Congrats to all who are now registered! (and a poke at @rteetz to say "DO IT!!) Sounds like, overall, it was a bit smoother than Marathon or Princess weekend registrations. It'll be interesting to see which, if any, of the SW races sell out...
Congrats to all who are now registered! (and a poke at @rteetz to say "DO IT!!) Sounds like, overall, it was a bit smoother than Marathon or Princess weekend registrations. It'll be interesting to see which, if any, of the SW races sell out...
Newbie question here - will the 'commemorative items' that we could have added to our cart during registration be available to purchase at the expo? I definitely want something to commemorate the event, but I hesitate to purchase stuff I can't see so I didn't want to buy anything today. But I also don't want to miss out... Advice??
Newbie question here - will the 'commemorative items' that we could have added to our cart during registration be available to purchase at the expo? I definitely want something to commemorate the event, but I hesitate to purchase stuff I can't see so I didn't want to buy anything today. But I also don't want to miss out... Advice??
It all depends. Some items will only be available via preorder. For 2017 Light Side, I passed on preordering the shoe ornament because it was a blind buy. When I learned it was Yoda, I was disappointed to have missed out. When the Dark Side shoe ornament was Darth Vader and since I was doing the Kessel Run, I bought the Yoda shoe ornament on ebay for double the preorder price and the Vader shoe ornament at the Expo on day one. This year there were plenty of shoe ornaments for both the virtual run and the Dark Side race at the Expo the afternoon of day one.
In 2017, I purchased a Dark Side race jacket at the Expo. I arrived at the Expo shortly after it opened on the first day. In 2018, I did not see a single Dark Side race jacket for purchase at the Expo and arrived in the late afternoon of the first day. I do not know if they had any jackets available at the Expo or not. There were still plenty of shirts, hats, figures, ornaments, pins, etc. but no race weekend specific jackets.
If you think you might want something, preorder it and then return it at the Expo if you don't like it. Plus, the later you get to the Expo, the more likely supplies will be limited. In some cases, popular race merchandise sells out on day one of the expo.
Does anyone know why they ask if you are a Passholder? We are not passholders (yet), but are seriously considering getting APs. Would there be any extra goodies if you are AP? There are no AP discounts, right?
Does anyone know why they ask if you are a Passholder? We are not passholders (yet), but are seriously considering getting APs. Would there be any extra goodies if you are AP? There are no AP discounts, right?
Probably just for statistics (or so they don’t have to recode when it goes to general registration) AP Discount on race merchandise purchased at expo (not preordered)
1. Are there any onsite hotels that we should avoid because the road closings make it more likely to confuse bus drivers or make it longer to get to race start? (I would imagine this is more of an issue for the 10K and Half Marathon since they go from MK to EP).
2. Do the buses share between resorts to get to races? For example, WL usually shares with Contemporary, would that be the case in the early morning for races?
1. Are there any onsite hotels that we should avoid because the road closings make it more likely to confuse bus drivers or make it longer to get to race start? (I would imagine this is more of an issue for the 10K and Half Marathon since they go from MK to EP).
2. Do the buses share between resorts to get to races? For example, WL usually shares with Contemporary, would that be the case in the early morning for races?
Does anyone know if signing up for the Kessel Run is different if you signed up with a TA? We have purchased everything thru the TA excerpt for my DH’s Kessel Run/Virtual marathon. It keeps charging him for the half/rival run.
I'm wondering about this too. I don't have my registration links yet, but I only had the choice for the Rival Run Challenge. I'm hoping I'll be able to add Kessel.
1. Are there any onsite hotels that we should avoid because the road closings make it more likely to confuse bus drivers or make it longer to get to race start? (I would imagine this is more of an issue for the 10K and Half Marathon since they go from MK to EP).
2. Do the buses share between resorts to get to races? For example, WL usually shares with Contemporary, would that be the case in the early morning for races?
1. I don't think there would be any problems with getting to/from the race, but I still have nightmares of being stuck on a bus trying to get from WL to Studios with a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old on Marathon day way back when. (This was 2003, when they did the half and full on the same day.) Traffic was an utter disaster.
I'm not sure if it's any better now - last time we were there on marathon weekend, we made sure we were going to parks we could get to without buses. (Beach Club to Epcot and Studios.)
2. There's some sharing. I know that Yacht and Beach Club shared buses; I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to remember if Boardwalk was on the same circuit.
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