Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon

jaxonp

jaxonp

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MoonRakerSCM said:
Yup, we've noticed that the medals have gone way down in quality and style. Like most things these days, they're designed by amateurs with little to no understanding of what made the brand what it was. My friends and I constantly go on about how our Dland 50th half marathon medal is downright stunning and the best Disney medal we have. They're doing the Dopey in January and downright upset at the quality of the medal. They like the Goofy one though.


RunDisney is an absolute disaster. Themes are completely pointless, the runs aren't getting any better, and the registration for the events is beyond laughable. Declining by Degrees is a great fit for it.
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Well expect little change from RD as they continue to sell out. This whole thing is so on brand for Disney these days.... less, bland, uninspiring but more money with endless consumers willing to pay out.
 
Demarke

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Rteetz said:
To each their own.
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Absolutely. I’m somewhere in the middle.

Medals: I really like the ones from about 15 years ago to about 4 years ago (like old school Tower of Terror to Wine and Dine Challenge and 10K medals for 2019). There were some movements and such on some, but you didn’t have to search to figure out what distance they were for. I don’t necessarily dislike the new medals (I’m a little jealous of 2024 Goofy now that I’m only doing the marathon). I do wish that at least for the Marathon they would keep the same style medal as the original and make a basic iconic design (like Boston that has had fairly limited changes) even if they go nuts with all the others.

Themes: I’m A-OK with all the typical marathon themes, Princess themes are usually on brand even if it seems like they’ve been putting the classics for the 5k and new stuff for the half or challenge, when I wish it was the reverse (at least when I’ve participated). Springtime Surprise I understand, you can only promote the new Star Wars so much and a changing theme gives them flexibility (and year 5 might be ideal to do a retro Star Wars with baby Yoda). I feel like Wine and Dine has taken a turn starting 2020 taking the theme focus off of food and wine and essentially turning it into a second “Surprise” weekend with many random themes.
 
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Rteetz

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Demarke said:
Absolutely. I’m somewhere in the middle.

Medals: I really like the ones from about 15 years ago to about 4 years ago (like old school Tower of Terror to Wine and Dine Challenge and 10K medals for 2019). There were some movements and such on some, but you didn’t have to search to figure out what distance they were for. I don’t necessarily dislike the new medals (I’m a little jealous of 2024 Goofy now that I’m only doing the marathon). I do wish that at least for the Marathon they would keep the same style medal as the original and make a basic iconic design (like Boston that has had fairly limited changes) even if they go nuts with all the others.

Themes: I’m A-OK with all the typical marathon themes, Princess themes are usually on brand even if it seems like they’ve been putting the classics for the 5k and new stuff for the half or challenge, when I wish it was the reverse (at least when I’ve participated). Springtime Surprise I understand, you can only promote the new Star Wars so much and a changing theme gives them flexibility (and year 5 might be ideal to do a retro Star Wars with baby Yoda). I feel like Wine and Dine has taken a turn starting 2020 taking the theme focus off of food and wine and essentially turning it into a second “Surprise” weekend with many random themes.
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I agree.

The main reason I continue to runDisney is the people. I’ve made so many friends through this avenue. Outside of that I still find the races fun and enjoyable. I always see people complaining about things like characters or medals. First, characters on course haven’t really decreased and in some cases have increased. I track this so I have the proof.

Medals and themes you’re never going to make everyone happy. Now I do wish weekends were at least cohesive. 2022 Wine & Dine and now 2023 are a mess on that front. Springtime is a bit more vague so themes are whatever there. I do applaud Disney for trying different things. Does everything always work? Of course not. At least they are attempting to do different themes and medal styles. They could’ve just said we’re going with the smallest cheapest medal possible.
 
