Yes, for every half/full over the past two years. But I don't select an estimated finish time that requires PoT. It's only if you select a time that requires PoT and you fail to submit PoT that lands you in the last corral. Folks who select finish times that do not require PoT are corralled according to the time they selected.
If we select a time that does not require a PoT, are we better off not submitting a PoT if it does not clearly prove that we would complete the race in that time?
There is no way to know for sure. I know that a while back runDisney used to put everyone who submitted a PoT in the front of the corral range and then put everyone who claimed they could run it in a certain time behind them but it sounds like with the lazy estimated time = X that if you submit a PoT to support something within that range you will be placed behind anyone who didn't submit a proof of time. For example it seems if you submit an estimated finish of 2:45 with a PoT closer to 3:00 you will be placed behind anyone who didn't submit a PoT. runDisney seems to change the way they do things each year though so it's possible that you would be in a better place if you submitted a PoT.
Seems like they have been using him a lot lately - he was out at Wine & Dine, Princess and during the marathon. I don't know what the means for his chances in January, either they keep using him or they decide to mix it up...really helpful, right?
From everything I've read if your estimate does not require proof of time then don't submit it, they don't look at it I guess but have no true idea. Versus a few years ago people said always submit no matter what.
In 2016 he was out at the half (in Epcot) and full (Boardwalk area) so there's good odds he shows up. He was at Wine & Dine 2016 too.
I've been told by a very credible source that Track Shack/rD does not look at PoT for any times entered in the ranges that don't require it. So entering it isn't going to help or hurt*. I stopped bothering with it because I run about a 2:45:00 half and haven't run anything I could use for PoT in a while - I've been placed in a corral that corresponds to what I selected as my finish time every time.
Sorry to be the outlier - I've been in the first corral for my time range with no PoT, as have several others in my running group! But I've also been in the last of the corrals for my finish time... first or last made no difference in my race experience, though I know lots of folks feel differently.
Was that for Marathon Weekend (corral K, I mean)? I did wind up there with no PoT for Dopey, but a friend of mine was 5 or so bib numbers below me and was in J, also with no PoT. I had a HIGH number for the giant F corral** at SWDS, again with no PoT. I frankly think they just toss all the 2:45/5:30s into a randomizer and pull 1000-ish per corral, lol!Like I said, it was mostly just crowd-sourcing to find a trend. The overwhelming response from people on FB this year was that they ended up in K without entering a PoT and selecting 2:45.
Like I said, it was mostly just crowd-sourcing to find a trend. The overwhelming response from people on FB this year was that they ended up in K without entering a PoT and selecting 2:45.
They did! I thought I was at the far back of F, but when my wave went (I want to say I was in the 5th wave to go from F), I looked back and there was at least one more F wave left to start. We had 7,000 in that one corral, which seemed BONKERS when corral info was released, but they did manage it well.
That's my take on it, too.
