Sorry that your ticket was a bit confusing! Good to know that there is a guest services building at IG!
Love that there are characters meeting the runners! I met a couple girls last year at our getaway, and they shared their pictures- I was amazed!
I hate when I am totally convinced I am correct. But I'm not!
I'm glad there was nobody else at Guest Services. It is good that there is one there, but I have heard horror stories of how long it sometimes takes there, even if there is just a single person in line in front you.
It is a great opportunity for the runners to get some great photo ops with characters, designed to be quickly taken.
I didn't realize that they were exclusively there for the runners. Until later that day.
That must have been fun to watch the runners go past. We were at AK during the marathon in 2005 when the runners were running through that park and I enjoyed cheering them on.
I loved seeing the runners going by, especially the ones who were costumed. The supporters were fun to watch, too. I'll have a few pictures later in my time in EPCOT.
I found a few photos of the runners going by the back of the Beach Club so I added those to my post above.
Awwww, your hubby's email is the sweetest thing ever! I saw the pics on FB too and they are wonderful. Happy anniversary!
How nice you got to meet MikeyT! It's always nice to have DISMeets on a trip! (Hint hint...I hope we have a DISmeet one day!)
Yum, those pastries at Les Halles...although yours wasnt' chocolate it does look good. What flavor was it?
ooh! Run Disney! I better study your pictures so I will ready my lame behind to get in shape for the 5k!
Can't wait to see what you did in your Behind the Seeds Tour!
Mark's email was a very unexpected treat. We don't normally exchange cards or gifts, so that made it more special. Even though he admitted it was hard coming up with 30 things!
Mike is just the sweetest guy and we have been framily for around 6 years.
Well, it sure wasn't hazelnut!!! I think it was just a vanilla frosting. I like pastry cream, not the frosting type cream and I don't think I saw chocolate eclairs with pastry cream so I got this one.
A bunch of my DIS friends do the Disney races, so I may find myself going at that time of year to meet up. Would love to meet you, too!
I don't even think I have looked at my Behind the Seeds pictures since the trip, and I fear I have forgotten a lot about the tour. May have to cheat and copy your update!
Lol on the mix up with the voucher. At least security was nice.
Great photos all around. World showcase makes for some great photo opportunities.
One of the big selling points to Disney races is meeting characters during the race. A lot of times the characters are rarer yes too so I love meeting characters when I am doing the races.
It was just after 9 and I could tell security was already frustrated because everyone was giving them a hard time. Sheesh!
Thanks! World Showcase is my favorite place to take pictures.
Disney really makes the races attractive! What great experiences.
Really nice pictures in France! It's such a pretty area. I dislike being rushed through the countries in WS and love taking my time to fully appreciate the beauty of each one.
My daughter, who is a hardcore marathon runner, did that race five years ago. While she had fun, she was shocked that people actually stopped to visit with the characters. We're always telling her that not everyone takes running so seriously.
What was that pastry that you bought? The germophobe in me is freaking out a little at how dangerously close that was to touching the stone ledge. I don't know why, but the older I get, the weirder I get about that kind of thing.
Looking forward to reading about the Behind the Seeds Tour.
Thank you. France was almost empty when I was there. At first I was annoyed at the two guys on the bench in my picture, but it kind of sets an atmosphere. I think there was one other group who came into the bakery after me.
A lot of the runners have a different mindset during the Disney races. But I have heard that serious runners find it difficult to understand people stopping for character photos.
LOL about the pastry almost touching the ledge where I put it down. I didn't notice that. I understand when people have concerns about germs- I am not generally concerned . But then again, I spend my work day hand feeding food scraps to pigs and having goats lick grain out of my hand.
It was like an éclair with vanilla rather than chocolate frosting. I can tell you I now understand why the chocolate ones are classic. This was unremarkable.
Hope I don't disappoint with the Behind the Seeds review. I suspect it will be lots of pictures and not so much substance.
I love breakfast in France
I enjoy so many of their pastries ( too many perhaps
). In our last trip I also discovered the framboise
. At that point my husband commented that is given up all pretense of eating anything remotely healthy (do those 3 raspberries on the top not count as a portion of fruit?)
I always think it would be really cool to run a Disney race but then I remember I can't run for the life of me lol. Looks like it would be awesome though doesn't it
Excited to read about your tour
3 raspberries totally make it a fruit. Just like Pop*Tarts are fruit. NOT!
One of my favorite running memes:
Oh and well done Dee in being so nice and kind to security ( not that I'd expect anything less from you)
We witnessed some less than stellar attitudes and behavior towards security on our last trip. Even my youngest commented that "people were being cross and they were only keeping us all safe". Made me wonder why it was so hard for the adults to get it when a 9year old understands
Honestly! Just be kind people!
I like your attitude towards the metal detectors. So many people are grumbling about them, but I feel the same way - if it keeps us safe, it's a good thing, so I'm happy to go through it if asked.
The characters are actually one of the reasons I got so into runDisney. I had heard about the races and was doing some research, and I saw some reports that there are sometimes rare characters out on the course, and once I saw that, I was sold!
You got some great pictures - World Showcase is so beautiful in the morning when it's (relatively) quiet and peaceful!
Safety first!
I could see this was a great opportunity for character greets. A great way to make for a fun run.
Thanks! Except for the running course, the areas I went to in EPCOT were empty.
That was really sweet of him to do that. 
