Kender
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
I've seen lines way longer at the WDW 5Ks. I think part of the issue was these photographers were treating the stops like park ones rather than click and go.
I noticed them doing click and go when I went past . I haven't done a WDW race since 2017, though, but lines felt on par with what I got used to at DLR at the time. So maybe that's changed.
The lines were horrific during this 5k when I saw them. The Goofy/Max line wrapped around that little plaza area and down to the Toon Town bridge. Only reason the others I saw were shorter was because they'd already cut them off. They were definitely click and go and were being very clear "only one photo per runner; please take photo together if you're in a group".
Who knows . We all saw such different things happening.
Yeah it's always been a 16-minute mile pace, and at DL they have to be quite strict about sweeping because they don't own the roads. They can be much more lenient at WDW, but when Anaheim says these roads need to be open at this time, Disney has to have people through, period.
Someone on here called it way further back, but this was a growing pains weekend. It's also far from WDW races and always have been. The problem is not many active rD fans knew what to expect and only had WDW to compare. I actually like the smaller vibes and since I don't normally stop for characters, the crowding was quite small once I got into DL. I never felt congested after the 5K mark.
I'm aware. My comment about that was that there might be an additional issue of some of the participants not paying attention to that (despite claiming they've done the DLR races before as the person I read mentioning reading their comments said). It was very weird and made no sense since she seemed fully aware the balloon ladies maintain a 16 minute pace. But she acted like she's done a longer pace before and been just fine. Maybe she was part of the mile course cut that happened in 2017 .
Someone also said it accurately that while we all run the same race course, our race experiences are all different depending on even a difference of seconds. I was at the very beginning of the mile 3 congestion issue so while I did come to a complete stop for a moment, I managed to get through with less delay than others. The people further behind me were not so lucky
I had fewer issues than most with this weekend because I went into it knowing it was likely going to have logistical issues due to how long it had been. I was already mentally prepared for things to go sideways.
yeah I can’t remember which Tink 10k it was that there was a huge hubbub about a lot of people getting swept because of congestion right as they were exiting the park.
I want to say 2014? I think I remember reading about it happening the previous year from when I started them. And I did PDC in 2015 so that would track with 2014. I should go look it up. It was crazy reading the stories about it. People were so upset and it sounded so poorly handled on rD's part.