2023 Walt Disney World Marathon maps, event guide available
The runner’s digital event guide for the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend is available online, including the course maps for each of the events.
The signature marathon event will take runners through all four theme parks and past the entrance to Blizzard Beach. Runners will get the opportunity to run near three of the four park icons. They will run through Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom and near the Hollywood Tower Hotel at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Spaceship Earth in EPCOT. The course does not take them near the Tree of Life, but past Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom.
The race weekend is taking place from Jan. 4 through Jan. 8, 2023. This marks the 30th anniversary of the race.
Walt Disney World Marathon
The marathon starts off at 5 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2023, outisde of EPCOT and after a brief run behind the Land pavilion in EPCOT and past Spaceship Earth, the course exits that theme park and winds it way up World Drive toward the Magic Kingdom.
The course got past the Contemporary before heading to the Magic Kingdom entrance. Once entering the Magic Kingdom, the cours goes down Main Street, U.S.A, then toward Tomorrowland, through Tomorrowland to Fantasyland, passing Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and then through Cinderella Castle toward Liberty Square, then Adventureland and exiting the Magic Kingdom.
Next is a five-mile trek to Disney’s Animal Kingdom and entering at the rear of the theme park in the Africa section before heading toward Expedition Everest and through Dinoland before exiting the park. After then passing the Disney Coronado Springs Resort and Blizzard Beach, runners will go to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
The course has runners briefly passing the Hollywood Tower Hotel down Sunset Bouelvard and out the entrance. At mile 24 you re-enter EPCOT and run around the World Showcase to the Creations Shop and then exit through the area between Mission Space and Test Track into the parking area and the finish.
Walt Disney World Half Marathon
The half marathon course wll take the runners through Magic Kingdom and EPCOT. In this race, runners will run the same path as the marathon in Magic Kingdom and get to go near Spaceship Earth in EPCOT. The half marathon takes place Jan. 7 and starts at 5 a.m. as well.
Walt Disney World 10K
The 10K race takes place on Jan. 6 at 5 a.m. The race starts at EPCOT goes inside the park, then past the Disney’s Beach and Yach Club, past Disney’s BoardWalk and goes back into EPCOT finishing the run around the World Showcase.
Walt Disney World 5K
The 5K is the first race that will kick off the weekend on Jan. 5, 2023 at 5 a.m. The race goes through EPCOT.
