- The biggest change has been how freaking crowded the races are now. My first race was Princess in 2011 and there were something like 12,000-14,000 runners. I just did Princess again in 2017 and I think that the field has almost doubled between then and now
- I also think the on-course entertainment has gone downhill a bit
- I don't like things like pushing the expo start time to later to allow people with early access to get in first - I just feel like that made things harder for everyone else (expo was more crowded around noon, sort of really eats into the day). I get that upcharge events are just what Disney does now, but this one leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I feel like it does negatively affect people who don't pay for it
- The unique races (Expedition Everest Challenge, ToT 10-miler, Wine & Dine at night) are gone
- Less swag in the race bags, but I think it's like that with every race now, not just runDisney
- And of course as
@FFigawi said - the recent registration screw-ups/cancellations, misspellings, etc. It just makes them seem very disorganized, when I KNOW in some ways they aren't, because they successfully put on these huge events multiple times per year
The corral changes they have made, I think, have been up and down...I liked that the went to the "many smaller corrals" setup for the start (my first few races had 6 big corrals), and for awhile they were having people submit PoT up to a 3:15 half, which I thought was great. Now they have gone back to "fewer larger corrals with one giant corral at the end" and a 2:45 cut-off for PoT, so in some ways I feel like they took a step back.
To be fair, I do think they have made some great changes...
- 5K medals are metal now, that was a great one
- Their finisher medals and participant shirts are consistently pretty great, IMO
- Love that runDisney does the on-course photos now instead of MarathonFoto
- Women's cut shirts at races other than Princess/Tink!! Now they just need to get that for the 5Ks
- First Princess expo I went to was in ONE building at WWoS - bib pick-up AND the vendor booths. Spreading the expos out to 2 buildings was a very welcome change!
And the on-course support from volunteers, medical, etc. has always been great, and I have been lucky to have never had a problem with race day transportation.
That's all I've got off the top of my head.