I agree wholeheartedly about RF. I noted they now have more than one sauce for the Mickey waffles, but before the refurb, there weren't sauces--there were toppings. One suggests, and in my experience is, a sugary glop with minimal fruit. The toppings used to be substantial. As for the brisket, I hadn't heard it wasn't there, but the menu didn't show it. Honestly, it's a bit too heavy for us most of the time, but it was (is?) tasty.
This is what's happened all over the WDW resort. Most of those inexpensive items that seemed to have a healthy component to them have been replaced by the sugar industry version. Makes me sad, and happy to know that at least with DVC we have a kitchen/ette and can make our own versions in-room. (And Disney wonders why grocery deliveries are up. There's far more to it than just rising costs and the introduction of Prime now. )
Love the name though! 
Upon re-reading your post, I see where you did a quick scroll through merchandise being offered for the race. I think you've done one (or more) of these races before, and perhaps you didn't have any issues, but for our race, a lot of the merchandise was sold out by the time we got to the actual venue. We were surprised at how many items were already sold out before noon. In fact, on the way into the expo, we saw numerous people with boxes of goodies walking out. It was tres frustrating to find so many items gone first thing in the morning. Of course, all those items wind up on eBay for way more than the original cost. Anyway, I thought it worth noting.
Oh, I want to teach children in an elementary school with a theme park view from my room! Just kidding, I would be worthless. We'd be field tripping every single day.
I had a young teacher friend call me yesterday. Her youngest sister just graduated from high school, and her parents want to do a graduation trip to Disney for the family. They have never been to DW, they are family of 5, and they want to go the week of July 4th. I wasn't even sure what to tell her at this point. You would never want to discourage a trip the World, but I hate to see someone that has never been go in the heat of the summer, during a peak week, and they have planned nothing at 30 days out. I priced a couple of options for her on the Disney website, but being in the DVC world, I don't even know how those "other" people go about their trips!
I had a young teacher friend call me yesterday. Her youngest sister just graduated from high school, and her parents want to do a graduation trip to Disney for the family. They have never been to DW, they are family of 5, and they want to go the week of July 4th. I wasn't even sure what to tell her at this point. You would never want to discourage a trip the World, but I hate to see someone that has never been go in the heat of the summer, during a peak week, and they have planned nothing at 30 days out. I priced a couple of options for her on the Disney website, but being in the DVC world, I don't even know how those "other" people go about their trips!
Crowdwise at least! Heatwise? Whew! But if summer is when you can go then not much choice.
Glasses? You mean bottles, right?If you don't have all those extra days it sounds like you will be removing multiple links all at once? How many glasses of wine will go with that?
Something extra to celebrate at the Sleepy household tonight. . .as some of you may recall, one of my activities this spring was the varsity girls tennis team coach. While we did better than anticipated--making it to regionals--my top-seeded girl advanced to the 1A (small school) 1A state championship which was held today. I couldn't go due to my back--aarrghhh!--but she won! So very proud of her, naturally. And, she's just a junior, so if she chooses, she can try for a repeat next year.
