They don't advertise it, but you can get your bib at the races in the morning, then go to the expo after the race to get amy shirts/merch. It is meant for emergencies (which a cancelled flight would be), and they don't want people to abuse it.
As someone who is leaving from Houston, I would just offer that United alone offers SIX non-stop flights to Orlando from IAH daily. The idea that a majority of those would be cancelled seems unlikely and during that time the idea that all those flights are booked solid in unlikely too. Flight change certainly possible but the idea that you're going to be delayed by a day or more isn't as feasible. If you are flying in a from a small town with connections, the odds increase obviously. The headlines reading 3,000 flights cancelled conveniently leave out that's like 6-7% of the flight schedule so 90-95% of flights had no issues. I was more worried about this two weeks ago. As a general rule I get less worried the more the media plays something up as a crisis. They'll be dropping this whole 10-day quarantine thing sometime this week too. NY has already carved out "essential" workers so it's only a matter of time before Feds do the same.
If it helps, that’s exactly I felt going into W&D weekend. I spent most of my first day in tears; not even the expo made things feel better. But once I started the first race, it got better. A LOT better. My advice is to just roll with whatever you’re feeling in any given moment. It probably won’t all be good feelings, but I’m willing to bet quite a bit of it will be in the end!
If the boats are running, I'd say those. I haven't taken them in a while, but that might be better than the Skyliner, at least. With that, you'd have to go to the hub at Caribbean Beach and catch another Skyliner and the leg between CBR and Epcot is the longest. Uber would have to deal with all the road closures.
But also remember, the boat and skyliner lead to the back entrance of Epcot, so you'll still need a way to get to the front if you want to meet at the finish.
<sarcasm>Looooove those park reservation requirements!</sarcasm>
This is funny because we were the first flight out Wednesday but changed to Tuesday afternoon a couple months back and are using points at the Swan Reserve so we didn’t have to wake up so early on Wednesday with 4 early Dopey wake up calls. I think you’re right that first thing is probably best. Some good news is the CDC just announced quarantine down to 5 days from 10. I figured they’d get there but I’m glad they didn’t wait too much longer.
coming from houston too... well league city, but flying via Southwest from Hobby on Tuesday... if this continues to Tuesday, which i doubt, and mine is somehow cancelled to for days, which i doubt too, then i jump in my car and do a 20 hour drive
same here... had family issues and no motivation so my miles ended up being half and mostly walking... ended up fatter so this Dopey will be a walking Dopey and i know it will suck walking, but hopefully it wont suck if i finish
Bib numbers will likely be on the expo pass (they were for W&D), which says we will get on 1/3. But we won't know start groups until we pick up our bibs. You can sign the waiver online and you are good to go, or you can sign it there if you have issues doing it online. No vac cards, unless something very, very drastic changes in the next few days.
