Official 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Thread.

[SgtTibbs]

Stupid. Long line for party pickup. Plan accordingly.

 

[Slogger]

The shirts look nice from what I can see. Dumbo shirt might match our WDW 10k shirt, what do you think?
Thanks for sharing @Ariel484

 

[mbwhitti]

Stupid. Long line for party pickup. Plan accordingly.

It was long this morning too. They need more than 2 lines

 

[mbwhitti]

@Sgt.Tibbs can you tell if they have all three styles of purses left? Dooneys are close to party line

 

[Kathymford]

Love seeing all the merch!!! Im not used to not being there the first day!! Waaaahhh.

 

[atrus79]

Finally downstairs for merchandise. Rumors are circulating that only 2xl shirts for DDD and jackets are gone.

Party line took over 20 minutes ... Not sure why it's so different than WDW ... But it's crazy!

 

[SueInBoston]

I can't believe 1.5 hour to get into the merchandise area. Guess I'll try tomorrow.

 

[SueInBoston]

I can't believe 1.5 hour to get into the merchandise area. Guess I'll try tomorrow.

Well the cm that was in the m-z line was clueless. Keep making dumb mistakes and had trouble getting our bracelet on

 

[zanzibar138]

We're taking our mid-afternoon break while waiting for our grocery delivery.

Got to the expo just before 9:30am this morning, went straight to the official merch area. Got there just as they were starting to let the first lines through. It felt like we were waiting for less than an hour, but we had a great group of people around us and spent most of the time chatting about the various RunDisney events and peoples home towns. We weren't going for any of the crazy popular stuff, but we picked up a few half marathon jackets (one for me, Mum and DH), a t-shirt that I thought Mum would like, and a half marathon sweaty band for me. Went straight through the checkout with no wait, then down to packet pick-up.

We walked straight up to our packet pick up windows for the 5k and the half, then straight up to the GET Travel stand for our park tickets. 10 minutes later we were heading up to the t-shirt pick up. Again, straight up to the counter and got our shirts nice and quick. We walked around the rest of the expo for probably half an hour or so before heading to DCA. It was busy, but organised, and I was very happy with our experience. Hope everyone else has a great expo too!

 

[sairell]

Stupid. Long line for party pickup. Plan accordingly.

I purchased party tickets but due to unfortunate events won't be able to make the drive to Anaheim today. Anybody know if I'll still be able to get the free party tote tomorrow or Saturday?

 

[Keels]

Buyer's remorse has set in. I bought the large tote and got it back to the room and it's so big! I may return and get the cross body letter carrier. If anyone hits up the expo in the next couple of hours, can you look to see if they still have the cross body? Trying to decide on a trip back to the expo before the party

Not to talk you out of it - but I bought a huge tote bag last year with all of my Christmas money (not D&B, but still pretty expensive!) and immediately had remorse.

Now? It's my favorite bag I own. It's great for traveling or running errands. I can shove my laptop, iPad and a smaller purse in it and take it one a plane. I even load it up with my cross body bag, iPad and bottles of water when I come here and leave it in a locker in the Esplanade.

A really great tote is a life-changer.

 

[mbwhitti]

@Keels definitely making the decision tougher. I've decided to just return it and wait for a bag that I can't live without. I feel like I can live without this particular pattern

 

[lap3]

We're taking our mid-afternoon break while waiting for our grocery delivery.

Got to the expo just before 9:30am this morning, went straight to the official merch area. Got there just as they were starting to let the first lines through. It felt like we were waiting for less than an hour, but we had a great group of people around us and spent most of the time chatting about the various RunDisney events and peoples home towns. We weren't going for any of the crazy popular stuff, but we picked up a few half marathon jackets (one for me, Mum and DH), a t-shirt that I thought Mum would like, and a half marathon sweaty band for me. Went straight through the checkout with no wait, then down to packet pick-up.

We walked straight up to our packet pick up windows for the 5k and the half, then straight up to the GET Travel stand for our park tickets. 10 minutes later we were heading up to the t-shirt pick up. Again, straight up to the counter and got our shirts nice and quick. We walked around the rest of the expo for probably half an hour or so before heading to DCA. It was busy, but organised, and I was very happy with our experience. Hope everyone else has a great expo too!

Glad to hear it went well for you. I'll be there tomorrow and hopefully it'll be the same for me!

 

[lap3]

Any legacy runners here? I wonder what the commemorative gift they're giving away to us...

 

[StarGirl11]

Ugh today is dragging on.

Anyone in the C corral for DDD want to share where they landed for the 10k. Trying to figure out where I ended up since the way things are going I won't get to Anaheim until after expo closing.

 

[Stephany89]

Ugh today is dragging on.

Anyone in the C corral for DDD want to share where they landed for the 10k. Trying to figure out where I ended up since the way things are going I won't get to Anaheim until after expo closing.

I just picked up my DDD bib, I'm in Corral B for both the half and the 10K, if that helps at all.

Also went to the official merchandise about 2 hours ago and they still had tons of everything left except small 10K I did it shirts, oddly enough. I ended up getting a youth large that fits fine.

 

[atrus79]

Ditto. C corral for DDD and B for 5k

 

[DWorldOrBust]

Are the 10k corrals available online?

 

[Belle Ella]

Part of what I love about the early merch queue is getting to know everyone around me. I was one of the 'crazies' there at 6am, and roughly the 6th person in line. Man, if only they let you get discounts on the banners. I would have grabbed one of them from Tink this year. Only ended up walking out with my two pins.

Thankfully it wasn't too painful to get everything resolved with my registration. Maybe 15 minutes? And I was nervous that I would have to start at the back of the pack because of how late I registered, but I was able to get into my normal corral!

 

[pxefig]

I'm so excited for all of you! Just wanted to wish everyone a great race weekend! May the weather be fair and your calves be strong!

Can't wait for the vicarious runDisney weekend. If you are bored waiting in lines post for all us poor soles stuck in non-magical lands. Can't wait to hear all the first timers' excitement over Radiator Springs!