Disneyland Paris Run Weekend 2019: the Expo

The Expo

We arrived at Disney on Thursday, that's when the Expo opens. Because previous years the corral placement had been totally random, we wanted to be there when the Expo opened to find out which corral we were in. We had already pre ordered the Limted Edition mini medal replica pins, so we weren't in a rush to get to the merch.
The Expo is located near Disney Village, it's in walking distance within every Disney Resort hotel. It looks like a big tent. Outside there are a lot of signs to show you where to go. Outside they have the courses displayed, as well as inside.

Before you enter the expo, you can make a choice: are you a runner with completed registration, incomplete registration or are you a visitor (visitors will be guided directly to the merchandise, Incomplete registrations to Runner's relations first and the others straight to bib and tshirt pick up).

When you enter the Expo, first thing you see is Runner Relations. If there was anything wrong with your registration, you could fix that there. The right order of the package pick up is: bib, shirts and if you do a challenge, get a photo with your bib.

You see that very small booth with Castle to Chateau? That's where you get your wristband, so after the full you can pick up your C2C medal.

We were happy to see that we were both in corral A. Paris doesn't work with a Proof of Time distance, unless you can finish a HM in <1:30, you will be placed in A. But they don't have enough fast runner to fill A with, so the others are based on estimated finish time. We already saw in the Runner's guide, that corral A was the biggest one. We thought they made a mistake with that, turned out A was the biggest corral. Lots of people where in A. Lots of people complained last year that they should have been in A with their time, and runDisney France offered the solution this year to make A the biggest corral.

We got our bibs, our shirts. Checked our shirts, we always do that. Some people had Men and Women shirts mixed in their bags, or loose stitches or even cuts in them. Always check your shirts! Got our photo taken. (We haven't recieved that one just yet).

The merchandise is quite underwelming when you're used to the Expo in Walt Disney World. They don't have a lot, and there are barely any other vendors over here. They do have some nice photo opps like the wall with names of every runner and some nice backgrounds.

The Expo is all in the same building. It's busy when it opens, but if you go there on a later time or other day, the lines are pretty much non-existent. But no freebees, not a lot of merch. They finally had a jacket this year! John bought one, there were sold out within the first day. They have fleece inside, so they are quite warm. Only Men models were available.

***challenge photo need to be added**