This was my second year running this 5K. It takes places in downtown Orlando at Lake Eola Park and is a very family-oriented race and the local Girls on the Run chapters run this race for the end of their fall/winter season. There are a few small hills on the course but they are not challenging at all. Most of the course takes you through local neighborhoods and the course is predominantly lined with trees offering plenty of shade. The biggest challenge of the course is that it takes place in downtown Orlando and most of the course is brick paved, so you have to pay attention to holes and gaps in the bricks.
There was good crowd support on the course as the local residents came out and support the runners along the course. Parking was a challenge unless you know where the good parking garages are located. If you can, it is best if you can carpool or arrive early to get into one of the closer lots to the start. Be advised that after the race, if you are not going to stay around the lake and take part of the many activities that take place at Lake Eola there are many road closures due to the Half Marathon.

Highly recommend that you use the porta-potties before you get into your starting corral. Friends and I walked to our corrals roughly 30 minutes before the start of the race. Organizers did a great job of making sure that runners were in the proper corrals. Unfortunately, as corrals started moving towards the start runners had to jump over the barriers to get to porta-potties.
This course is challenging with some difficult hills along the course, especially on the back end of the course. The front of the course is relatively flat with one hill near the beginning as you approach the Contemporary. However, this is also one of the parts of the course where it gets narrow and difficult to pass. Another section that is difficult is between miles 7 and 8 coming out of the back of the Magic Kingdom, pass the Grand Floridian, and returning out to World Drive. This is also where the sun and humidity seemed to drain me this particular day. Coming down World Drive is also the last flat section of the course until just before the Mile 12 marker as you approach the EPCOT parking lot. You are first presented with a curved hill exit ramp where the Green Army Men motivate you up the hill. You then cross a bridge and face two more hills that bring you back to EPCOT. Once you make through these hills you reach the throng of supporters that line the last mile to the finish line. And once you make it to the finish line there is Mickey Mouse and Princess Minnie Mouse to greet you.
One of the nice things about the Half and the other races is the ability to have your race time engraved on the back of your medal after the race, but remember to bring cash!

The Enchanted 10K is the middle race of the RunDisney Princess Marathon weekend. I found the experience to be quite easier than I expected it, especially since I managed to misspell my name when I initially registered my account. The parking for the Expo was easy to manage and even with parking in one of the farther parking lots I managed to reach the Expo in under 10 minutes. As you approached the Expo there were several photo opportunities to take pictures with backdrops featuring all three races and featuring the Beauty & the Beast rose, which was the highlight of the event. Picking up my packet for the weekend was quick. The only drawback to the expo was that since the race was directed towards female runners, there were few products available for men runners.
The course was relatively flat with only "hill" to climb at Mile 1. This hill was quick, but the hairpin turn was tight and made it difficult to pass slower runners and walkers. Once they were cleared and the road widened, the course was flat and easy to navigate. The course meandered around the outside of EPCOT and took you through the Boardwalk area before bringing you back into EPCOT for the finish. The only challenges for navigating the course were the character photo locations and runners stopping for photographers along the course.
This course was a great experience and I look forward to running this race again next year!