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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    The 2016 Princess Half Marathon Weekend Event Guide is now posted on the runDisney site.

    Hopefully corrals and waivers will be out soon as well.
    It's about time! I'm totally focused on LA Marathon right now. I keep forgetting that I leave for PHM just four days later.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    The 2016 Princess Half Marathon Weekend Event Guide is now posted on the runDisney site.

    Hopefully corrals and waivers will be out soon as well.
    I got my email today...I was just wondering about corral placement. How close to the race do they usually post those? 2 weeks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by heatherya View Post
    I got my email today...I was just wondering about corral placement. How close to the race do they usually post those? 2 weeks?
    Any day. Usually two weeks out.
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    Waivers and corrals are posted on the runDisney site! Links below.

    Waivers

    Glass Slipper Challenge corrals

    Princess Half Marathon corrals

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    Runner tracking is also now available.

    Link.

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    I'm in corral G, sis is in N. I guess they didn't take her POT

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    They now have the merch preview up on the parks blog, i don't understand why star wars weekend had to wait till the day before and all the wdw races get them two weeks out by i digress. Enjoy the preview

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    I'm very relieved to say that I am not tempted by any of the merchandise. Thank goodness! I guess that's more for the LA Marathon expo this weekend. Although, I pre-ordered my jacket and got 25% off. It arrived today.

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    I hope they have a 13.1 magnet. That's probably the only thing I really want and it's not shown there.


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    They mentioned in the comments that there was more merchandise they didn't share (including a wine glass) so I would make it a safe bet there will be a 13.1 magnet as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    They mentioned in the comments that there was more merchandise they didn't share (including a wine glass) so I would make it a safe bet there will be a 13.1 magnet as well.
    Hooray!

    Will there be some kind of meetup next weekend? I'll be getting in on Thursday.

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    I'm getting in on Wednesday night to get to the expo bright and early Thursday morning. I'd love to meet up with fellow Disneylanders from the west coast First WDW run!!!!


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    Arriving Thursday night with Hannahbelle. I've got to tackle LA Marathon tomorrow first.

    If you can dream it, you can do it. ~Walt Disney

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    Arriving Thursday night with Hannahbelle. I've got to tackle LA Marathon tomorrow first.
    Good luck!

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    Good luck to all the Princesses and Princes running this weekend!

    By the way, did you notice that the course map was not provided on the website. There is one listed in the Event Guide but given there is still construction going on around the castle, I'm betting we may not be actually running through this castle this time around. We'll see soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fairestoneofall View Post
    Arriving Thursday night with Hannahbelle. I've got to tackle LA Marathon tomorrow first.
    Soooooo, how did the marathon go? How are you doing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    Soooooo, how did the marathon go? How are you doing?
    Doing great! Full race report in the Non-Disney race report thread.
    If you can dream it, you can do it. ~Walt Disney

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    From runDisney Twitter - the 2016 Princess Half Marathon Weekend race shirts

    2016 Princess Half Marathon Shirts.jpg

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    OH MY HEAVENS. Went to the expo this morning. I've NEVER, since 2006 when I started doing runDisney races, seen a more out-of-control crowd at the runDisney official merchandise booth. Physically shoving. Trying to take items out of the hands of someone else.

    It was a mess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    OH MY HEAVENS. Went to the expo this morning. I've NEVER, since 2006 when I started doing runDisney races, seen a more out-of-control crowd at the runDisney official merchandise booth. Physically shoving. Trying to take items out of the hands of someone else.

    It was a mess.
    it is odd - I remember Star Wars Light in 2015 was VERY crowded and bustling but never went to physicality. Folks were definitely scrambling too. I would say the same for Dland Half 10th year. But then Avengers 2015 and SW 2016 seemed manageable. Not light but manageable. Now you report the Princess - its kid of odd there are ups and downs. Would it really be based on designs? Hmmm.. I wonder if Tink would be the same here in May. Hmmm
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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    OH MY HEAVENS. Went to the expo this morning. I've NEVER, since 2006 when I started doing runDisney races, seen a more out-of-control crowd at the runDisney official merchandise booth. Physically shoving. Trying to take items out of the hands of someone else.

    It was a mess.
    What year did they have the Princess Expo at Coronado? Worse than that???? Or was that just a different kind of bad?

    Good luck to all racing this weekend!
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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    OH MY HEAVENS. Went to the expo this morning. I've NEVER, since 2006 when I started doing runDisney races, seen a more out-of-control crowd at the runDisney official merchandise booth. Physically shoving. Trying to take items out of the hands of someone else.

    It was a mess.
    My Facebook feed is full of posts from people who are aghast at people's behavior. Apparently it was just short of a brawl, with people physically playing tug-of-war with clothing and wine glasses, and people buying up bags full of stuff that were obviously intended to go to eBay (3 boxes of wine glasses, 5 bags full of Dooney & Bourke, etc.).

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    That's crazy. Where was the Disney security to shut down the melee?


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    The crowds were bad at Coronado Springs (which was year five) but the shoving, the fighting, the grabbing this year was just totally out of hand. Just unreal. Estimated 3 hours wait to get into the merchandise area by 10:30 a.m. and the line for bibs down almost to the parking lot at ESPN.

    And yes, there are pictures on social media of people walking out of the expo with boxes of wine glasses and bags of Dooney's. Just amazing. I'm still shaking my head at it all.

    We left and returned around 3:00 p.m. Much more civilized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RunningFool View Post
    OH MY HEAVENS. Went to the expo this morning. I've NEVER, since 2006 when I started doing runDisney races, seen a more out-of-control crowd at the runDisney official merchandise booth. Physically shoving. Trying to take items out of the hands of someone else.

    It was a mess.
    Wow, I'm glad I did this last year then. Other than feeling like it was a bit disorganized because stuff was in two separate buildings, it wasn't that bad. Any thoughts on why it was like that this year?
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