After some last minute finagling, I was so excited to be attending the runDisney Princess half marathon weekend to run the Glass Slipper Challenge! I love the Princess expo and was ready to get excited for the race weekend ahead.
I arrived on Friday at lunch, and my buddy Jen picked me up at the airport. She drove down from South Carolina, and it was SO NICE having a car the whole trip! We took zero busses!
Anyway, after grabbing lunch at Chick-fil-A in Celebration (priorities) we headed to the expo. The first thing I said (several times) was that I could NOT get over the amazing weather! It was sunny and in the low 70’s, and was supposed to be gorgeous all weekend. (Spoiler: it was!)
The first thing we did was head over to pick up our bibs and shirts before going into the expo. I had heard horror stories of the insanity from the day before, so I was a little nervous. There were a couple of items I would have liked to have, but nothing I NEEDED (it’s just stuff, people) so we were just planning to go with the flow.
So far so good, it was not busy at all. We even walked right up to where you take the adorable instagram photos with no line. I will say, I was a bit bummed by the Instagram pics this year. I LVOED the one where the prince is in it from last year..or maybe it was two years ago. Anyway, I was looking forward to seeing what tricks runDisney had up their sleeve and sadly the background was boring and our photographer was not great so the pic did not come out well at all. Oh well! Not that I’m complaining about a free pic, but they raised the bar with awesome ones in the past and this one was just “eh”. Anyone else agree?
Moving on, it was down the red carpet into the expo!
Princess fun!
we decided to head to the official merchandise first then come back and look at the other booths/chat with friends etc.
Get excited people, race weekend!
I was a little bummed that the Glass Slipper wine glasses and tervis tumblers were sold out (if anyone sees them at an outlet let me know!) and that there were no cute baby clothes like in years past, but again it’s just stuff, so I got my “I did it shirt” and a regular runDisney wine glass and called it a day.
I got to see several friends! Michelle from Running Skirts, and Bobbi and Megan at Raw Threads among others.
We wandered around but I didn’t buy anything else, and after awhile we decided to go check into our hotel and grab an early dinner. We had the 10k the next day, and it was time to get off of our feet. Overall it was a good expo experience for me, and was great to see some friends again and get excited about the race.
QOTD: Favorite thing about race expos? Do you ever buy anything?
That’s a bummer about the wine glass. Last year they had so many! I also got the track jacket and a headband. It was my first runDisney race so I had to go all out!
The jacket was really pretty!
How exciting! I’ve been longing to do a runDisney race since I knew they existed! We take the kids to Disney each year and I don’t know when I’ll decide to spend the money to finally do one. 🙂 It looks like the BEST time!
They are so fun!
it was fun running into the two of you just as you were arriving. Thanks for taking time to talk to me. It was my first one and it was super fun. The expo was a bit crazy on Thursday but still fun. Looking forward to your race recaps!
Glad you had a great day at the Expo! Those videos on fb from the first day were insane! I’m glad things were relatively calm for you guys!
I was disappointed the tervis was sold out too- I wanted to get that. I ended up with a new headband and my car magnet though so I was ok with that. I’m planning on getting to the Star Wars expo as early as possible to make sure I have a chance to get the good stuff! (And take a selfie with a Wookie because #priorities)