Fort wilderness for the Disney marathon

[modern_family]

Anyone out there a runner? I have signed up for the Disney marathon and decided to stay at FW. I was told all the buses run to and from FW for the event (3 am is when you can start to arrive!!) anyone have experience with this? How reliable they are (again for the marathon specifically) I have used them countless times otherwise.

[modern_family]

Thanks all.. I have been looking around the fort friends website as well.

Tampa Sean... How long are you staying? Since I too am in tampa, I was just gonna drive over early morning, but I didn't want to deal with the traffic. We are staying Friday/Saturday, I wish it could be more, but I have to work Monday. An expensive weekend for sure!

[TampaSean]

Have done the 1/2 and will be doing full this Jan (staying at FW). Busses are running very early for the weekend, they are reliable and will get you to the starting area. You just need to make certain you give yourself enough time because a lot of folks use them obviously and there are other delays like...traffic. If things have not changed, you board it at the Settlement Outpost and it makes a stop at Wilderness Lodge...The wait for them after the race can be a bit long but in Disney fashion they somehow move it along.

[Helmsey]

dblr wrote:
The buses usually run like every 20 minutes, but they might run special buses for the marathon.
Check out this site also for info http://www.fortfiends.net/forum/

I'll second checking out Fort Fiends. There are some that have done the marathon recently and have done good trip reports on them.

[djsamuel]

The Marathon in January starts in the Epcot parking lot, so the buses will take you there. I ran the Food and Wine Half Marathon last November and that one started at ESPN Wide World of Sports. However, we had to go to Epcot (where it ended)and then take another bus to Wide World of Sports.

[dblr]

The buses usually run like every 20 minutes, but they might run special buses for the marathon.
Check out this site also for info http://www.fortfiends.net/forum/