Participants can run or walk through Disney parks all dressed up and experience Disney characters, live entertainment, photo ops, and other fun activities along the course. Once you cross the finish line you receive a Disney-themed finisher medal.
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Yes, walkers are welcome in a runDisney event. Just be sure to maintain the minimum-pacing requirement for the race you're participating in when walking. If you fall short, no worries! Our shuttle will be along to pick you up at a safe location along the course.
Riding attractions during the raceSomething fun about the longer distance runs is the parks may open while you are running through them. This may be the case if you start out in a later corral. If this happens, you are allowed to get on an attraction and ride it, which is pretty cool!
Crowd InformationThe Walt Disney World Marathon brings a significant amount of people to the resort, but it really doesn't significantly increase the wait times on any of the attractions.
While of course you would need to pay for shopping or dining, you can walk around the area with no admissions charge. There is also often entertainment happening for free outside. Disney Springs is along a lovely waterfront that you can take in and enjoy.
The average person walks around 10 miles per day at Disney. The amount of walking you can expect to do can vary depending on many factors, including how you get to the park, if you take breaks, and if you're trying to cram in as many rides / attractions / etc. as you can of it you're having a more leisurely visit.
Operating all of Disney's parks and resorts cost $14.015 billion in 2019, according to the company's annual report. If the cost to operate was split evenly per park, that would amount to around $5.49 million per park per day.
Pace yourself and spread out the long days in the parks. A week at Disney is going to give you days of walking well over that 10,000 step count we are supposed to get. Most days will give you well over 15,000 or even 20,000.
It might be uncomfortable to wear wet shoes at the Disney Parks, especially with the rain in swampy Florida. However, it's against the Disney dress code to go barefoot at the Theme Parks. We recommend bringing spare flip flops, Crocs, or sandals to change into for water rides or rainy days!
It's not an officially designated program. There is no official answer according to runDisney.com as to what makes a perfect runDisney race season. It's a fan-created term that's been in use for years, but was publicly acknowledged for the first time by the runDisney race announcers at the Springtime Surprise in 2023.