Marathon Weekend 2022

[ZellyB]

I have an etiquette question. This will be my wife and I's first.... well everything when it comes to run disney. She is a good runner, me not so much. We are going to be doing the Dopey. Since she is faster, can she run ahead of me and get in picture lines and I join her as I catch up, or would this be considered bad form?

I agree with others. Since it's just the two of you and you are taking a picture together, I doubt anybody will care. I've certainly had it happen to me before in line and I was not bothered by it other than one time when it was a group of women who then did multiple pictures with themselves as a group and individually and then even in smaller groupings. It actually was pretty time-consuming. Add that to the fact that we were running similar paces and it happened in a couple of lines and I ended up pretty ticked off about it. Although not enough to say anything to them.

 

[Sleepy425]

SAFD: Only doing the 10k this year because we need to start driving home Saturday morning. This will be my sons' first 10k, so I booked Skipper's to celebrate - steak for one kid, shrimp for the other!

 

[Sleepy425]

I have an etiquette question. This will be my wife and I's first.... well everything when it comes to run disney. She is a good runner, me not so much. We are going to be doing the Dopey. Since she is faster, can she run ahead of me and get in picture lines and I join her as I catch up, or would this be considered bad form?

As others have said, as long as you are taking pics together it is no big deal. My friend did this Marathon Weekend 2020 - he is faster so he ran ahead and I popped into line for the pic. And this weekend I did the 10k and half - lots of people were doing the same thing. The only time people in line got upset was when they people were at the character saying "oh we have to wait for one more person." Or if they wanted individual photos people got upset. If your wife just lets people in front of her once she gets to the front of the line while waiting for you and doesn't hold up the line, no big deal!

 

[PrincessV]

Just want to say that rD and WDW knocked it out of the park for W&D! Really - the new "corral" system worked really well, the course entertainment was fantastic, lots of support, shockingly few issues for the first in-person races in a long time and some pretty awful weather. I'm very hopeful that we'll have more of the same for Marathon Weekend!

 

[Herding_Cats]

Just want to say that rD and WDW knocked it out of the park for W&D! Really - the new "corral" system worked really well, the course entertainment was fantastic, lots of support, shockingly few issues for the first in-person races in a long time and some pretty awful weather. I'm very hopeful that we'll have more of the same for Marathon Weekend!

minus the awful weather.

 

[ZellyB]

Just want to say that rD and WDW knocked it out of the park for W&D! Really - the new "corral" system worked really well, the course entertainment was fantastic, lots of support, shockingly few issues for the first in-person races in a long time and some pretty awful weather. I'm very hopeful that we'll have more of the same for Marathon Weekend!

So I didn't really follow much about W&D, but how were the new corrals set up?

 

[jmasgat]

SAFD
I was hoping to celebrate the trip early with an over the top splurge at Victoria and Alberts (absolutely amazing) but alas, they are not open.
Since we were able to score a value at AKL arrival night will be dinner at Sanaa
ADRs after that include Garden Grill, Hollywood and Vine, Tony's, and Mama Melrose (carbs with a side of carbs please).

Post Dopey will be the best buffet on property.... Boma!

Also scored a value (studio) at AKL---and Saana is on the list. As a solo traveler, and not sure of any of my park plans for Sunday, I expect I will drop in there and take my chances, or sit in the lounge and nosh. And honestly, I am even excite to eat from The Mara. So looking forward to staying there again.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

OK, I'm a rube. What is SAFD and ADR?

 

[PrincessV]

So I didn't really follow much about W&D, but how were the new corrals set up?

Basically, they just renamed them "start groups." So for the 10K and half, there were 4 start groups, and they were released in mini waves. Same as the old system.

BUT with no PoT needed for estimated finish times over 2 hours, that put a lot more people in the early corrals than in years past. Which seemed like a terrible idea, but seemed to work much better than the old system. I think the smaller field contributed, too, but the wide mix of paces within a start group actually seemed to help spread out the crowd very early into the race.

 

[camaker]

OK, I'm a rube. What is SAFD and ADR?

