knhellesky
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2009
I have never been able to justify the price of the Disneyland Hotel, but also Hotel New York (refurbished into the Marvel hotel) and New Port Bay are out of my league. The last one is only affordable when I use my AP discount and get a good deal. 9 times out of 10 we stay at Santa Fe as we only need a place to sleep. The rest of the time we are in the park.
However, for the half marathon weekend we do appreciate the pool in Sequoia Lodge and New Port Bay, we spend more money on our hotel during these weekends as we know we will spend more time in the room.
In 2018 and 2019:
The start, the Expo is next to Disney Village so located between most onsite hotels and the park.
The finish was at the Studios, there you get your first medal and you can have your picture taken. If you did any of the challenges you have to go back to the Expo to collect the other medals. You have more photo opportunities and also the massage tables are here. It is annoying to walk back to the Expo to collect the other medal, as it feels much longer than it is ;-) but as you have to head in that direction anyway I don't find it too bad.
There is a little bit of a motorway, usually between 8/9K and 11K, to get from DLP to the village. But it's not nearly as 'bad' as in WDW.
Thanks for the insight!
We have the same thought on the Santa Fe...meaning that we'll only really need a place to sleep; since we are most likely out wandering around during the day.
Are you doing DLP run again this year?