Official 2016 Star Wars Half Marthon - The Dark Side Weekend

[wilkeliza]

Well I'm back in it! Running group had a member who needed to drop out and since our bibs are transferable with in the group I talked with the fiance and he said go ahead! Now to find him a 10K bib. I'm doing the Challenge which should be fun. I'll take the 10K slow and steady as a shake out run and then the half the next morning. Will start training as soo as I'm back state side.

 

[wilkeliza]

Going solo to my first Disney run event and really psyched for it. I am staying offsite and did see in an earlier post that parking woould be free for the runners at epcot. Will i get a parking pass to use at other theme parks those two days? The medals look sooo awesome!!!!

No parking pass for other days or other parks.

 

[SunDial]

No you won't as Wilkeliza has said. Off site spectators also that get there before I believe 7am marathon days get to park free at Epcot that day as long as they do not leave. Once they leave they will have to pay to park if they return or go to a different park.

 

[officer tigger]

My wife registered me for the 1/2 and gave it to me as a Christmas present. Very excited to do my first running event at Disney. Going to be strange for me to be there with out the family. DVC only had a 1 bedroom available so at least I'll be comfortable with plenty of space.

 

[FFigawi]

Sorry, there are no parking passes given out. Parking is free at Epcot for when you arrive before the crack of dawn.

 

[ruley3]

Hoping for a StarWars type party as well.... *fingers crossed*

 

[SunDial]

I would love to see a party too.

 

[flvy]

Some kind of Star Wars themed party would be great! With how they're pushing star wars in general we might get lucky with this one. Fingers crossed.

 

[AThrillingChase]

The Force Awakens has reignited every excitement I have ever had for SW! A party would put me into hyperdrive now. I am already trying to find a way to make a running apparel "costume" for the race (even though I should focus on marathon weekend coming up quick). I loved Kylo Ren but Rey is probably a little more convincing for my stature!

 

[nostalgic4disney]

My wife registered me for the 1/2 and gave it to me as a Christmas present. Very excited to do my first running event at Disney. Going to be strange for me to be there with out the family. DVC only had a 1 bedroom available so at least I'll be comfortable with plenty of space.

We will soon be DVC members and I was hoping to a DVC resort during our stay for this run. Do you remember which resorts had availability?

I also am hoping for a SW themed party. We did the Disneyland half - 10K this past September and LOVED the party they had!! I know it was special for the 60th Anniversary but we had a blast

 

[flvy]

Currently deciding if I should suck it up and do the challenge through a TA. They had a surprisingly good rate on hotel rooms.

 

[officer tigger]

The only places that have availability are Old Key West and Saratoga Springs. No studios available at any resort for that weekend.

We will soon be DVC members and I was hoping to a DVC resort during our stay for this run. Do you remember which resorts had availability?

I also am hoping for a SW themed party. We did the Disneyland half - 10K this past September and LOVED the party they had!! I know it was special for the 60th Anniversary but we had a blast

The only resorts that have availability that weekend are Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.

 

[nostalgic4disney]

The only places that have availability are Old Key West and Saratoga Springs. No studios available at any resort for that weekend.

The only resorts that have availability that weekend are Old Key West and Saratoga Springs.

Thanks for the update!

 

[HockeyMomNH]

I called today and changed my resort reservation from AS Movies to Pop. I saved about $100 with the spring discounts and we like Pop better.

Add me to the list of people hoping for a SW themed party. We did the Pasta in the Park for Princess weekend this year. If they did that with SW characters it would be so much fun.

 

[acbshada]

Thank you for tip that the Spring discounts are out, @HockeyMomNH!

I, too, am hoping for some sort of Star Wars party. What with all of The Force Awakens craziness that's been happening, I feel like they'll have to add something onto this race weekend.

 

[Patsydust]

Oooh party! What a great idea! Hope Disney hops on that! I loved the race retreat for the Princess and am totally willing to give Disney all my money for that again. Fingers crossed!

 

[acbshada]

Is anyone else working on coming up with costume ideas? Or just "character inspired" active wear?

I've got a couple of ideas percolating in my brain: X-Wing Pilot or Asajj Ventress from the Clone Wars cartoons. But now we've got Rey thrown into the mix. Too many ideas.

 

[flvy]

My vote is for Ventress. I love her so much. I don't know how easy that as a costume would be though. I'm sure there will be a ton of Rey's out there. I might just get a droid top from etsy and a sparkle skirt and call it a day.

 

[acbshada]

@flvy - another Ventress fan girl! Yes! And thank you for the vote on Ventress. I adore her to no end! I've been trying to figure out the easiest way to do a sort of "inspired by" outfit. We'll see.

The sparkle skirts are adorable! I've been looking at those and perusing Etsy a bit. I just know nothing about any of the sellers. Do you have anyone you prefer?

BB-8 might be cute, too.

 

[flvy]

@acbshada Ventress is amazing and I've always had a huge thing for anti heros. I looked at pictures. I think if you just shortened her skirt it wouldn't be to bad.

Etsy is pretty reliable a shop should have a ton of reviews if it's good. Some even have websites aside from etsy and are super profeshional. I know iGlowRunning is a big one for disney costumes and a friend of mine did order a shirt from them. ThisPrincessRuns is another one though they're on vacation right now. They're expensive but worth it.