SAFD = Sundays Are For Disney. Every Sunday morning @lhermiston asks a Disney themed question that folks answer.

ADR = Advanced Dining Reservation

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

SAFD = Sundays Are For Disney. Every Sunday morning @lhermiston asks a Disney themed question that folks answer.

ADR = Advanced Dining Reservation

Thank you. I've noodled out most of the other acronyms, but I wouldn't have gotten those.

As for post-race meals: I'll be there solo, so just happy to join others for post-race food, conversation, commiseration, triumph, etc.

 

[Cabius]

SAFD:
I got Boma for dinner on Sunday - my appetite is always a bit hit or miss after a big race, hopefully I will be in full hungry bear mode and can take advantage of all the Boma yummie

You've inspired me. My family has always made a tradition of Boma Breakfast on WDW trips, but I booked Boma dinner for Sunday night as a post-run celebration. See you there! (I'll be the guy with just one medal, who can't walk.)

 

[1lilspark]

Just want to say that rD and WDW knocked it out of the park for W&D! Really - the new "corral" system worked really well, the course entertainment was fantastic, lots of support, shockingly few issues for the first in-person races in a long time and some pretty awful weather. I'm very hopeful that we'll have more of the same for Marathon Weekend!

My only gripe (outside of the weather) was I wish there was better lighting at the character sightings

 

[leaf44]

It looks like the full is open again in addition to the half, in case anyone is still looking for a spot

 

[lukemorenus]

Just want to say that rD and WDW knocked it out of the park for W&D! Really - the new "corral" system worked really well, the course entertainment was fantastic, lots of support, shockingly few issues for the first in-person races in a long time and some pretty awful weather. I'm very hopeful that we'll have more of the same for Marathon Weekend!

Agreed - what an amazing weekend!

 

[rubybutt]

Thank you. I've noodled out most of the other acronyms, but I wouldn't have gotten those.

As for post-race meals: I'll be there solo, so just happy to join others for post-race food, conversation, commiseration, triumph, etc.

https://*******.com/forum/threads/commonly-used-abbreviations-and-acronyms.3/This site will give you most but not all abbreviations. It took me a while too.

 

[Chasing Dopey]

SAFD: I hadn't even thought about dinner, but our tradition after a half is to shuffle our way to Fake France for the amazing turkey sandwich ('Dinde BLT') and dessert at Les Halles. We've done a couple marathons, but honestly I can't remember what we've done immediately after those!

I'm doing the marathon solo this time, so if I'm able to make the journey, because Fake France is pretty far, I'll probably go for the dinde BLT and just wing it for dinner... But most likely something very delicious and very bad for me.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Ummm…

If you could hook me up with where I can buy a real one, please DM me. I’ve got some plans that might come to fruition, if so…

I'm pretty sure Disney will sell you one if they ever decide to release to the public the version that they're using for Galactic Starcruiser. Not sure if that will aid in your plans though.

I read an old thread on here about running with lightsaber and people were openly discussing carrying the ones they built in Galaxy's Edge. For anyone who has never held one, they're not exactly light. Even some of the movie prop replicas they sell are very heavy.

I found my flat me photos for both Darth Elsa and Skipper Rey:

Those are both awesome, but especially the little touches on Jungle Cruise Rey such as the name tag. On Dapper Day at Disneyland one year, I saw someone walking around Disneyland dressed as Dapper Rey complete with a porg in a bowtie on her shoulder.

 

[Bree]

So it will probably snow and ice over for MW with lots of lightning and tornados. I decided to run the 5K, 10K & Half in costume. I am the poster child for bad luck so I will just so I'm sorry now.

5K - Lilo
10K - Pua
Half - Daisy Duck

 

[GollyGadget]

So it will probably snow and ice over for MW with lots of lightning and tornados. I decided to run the 5K, 10K & Half in costume. I am the poster child for bad luck so I will just so I'm sorry now.

5K - Lilo
10K - Pua
Half - Daisy Duck

The wild weather is exactly why I've never gone all-in on a costume. I can't wrap my head around planning for so many variables and being comfortable.