Hello, I’m interested to join next yr. When does presale usually start? Thank you in advance.

So I know that Gold and Platinum memberships are sold out -- and I know that when it's time to renew, they get first dibs on re-joining. But, if you sign up for Silver, do you get into that first dibs category, so you would have the opportunity to upgrade to Gold/Platinum before it opens to the general public?

I know that many of you have said Club runDisney isn't worth the price tag, but I'm only interested in 5k races (even a 5k is really hard for me) and I've read how they sell out almost instantly. I'm the type of person who likes to throw money at a problem... so getting into pre-registration would be ideal & take that pressure off.

[Also, this question is coming from someone completely new to runDisney. I haven't attempted to sign up for anything yet (because I only "got into running" in September), but I'm really nervous about it. I'm DVC, so now that I'm doing 5k events in my area, I'm SOOO interested in Disney. I have my calendar marked for February 11th, because I want to do Wine & Dine 2025!]

My wife and I just did our first 5K, the Wine and Dine 5K to be exact. We had an incredible time and are interested in running more races. We are tracking an X account that posts availability. I’ve seen openings for the 10K but they disappear in literal minutes. Anyone have tips on grabbing these when they become available?

Counting down the days until marathon weekend! This is my first rundisney event and first marathon. I am so thankful to have a big group of supporters coming to cheer me on. I have seen some great guides for past years on how spectators can follow their runner… now that the course has changed, has anyone seen any updated guides or put something together for their families on where they can cheer and how to get there??

Is there a pickup vehicle on the Disney World half marathon course in case you need help or get injured?

Hey all! Wondering what time I should expect to actually start the marathon Sunday morning? I did not submit any prior times so I believe I will go in the last corral? Just trying to get an idea of when to expect to be in each location/at the finish line for family. TIA!

I caught the rundisney bug.. I am just getting home from my first ever race at Wine and Dine this weekend. I already have an itch to go again. Of course I haven’t signed up for anything and I can’t do next year’s Wine and Dine or spring time surprise due to conflicts… Is there any chance of being able to sign up for marathon weekend or princess weekend 2025? I didn’t know if maybe they dropped some spots periodically?

Three people I know have 10 minute time discrepancies between a wearable and Disney’s official time. None of us take issue with 10k time as all three match almost perfectly with start/5k split/finish times.

We were each in different corrals (B,C and D). B corral used Apple Watch Ultra, C used Garmin, and D used a Samsung Galaxy.

In all three cases our final 5k split shows a 10 minute difference.

Anyone else out there experiencing this?

I’ve been noticing a trend the past couple of years that the people who are interviewed during the race and commonly featured on RunDisneys social media pages are influencers and their friends. Is there anyone that has been interviewed or featured on their social media pages without being an influencer? Curious how they decide who gets selected and who doesn’t.

Just wanted to say, "Thank you Thank you Thank you" to the Wine and Dine rundisney support staff. And to let you know how much you are appreciated (even though you may not hear it enough on the day of the event). You truly are wonderful and accommodating people. My wife had a training accident and ended up having surgery on her ankle one week before the 10k run. We talked to the Disney staff about her options and they were very helpful. She ended up crutching across the start line and then the support staff swept her up in a cart and took her back to medical for some ice and her metal. She was then able to watch my daughter and I cross the finish line from a wheel chair. She is on the road to recovery and we plan to be back next year so she can actually run the course. Thanks again to all the rundisney support people for all the great help and support my wife received at the 10k event.

Hi! Does anyone know why photos from the post race party would have disappeared from my app?? I waited in some long lines and the character photos were in my app the night of the party. When I went to view them yesterday, I clicked on one to zoom in to see if my eyes were open and the photos all vanished?? All of my other vacation photos are still there. I’m not even sure who to contact…

Does anybody have any information about AWDs? I’m finally getting my diagnoses and wanting to start running again, I did princess in 2023 and wine and dine 2023, started springtime this year but couldn’t finish.

Congrats to all Wine & Dine peeps, wish I could have joined yall, but just had knee surgery so no running for a while

Also running with service dogs, what do we need to tell rundisney?

Has anyone gotten their “I Did It” / “Finisher” pic yet for the Half and/or Challenge?

I’m still waiting on mine. The regular pic of me holding my medal and paddle showed up today, so I know that pic didn’t get lost. But I’m still waiting on the special version.

EDIT: Got my Half one at 1:13pm today! Hopefully a Challenge one shows up soon

Every race weekend I see so many posts and comments about tracking the balloon ladies. I know for a long time I was so concerned about where they were on the course- I just want to let everyone know not to let it stress you! Most of the time you have more buffer than you think. They always let you know when you are 6 min or less above pace. As someone who has enjoyed dropping back or starting from the back, I can tell you even if you fall to the back the Galloway pacers (Diamond Dogs!) are right there to help you finish. 15/45 second run/walk intervals. Just want to encourage everyone to go into Marathon weekend without that stress. I’ve started Dead Last Starting- it’s a great challenge, the character photo lines are short, and it’s so fun. Join me! Congratulations to everyone who ran Wine and Dine. On to January! Good luck on any planned races between now and then!

(Also not saying don’t track the balloon ladies! Just wanted to encourage you all to not let it distract you from having fun!!)

Hi friends! I am a registered AWD for 2025 Dopey at Walt Disney World.

