Springtime Surprise 2026 (Apr 16-20)

[PrincessV]

At least I already have the next trip scheduled, so I have something to look forward to.

This is the way.

 

[fatmanatee]

Actually still around! Finishing up the second half of my trip today, this place isn’t half bad.

 

[1lilspark]

At least as of this AM Vineland Outlets had some left over merch picked up the corksicle & zip up hoodie (also had a running jacket, weekend shirt, shoe ornament ears, and a handful of challenge shirts/pins)

 

[Herding_Cats]

Still no shoes?! Also, DH was seeing a discussion on SM last night about whether or not they sold out of all the shoes at the expo. Someone was claiming that they talked to a brooks person and were told that they had sold out of nearly everything at the expo and were unlikely to stock online. So I guess we will see! Looks like there's around 60 listings on ebay for the genie shoes alone, mostly in the $275-$300 range. Ugh.

 

[SugarSweetLee]

Still no shoes?! Also, DH was seeing a discussion on SM last night about whether or not they sold out of all the shoes at the expo. Someone was claiming that they talked to a brooks person and were told that they had sold out of nearly everything at the expo and were unlikely to stock online.

I find that EXTREMELY unlikely, unless they severely cut production numbers below Princess weekend. Princess had long lines all weekend long to pick up the shoes, which was not the case for Springtime- and yet PW still had stock come online after.

 

[fatmanatee]

Shoes went up about 10 min ago (5:20). So it’s still fairly unpredictable aside from happening pretty late in the day.

 

[PrincessV]

Got a post-race survey! Nothing especially interesting in it, though.

 

[fatmanatee]

Yeah I did too. Only thing I’m going to emphasize is asking them to tell people they can’t be stopping and putting on photo shoots for the course photographers. I like that they play the etiquette video now but the video doesn't have any audio aside from the soundtrack and the people who need to be paying attention to it probably aren't.

 

[nancipants]

I didn't get one, but I encourage everyone to comment about how little merch there was, both variety and quantity.

 

[Naomeri]

I got a survey. I complained about them trying to kill me in the 10K and also about the merch (no more mesh on the shirts!) and the finisher shirts (less blue, no more giant plastic graphics), and suggested a few new kinds of merch they could add. And that we want more park time and a wider variety of courses.

 

[Dopey 2020]

I didn't get one, but I encourage everyone to comment about how little merch there was, both variety and quantity.

no more giant plastic graphics

Survey complete, mentioned both of these as usual. And I never miss an opportunity to talk about increased cost vs decreased returns when it comes to Disney surveys. But of course in the end I had a great weekend and will be back, I think they know that but still hope they will listen to the runners

 

[Naomeri]

I think some of my survey answers may have touched a nerve. I got an additional survey today for the chance to be part of an online discussion moderated by the research team.

 

[DIS-OH]

I think some of my survey answers may have touched a nerve. I got an additional survey today for the chance to be part of an online discussion moderated by the research team.

Excellent!!! Give ‘em the good, the bad, and the ugly feedback for all of us!

 

[Naomeri]

Excellent!!! Give ‘em the good, the bad, and the ugly feedback for all of us!

Definitely will--if I get selected I'll let you all know so I can make some notes before I talk to them.

 

[Jackie Skellington]

I think some of my survey answers may have touched a nerve. I got an additional survey today for the chance to be part of an online discussion moderated by the research team.

I also received a follow up survey today, but unfortunately I was not chosen for the next step...

 

[nancipants]

I think some of my survey answers may have touched a nerve. I got an additional survey today for the chance to be part of an online discussion moderated by the research team.

Me too! We’ll see if I get picked for the next round.

 

[Disney at Heart]

I think some of my survey answers may have touched a nerve. I got an additional survey today for the chance to be part of an online discussion moderated by the research team.

Me, too! Although I’m not sure if the discussion will be all about runDisney or about how much we participants spend!