Disney World Marathon

Walt Disney World Marathon is staged in Orlando, Florida (Fl) January each year. A full marathon and half marathon sets the stage of fast and fun running. This past January saw the fifteenth running of the Waly Disney World Marathon. On that occasion, the races occurred on separate days for the first time in the event's history, and Disney Sports Attractions has introduced Goof's Race-and-a-Half Challenge.

It is a little something they dreamed up for registered participants who complete both races, and the overall 39.3 miles running across Walt Disney World Resort during the two days.

As Walt Disney World is located in Central Florida, you have easy access to Kissimmee, St. Cloud, and Orlando. These areas have more fun, activities, food, and shopping than you could possibly do in any ten trips! Along US 192 (the highway that runs along the entrance to Walt Disney World) there are hotels, restaurants, and shops.

Generally, the hotel prices can be quite high; so you may want to look at staying in a place a little further from the parks. Living with a twenty or thirty minute drive to the parks is well worth the money you will save.

Now, in terms of restaurants, the best deals can be found closest to the parks. The businesses there know that people are anxious to get into the parks for fun, so they offer great deals on buffets.

In terms of local entertainment, you can take your pick from other theme parks - Universal Studios, SeaWorld etc. - local fun: Gatorland, Wet 'n' Wild, and some great dinner shows: Medieval Times, Pirate's Dinner Theatre, and many others.

Then there is the shopping. Places like Millennia Mall tend to cater to the high-priced; so, if you want to shop bargains, go to the discount malls like Belz's Factory Outlet Mall.Those are the stores that give great prices on just about anything you want to buy.

Wish you all the best with your Walt Disney World Marathon experience !