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Bib-only registration for the inaugural Disneyland Paris Half Marathon opens Tuesday, February 16 at 5 p.m. Paris time, or 11 a.m. Eastern. The race weekend runs from September 22-25, 2016 at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
Registration through Disney travel partners opened in October. If youâ€
re interested in a travel package that includes hotel, race bibs, and more, Magical Racecations in the U.S. still has availability for all of the weekendâ€s running events, as of press time.
Charity partners will also have bibs available at some point in the future.
Iâ€ll be headed to the race to write about the event courtesy of runDisney. Excited? As Mickey Mouse would say, “Oh, boy! Oh, boy!â€
How To Register
1) Register for a bib only, without a travel package, online.
2) Call the Disneyland Paris Reservation Center. The U.S. phone is 011 33 160 30 20 30. Phone numbers are also available for other countries in the link. Runners can buy running packages any time.
3) Book a package through one of the travel agency partners. Magical Racecations and GET Travel Sports are the U.S. agencies, but seven other agencies in the U.K. and other countries have packages for runners as well. You can book through any of them. Magical Racecations does have packages available as of press time. Packages include at least three nights hotel, one three-day park ticket, and a half-marathon or 5K registration, with other additional options.
4) Register to run with a charity. Limited charity entries will be released soon.
Runners at Disneyland Paris (runDisney)
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend Events
The Disneyland Paris races tour runners through two Disney Parks. The Disneyland 5K on Saturday, September 24 takes runners down Main Street, U.S.A., past Sleeping Beauty Castle, through Hollywood Boulevard, and around the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
The Disneyland Paris Half Marathon on Sunday, September 25 will lead runners down Hollywood Boulevard and past the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Walt Disney Studios Park. At Disneyland Park, the course goes through Main Street, U.S.A., past Sleeping Beauty Castle, and through the villages that surround the Disney Parks before circling back to Disney Village on the way to the finish line. And like all runDisney races, runners will find Disney characters and entertainment all along the way.
The runDisney Kids Races on Saturday, September 24 offer 100m, 200m, 400m, 1K, and 2K courses (instead of 800m and 1 mile in the U.S.).
Runners can also buy tickets to an Inaugural Party at Walt Disney Studios Park and Buffalo Billâ€s Wild West Show at Disney Village in the evenings before the race.
In true runDisney fashion, the race will be part of the new Castle to Chateau Race Challenge. Runners who complete the half marathon at Disneyland Paris and a half-marathon at either Disneyland Resort in California or Walt Disney World Resort in Florida in the same calendar year will earn a special medal for the occasion, much like the Coast to Coast Race Challenge.
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Weekend Schedule & Registration Fees
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runDisney Health & Fitness Expo
Disney Events Arena
Thursday, September 22, 2016: 3-8 p.m.
Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24, 2016: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Free
Inaugural Party
Walt Disney Studios Park
Friday, September 23, 2016
7:30 p.m.
$89 or 79€ per person
Disneyland Paris 5K
Saturday, September 24, 2016
7 a.m.
$33 or 29€ per person
Buffalo Billâ€s Wild West Show
Disney Village
Saturday, September 24, 2016
6:30 p.m.
$48-$78 per person, depending on seating
runDisney Kids Races
Saturday, September 24, 2016
10 a.m.
$14 or 12€ per child
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon
Sunday, September 25, 2016
7 a.m.
$78 or 69€ per person
For more information about the race weekend, visit run.disneylandparis.com.
As mentioned above, I’m attending the Disneyland Paris Half Marathon as a media guest. As always, all opinions are purely my own. Seriously. For more information read my Disclosure Policy.
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