My mother and I are doing it, all booked and ready...well except for the training. Hope to hear some good info.
I was wondering if anyone knew if the WDW resorts allow a late check out the morning of the race.
Typically you can request a late check out, but thats usually only going to get you til 12 instead of 11. If you keep a good pace, then that should be ok, but if end up walking, you may need to plan on staying an extra night in the hotel, or staying smelly after the race.
Thanks. So the finish line isn't in the actual park? I was wondering if my family needed a ticket to see us at the finish line.
Well, for all running related questions, check out disneyrunning.com. Unofficial, and unfortunately the forums are now pay, but they still have lots of info from current and past races, as well as race reports from people who have run. The map shows that both the Start and Finish are outside Epcot, finish is probably similar in location to the Marathon Weekend finish, start looks like its maybe a mile up the road from the MW starts. You finish outside the parks, I'm assuming so A. family doesn't need tickets and B. runners can't stay in the park after finishing w/o a ticket. Races in the past, like the Tower of Terror 13k finished in the park, but the runners all had tickets for the post race party, and family needed the same tickets to see you finish.
As a PP said, seeing runners at MK on Main Street is pretty cool. For the MW races you don't need a ticket to cheer from there, as they rope off the rest of the park, and clear you out before they open that day. (If you haven't made it through the MK by opening, I believe you are behind the mandated pace so they can close the course then) Otherwise, TTC usually has lots of spectators, and a handful over by the racetrack since you can see them coming and going.
If its like the other Disney races, there isn't much that goes on at the finish unless there is a hard ticketed post race party. For example, the one going on after the Wine and Dine 1/2 marathon. Otherwise it's some fruit and carbs, maybe another merch setup, and a dj, and thats about it. If you are lucky, they may have characters for photos.
The draw of the Disney races is usually being able to run through the parks, as well as seeing characters on the course. (No idea if they have them for this particular race) They do tend to have more spectators than others, partially due to the CM's.
