Swissmiss
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Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon
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And no jet lag to deal with or days off to schedule ...
But no friends to meet up with....
Swissmiss
Premium Member
Very true.
Rose&Crown
Well-Known Member
Just realized kinda sucks for people who were going to use the Wine and Dine time to hope for better placement on marathon weekend. (Me)
RememberWhen
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Maybe theyâll let you submit times? And be lenient on that for placement in the marathon?
RunningKoen
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And no jet lag to deal with or days off to schedule ...
You're not helping ;-)
But some new medals to share with the friends. Knowing we all did our miles and share the same medals once more.
With no Paris race and no other vacation options, what else to do with my money ;-) The incredibles virtual races helped a lot when I was low on running motivation.
Swissmiss
Premium Member
You should get a team together and come run RunMate - I wasnât going to be able to do it this year because it was the same weekend as DLP, but since my spot wasnât yet filled, I quickly rejoined the team. The organizers have confirmed that they can hold the event.
Swissmiss
Premium Member
We'll Meet Again
That's a song from WWII...a little before your time.
By my calculations, itâs before your time too
By my calculations, itâs before your time too
Only 10 years before me. Wow, now I feel old....
Surferboy567
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Extremely excited to see what they come up with in terms of medal design and themes for this year. Even though Iâll probably only partake in the virtual event.
Rose&Crown
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Since they wonât let me register for the 2 course Iâll prob do the same. Not a fan of the medal at all.
Surferboy567
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That would make too much sense. I had seen a statement somewhere on Twitter that said they wouldnât open up spots.
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That's nuts, then. You had so many slots. The number of shirts and medals manufactured were based on the number of slots purchased. People will cancel, freeing up slots. Why not "resell" them and mitigate some of the financial loss from moving to a virtual race? Clearly, runDisney has recognized the demand to do so. Or maybe not.
Guess a win-win for runDisney and the running community escapes them.
Surferboy567
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That's nuts, then. You had so many slots. The number of shirts and medals manufactured were based on the number of slots purchased. People will cancel, freeing up slots. Why not "resell" them and mitigate some of the financial loss from moving to a virtual race? Clearly, runDisney has recognized the demand to do so. Or maybe not.
Guess a win-win for runDisney and the running community escapes them.
I can verify this now the statement said âWith that in mind, we are transitioning the 2020 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort to a virtual race. At this time it is only avaliable for guests originally registered for the 2020 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. We will not be accepting any new registrations.We apologize for any disappointment this may causeâ.
That is the statement I read on Twitter. Very dumb decision. The only thing I can see as a reason is the want to keep the medals, and associated merch exclusive to race âattendeesâ but even that doesnât make much sense.
It does say though âAt this timeâ but then goes on to say âwe will not be accepting any new registrationsâ. So maybe? The refunded spots are technically not ânewâ are they?
Side note: I wasnât really thinking when I wrote my initial response so I went back and fixed up the wording
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I can verify this now the statement said âWith that in mind, we are transitioning the 2020 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort to a virtual race. At this time it is only avaliable for guests originally registered for the 2020 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. We will not be accepting any new registrations.We apologize for any disappointment this may causeâ.
That is the statement I read on Twitter. Very dumb decision. The only thing I can see as a reason is the want to keep the medals, and associated merch exclusive to race âattendeesâ but even that doesnât make much sense.
Side note: I think it wasnât really thinking when I wrote my initial response so I went back and fixed up the wording
Like I said, really stupid on runDisney's part. We all know the demand for the race exceeded the number of available bibs when registration opened back in March. Why not give those who didn't get a slot the chance to get one now? As a business major, their decision makes no sense. At this point in time, "exclusivity for attendees" is nonsense. runDisney is hemorrhaging money and anything to help stop that...and save some jobs...should be considered. I'd love to know the percent of those registered who decided to get a refund, rather than switch to a virtual race.
Surferboy567
Well-Known Member
As a fellow business major, I share your bewilderment it really doesnât make much sense. Also yes in your own words âexclusivity for attendees is nonsenseâ. It is, they should even open up additional virtual races to also help the demand that is clearly there. They must know that it sells out in 1 HOUR right? They would make so much money, clearly they charge way more then it takes to produce a medal? So they would surely not have a problem manufacturing said medals. They could really use the extra money, especially right now.
Considering the other expenses related to hosting an on-property race are now gone, runDisney is making a big profit off the virtual race fee. Makes no sense to this Finance degree holder.