I couldn't agree more. Especially with all the construction at the TTC and the Floridian flyover. When we parked at Villains last week and walked to TTC I was like how are we running here. Either way I'm thrilled to be able to get back down there and run. It has become quite the tradition in our family.
If you notice it's been taken off of the list of annual pass perks as well. It's been up all year as far as I can tell. Just noticed today as I was checking when our dates would be to register for W&D that it was gone.
Seems we will make 2021 after all.
It would be cool to have additional event options, but they historically open pretty early in the summer and the races brick up transportation routes. Then again, there are no slow times anymore!
Good point! Soooooo go big or go home, run Disney nocturnal races. Don't worry about park openings, impacting crowds of park guests or temperatures.
Would love to see the ToT 10 miler return
Me too. I loved the nighttime races, though I fear that after the disaster that was the last nighttime Wine and Dine, they are a thing of the past.
What happened at the last one?
The weather was horrendous, to the point where they delayed the start almost 2 hours. They finally started the race but it was not an easy go of it on that course and conditions continued to deteriorate. I’m by no means an alarmist, but I was concerned for my safety on the course, between the lightning, the darkness, the wet ground, and how strong the rain was. I imagine their legal department was having a stroke about it.
Ok, Ok, mother nature was not happy. It happens during daylight runs, it also happens on any day of the year anywhere. Properly themed and promoted (something Disney can do well) it would be a stimulating, fun very enjoyable event.
They have also removed the participating charities from the site. Are they giving up on them or just reviewing their lists?
They're reviewing the Charities applications that applied for the races. It also is giving those Charities time to update their page or site.
Was that 2015? They cut it in half, turned out to be about 6.8 miles.
Charities with past connections to RunDisney were notified after the announcement that they could apply for race bibs, and they were given until Friday morning, July 2nd, to submit the numbers they wished. I know for certain that they were able to apply for bibs for Wine and Dine, Marathon Weekend, and Princess Weekend, but hadn't head anything directly about the new Springtime Surprise Weekend (I think those will come later). The way in which the charities sell/distribute bibs isn't standardized - some set up a deferral process last year (even though the uncertainty of future race weekends was unknown), others pre-reserve spaces and request enough bibs to cover these numbers, while some just request a certain number and try to sell them afterwards. I know of several charities who submitted order numbers based on people from whom they already gotten verbal commitments, and who plan to formalize the process once RunDisney confirms their allocation later this week (perhaps Thursday). Long story short - if you want a charity bib, act fast. By the time the listing is published, some will not have anything available, and those others (some with large fundraising requirements) will most likely go fast. This holds true for Wine and Dine, Marathon Weekend, and Princess.
