Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2026 (Feb 26-Mar 2, 2026)

[fatmanatee]

Do we think this might be their new plan to essentially limit you to one browser? Previously when you were in ahead of time and put in the holding room, the page would auto refresh to the queue. This page makes you press a register now button, so unless your tapping super fast on all your browsers, that first one is going to be your best time making the others useless (other than to share with others). If this was the roll out of it, they obviously have some kinks to work out since not everyone got the register button at the same time. I didn't see anywhere on the teal page that indicated it was a "whoops there's a problem" page.

I don't see why they'd do it this way. They started the waiting room because what would happen otherwise is that everyone would throttle the servers at 10:00 am and potentially crash them. With the waiting room it didn't matter when you jumped in as long as you did so before 10:00, everyone had the same odds to get an early spot (IN THEORY). The problem, of course, is that they haven't solved the issue with everyone using several devices to jump in.

I was very surprised with how they handled the waiting room this time. Sort of wonder if they had a scheduled opening to the queue, but since the waiting room crashed, once they finally figured it out it started sending people in (or requiring a cache refresh). For now I'm chalking it up to whatever they did with the new setup and hopefully it goes better for Springtime Surprise.

 

[KCO5988]

I don't think the queue system works any differently. My queue IDs were all still different using the same system I always use. I think this is just a way to add one more hurdle to spread out the traffic hitting the server.

I don't see why they'd do it this way. They started the waiting room because what would happen otherwise is that everyone would throttle the servers at 10:00 am and potentially crash them. With the waiting room it didn't matter when you jumped in as long as you did so before 10:00, everyone had the same odds to get an early spot (IN THEORY). The problem, of course, is that they haven't solved the issue with everyone using several devices to jump in.

I was very surprised with how they handled the waiting room this time. Sort of wonder if they had a scheduled opening to the queue, but since the waiting room crashed, once they finally figured it out it started sending people in (or requiring a cache refresh). For now I'm chalking it up to whatever they did with the new setup and hopefully it goes better for Springtime Surprise.

Yeah, I'm probably just over thinking it.

 

[anniebean]

I went ahead and signed up for a charity bib for the 5k since I don’t think I’ll have much luck with alerts.

 

[PuckCowboy]

Yeah, I'm probably just over thinking it.

I don't think you are overthinking it. At worst, I fell like Disney dropped the ball by giving somewhat inaccurate information in that the end user had to do nothing but just let the page auto-refresh so you can get the "Registration" button to show up. As reported by many, browsers like Chrome, Edge and Firefox clearly didn't allow for this on multiple PCs and people had to hard reset the page, clear the cache or open a private browser window. Safari seemed to be the only browser to work as Disney's instructions intended.

At best, it's Disney IT / web page designers just being negligent in not totally testing out all browser setups prior to this rollout, which is a pretty big oversight.

Not claiming that creating a system for thousands of runners to register at once is an easy hurdle or task, but we are talking Disney here. In a world full of AI and technology moving at the speed of light. It's not like Disney is some start-up without the bankroll to have a capable IT backbone, let alone operate more on the cutting edge.

 

[FanforDisney]

I don't think you are overthinking it. At worst, I fell like Disney dropped the ball by giving somewhat inaccurate information in that the end user had to do nothing but just let the page auto-refresh so you can get the "Registration" button to show up. As reported by many, browsers like Chrome, Edge and Firefox clearly didn't allow for this on multiple PCs and people had to hard reset the page, clear the cache or open a private browser window. Safari seemed to be the only browser to work as Disney's instructions intended.

At best, it's Disney IT / web page designers just being negligent in not totally testing out all browser setups prior to this rollout, which is a pretty big oversight.

Not claiming that creating a system for thousands of runners to register at once is an easy hurdle or task, but we are talking Disney here. In a world full of AI and technology moving at the speed of light. It's not like Disney is some start-up without the bankroll to have a capable IT backbone, let alone operate more on the cutting edge.

If Safari was the only browser to work as Disney intended. that's not great. Does Safari only work on Apple platforms? I don't have Apple devices. Not everyone is a Apple product user.

 

[MrsBurgosReads]

I don't think you are overthinking it. At worst, I fell like Disney dropped the ball by giving somewhat inaccurate information in that the end user had to do nothing but just let the page auto-refresh so you can get the "Registration" button to show up. As reported by many, browsers like Chrome, Edge and Firefox clearly didn't allow for this on multiple PCs and people had to hard reset the page, clear the cache or open a private browser window. Safari seemed to be the only browser to work as Disney's instructions intended.

At best, it's Disney IT / web page designers just being negligent in not totally testing out all browser setups prior to this rollout, which is a pretty big oversight.

Not claiming that creating a system for thousands of runners to register at once is an easy hurdle or task, but we are talking Disney here. In a world full of AI and technology moving at the speed of light. It's not like Disney is some start-up without the bankroll to have a capable IT backbone, let alone operate more on the cutting edge.

