So, now that I'm thinking about it, one of the little things that was really noticeable for me was entering the castle both days. Remember way back, a few years ago now, they had trumpeters at the back of the castle there as you were entering? That was so special and almost electrifying. Really made the moment extra "royal" and unique. I remember they took those out and then you got Anna and Elsa. I didn't run these races last year, but this year I was definitely surprised and chagrined that there was nothing at all there. No stepsisters off to the side, nobody up on the balcony, nothing. Maybe this is how it was last year, I don't know, but I wish I had remembered to mention that in the survey. Maybe, if you want to be generous about it, this was a conscious decision to cut down on traffic right there? I've never experienced it but I know others said they were stuck in a crowd for a long time there because everybody just stopped dead to take pictures or film whatever was up on that balcony when they had people there. It was the biggest loss for me and I wish I had remembered to say something. All of that said, runDisney in general is still the most unique marathon or half marathon course(s) I will ever run, and if I had never done it before, I would have come back amazed.
I did mention that construction around Epcot was downright depressing to run through also but runDisney can't help that. That said, I've run big city courses that did not have that miserable looking a landscape over 13 miles.