Marathon Weekend 2024

[Neon Cactus]

American Adventure and Carousel of Progress are where I usually end up napping.

 

[Novatrix]

SAFD: Nowhere. I need to sacrifice to the tiki gods in order to fall asleep in the first place, it's not happening in public. If I'm tired and want to rest, I head back to whatever DVC resort I'm booked at and either have some quiet time in the room or by the pool.

 

[nancipants]

SAFD: Nowhere. I need to sacrifice to the tiki gods in order to fall asleep in the first place, it's not happening in public.

I know a place you can do that at Disney World.

 

[Disneyhanna]

After the Princess 10k this year I took a lovely pre-planned nap on LwtL, my 2nd favorite napping ride is SE. Both nice and long, calm, relatively quiet.

 

[Barca33Runner]

I can't believe not every single person is saying Hall of Presidents. It's a no-brainer.

I’ve never been to see Hall of Presidents or Country Bears (and likely never will). There are some things that I just know aren’t for me and I spend my time other ways. I’m sure if I did happen into either it would be the result of an exhausted haze and I would no doubt watch the back of my eyelids rather than the show.

honestly the whole concept of purposely taking a nap at an attraction is foreign to me

I’ve never intentionally fallen asleep, it just happens. I remain aware enough that I’ve never had to be woken up to leave; it’s generally a head-bobbing, quasi-nap but I think that still counts.

 

[Disneyhanna]

I’ve never intentionally fallen asleep, it just happens. I remain aware enough that I’ve never had to be woken up to leave; it’s generally a head-bobbing, quasi-nap but I think that still counts.

The head bobbing is so accurate! I would usually just go back to my room if I was that tired but sometimes you’re with someone who isn’t as tired and you gotta rally! Funny enough I never had this problem for any of the Dopey races despite averaging 4hrs of sleep per race, but I got about 2.5hrs of sleep before my Princess race and that left me very drowsy, so I guess 4hrs is my minimum to stay awake in the parks after a race

 

[Novatrix]

I know a place you can do that at Disney World.

I've tried several times at Trader Sam's Grog Grotto, but funnily enough the Goddess of Disaster hasn't helped much on the sleep front.

 

[DopeyRunner486]

Which ride/attraction is your go to if you need a quick nap, etc.

Carousel of Progress or American Adventure are two attractions I have fallen asleep at during a race weekend lol.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

SAFD: I got nothing, I'm not a napper and especially not at WDW. My park breaks/downtime tend to be adult beverage oriented.

 

[NYC_MW]

SAFD: Fell asleep in Muppets both MW and PW . And definitely on (maybe every) bus back to the hotel.
It's never on purpose, but I'm also the person who zonks out the minute I get on the train and have to set an alarm to not miss my stop pretty much every single morning.

 

[jmasgat]

A timely post from the Library of Congress....it's apparently National Napping Day. Love the photo!

 

[pluto377]

SAFD: CoP and Spaceship Earth are my favorites for closing my eyes for a few minutes. I wouldn't say it's a full on nap, but sometimes you just need to rest your eyes. Other good ones are American Adventure and Hall of Presidents, though we haven't visited either in a good long time.

 

[Grabnar]

SAFD: I think American Adventure and Hall of Presidents are the only places I've ever fallen asleep in the parks, in fact I'm pretty sure they just pump in sleeping gas so that they didn't need to write out whole shows. I refuse to believe that anyone has ever seen the whole thing.

 

[Herding_Cats]

SAFD: Muppets. HoP. CoP. I don’t intend to sleep in these places, but dark, seated, and AC seem to push all of the buttons on long park days.

Honorable mention for the table in the corner by the end of the shops in Casey’s.

 

[Grabnar]

Honorable mention for the table in the corner by the end of the shops in Casey’s.

Oh man, that's fair. Too hot, just filled up on a Mac and cheese dog... Like a python digesting its meal, instant pass out for the world's most unpleasant nap.

 

[nekonekoneko]

SAFD: my second answer, and the reason why I'll drive to the start area from now on: on Sunday, I kissed my DW off at gear check, as that's as far as I'm allowed to go. Then I went back to the car, and took a nap there for a couple of hours!

Then I woke up and went to chase her at MK (and missed)

 

[BigEeyore]

SAFD: I've nodded off at the American Adventure show, Spaceship Earth, CoP, Muppets and the Hall of Presidents, as well as on the resort bus. Never intentionally, but sometimes it just happens! (especially when we are there for MW!)

 

[accm]

SAFD: I never fall asleep while at the parks, with one exception. At Wine and Dine 2021, we bought tickets for the Christmas party. After two back to back early wake ups, plus the after party on Sunday, I was not able to make it through Its a small world without my eyes getting very heavy and some longer than average blinks.

 

[Barca33Runner]

SAFD: I never fall asleep while at the parks, with one exception. At Wine and Dine 2021, we bought tickets for the Christmas party. After two back to back early wake ups, plus the after party on Sunday, I was not able to make it through Its a small world without my eyes getting very heavy and some longer than average blinks.

I’m not brave enough to risk falling asleep in what is already a nightmarish fever dream.

 

[Let's Get Kronk]

SAFD: I can honestly say that I've never napped while in the parks. Napping has to be an accident for me (falling asleep on purpose in the middle of the day is impossible), and I'm usually so wired with adrenaline when I'm at Disney World that I would never be able to fall asleep in the first place. I intend to DATW the day after the marathon in January, so I may be eating my words on napping at a park.