Official Dopey 2017 Thread

[AmynVal]

Yeah usually get the info here. You guys are some of those geniuses as well

 

[Ariel484]

Yeah usually get the info here. You guys are some of those geniuses as well

To clarify, my post wasn't directed at you.

 

[Chasing Dopey]

View attachment 210422 Getting bits and pieces from Facebook. Some people are geniuses

My question was always going to be, "Where will they make up for the lost course in/around Hollywood Studios?" This course isn't posted to USATF yet, but it looks like the down and back on Western Way has been extended. Otherwise, it tracks through the parks and everything else the same as in past years.

 

[Ariel484]

Well the genius posted in the marathon 2017 thread here then I went and posted it on several facebook pages.

Yeah but you didn't say where you got it from (at least not in the group where I saw it), so how are people supposed to know that it was here first?

 

[Ariel484]

My question was always going to be, "Where will they make up for the lost course in/around Hollywood Studios?" This course isn't posted to USATF yet, but it looks like the down and back on Western Way has been extended. Otherwise, it tracks through the parks and everything else the same as in past years.

I was convinced it would be more ESPN. Not sure if this is better or worse? Or maybe it just...is.

 

[AmynVal]

I was convinced it would be more ESPN. Not sure if this is better or worse? Or maybe it just...is.

I think that far in anything other than wheels could be worse

 

[Chasing Dopey]

Okay, one of my partners in crime for Dopey got some potentially bad news. What is the story with deferrals? Are they done for good, or did marathon weekend next month still have them?

 

[Ariel484]

Okay, one of my partners in crime for Dopey got some potentially bad news. What is the story with deferrals? Are they done for good, or did marathon weekend next month still have them?

I think they're gone. There was never an official announcement but they haven't had them for the past few races.

If your friend has a medical issue, they can try to get a note and take it up with runDisney and see if they can help. No guarantees though. I'm not quite sure how others have gone about this...I'd be calling AND emailing.

I'm really sorry about your friend, hope they're okay.

 

[rteetz]

Yeah usually get the info here. You guys are some of those geniuses as well

Yeah but you didn't say where you got it from (at least not in the group where I saw it), so how are people supposed to know that it was here first?

I wasn't meaning to be rude to AmynVal if that's how it came across. As you said does it matter where it came from? Most people in the facebook group or in facebook in general don't post where they got it from. I don't know where the person that posted it in marathon 2017 thread got it from either.

 

[Chasing Dopey]

I think they're gone. There was never an official announcement but they haven't had them for the past few races.

If your friend has a medical issue, they can try to get a note and take it up with runDisney and see if they can help. No guarantees though. I'm not quite sure how others have gone about this...I'd be calling AND emailing.

I'm really sorry about your friend, hope they're okay.

That's what I thought, but wasn't sure. I'll let him know once he sees the ortho and gets a final diagnosis. (I know it's been beaten to death elsewhere, but for the price of this thing... shame.)

 

[Keels]

That's what I thought, but wasn't sure. I'll let him know once he sees the ortho and gets a final diagnosis. (I know it's been beaten to death elsewhere, but for the price of this thing... shame.)

Dang. RD has been giving partial refunds to people in the form of a Disney gift card.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for good news.

 

[MommaoffherRocker]

Does the Dopey merch sell out fast? If I can't get there until Wednesday evening will I have a chance at getting atleast a magnet, that's all I really want.

 

[Z-Knight]

Magnets somehow sell out the fastest

 

[MommaoffherRocker]

Magnets somehow sell out the fastest

I know! You would think they are the easiest thing to make so they should have plenty but every race it's the same story.

 

[Keels]

Does the Dopey merch sell out fast? If I can't get there until Wednesday evening will I have a chance at getting atleast a magnet, that's all I really want.

PM me. I can grab you one!

 

[rteetz]

I won't be going until Wednesday afternoon I hope they have dopey magnets left and pins that's all I really want.

 

[Keels]

Yeah but you didn't say where you got it from (at least not in the group where I saw it), so how are people supposed to know that it was here first?

She has a point ... @rteetz, you did go and basically "spam" every Dopey/WDWMarathon/RunDisney group on Facebook with the screen-capped image from the Event Guide (which, BTW, if we're really picking nits ... I'm the one that found the event guide days ago, but whatever) with no explanation or sourcing.

Just say - "hey, here's the Marathon course map from the Event Guide." But it seems like the race to be THE FIRST to post stuff is more important than being the one to properly attribute and link things. And THIS is how rumors and #FakeNews get started.

As a former journalist and as the wife of a current journalist, it really drives me nuts and lowers my opinion of people that "source" material without attribution - even something as simple as this.

 

[rteetz]

She has a point ... @rteetz, you did go and basically "spam" every Dopey/WDWMarathon/RunDisney group on Facebook with the screen-capped image from the Event Guide (which, BTW, if we're really picking nits ... I'm the one that found the event guide days ago, but whatever) with no explanation or sourcing.

Just say - "hey, here's the Marathon course map from the Event Guide." But it seems like the race to be THE FIRST to post stuff is more important than being the one to properly attribute and link things. And THIS is how rumors and #FakeNews get started.

As a former journalist and as the wife of a current journalist, it really drives me nuts and lowers my opinion of people that "source" material without attribution - even something as simple as this.

I understand but the first person that posted it here didn't give a source. That was the first time I've ever posted anything in those Facebook groups. Normally I just lurk on them I don't even usually comment on anything. I didn't know it was from the event guide. I didn't know posting this would upset people, I post news and rumors all day long on the rumors and news board.

 

[AmynVal]

I didn't think it would turn into a big deal. I don't remember seeing the map or corral breakdown anywhere else. So I thought I would just put it out there. As it would turn out I got the map from you @rteetz and the corral from a nicki o.

 

[Ariel484]

Anyway...hoping to see some bib numbers today! It seems most everything else has been found by someone at this point.