Walt Disney World Monorail beginning service in the early hours during the upcoming Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

Jan 06, 2022 in "Walt Disney World Monorail System"

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Posted: Thursday January 6, 2022 10:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The 2022 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend makes its return, and to transport guests to the EPCOT start and finish location, the monorail system is operating extended hours this weekend.

The Walt Disney World Monorail will start service at 2:30am this weekend

The Walt Disney World Half Marathon takes place on January 8, followed by the Walt Disney World Marathon on January 9 2022. Both races begin at 5am.

Here is the operating schedule for the three monorail lines.

Resort Monorail

January 8: 2:30am to 1 hour after park close
January 9: 2:30am to 10:30pm.

Express Monorail

January 8: 4:30am to 1 hour after park close
January 9: 4:30am to 2 hours after park close

EPCOT Monorail

January 8-9: 2:30am to 1 hour after park close

The monorail will transport resort hotel guests to the marathon start and finish at EPCOT

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pdude81Sep 24, 2024

Agreed. Boooo. Bad form, runDisney.

wdw1071Sep 24, 2024

Does this then confirm construction on the Rivers of America and behind Big Thunder in January?

surfsupdonSep 24, 2024

I will for sure miss the victory lap around World Showcase at the final miles. Always loved that and the energy everyone gave you there.

RteetzAug 19, 2024

I like that they are all a set. Some years you get 5 of 6 that are a set and 1 that is completely different. I don't hate any of them. I think the half is my favorite.

surfsupdonAug 19, 2024

And I really like it!

Surferboy567Aug 19, 2024

I kinda like it, Goofy medal seems like the best one to me. Half is a super nice medal don’t mind the marathon medal. I think I prefer the Dopey medal I got this year.

Rose&CrownAug 19, 2024

Actually like the half a lot better

wdwmagicAug 19, 2024

2025 runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Medals Revealed https://www.wdwmagic.com/events/walt-disney-world-marathon/news/19aug2024-2025-rundisney-walt-disney-world-marathon-weekend-medals-revealed.htm

Rose&CrownAug 19, 2024

Not a fan of the marathon medal

Thank you so much for this reply and information. I will def look into Whispering Canyon - have heard good things about this one...and what a good idea to try this for breakfast while "working around" the road issues! Appreciate your insights! :)

the.dreamfinderApr 21, 2024

It would depend on where you are staying, as the road closures make things hard. If you aren’t staying at a MK resort, you should be fine on Saturday with HS as the major road closures are on World Drive and into Epcot. If you’re at a Skyliner or Crescent Lake resort, you will have no problems getting to DHS. For Sunday, that’s going to be tough. rD has a 7 hour course limit for the full marathon, so MK will be difficult to reach unless you’re on the monorail loop or WL/FW launches. However, the marathon isn’t an out and back on world drive, so world drive reopening around 8:30-9am will ease traffic. If you can get to WL or FW and take their launches, Whispering Canyon Cafe could be a breakfast option that gets you in with a Uber/Lyft at WL. The big takeaway is that Sunday will be worse than Saturday and you will need to find means of transportation that take you around the road closures and ideally on a mode of transportation to MK that isn’t a car or bus.

Spoonful of SugarApr 20, 2024

Hello! Congratulations to all who are taking on the January 2025 WDW races! I am (ashamedly) not one of you, but my DSister is - 10K!! Newbie here...so I am posting this question here, but please direct me to the "non-runner" forum if needed. Not meaning to hijack this forum with non-runner questions, but not finding where I should ask this question. Here goes. I have been given the happy task of touring the parks with my dear nieces during the mornings of the half and full - they want to do early entry both on Sat and Sun - how do the parks work for HS on Saturday during ETPE and on Sunday at MK for ETPE? Thank you for all your help.