News Walt Disney World will not host any further Night of Joy events

[dreamfinder]

Is there ever a month Run Disney is not happening nowadays? haha Seems like always...

They only have 4 actual events at WDW now: Marathon in Jan, Princess in Feb, Star Wars in April and W&D in Nov. One even in Paris in Sept and then some virtual races throughout the year. So yeah, quite a few months without a runDisney event.

 

[The Mom]

I appreciate the response. My point was bad behavior is not limited to one demographic. All groups include bad apples.

Exactly.

 

[Master Yoda]

I was disagreeing with your “sheltered teenagers” edit, which is often part of the religious argument. If that wasn’t your intent then I apologize. I meant to speak more generally and not directly at you with the rest of my post.

I think he was talking about teenagers in general, many of whom are more sheltered from unsupervised social interactions than their parents were.

This^^^

 

[larryz]

They only have 4 actual events at WDW now: Marathon in Jan, Princess in Feb, Star Wars in April and W&D in Nov. One even in Paris in Sept and then some virtual races throughout the year. So yeah, quite a few months without a runDisney event.

So, can we expect a replacement event, called "Night of Running Joy"?

 

[Tom Morrow]

Anyone who has ever had to work one of these events, or the high school graduate event they used to do, or GradBash at Universal, will tell you that these are the absolute worst days to work because the kids are ridiculously out of line and out of control. For those reasons alone I can see them wanting to cancel it. I doubt it's about money, I'm sure it makes a huge profit.

 

[Texas84]

Run Disney really does not really impact park operations. The events are prior to opening.

The marathon in January does impact AK, DHS and Epcot.

 

[Andrew C]

Awesome

 

[wdwfan22]

It really is easy to see why this event was canceled. It has nothing to do with it being a Christian themed event. The reason it was canceled was the event was costing Disney more than they were willing to pay for it. Each year Disney was having to negotiate with the performers to perform and like everything else ended up costing more than previous years. Also the number of comped tickets to youth groups had increased resulting in hundreds of kids with a handful of chaperones. In the end It's much easier for Disney to just run Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party earlier.

 

[Master Yoda]

 

[wm49rs]

This is everything I hoped for. Please continue to modern day.

“Please continue”? Why do you hate us?

 

[peter11435]

“Please continue”? Why do you hate us?

You have yet to actually answer any question you were asked or back up your claims.

 

[jakeman]

You have yet to actually answer any question you were asked or back up your claims.

Might have quoted the wrong post?

 

[peter11435]

Might have quoted the wrong post?

Yes. Yes I did.

 

[jakeman]

“Please continue”? Why do you hate us?

I want to hear about the government controlled alligators.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I want to hear about the government controlled alligators.

Be careful encouraging conspiracy. I don't wanna summon the Spirits.

 

[The Mom]

All righty, then.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I feel like I missed something.

 

[tirian]

I’m a Christian and I don’t like any event full of obnoxious teenagers, including Night of Joy.

Once Grad Nights were canceled a few years ago, the countdown clock began ticking on NoJ. The decision had nothing to do with religion.

 

[RSoxNo1]

I appreciate the response. My point was bad behavior is not limited to one demographic. All groups include bad apples.

Especially apple farmers. They're vicious.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Especially apple farmers. They're vicious.

Agreed. We're all jerks at some point in our lives.