How often do you want to see them and how early are you willing to wake up?DD & DSiL are running the half. I have last year's course map but was wondering where the best place(s) to see them might be, how to get there from BWV and timing/transport from place to place.
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), so we'll wake up pretty early. I'm most interested in seeing them in the MK and again at the finish, though.
If you're willing to get up early, you can take the official race transportation with them to the starting area and hang out with them until they head to the Corrals. Once they leave you can take the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and see them there (you'll likely have a 1-2 hour wait depending on their pace). No ticket required.Well, since we'll be sharing a 2-bedroom at BWV, I suspect we'll wake up when they start puttering around in the kitchen (DD is not the quietest person when getting dishes out
If you're willing to get up early, you can take the official race transportation with them to the starting area and hang out with them until they head to the Corrals. Once they leave you can take the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and see them there (you'll likely have a 1-2 hour wait depending on their pace). No ticket required.
You can then take the monorail back to Epcot and either catch them right before they enter the park, in the park near Spaceship Earth (required a park ticket) or just walk back to the finish area.
Race transportation is suspended from 5-7...I guess you could drive or take a cab, but there are road closures for when the race is happening. The other thing to consider is that if you don't get to the Magic Kingdom early, you could end up with a bunch of people standing in front of you.
That would be an amazing treat! My husband and I surpised our wedding guests with this back in 2006 and it is done directly with Disney. At that time you could book starting 90 days in advance and if you weren't on the phone and dialing like it was a radio contest when reservations opened, you weren't going to get it. I don't know if it is quite so crazy now. We booked the pontoon boat for the 10 of us. However, a few years ago we were in Disney with my parents, aunt and uncle. We were taking my aunt and uncle to see where we got married at the Yacht Club Gazebo when a boat captain approached us. He said that his boat was paid and booked for the night, but the couple hadn't shown up. So he took the 6 of us out for free on this amazing wooden panel speed boat. We all tipped him, so I'm sure he made out better than if they had shown up! But if that boat is available, it would be a good option for the 2 of you.
I now have to visit Disney Springs in January. Thanks for the heads-up.
I run as an excuse to go to Disney. I don't know if I would have gone to Disney the last two years if I hadn't run. These last two years running have been some of the best. I started small with just the 10K, the moved to the 5K and half this year. Now Dopey in 2017. I haven't done many races outside of Disney but after getting into running I might. Before rundisney I hated running and never thought about doing such a thing.
I run because it makes me feel strong and healthy, and helps me control my weight.
