WDW Cancels all Run Disney Events for Tomorrow 1/7/17 including Half Marathon

Disneyhead'71

Disneyhead'71

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A pretty cold Disneyhead'71 and my delightful reporter Christina Jensen.
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NothingRhymeswithOrange

NothingRhymeswithOrange

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My wife and I ran the Wine and Dine half 2 years ago in the pouring rain. Were completely drenched afterwards but didn't care because it was so fun. Feel bad for the people who couldn't run this race. Highly recommend doing run disney races if anyone hasn't already and might be on the fence about it. Loved every single one I've done and they made my wife and I fall in love with running.
 
kbowser

kbowser

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Has anyone had a chance today to call for details on registration transfer? My apologies if this has already been expressed in the thread, but does anyone have any thoughts on how transferring your race registration to the Wine & Dine this fall will impact those who have to register for the half marathon beginning on the 17th next week? Will spots be more limited?
 
Ariel484

Ariel484

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wdwbaw said:
I honestly don't get all of the criticism towards @Kamikaze . He/she has brought up some valid points. I don't understand why Disney wouldn't offer the ability to receive a full refund. It just makes them look bad by making them look greedy to the general public, not just those who follow the inner workings of the company. And I get that a 90 minute delay would not be feasible, but couldn't they delay it by a few hours? I'm not too familiar with Run Disney so I don't completely understand how all of this works.
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It's not just runDisney that doesn't do refunds if a race is canceled. It's very common - industry practice, I think - to not refund race registrations if weather delays or cancels a race.

As I said before, we (including Kamikaze) are aware of this BEFORE the events happen.* We agree to these terms at registration and they are clearly outlined in the race program and on runDisney's website.

I received a $180 gift card from them on Friday. That is more than I expected and I am impressed by them doing this.

*assuming you actually READ the terms...
 
Ariel484

Ariel484

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kbowser said:
Has anyone had a chance today to call for details on registration transfer? My apologies if this has already been expressed in the thread, but does anyone have any thoughts on how transferring your race registration to the Wine & Dine this fall will impact those who have to register for the half marathon beginning on the 17th next week? Will spots be more limited?
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Right now runDisney staff is at the Light Side event in a California, so I'm guessing you won't get a response to phone calls/emails until they're back from that.

Wine & Dine is selling slowly so far (at least that's my guess since AP/DVC registrations haven't filled yet.)
 
EOD K9

EOD K9

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Slight thread-jack. I've run the Castaway Cay 5K numerous times just to get the plastic "winner" medal. Last year we couldn't dock that day due to weather. When we checked in they gave us the new rubber medal anyway. That afternoon was an at sea day and did 5K on the treadmill. Does that count as still running? Turns out they were able to get us in two days later. As you can see though, I ride and don't run.
 
George

George

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As a runner who has run races (both normal and adventure - Spartan and Tough Mudder), I've spent several minutes thinking about this important issue. Some caveats - I've never signed up for anything that has been cancelled, I've never not finished the race, and I've done two Disney Runs (the Tower of Terror Ten Miler and the Castaway Cay thing which I would've forgotten about if it wasn't for Mr. @EOD K9 above). Anyway, I know that if I didn't finish a race, I wouldn't want the medal. This is becoming increasingly more likely as I get older and my "bite off more than I can chew" personality remains intact. However, if I trained for something and I paid for it, I would at least want the medal. It is not my fault the race was cancelled, most medals have the year on them, etc. The only possible "moral" drawback from this that I can think of is this - "Person signs up to run race, race is cancelled, medal is obtained, medal is displayed prominently on fireplace mantle, claim is made that cancelled race was run in a borderline world record time"...I don't think most people would do this...the race being cancelled in Florida for weather reasons is actually a pretty good anecdote assuming the medals were actually displayed and not tucked away in a drawer for future recycling when you retire to a smaller abode since the kids are gone and god knows you don't want to dust anymore. I certainly can't think of a reason to be all grumpy about it.

Tiggerish said:
Dude or chick (no idea), I've read every hateful word that you've posted in this thread.

Wait, I'll back off from "hateful" and replace it with "disgruntled".

We've been around here an equivalent amount of time. I've read your posts here for almost 15 years. Something happened in the last few that turned you bitter. Towards WDW in general, I couldn't give a damn about your attitude.

This thread is about runners who paid a bunch of money to run a race and get a medal. Weather interfered. You said early on that you "don't pay to run", therefore how could you relate to taking the chance that you pay your $ and something happens to cancel the run? In 99 44/100ths of the time, you'd be out your registration fee and that would be understood.

And 98% of runners would be fine with that. But you don't pay to run, so how would you know? I can go out my front door and run for miles without paying for it, but I wouldn't get a medal
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If you're going to make a point, please don't exaggerate. It is 99 43/100ths of the time.
 

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