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Disney Princess Half Marathon Adds The Castaway Cay Challenge

July 15, 2014

cruiserunDisney has a way of surprising us with new things.  It’s great that they are adding new elements to their races.  Earlier in the year the included a Castaway Cay Challenge to Marathon Weekend in January.  This was discussed on a Mickey Miles Podcast that maybe now they will add this to all of the challenge races.  Well, now they are adding it to the Princess Half Marathon weekend in January.  I know that his had made some people upset because they registered for it for the January offering of the cruise.  Registration for the Princess Weekend Race events will be opening on Tuesday, July 15 at 12:00 Noon ET to the public for the Princess Half Marathon weekend.

I think it is a nice addition.  I just wish we knew what the race schedule was with everything provided at the beginning of the year so we can plan our funds, schedules and flights accordingly.

The Castaway Cay Challenge is:

Disney Cruise Line 4-night Bahamian Cruise February 23-27, 2015, following Disney Princess Half Marathon February 19-22, 2015
Disney Castaway Cay 5K February 25, 2015

Registration for the Castaway Cay Challenge opens July 22 at Noon ET!

Go to Disneycruise.com to book your February 23, 2015 cruise aboard the Disney Dream today, then register for the Castaway Cay Challenge on Active.com. Use the promotional code RUN at the time of booking your Disney Cruise Line vacation. Be sure to enter your Cruise reservation number when registering for the race.

There are some things you should know about this event:

** A reservation on the February 23, 2015 Disney Dream 4-Night Bahamian Cruise is required in order to participate. It is recommended that you register for your Disney cruise PRIOR to registering for the Castaway Cay Challenge. Cruise Line reservations must be booked by September 1, 2014 or your Challenge Reservation will be forfeited. If your Disney Castaway Cay Challenge spot is forfeited for any reason, the race fee is non-refundable. Please refer to DCL.com for cruise refund policies.

For more information please refer to the runDisney site.

runDisney Announces Yet Another Race I Can’t Attend…let the wookie win

May 28, 2014

Yesterday was my first day back at work after being in Disney for 11 days.  I was catching up on everything from work and then I was noticing Facebook posts were popping up about Star Wars and a new race that was coming up.  My phone was also dinging tweets with clues from runDisney.  Sure enough by lunch time the announcement was made that there would be a race on January 15 in Disneyland for Star Wars with a 5K, 10K half marathon and kid races.

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Registration Opens June 10 at noon.  I bet it sells out in record time.

This is the second race in a month that runDisney has announced that I will not be able to attend.  I am very bummed about this.  I will be running my first Dopey challenge the weekend before in Walt Disney World. I already have plans to stay in Florida from Wednesday to Wednesday.  I can’t hop on a plane and fly out West to do the Star Wars races.  I do have a job and I would like to keep it!  My husband will also kill me if I sign up for a race out West the following weekend.

Just a few weeks ago they announced the Castaway Cay Challenge which is the 5K run while sailing on the Disney Dream.  This now presents an issue for those who have registered for the Castaway Cay Challenge and who want to do the Star Wars race because the ship doesn’t return until January 15th.

I think it is great that Disney finally offered the race that everyone has been waiting for, but I wish it was taking place in Walt Disney World in May during Star Wars weekend.

runDisney Announced a New Challenge This Week

May 14, 2014

Once again Disney announced a new challenge, the Disney Castaway Cay Challenge. This time it’s not something that I’m going to consider. I did think about it briefly and mentioned it to my husband. However, he isn’t interested in taking a cruise at this time.

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They are offering the opportunity to go on a four night cruise on the Disney Dream the day after the Walt Disney World marathon or Dopey challenge weekend and participate in the Castaway Cay 5K. This race used to be free, now they are charging $40 registration fee. Along with this you are also going to receive a special challenge medal, t-shirt and the Castaway Cay 5K medal.

This sounds a bit extreme to me. However, if you compare the costs of what you would spend to extend your stay at WDW the days following your race to the cost of the cruise it may not be that far fetched. We plan on spending a few days after the marathon (the Dopey challenge for me next year) in Florida for a couple of days. But to compare dollar for dollar, our cost of staying a couple of extra days will not equal the easy $2500 for the cruise for the whole family.

What do you think of the new challenge?  Will you be participating in it?  If I were just doing the races alone without my family coming down to cheer me on, I would consider doing it with friends.  But to add the expense of all the family members, it is too expensive.

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