Wine & Dine 1/2 marathon weekend 2021

[jenljeffers1989]

I wonder what time I can expect to cross the starting line for the half marathon. I hope by 5:30 if the race starts at 5. I'm consistently a 2 hour 15 minute runner during half marathons, so I was hoping to run, shower, and make it to Hollywood Studios for park opening at 9.

 

[WhereInFlorida]

I wonder what time I can expect to cross the starting line for the half marathon. I hope by 5:30 if the race starts at 5. I'm consistently a 2 hour 15 minute runner during half marathons, so I was hoping to run, shower, and make it to Hollywood Studios for park opening at 9.

A totally different event and under different circumstances, but for the DarkSide half in 2019 I had the same pace as you. Crossed the starting line at 5:36am so would think 5:30 is a good guesstimate.

 

[jenljeffers1989]

If you can walk to the TTC, you can walk the rest of the way in the parking lot to the security check. Poly and GF have been fine to walk, but CR was a no go b/c the path from the sidewalk goes backstage at TTC. Shades has a walking path to Poly so you should be fine - but you still have to go from TTC down the parking lot to security, so it makes it longer.

I emailed runDisney support because there's a section on the event guide that says you'll be disqualified if you don't enter through the Epcot parking lot staging area. Their response: "With safety as our priority, please know participants are not permitted to walk from their Resort to the start line. Any participants who do so can be disqualified from the race. Everyone must access the start line by traveling through the Family Reunion Area."

 

[DopeyBadger]

I wonder what time I can expect to cross the starting line for the half marathon. I hope by 5:30 if the race starts at 5. I'm consistently a 2 hour 15 minute runner during half marathons, so I was hoping to run, shower, and make it to Hollywood Studios for park opening at 9.

Using the old corral system of eight corrals and mini-waves, a 5:00am start time, and based on a 60 min start/finish release schedule:



If you put an estimated 2:15 HM finish time on registration, then I would say the estimate is around 5:16am for the Corral D release (which is the old 2:15-2:30 HM corral). It could be sooner than this if they use "rate release" timing based on the actual number of participants instead of aiming for 60 min.

Still don't know exactly how the start schedule will change with the new "starting groups" system. So this all has an asterisk next to it.

 

[lukemorenus]

I emailed runDisney support because there's a section on the event guide that says you'll be disqualified if you don't enter through the Epcot parking lot staging area. Their response: "With safety as our priority, please know participants are not permitted to walk from their Resort to the start line. Any participants who do so can be disqualified from the race. Everyone must access the start line by traveling through the Family Reunion Area."

That certainly seems like a misprint/holdover from a previous race guide... but I hope they respond!

 

[jenljeffers1989]

That certainly seems like a misprint/holdover from a previous race guide... but I hope they respond!

The bolded text is what they emailed to me this morning.

 

[HangWithMerida]

And got my party ticket today! Once stuff starts happening, I can feel the race day excitement building.

 

[jimrpa]

I wonder what time I can expect to cross the starting line for the half marathon. I hope by 5:30 if the race starts at 5. I'm consistently a 2 hour 15 minute runner during half marathons, so I was hoping to run, shower, and make it to Hollywood Studios for park opening at 9.

And here I was, hoping to run, shower, grab a quick nap, and get over to EPCOT in time for the party

 

[HangWithMerida]

And here I was, hoping to run, shower, grab a quick nap, and get over to EPCOT in time for the party

You and me both!
I did just book a breakfast reservation at Cape May Cafe now that I am staying at the YC. Get a gooood post-race breakfast before I konk out!

 

[DisneyParrothead]

The bolded text is what they emailed to me this morning.

That's been one of their policies for quite a few years. I think it was put in place after Boston in 2013. They want runners going through the parking lots because you go through security.

 

[WhereInFlorida]

We're staying at POR and I'm now slightly jealous! (Even though I'm very happy to stay at POR!) What a sweet upgrade!

We received our call yesterday for our POR reservation. They offered BW or Yacht change.

 

[GreatLakes]

That certainly seems like a misprint/holdover from a previous race guide... but I hope they respond!

No, this is still policy as far as I know. I got the impression this was to stop people from walking from POFQ to the start.

 

[Sara W]

We received our call yesterday for our POR reservation. They offered BW or Yacht change.

Maybe I should go book POR really fast! FQ or Riverside?

 

[camaker]

Maybe I should go book POR really fast! FQ or Riverside?

POR is Riverside. POFQ is French Quarter. Sounds like this is only impacting POR. I'm staying at POFQ and we haven't heard anything about an upgrade. I'd love to move to BW or YBC!

 

[HeraOrgana]

I tried to scan it on my phone and it wouldn't link, but when I typed in the ticket number on my computer it linked up just fine.

That sort of worked. Now my ticket is showing up as just a card (with my magic bands) rather than as a ticket linked to the whole account. Is that how it's supposed to be?

 

[1lilspark]

POR is Riverside. POFQ is French Quarter. Sounds like this is only impacting POR. I'm staying at POFQ and we haven't heard anything about an upgrade. I'd love to move to BW or YBC!

Same…. It would kind of be a full circle moment to move from POFQ to a deluxe just without that sticker shock

 

[Mr. Drauer]

The bolded text is what they emailed to me this morning.

If you walk to the TTC, then follow the path in the parking lot, you will go to the area where buses and ride share drop off is, and then enter security and pass into the family area. They are saying you can't walk directly to the start area and bypass this step (see writing in black).

 

[Sara W]

POR is Riverside. POFQ is French Quarter. Sounds like this is only impacting POR. I'm staying at POFQ and we haven't heard anything about an upgrade. I'd love to move to BW or YBC!

I did write that before I had my coffee this morning... Now I see the potential impacts of interacting with others prior to coffee!

 

[rundisfan]

The link to the waivers is live in my RunDisney account, but it didn't seem to have my bib number anywhere.

 

[broadsheet]

Just signed my waiver and it says we’ll get bib info at the expo! Boooooo