Because Wednesday nights on Facebook are never dull… ha.
runDisney did this awesome hit and run Tweet at the end of business day on the East coast fueling Light Side registration rumors.
And of course, #allthequestions and #allthetheories started flying on #allthesocialmedia.
Freakouts commenced.
What does this mean? What’s going on? Is the Dark Side in charge?
Who knows?
What we know is that early registration for the Light Side weekend was supposed to go on sale tomorrow morning for AP and DVC members. And now it’s been postponed.
Was it put off because there’s a significant change in the air? Possibly.
Folks who were able to do early EARLY entry (2017 participants) shared that their Active registrations show a new name for the challenge: The Resistance Run.
I imagine this is how things at runDisney will look tomorrow morning when the phones start ringing:
Here are some of the guesses, rumors, wishes, whatnot being discussed.
- There will not be a Kessel Run Challange in 2018, which means the Dark Side race will go away altogether.
- Dark Side goes away and becomes a more generic Villains theme in response to the survey sent out last year. Pixar came true, so maybe this one has some truth to it?
- There will be a Dark Side, but it’s going to be renamed to reflect recent movies. Maybe the First Order Run?
- runDisney is going to cancel all Star Wars themes and shift to more generic themes (like Walt Disney World Marathon weekend and Disneyland Half Weekend).
- There are even rumors that distances will change. The strongest being that a ten-miler of some theme comes back (let it go- Tower of Terror is NOT happening due to expensive insurance for night races) or that the challenge becomes a 22.4-mile challenge medal to include the 5ks.
- Or that a 5k/10k challenge comes to fruition.
So yeah, the rumors are running rampant.
With the races slowing down in popularity and not selling out as quickly, changes needed to be made. Just how big of a change remains to be seen.
So what do you think? What do you think might be coming?
Patty Holliday has been running Disney since 2011. She knows just about every tip, trick, and hack there is to cover the runDisney Magical Miles at Disney World and Disneyland. She knows every mile isn’t *always* magical- but with training, tips, and a little bit of pixie dust, they can be a lot of fun! You can also find her at noguilttravel.com and noguiltfangirl.com
Maria
Saturday 30th of September 2017
Too many changes and not enough information is a huge disappointment
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Friday 17th of March 2017
[…] are rumors a’swirling that this race may be going away (or re-themed) which makes me super sad since I love the theme and […]
Vicky Cristina
Friday 10th of March 2017
I saw the hastag but didn't know what it means until I read your post. I'll register the race
Becky @ Disney in your Day
Thursday 9th of March 2017
I think they are definitely re-branding races. They just changed the Glass Slipper Challenge to the "Fairy Tale Challenge." Maybe they are switching up things a bit here too?
Anne Kepner
Thursday 9th of March 2017
Running is a big big challenge for me. The rule of this race look really unbelievable. I admire you a lot. Now I'm trying to run as much as possible. Could you have some posts like that?