Wednesday, July 15, 2015

runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2016

via @runDisney on Twitter
Registration for the Princess 2016 races opened yesterday and (unsurprisingly) sold out quickly.  As of now, only the 5K and Kids Races are left.  Even though it's 1 day later and the main races are sold, it didn't seem to sell out as quickly as usual (or was that just me?).  The Glass Slipper Challenge and the Enchanted 10K went first, followed by the Half a couple of hours later.

Was it just me who thought it took longer [to sell out] than last year?  Have they finally reached the limit of races people can/want to do (note, Avengers Half is still not sold out completely)?  Not that I am complaining, I remember when you used to be able to register for months from when registration opened.  I would really love it if it went back to that and took some of the stress out of registering.

Personally, I am an annual passholder so I get to register early.  Which is also stressful since they only release a handful of registrations to AP's to keep it fair (which I totally get).  But it was less stressful then today.  runDisney.com and Active were both down at noon from the crush of people trying to register.  I am glad I didn't have to deal with that!

On another note, it's looking like the race weekend will have a Little Mermaid theme.  You can see in the above graphic that it is underwater and has seashells and the like in it.  I love the Little Mermaid, so I am excited for this!

Anyone else out there doing any of the Princess weekend races?

4 comments:

  1. Last year was my first Princess weekend, and I can already tell it'll be a favorite of mine. I have to skip out this year due to our first baby being born in January, but I'm sure we'll be back soon. Have so much fun!

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    1. This will be my 4th year doing it and it's definitely one of my favorites! Thank you!

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  2. I was shocked that Star Wars took awhile to sell out. That is a really fun race weekend and the year before, it was sold out in less than an hour- maybe even as quickly as a half hour.

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    1. Me too! It only sold out recently. I want to do that race, I just wish DL wasn't such a major trip! I can do the WDW races easy, but that cross country flight is killer!

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