) There was one pair there in Yeti costumes and I don't know how they didn't die of heat exhaustion. We were in a later wave, so we didn't start until a half hour after the first wave. 
Oh no. What did I just do? I'm nuts.
AKA
It's official. I just signed up for the Princess 1/2.
I did it with a really good friend and we had a great time. We went in having no idea what to expect and finished 14th out of all the women teams! It starts after dark, which was weird. It was hard to decide when to eat dinner and how much to eat, etc. We ended up at Sanaa and did tasting kinds of food around 5:30 pm.
The atmosphere at the starting line was a big party and we saw lots of fun costumes. It was HOT! (I am from MN, so once it gets over 80 I start to wilt
It was a very crowded run. Felt like you were always either in someone's way, or trying to get past someone, but people were always pleasant. There were three obstacles: jumping over some hay bales, running through some tires, and crawling under a net. Nothing too strenuous.
Once you get past the running, you keep going and pick up your first clue. It gives you kind of a word/logic puzzle and the name of a station in the next area of AK. For example, you have the puzzle and then have to find Dale in Camp Minnie/Mickey. So once you have solved your puzzle, you run to Camp MM and find the sign that says Dale. You show the attendant there your answer and if it's right, you get the next clue. At the end, you have to use all the clues to solve the last puzzle and get to the finish line.
The after party is fantastic! We rode EE and KRR with no lines. In fact, we just stayed on KRR 3 times in a row without even having to get off. That is a relief when you are so hot from running. They had dancing and some food open in Dinoland too. The Dinoland attractions were all going full swing too.
We are definitely doing it again this year.
Great info!! DH and I are doing this in 2013, too and super excited not only for the event itself but for our first kid-free Disney trip!!
PrincessPSU said:
Don't know why the 2 biggest DVC resorts got left out. (SSR is our home resortand I was looking forward to staying there) I know for marathon weekend people have walked from OKW to the corrals. You would skip the bag check and the staging area. Not sure I'd want to be walking in the dark on roads with no sidewalks and barely a shoulder. People on the marathon weekend thread have said something about going out through a cast member entrance/exit. I'm not that familiar with the resort so I have no idea where it is.Thanks
Question for everyone and I'm sorry if it's already been asked-- Does RunDisney sell Princess 1/2 merch on the disneystore.com site and if so, when does it come out on the site?
Keep up the training Princesses 
You've GOT this!!!!!!!!!
Any help out there?
We really enjoyed our kid-free trip. We sat by the pool, got massages, hung out at DTD. Even the parks were a different experience. We could use the bathroom in about 30 seconds!
You will have a great time!
I had to jump in, as I did the EEC with my son last year, too... I'm Floridian and I thought it was HOT, too! Not as hot as it's been all summer, but hanging out on that asphalt for a couple hours was rough.It was HOT! (I am from MN, so once it gets over 80 I start to wilt
Yep, my experience, too. Did you get the follow-up survey from runDisney? Most of the questions pertained to the crowd conditions, so I think they'd already heard a lot of complaints before sending out the survey.We'll be there again, too!
That looks cute AND comfy!I'm wearing this and wings to be Tink:
So true!!!
So did you get a raise shortly thereafter?
