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May 13
Star Wars “May the Fourth” Disney Limited Time Magic Announced
Disney’s Hollywood Studios creates Limited Time Magic for the annual, fan-proclaimed “Star Wars Day,” May 4 – a date that Star Wars fans worldwide turn into a celebratory pun, “May the Fourth Be With You!”
This one-day-only celebration features special Star Wars entertainment, shows, characters, exclusive merchandise, a Star Wars dance party and a Star Wars-themed fireworks show to cap off the day. Also included: a special edition of Jedi Training Academy, where parents join their children for the training and finale with villains from the Galactic Empire.
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Mar 13
Disney Junior – Live on Stage! Updated for 2013
Disney Junior – Live on Stage! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure features the latest, most popular characters and stories from the Disney Junior line-up on television. For 2013, the top-rated “Doc McStuffins” and “Sofia the First” have joined the show. The new version of Disney Junior – Live on Stage! is featured at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure. “Sofia the First” as a regular series premiered Friday, January 11th, on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.
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Mar 13
2013 Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon – Guess How Many People Will Be Running It?
Runners can now register for this year’s Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort, Nov. 8 – 9, by going to www.rundisney.com.
More than 20,500 runners are expected to register for weekend races, including 14,000 for the nighttime half marathon, increasing the number of registeredrunners for runDisney races in 2013 to more than 175,000 – a single-year record for runDisney, which has seven event weekends. Last year more than 125,000 runners competed in runDisney’s seven event weekends at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort.
The 13.1-mile Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon course takes runners through Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot. After crossing the finish line runners can join family and friends for a special ticketed post-race party inside Epcot until 4 am (friends and family must purchase party ticket for entry). The Finish Line Party features more than 25 kiosks offering fine cuisine and wine from the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, plus Disney characters, music and the opportunity to ride various attractions such as the newly reimagined Test Track Presented by Chevrolet and Soarin’.
New this year is the Disney Wine & Dine Pre-Race Taste on Friday, Nov. 8, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This special ticketed event offers runners and fans a private reception on the set of Lights, Motor, Action! Extreme Stunt Show, featuring food and beverages from the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, music and Disney characters.
In addition, Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend features the runDisney Kids Races, Mickey’s Jingle Jungle 5K and the half marathon which starts at 10 pm at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
There’s also Disney’s Health and Fitness Expo on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8 – 9, at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The expo offers the latest in running apparel, technology and a speaker series featuring running experts such as runDisney official training consultant Jeff Galloway and runDisney nutritionist Tara Gidus. Disney’s Health and Fitness Expo is free and open to the public.
To register for Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend races and to purchase tickets for the Disney Wine & Dine Pre-Race Taste and Finish Line Party at Epcot, visit www.runDisney.com.
Schedule of Events
Disney’s Health and Fitness Expo
Nov. 8 – 9
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Disney Wine & Dine Pre-Race Taste
Nov. 8, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Mickey’s Jingle Jungle 5K
Nov. 9, 7 am
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
runDisney Kids Races
Nov. 9
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon
Nov.9, 10 pm
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Finish Line Party
Nov. 9, 10 pm – 4 am
Epcot
This is an amazing event AND the only runDisney half marathon where you get to run through THREE Walt Disney World theme parks: Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Check out my 2012 Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Recap and I’ll see ya out on the course!
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Mar 13
2013 Disney Princess Half Marathon ReCap – What it Looks Like When You Just Run for Fun
SUB 3 HOURS!
That was the goal that repeatedly ‘ran’ through my brain during the weeks leading up to the 2013 Disney Princess Half Marathon.
“Running at Disney” and I were going to celebrate our 2 year anniversary of running Disney’s Princess Half Marathon together and Disney was celebrating it’s 5th Anniversary of the event. 7,000 princesses ran it in 2009 and this year there were to be 27,000 princesses running it. We were just two tiny sparkles in a pool of diamonds about to fill the Princess Half Marathon crown.
I had my doubts. My half marathon time has always hovered around the 3:20 – 3:30 mark and Sarah was going to try and get me through the race in under three hours. Pshaw! Was all I could think. And then…the heat advisories came. Just like they had come a month before at the 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. PR’s (Personal Records) are not set during record heat and humidity. Imagine my relief when I heard Sarah say, “It’s gonna be too hot and humid. Let’s just run it for fun.” Whew!
What does a runDisney race look like when you just run it for fun? It’s looks a lil like this…
Bus ride to the start. No nerves when you’re chatting up runDisney consultant Jeff Galloway and his wife Barbara.
Stopping for pics on the course with the friends who pass you…cause they ARE going for a PR…
How fun does this group look? Always a pleasure to see my friends…the WDW Radio Team cheering once rounding the corner onto Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom!
More Fun Funky Fresh Disney Friends!
Hey…it’s THE Jim Doyle from “Mulch Sweat and Shears” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the Magic Kingdom. The two dudes over each of our shoulders….not amused. They don’t know the definition of FUN.
Princess Power Naps are fun! This one was on the New Fantasyland Wall right before our BIG push through Cinderella Castle!
Nap time is OVA! Time to pick up the pace princess!
More friends on the course!
Games with your trash. The volunteer group who fancied up this one gets a high five from me!
Sarah doing push ups with the Toy Story Green Army Man =)
Me…push ups…PSHAW! An arm lift is all you’re getting out of me at Mile 10!
If Kathy Griffin was a Disney Princess! Eek!
Yep…stopping again in Epcot around Mile 12.5 cause we didn’t want the experience to end!
Having the best time of our lives getting one of the worst times of our lives!…and we wouldn’t have had it ANY OTHER WAY!
SUCCESS! And the only tears shed on the course were at the end when Sarah and I crossed the finish line hand in hand and then embraced to bask in the glow of what we had just accomplished. It was just one year prior that Sarah had stepped across the finish line of her very first Half Marathon…the 2012 Disney Princess Half. And here we were doing it all over again and loving every minute of it.
Ah…the sweet taste of VICTORY Half Marathon Mimosas!
and some celebricizing with a tiara wearing hobbit!
If you want to partake in your own runDisney FUN…check out runDisney.com and register for a race. You’ll be glad you did! See you on the course!
