Disney's Princess Half Marathon Weekend

surfsupdon

Well-Known Member
Why do you think this race has more of these negative aspects than others?
The runners who chose to participate were:
1. Nasty on the buses, at expo, and in corrals, starting conversations with others and putting newbies down.
2. Such negativity online post events yet for reasons they were told to be prepared for. Not being prepared when info is given is not a valid excuse.
3. The term princess itself carries entitlement. Like “I’m a princess, gimme gimme” or “rules don’t apply to me.”
 

Swissmiss

Premium Member
2. Such negativity online post events yet for reasons they were told to be prepared for. Not being prepared when info is given is not a valid excuse.

This one makes me “laugh”. I volunteer for the organization that puts on all (but one) of the big races here and more often than not I am at the Info Desk. The number of people who do not read the runner’s guide is astounding.
 

surfsupdon

Well-Known Member
This one makes me “laugh”. I volunteer for the organization that puts on all (but one) of the big races here and more often than not I am at the Info Desk. The number of people who do not read the runner’s guide is astounding.
Part of the fun, part of my race experience, is reading that guide from front to back. It still pains me that Disney’s is electronic! I love me some final race instructions!
 

uncle jimmy

Premium Member
Part of the fun, part of my race experience, is reading that guide from front to back. It still pains me that Disney’s is electronic! I love me some final race instructions!
OMG yes!!! Give me paper and give me the event guide sooner in advance. I like to visualize my runs, sometimes I like to make a running playlist and knowing the course in advance helps. I think there are several things that rD team could start doing that other larger races do.

@Swissmiss I think a bit of the problem (negativity) with Princess Weekend over the other weekend is it's more of a mix of runners/ newbie runner's/ not runners but there for the medal and photos. Add social media into the mix and then you have a bunch of people complaining about x,y and z.
 

Tha Realest

Well-Known Member
The runners who chose to participate were:
1. Nasty on the buses, at expo, and in corrals, starting conversations with others and putting newbies down.
2. Such negativity online post events yet for reasons they were told to be prepared for. Not being prepared when info is given is not a valid excuse.
3. The term princess itself carries entitlement. Like “I’m a princess, gimme gimme” or “rules don’t apply to me.”
When everyone’s a Princess, no one is.
 

Surferboy567

Well-Known Member
Was really excited about the new themes, then I remembered I can’t actually participate because they took away the virtual option.

Anyways:

1.) 5K - Mulan & Shan Yu
2.) 10K - Jasmine & Jafar
3.) Half - Aurora & Maleficent
4.) Fairytale Challenge - Snow White & Evil Queen

Some really cool options here I like the addition of the villains, not that it really matters much for me.
 

Rteetz

Well-Known Member
Today was/is Princess registration day. Uneventful mostly. Things went as the following:

10K - 57 Min
5K - 86 Min
Challenge - 98 Min
Half - 136 Min
Yoga - still open
 

Dorothy!

Member
In the Parks
No
Back for our second go-round!

My wife and I did the Princess Half Marathon last February, and while it was a definite challenge for us both, we absolutely loved it. So, we are back for our second round in 2025. My wife accomplished her goal of finishing the half last year, and that was enough for her, so she signed up for the 10k next year. I am signed up for the Fairytale Challenge so I'll be attempting the 10k and the Half this year.

We have also convinced two good friends to the 10k, as well as my son, my daughter and my future son-in-law. I can't wait!
 

Dorothy!

Member
In the Parks
No
Here are some photos of our first Princess Half Marathon in 2024.
 

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