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<\/a><\/p>\r\nCrikey, Bouncer Roo! \u00a0We best be careful! \u00a0Who knows what other creatures we may encounter!<\/p>\r\n
It has been a long time since we all could snap a photo with runDisney… and like the rest of the world, the new normal is both familiar and strange. \u00a0Lots of crowds, most masked and trying to keep a distance, but plenty of awkwardness, too.<\/p>\r\n The character interactions are as I expected, more standee and cutouts than live and in person…<\/p>\r\n But some things never change… lines for the porta-loos! \u00a0Bouncer didn’t miss this…<\/p>\r\n The staging areas and corrals, which apparently aren’t called “corrals” anymore but instead are called “groups” or sometimes “seedings?” \u00a0Except when they DO want to call them corrals, in which case, um… well…<\/p>\r\n Since I still call Lot C at the airport “The Blue Lot… where the crazed astronaut parks!” I guess re-branding doesn’t always stick. \u00a0And I’ll be darned if I ever call the Staples Center in LA the “Crypto.com Center.” \u00a0But I digress…<\/p>\r\n I did catch up with my old runDisney pal Nick Tarvin, a fellow long-term Dopey-runner who two years ago helped get me to the marathon finish line when I was REALLY struggling. \u00a0Nice to catch up with him… looking to try and snag a photo without portajohns in the background at tomorrow’s race.<\/p>\r\n Bouncer appreciated the fireworks at the start of each corral… er, I mean “group.”<\/p>\r\n For the record, I’m not the only one to snap photos excessively…<\/p>\r\n This being a 5K, there wasn’t a lot of time to snap pics… but I still took what I could when I could. \u00a0And there were a few actual character opportunities, even if they were roped off and in the distance as we stood socially distanced…<\/p>\r\n One or two stops didn’t have a cast member to shoot a pic with your phone… so I selfie-d this one and honestly it brings me a little, ahem, Joy.<\/p>\r\n The highlight of the course? \u00a0Sure, sure… it’s fun to see Epcot illuminated and EAR-idescent for the 50th Celebration of WDW…<\/p>\r\n But unquestionably the biggest thrill was seeing this: The “slightly-less-well-known-than-the-backside-of-water!”<\/p>\r\n \u00a0Anyhoo, Bouncer Roo and I finished the race and snagged a couple of standee pics before calling it a day…<\/p>\r\n We missed Skippy and the rest of the TravellingFit crew, but sent some selfies to let them know they were here in spirit.<\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\r\n