely keeps more runners off the roads. And like you said, they'll tell spectators to go to the start and take the TTC monorail to MK to cheer in the official race info. So I think you're good at BLT. They will not have the monorail for the 5K (and possibly the 10K?) -they'll have buses for that and the expo - but it'll be running for the half and full.

 

[Bephus]

The monorail resorts do not have buses to the start, only monorail. The CM was wrong. They will have buses for the return trip.

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