Day 1 Friday
Wow I had serious fomo. I have been watching all the social media accounts of people already doing wdw marathon weekend. But finally today is my day to join in and try for my first marathon.
I live close by airport so easy drive and we park at the airport since it is a quick trip.
My mom flys first class so I check in my bag under my mom.
We are flying united. Yeah. Especially after watching the southwest issues.
While we wait we see a lot other people in rundisney outfits. We ended up chatting with one. Everyone is flying in for the marathon. Colorado is a big running state.
I say goodbye to mom when we go in...mom is first class and in am in economy plus.
Nothing special with the flight. We landed and made it to Orlando! We get our bags and I check lyft and Uber. Both are expensive so we check taxi and it is a little cheaper and we can grab one right away. Perfect.
They dropped us up to our home. AKL.
We checked in online so we can scan our magic bands up to conceriage lv on the elevator.
Man I love checking in here. The staff is so nice.
They let us know our room is not ready yet but can leave our bags with them. They give us our gifts and buttons. They ask if we want a drink and we start with jungle juice mimosas.
Also free mickey ice cream bars!!
The view from up here soo great!!
Next we need to head to the expo to pick up big, shirts and shop!
We head down and I see Jojo vlogger.
We say hi, he is very friendly and we chat about the marathon. He said he wants to do but always misses the registrations. Which is hard, it was hunger games to get registered for this race.
We head out and see the sign for the rundisney busses. They bring in outside busses to help with logistics.
We then head to the expo. The expo is at the ESPN area. I head to the offical rundisney merch first.
I did not take pics inside of the merch area but this is what I got. There was a lot already sold out but I had someone from disboards get me a few things. Coming towards the end of the expo is not the as good for merch.
But still lots of fun photos ops including characters meet and greets! I got in line to meet Goofy!
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