Comments on: Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend Recap: The Expo

By: Disneyland Half Marathon 2014: The Expo and Our First Day in CA

Disneyland Half Marathon 2014: The Expo and Our First Day in CA — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:36:51 +0000

[...] They opened the doors a little bit early, and led us back upstairs and outside into the hotel, where we then we organized into ANOTHER line to actually enter the expo. We inched closer and closer to the runDisney merchandise booth, and I discovered that they were letting small groups of people in at a time, presumably to avoid the MASS CHAOS that I experienced during last year’s expo. [...]

By: Disneyland Blog Hop: runDisney Health and Fitness Expo

Disneyland Blog Hop: runDisney Health and Fitness Expo — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:12:00 +0000

[...] in reading my full recap of last year’s Disneyland Half Marathon expo, you can check it out here. To sum up, I arrived early, but not quite early enough…the demand for the runDisney New [...]

By: Dopey Challenge: The Expo

Dopey Challenge: The Expo — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:48:41 +0000

[...] The next morning, I made sure we arrived at the expo at least an hour early. I was anticipating (and fearing) another insane expo experience like last year’s Princess Half expo or the mass chaos I witnessed at the Disneyland Half Marathon. [...]

By: Wine and Dine Half Marathon Expo and Mickey’s Jingle Jungle 5K

Wine and Dine Half Marathon Expo and Mickey’s Jingle Jungle 5K — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:33:58 +0000

[...] After landing on Thursday and getting a little preview of the International Food and Wine Festival at Epcot, I hit the expo at opening on Friday morning. Held at the Wide World of Sports, I was expecting to find the mass chaos that I was faced with during both my Princess Half Marathon and Disneyland Half Marathon experiences. [...]

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:08:21 +0000

Hey, you’re definitely the smart one here…haha. It was pure madness!

Aww, it was SO good meeting you! I absolutely knew who you were — I’m glad you stopped over to say hi! Believe me, it was not my finest moment, either…I had been up early for the meet-up, and was SO crabby about sitting in line just to get IN to the expo for an hour, haha.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:06:45 +0000

SUCH a good idea. Lucky you! I figured they’d die down eventually…figures!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:06:15 +0000

Yeeeeah, I went a teensy bit overboard. As usual. Haha. It was DEFINITELY insane!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:05:34 +0000

UGH, tell me about it! You should be okay…my advice to you is, as always, GET THERE EARLY. It really can be insane. And yet…somehow, still worth it.

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:40:19 +0000

Since my flight came in that morning, I sent people with lists. I’m very thankful for them and me not having to deal with it. The crazy part was, the lines died down that afternoon. 2 hours?! ouch.

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 15:46:05 +0000

Just writing my posts up now – thankfully I decided 3 race shirts were enough so didn’t enter the official merchandise madness. I was however the slightly deranged British girl who accosted you in the queue – I was very jetlagged, stringing words together was not my forte at that moment in time.