Did You Notice This New Change to runDisney Event Registration?

Now that the dust has settled from the runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend registration let’s dive into registration day. Did you notice any of the changes? Read on to find out what we thought.

Princess Half Marathon Weekend

The 2026 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend runs from February 26th through March 2nd. This weekend includes a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Challenge (10K and Half Marathon), and yoga.

Club runDisney registration opened on June 17th with general registration opening yesterday, June 24th.

Themes for the 2026 celebrate princesses on their unique journeys. Princesses will include Merida, Moana, Rapunzel, and Belle.

New Changes

The Princess Half Marathon Weekend registration did not open on time. When the registration page did open, athletes were welcomed to a new page! It was a teal page announcing registration wasn’t open yet, but it would autorefresh or you could refresh it on your own. You can see the new page in the image below.

This new page also instructed others who were not registering for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend to visit at a later time. When the queue opened, athletes were redirected to the queue webpage.

Those hoping to register for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend yesterday were met with a new page.

Some athletes were met with frustration when they were stuck on this new teal page which continued to state that registration was not open, while others were able to enter the queue and register!

What We Still Think runDisney Needs

runDisney registration can be more stressful than training AND completing the actual race events. It is a sport all on its own. The events sell out quickly, so you must be ready as soon as the registration window opens.

However, that’s not the only stressful part. Unfortunately, runDisney athletes know that registration day does not always go smoothly with the website sometimes having technical issues.

Check out our complete guide to runDisney for registration and planning HERE.

We would love to see runDisney hold your cart so you can complete the registration form or reduce the questions and ask them at another time. Some of the questions included in registration ask if you are a Cast Member, Annual Passholder, or DVC Member. Answering yes to any of these does not give any benefit (discount or early access to registration) to athletes. See what other changes we would like to see HERE.

All of the distance events have sold out for the weekend, but at the time of this writing the Yoga at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is still available. Hoping to still get in for a runDisney event this race season? Check out the registration date for the 2026 Springtime Surprise HERE.

Did you register for any events for the runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend? Did you have any difficulty with registration? How would you like to see runDisney improve the registration process? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to share this post with your friends!