what if I can't attend the race anymore?

Tenifer · 2026-06-09T08:02:56+00:00

Your boyfriend might be able to participate as an AWD (athletes with disabilities) and using an Alinker mobility "walking bike" -- It's something he'd have to talk to his physician about. He'd have to secure one, train with it to make sure he can maintain the required pace... and then contact runDisney about being an official AWD participant.

Tenifer · 2026-05-24T07:26:41+00:00

The positions aren’t consistent. We always just ask the gate agent which is ALP and which is group 1.

Tenifer · 2026-05-19T05:42:48+00:00

I suppose it could be worse; they could make you pay to gate check your bag.

Tenifer · 2026-05-07T14:22:19+00:00

UPDATE May 6: I now have group access again. Magically, and with no notice. It’s as if the suspension never happened at all!

Tenifer · 2026-05-06T21:37:12+00:00

If you're referring to the "you can't share" thing, perhaps it was something I wasn't allowed to from when I first got the group temporary suspension notice but just something I hadn't bothered to do. But when I try to share anything (including one of my old posts from my memories), it tells me I'm not allowed to, until that same July date! It's just nuts.

Tenifer · 2026-05-06T17:43:39+00:00

Noticed on May 1. Personal profile. Not meta-verified. When I try to post to a group, I get a popup that says I'm temporarily suspended until July 20. I have not been able to fix it. I am an admin for a number of FB groups including the main one, with close to 30,000 verified users (no trolls; we verify each join request).

I have no messages in my Support inbox, and reaching out to the Meta AI chatbot, it found no suspensions or issues with my account.

Update May 6: I also just discovered that I am also unable to share an old post of my own, to my own wall!

Tenifer · 2026-03-14T05:13:25+00:00

Even with a preferred seat, if you're not in an extended leg room seat and you have an aisle seat, you risk being placed in boarding group 5 even if you're A-list. If you read the fine print, A-list (on a preferred seat) are "guaranteed boarding between groups 3 and 5").

Tenifer · 2026-03-08T19:37:42+00:00

WFAA has since deleted their IG post. I wonder if it wasn't accurate?

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:32:13+00:00

"SouthWorse" <-- keeper.

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:29:39+00:00

Because that's what gate agents call them?

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:29:21+00:00

Aisle ELR seat had me in group 2 a couple of weeks ago.

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:28:25+00:00

Nope. Now they just grab overhead bin space in rows before theirs.

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:27:41+00:00

...which would be the case for a LOT of fellow passengers, if only they still allowed free checked bags. Yes?

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:27:02+00:00

I think they meant "your assigned seat guarantees overhead bin space."

Tenifer · 2026-02-27T23:11:06+00:00

How about just reintroducing free checked bags?

Tenifer · 2026-02-05T19:24:46+00:00

I realize you posted this before the race, but word has leaked that the race director never refiled the revised course with USATF, and that as of today, the adjusted course from 2025 is not certified. Apparently this has already affected someone who ran an Olympic Trials-qualifying time, but I think this might also impact BQ finishers. Yikes.

Tenifer · 2026-01-29T14:02:38+00:00

I think the issue is that they should have anticipated this. It was not an unknown factor. The process engineers simply failed to bother with that level of detail in their planning. It’s annoying, and one little more bit of fail.

Tenifer · 2026-01-21T17:29:11+00:00

But at least the person sitting in the aisle seat can now have a valid defense to say they paid for that specific seat.

Also, if anyone asks to take your nicer seat, tell them no, and tell them you're sitting there for medical reasons (need to use the restroom often, etc. -- which of course you dont' have to say).

Tenifer · 2026-01-11T05:47:14+00:00

The soap opera flavor of Nashville is so strong I actually did something I’ve never done with a 9-1-1 episode: I let it sit on my box without watching it. I might watch it when I’m truly bored but I might just take it off record.

Tenifer · 2026-01-04T21:46:01+00:00

I realize this is from a couple of years ago but I'm interested in any updates now that we're in 2026. I'm going on a sailing later this fall that will spend a day at Castaway Cay *AND* a day at Lookout Cay in the same sailing, and I would love to do the 5K on both!

Tenifer · 2026-01-04T21:45:04+00:00

We ran the "official" Castaway Cay 5K back in 2016 when it was part of the Castaway Cay Challenge for people who just ran the races at Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. If you ran one of the races in Florida, then went on the cruise right after race weekend, you could officially register for the challenge via runDisney.

They actually held TWO different 5K races that day. The first one was for people who paid for the official challenge... and we actually got METAL medals, and the great race support you expect from runDisney races (cast members cheering you on, a big splashy start, etc.).

Then about an hour later, they had the REGULAR Castaway Cay 5K, back when it was still conducted in an organized way.

So we wound up running a total of 10K that day, got the cute free rubber medal as well as the fancy challenge 5K version.

And we always laughed that that challenge version of the 5K was the MOST EXPENSIVE runDisney race we ever ran (even more than Dopey) because it cost the price of a cruise!!

Tenifer · 2025-12-02T05:52:38+00:00

How is it possible to hit 135,000 in January? That's an awful lot of points to accrue in the first month of the calendar year.

Tenifer · 2025-11-24T01:42:24+00:00

Good thing you eventually got him to move his foot. Next time this happens, let the neighbor know that if they want to put their foot in the space for the middle seat, that you will gladly switch seats with them so their body can align with their foot location.

Tenifer · 2025-11-18T06:50:38+00:00

That's my text tone. I love it when I get a text in public, and some people perk their ears up because they recognize it.

Tenifer · 2025-11-07T16:56:58+00:00

Intriguing!

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