Rose&Crown

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RunDisney acting broke is wild. Between this and then no ticket to the party for the spring run included……not a good look. Excited for them to charge me for a Powerade at the finish line 😂😂
 
Surferboy567

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Rose&Crown said:
RunDisney acting broke is wild. Between this and then no ticket to the party for the spring run included……not a good look. Excited for them to charge me for a Powerade at the finish line 😂😂
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If it was me running a challenge, and they charged for Powerade. I think myself and many others would have a mental breakdown on the poor volunteers.
 
Surferboy567

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Rose&Crown said:
So world celebration officially won’t be done by race weekend. I was looking forward to running through the new area but knew it was a long shot with how slow Disney is building this.
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I have an opposite question. It WILL be open by Dopey, does that mean the Marathon and Half courses will be altered?
 
surfsupdon

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Calling @Demarke and all others to help.

We’ve got free tix for Sat Nov 4. Park Pass for MGM. We want to Slinky Dog LL at 7a. Then ride Tower, RnRC, and Midway Mania too. All pre noon bc we will pre rope drop. That I get!

We want to ILL Tron and Guardians post 2pm. Tron 1st. Guardians in the eve. But I forget how it works.

When I book ILL at 7a for Tron and Guardians, do i select a roundabout time or do they give me next available time?

I want Tron around 3p and Guardians around 6p. Please advise my friends.
 
Demarke

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surfsupdon said:
Calling @Demarke and all others to help.

We’ve got free tix for Sat Nov 4. Park Pass for MGM. We want to Slinky Dog LL at 7a. Then ride Tower, RnRC, and Midway Mania too. All pre noon bc we will pre rope drop. That I get!

We want to ILL Tron and Guardians post 2pm. Tron 1st. Guardians in the eve. But I forget how it works.

When I book ILL at 7a for Tron and Guardians, do i select a roundabout time or do they give me next available time?

I want Tron around 3p and Guardians around 6p. Please advise my friends.
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I’m afraid that while I dug in on Fastpass+ and Rise of the Resistance virtual queue angles, I have not done the same with Genie.

I have been back a couple of times for races or law conferences, it seemed to me (don’t use this as absolute affirmation), that afternoon paid lightning lanes were open for a good while into the morning. I don’t know if you can select now with the recent Genie changes, but if not, I’d just reload them both until the lightning lane return window you want turns up. I imagine that Tron is going a bit faster than Guardians, but haven’t personally done both the same day.

Good luck! 😃
 
Rose&Crown

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So do we all think it’ll be the typical course for W&D? Not sure how much they can really alter it, only part I really dislike is the portion exiting the studios and going to the boardwalk.
 
surfsupdon

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Rose&Crown said:
So do we all think it’ll be the typical course for W&D? Not sure how much they can really alter it, only part I really dislike is the portion exiting the studios and going to the boardwalk.
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My least fav part is the inversion of the course! I'd rather road running first, with the grand finale in HS, BoardWalk and a lap around World Showcase. This course should always end with a WS lap. But recent years we started in WS.

I think this years course will be last years course.
 
Surferboy567

Surferboy567

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surfsupdon said:
My least fav part is the inversion of the course! I'd rather road running first, with the grand finale in HS, BoardWalk and a lap around World Showcase. This course should always end with a WS lap. But recent years we started in WS.

I think this years course will be last years course.
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I know this is off topic, but I think the real thing we should be watching is the marathon weekend courses. As World Celebration will be open then.
 
uncle jimmy

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Rose&Crown said:
So do we all think it’ll be the typical course for W&D? Not sure how much they can really alter it, only part I really dislike is the portion exiting the studios and going to the boardwalk.
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surfsupdon said:
My least fav part is the inversion of the course! I'd rather road running first, with the grand finale in HS, BoardWalk and a lap around World Showcase. This course should always end with a WS lap. But recent years we started in WS.

I think this years course will be last years course.
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I'm thinking it'll be last year's half course but in reverse, which would be similar to the 10k.

Is there a way for the half to start and Finish in Epcot usual spots, but go to DAK>DHS>Epcot?
 

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