A truly magical experience and I would recommend this event to everyone but especially Disney lovers!

I booked my entry through a sports tour operator so can only go by this experience. I was able to book my race entry and accommodation all in one go and didn’t have any issues at all during this process or once I arrived at Disneyland.

Bib pick was relatively easy - and the expo centre appeared very well organised (although I did hear from others attended that they ran out of some tshirt sizes).

The race itself was well set up and the course took us through both the studios and the park with characters out on the course to have pictures taken with although the queues were quite long, especially for the more popular characters. A lot of people settled for selfies taken quickly whilst running past. There was lots of support in the parks from hotel staff and cast members.

After the first few miles we headed out of the park and during these next few miles or so local support was sparse but there were still lots of volunteers and entertainment along the route.

The last few miles took us back to the parks via a few of the hotels and again support from Disney staff was good and by this time there were lots of guests around giving support.

The finish was located in the studios but not in a central location which was disappointed but as the parks were open as normal I was probably difficult to have the finish in a more “scenic” place.

The medal was excellent and high quality and for those completing challenges (10k & Half or Chateaux to Castle) there was extra medals and tshirts.

The aid stations on the course were good and there were a lot of them offering water, energy drinks and food.

The finishers bag was good as well - water, energy drink, protein milkshake, banana, biscuits, nuts and a space blanket among the freebies.

The course is relatively flat and had PB potential although all the stopping and starting for character pictures could hamper achieving a PB.

All in all my experience was fantastic - I’m definitely curious to experience how this compares to other Run Disney events in America.

Would recommend to all Disney lovers, and with 5k, 10k and the half (or all 3) to choose from there is a race for all levels of ability.