Official 2016 Star Wars Half Marthon - The Dark Side Weekend

[bcarey2k]

Thanks! Guess I'll be on the first bus in the am!

You have time ... And nothing else really to do for 1+ hours .... You're standing anyway ... Might as well do the Disney!

 

[Z-Knight]

You have time ... And nothing else really to do for 1+ hours .... You're standing anyway ... Might as well do the Disney!

Not tru unfortunately. ...they clear out the characters like 45 min before start at least. When i was there 2 hours early the lines had 1 or 2, in 30 minutes it went to 30

 

[bcarey2k]

Not tru unfortunately. ...they clear out the characters like 45 min before start at least. When i was there 2 hours early the lines had 1 or 2, in 30 minutes it went to 30

Yikes!!! I didn't realize that!

I thought you had until they 'recommended' you head to your corrals ... Which might be the same timing I guess.

I count myself lucky in years past!

 

[kmchisholm]

You might have mentioned it, but are there photo pass folks at characters? I was resenting the extra charge for photopass with an AP but am loving it right now.

 

[Z-Knight]

Yikes!!! I didn't realize that!

I thought you had until they 'recommended' you head to your corrals ... Which might be the same timing I guess.

I count myself lucky in years past!

Yeah probably same timing. ...they said they'd return after the race, but since th 10k and half end different places then they started then I'm not sure how that will work out since they cant move the backdrops.

 

[Z-Knight]

You might have mentioned it, but are there photo pass folks at characters? I was resenting the extra charge for photopass with an AP but am loving it right now.

I think so, saw people with colored vests with their own cameras and you could use yours as well.

 

[SunDial]

Does anyone know of any 3rd party sites where you can buy the magnets since they are sold out?

I'd watch eBay, but give it some time for the initial hype to die down. I wanted an extra Goofy magnet from Marathon Weekend. They started out around $20 right after the race, but by March they were down to $10-11.

I have seen the magnets for up to 30.00 for 10th Anniversary Goofy challenge. I will not buy them at that price.

With this being the inaugural event here in WDW, I don't expect to see them offered low.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

So glad we left crazy early today as the main (and only) road between home and I4 was shut down due to a serious accident.. Instead of 20 min trip it took us almost 50.. Still had time for pics before corrals (Cms were saying characters would be cut 45 before race start) and had no prob picking up my bib this morning (was force extended at work yesterday)

Hit the expo- amazed on the lack of merch left (think there is more leftover marathon weekend n princess stuff at the outlets than new stuff at the expo..) not sure yet if they really mis ordered or people hoarded it..

There are matching backdrops at the finish so assume the character plan is the same..and yes we had photo pass and they used our camera at the characters. They were spealing one pic per bib so either it was a group or singles no multi pics..

 

[MommaoffherRocker]

They have most of the shirts from the expo on the Disney Store website, even the I did it ones.

 

[Fruto76]

For the Photopass for AP, did you have to get a claim code at the expo?

 

[cavepig]

For the Photopass for AP, did you have to get a claim code at the expo?

No, you just use the code in the event guide or it's listed on RunDisney under results & pick darkside from the drop down of races.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Wore ourselves out at EPCOT today! Totally had more alcohol than I should have but oh well! Lots of water at Dinner and some gatorade now that we've been back at the room for an hour.

All laid out for tomorrow as we should be asleep within the hour!

 

[opusone]

I was eating dinner in the Boardwalk area, so I thought I would check out the service road and path portion of the 10k and half marathon routes. Here are two photos of the ramp to transition from the Boardwalk service road to the walking path. It seems that they did a great job of blending it level with both the road and the path, but it is a bit downhill, and the boards give a little. I'm interested to see how it holds up after both races.

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[Nole95]

RunDisney will be getting an email from me on Monday morning about the merchandise issue. No excuse for no magnets to be left on Friday morning, and I was there first thing this morning. Same thing happened to me with Goofy 2015.

Either set limits on what people can buy or allow more items to be pre-purchased. They are leaving lots of money on the table by running out of merchandise early.

 

[WhereInFlorida]

I was eating dinner in the Boardwalk area, so I thought I would check out the service road and path portion of the 10k and half marathon routes. Here are two photos of the ramp to transition from the Boardwalk service road to the walking path. It seems that they did a great job of blending it level with both the road and the path, but it is a bit downhill, and the boards give a little. I'm interested to see how it holds up after both races.

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Interesting, looks like a short choke point but better than what I expected. Thanks for the picture.

 

[SunDial]

Interesting, looks like a short choke point but better than what I expected. Thanks for the picture.

How was the path leading up to that? If it takes out the green railing area that good.

 

[Lodeiapple]

Biggest issue with character pictures before and after the race was that the lines closed really fast. You had to get there super early to get pics with all of them. We had no luck after finishing.

 

[SunDial]

RunDisney will be getting an email from me on Monday morning about the merchandise issue. No excuse for no magnets to be left on Friday morning, and I was there first thing this morning. Same thing happened to me with Goofy 2015.

Either set limits on what people can buy or allow more items to be pre-purchased. They are leaving lots of money on the table by running out of merchandise early.

I will also be sending an email.

 

[Wink25]

I will also be sending an email.

As will I. I can not believe they were out of every single item for the Kessel Challenge.

 

[GrandAdmiralStrife]

I sit here at work (overnight shift) near tears because I want to be at the race soooo bad!

Good luck to everyone running!