I plan on doing it next year -hopefully with my bff who lives in Altamonte-to get my C2C!!
It's not close, but not far away from the start line. There's 2 ways to get to the start from the hotel. You can either walk down Harbor to Katella and down Katella to Disneyland Drive, where the start is. The other way is to go through DTD and either cut through the Grand Californian or through the parking lot at Paradise Pier. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this way is a little shorter than the 1st. The website says that there is no race shuttle, but ART shuttles that pick up and drop off if you stay at some hotels. Unfortunately, the drop off area is directly across from BWPPI, so you would still have to walk. 
Jennifer! congrats on the F&W!!!
I believe the PPI is directly across from the shuttle area that leads into the Main Entry plaza between DCA and DL. It is a fair bit of a walk, but they have shuttles at many good neighbor hotels. I am not sure if this is one? Anyone else know?
That's where I'm staying too!!
But the up side is that you're directly away from the parks so that walk will be really short!
And do y'all pack food with you to eat on the way? I am brand new to the longer run scene-haven't actually even done one more than 8 miles-so running for 3 hours is going to be a totally new experience!
Well, I guess if I can do 13 miles and can manage the walk ahead of time
I hope to enjoy the parks after, might be the only time I get to go. I've never been good with directions, so hopefully there will be plenty of people for me to follow, wouldn't want to get lost
Don't worry! It sounds confusing, but it's really not, all the hotels kinda of circle around DL and DCA. And as for the morning of... just follow all the huge plastic race bags.
Are we supposed to be carrying clear plastic bags while we run?? 
I have another 5k this weekend and then a 10k in November; overall, I feel pretty good. In the past 4 weeks, I've lost about 5lbs, 3% bodyfat, and a total of 8 inches. I'm following the Jeff Galloway training program for new runners so we'll see how it progresses!
I cannot wait to have a nice, "grown up" time in a "grown up" restaurant with "grown up" conversation! 
If you are a WDW vet and have never been to Disneyland it is hard to picture how close everything is together.
Here is a link to the webcam at the Howard Johnson's Hotel on Harbor Blvd.
http://www.hojoanaheim.com/take-a-tour/webcam
It cycles through several views so keep watching until you see the same view again.
For example, in the view with Space Mountain you see the Grand Californian and then Paradise Pier in the same shot to the left. Where you see the buses turning in is Harbor Blvd and probably very close to where we will be running through to get into the Disneyland part of the run.
How is everyone's training going?
Mine is off to a slow start due to doing a half a couple of weeks ago. I have a 10K on Sunday to help me get going.
You can just email them after the race w/ the race name, date and your time from the 10k you should be fine. Don't know if it makes a difference, it couldn't hurt, but you might want to add your personal info like address and phone so they have the right person. I know you email the time to the trackshop, the company that handles all that kind of stuff for disney, but not sure what the address is. It might be on the race website, if not, email disney at the contact address on the race page and they'll be able to give you the right address.
Me too
I officially start on Monday. While at the Wine & Dine expo, I registered for The Princess. That will make my C2C, then taking a long break
Jennifer