I had one of each browser (Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox) open between 3 different devices and they all auto-refreshed to show the register now button once it opened up. Not sure if I got lucky or if only having one of each was the key.

 

[Disneyhanna]

I checked after registration and opened a new link to the runDisney site, my regular Chrome did not show the button until I cleared cache! But incognito chrome showed the button properly. My other browsers also worked properly, so I will avoid Chrome in the future.

 

[anniebean]

I tried using Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Only reason safari finally worked was because I turned off WiFi. Firefox didn’t even go off the teal colored “auto refresh” page until everything was sold out, and then as I was about to turn it off, a register button finally popped up. Lesson learned.

 

[fatmanatee]

If Safari was the only browser to work as Disney intended. that's not great. Does Safari only work on Apple platforms? I don't have Apple devices. Not everyone is an Apple product user.

It definitely wasn’t intended.

 

[jpholic]

If Safari was the only browser to work as Disney intended. that's not great. Does Safari only work on Apple platforms? I don't have Apple devices. Not everyone is a Apple product user.

I was able to register through chrome, it was the only browser that showed the register button. safari, duck duck go, opera and firefox were all duds for me. I did not think to clear my cache or use incognito. I was stressing over having first timers get in the queue and leading teams meetings. this morning was... a lot. lol

 

[DianaMB333]

My Garmin stress metric jumped to high record this morning … that never happens at work… LOL… i need to work on the Disney addiction hahaha

Technical question… I tried using queues posted in the rise&run messenger chats but it kept showing more than one hour -despite the person posting it could see it in 5 mins or so…
I assume that it was putting my back to my own long Safari queue… how could have I deleted cache of messenger?

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Technical question… I tried using queues posted in the rise&run messenger chats but it kept showing more than one hour -despite the person posting it could see it in 5 mins or so…
I assume that it was putting my back to my own long Safari queue… how could have I deleted cache of messenger?

If you had already opened a queue in that browser, you can't use a new queue there. It will default to whatever queue ID you had first. Opening an incognito window sometimes works (depending on the browser) or use a different browser/device.

 

[Herding_Cats]

So I was thinking.....today seems like a bungle of all bungles with registration. But do we think there's any sort of chance it went the way it did because they're trying out a new security measure to prevent bots from grabbing queues?

I'm thinking no, and this was just a hot mess express. But I still wonder.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Things that make you go hmmmmm.
Yesterday DH and I discussed what makes sense for flights: what day to leave and what day(s) to come back, which airports make sense to look into, and all that stuff.

Fun quote of the morning as I look at google flights, "$423 is LOW for economy--$169 cheaper than usual. The least expensive flights for similar trips to Orlando usually cost between $460–830." Ahhh yes. What a great deal. *sigh*

Anyone have any good/bad experiences flying into/out of SFB for race weekends? Allegiant has direct flights, but IDK if it would be worth the flight savings if the transportation is going to be a pain.

 

[Tomaso12]

Anybody have feedback on when charities/Disney tend to update their pages? The list I found and respective sites mostly are still set for 2025, have not updated for 2026 race yet.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Anybody have feedback on when charities/Disney tend to update their pages? The list I found and respective sites mostly are still set for 2025, have not updated for 2026 race yet.

I think teamrundis has a page specifically dedicated to charities that also keeps track of availability. If there's a specific charity you're interested in, you should just reach out directly as some give first access to previous fund-raisers, and may already have a wait-list.

 

[The Expert]

Anyone have any good/bad experiences flying into/out of SFB for race weekends? Allegiant has direct flights, but IDK if it would be worth the flight savings if the transportation is going to be a pain.

Have you checked the Transportation threads? https://www.disboards.com/forums/transportation.16/
Also, IME a lot of the UK flights to Orlando come into SFB. Might be worth perusing the UK planning threads too. https://www.disboards.com/forums/uk-trip-planning-community.47/

 

[Herding_Cats]

Have you checked the Transportation threads? https://www.disboards.com/forums/transportation.16/
Also, IME a lot of the UK flights to Orlando come into SFB. Might be worth perusing the UK planning threads too. https://www.disboards.com/forums/uk-trip-planning-community.47/

yeah the gist of those is always "it's further away, and a ride-share is going to cost you more." But that doesn't take into account things like, group size (do they need an uber XL to fit their kids and luggage?) or stuff like that.

 

[jrsharp21]

Since my wife is the one who registered me, she did the whole transfer registration process. When I went into the link to do the transfer, instead of adding Princess to my normal runDisney account, it added a second participant account under my username/log in. Now I have to switch back and forth between participant accounts. Anyway to consolidate this so they all show under my main account? I am guessing I may have to email rD?

 

[The Expert]

Since my wife is the one who registered me, she did the whole transfer registration process. When I went into the link to do the transfer, instead of adding Princess to my normal runDisney account, it added a second participant account under my username/log in. Now I have to switch back and forth between participant accounts. Anyway to consolidate this so they all show under my main account? I am guessing I may have to email rD?

I had this happen before. Just email rD. It might take a couple of days or weeks depending on how busy they are, but they can fix it.