I did my first in person RD for the Halloween 10K at Disneyland. I got the AWD gold sticker for my bib, but I was just in the normal coral waiting area as I didn’t see a clear separation of where to go.

Can someone please help me understand where I should go as an AWD with gold sticker for WDW marathon weekend?

Attached: photo from the recent wine and dine weekend for reference

Thank you!

We just realized we left our tickets to the after party back at home. Is there any hope of us being able to get in? A little devastated right now.

Let me start this with saying that if you enjoy these races, I’m happy for you. This is just my opinion and experience. I’m a 240lbs dude who runs, by no means an excellent runner. Finished this half in 1:48:34 largely due to the hold ups I’ll talk about. I’m usually substantially faster.

The race itself: Are people lying about their times to get in the first groups? Disney didn’t accept my marathon time nor half marathon(s) as a past race so I was in D group. There was legitimately never more than 10 seconds where I wasn’t passing someone from start to finish. Not saying this as a pride point, I’m saying this as observing people who should not have been in those first groups. I finished with B group. I say this because the amount of people walking in this earlier groups completely ruined the race for me. There was zero spacial awareness nor etiquette with those so called “seasoned” runners and it genuinely angered me throughout the race. The amount of times I had to walk in the poorly planned tight corridors was ridiculous. I ended up doing basically parkour around people and obstacles to keep my desired pace.

I understand this isn’t Boston or New York but come on. If you know your going to walk more than 10% of the race, get to the back groups and hug the right side. Stay out of everyone else’s way.

This may be a personal thing, I don’t care about stopping for characters every .25 miles or getting pics. If that’s what this race is about, then I’m just not the desired audience. I definitely won’t be running any one of these again, which is upsetting because I was planning on doing the Dopey later this year.

The Expo is a whole other bag of complaints but this is already long enough. In short, it was inconvenient and a time suck of a vacation day, obviously set up in a way to maximize the amount of money you’ll spend along the trek to get your already payed for bib and shirt.

I love Disney parks but this was a horrible experience overall.

Now, my marg and food in Epcot Mexico is getting cold. I’m curious to see if anyone else had similar experiences this weekend.

Hello! I might think of getting Silver since gold and platinum are sold out

Once I get Gold by upgrading next year.

Could I register my wife aswell during the early registration Or she would have to wait u till released.

So far I’ve only registered for 1 and was today half marathon which I loved it and didn’t had issue to secure spot. Just had to be ready there to purchase it!

The back of my bib is destroyed from my sweat so I can’t see how to look up my pics. Does anyone know how to find the race pictures?

What time of day do the tickets go on sale for the event? I want to make sure I get a 5k or 10k spot for the Wine & Dine next year since I missed all the other opportunities for 2025 🥲 is it 12am, or 8am? Will it sell out in an hour?

My first expo/race was this past weekend. I got into the virtual queue to buy merch two minutes after it opened, and my callback time was estimated to be around 11a-11:30a. My queue number didn't actually get called until about 1pm. There was only one shirt I was interested in when buying merch, but they only had size XS and S available. I asked a cast member if more sizes were available, but she said more sizes wouldn't be brought out until later in the day. I didn't think we were able to get back in at a later time. Are we able to try to go another day, or later the same day? I also thought I saw a booth of pre-ordered merch for pick up. How do you pre-order?

I ran my first run Disney event this weekend (10k). After finishing I told my wife it was a lot of fun, but wouldn't do a longer race. The 10k was my max.

Today she did the half and then we made our way over to Epcot to celebrate our runs. Five countries into our tour around the world, while waiting for a schinkennudeln, I signed up to run the 10 miler during Springtime Surprise Weekend.

I think April me is going to hate November me but...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I was in corral D and went group 8 for the 10K and half.

This is like my 6th Wine and Dine weekend and I don’t remember it where they cut it off at E and overloaded D like they did this time. There were 4 different corrals for D which just seems nuts.

Why wouldn’t they just keep doing more lettered corrals. Made D such chaos and take so long to get through.

Hoping someone can help brighten my day. I just ran my very first half marathon this morning and I'm totally unsure how I missed the medal giveaways. I got my wet towel, then went right to first aid for ice for my knees, then got my food box, ate and boarded my bus. The crazy thing is I didn't see one person with a medal on. I figured you got them at the Post Race party tonight. Then I saw people with them at Disney Springs and my heart sank. Is there any alternative way to get my medal. Like I said it's my first ever half so its special to me.

For anyone who went while guardians was there, what do ride times look like for the post race party and at what time do they get shorter? It’s our only park today and we were hoping to get most of the bigger Epcot rides in, Remy, Soarin, Guardians, etc. Should we except to wait 30-40 mins for guardians? We are planning on arriving at 5pm and using the park hours during opening for visiting countries and food lines and the after hours for rides. Congrats to all my runners today!!! So hot and humid but we finished!

The 5k on Friday was my first runDisney event. My daughter and I did it together and had a blast. I haven’t seen any pictures on my photopass yet though. The disclaimers say wait 24-48 hours but the rest of the park pictures have been showing up in seconds. Do I keep waiting or should I contact someone already?

Am doing half marathon in a few minutes lol. Does anyone have the link??? Please help!

Have a great race!! Have fun and remember to hydrate hydrate hydrate.

Forgot to ask about not receiving ticket at the expo. What's the best way to obtain ticket on Sunday?
TIA.

I know we can get in as early as 5pm but when does it end? I know it technically starts at 10