Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend - road closures and transportation changes

Jan 07, 2011 in "Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend"

Posted: Friday January 7, 2011 10:25am EST by WDWMAGIC Staff
This weekend Walt Disney World hosts the 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Expect to see larger crowds in the parks, along with some road closures and transporation disruptions. Diversion signs will be in place re-routing some traffic, and bus transportation to Epcot for non-marathon Guests will be routed to the Transportation and Ticket Center for connecting monorail transportation on Saturday morning until 9:45 am and on Sunday morning until 8:30 am.

Here is a quick run-down of the weekends schedule. Good luck to everyone taking part!

Friday, January 7
• Buzz & Woody Best Friends 5K at EPCOT (7am)
• Weekend Expo at EWWS (9am – 8pm)
• Mickey’s Marathon Kids Fest at EWWS (11am)
• Mickey Mile at EWWS (12:30pm)

Saturday, January 8
• WDW Half Marathon presented by CIGNA starting and finishing at EPCOT (5:35am)
• Weekend Expo at EWWS (10am – 6pm)
• Mickey’s Marathon Kids Fest at EWWS (11am)

Sunday, January 9
• WDW Marathon presented by CIGNA starting and finishing at EPCOT (5:35am)

Monday, January 10
• Marathon Monday at all four theme parks

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