Final Thoughts
Port Orleans French Quarter: As two self-proclaimed deluxe resort snobs, we were very, very surprised at how much we liked French Quarter. It was so relaxing and pleasant, our room was great, and we had short rides to Magic Kingdom and Epcot (obviously can't comment on the commutes to the Studios and Animal Kingdom since we never made it to those parks). After our honeymoon I never thought we'd stray from the Boardwalk, but as time goes on and we try different resorts I keep finding myself saying, "Yep, I'll definitely return to that one." French Quarter is definitely on the "will return to" list.
Food: No new places for us on this trip...we know what we like.
Via Napoli, 'Ohana and Be Our Guest (lunch) are consistent winners for us, and we'll be back! My new WDW favorite is definitely Rose Regale...I foresee lots of delicious flutes of that tasty bubbly on future trips!
The Parks: We only made it to Magic Kingdom and Epcot, but everything looks great. Splash was the best we'd seen it, probably ever. The decorations were great.
Magic Bands/MyMagic+: Both Will and I agreed that the Magic Bands were nice to have. It was nice to have our Annual Passes, room keys and a way to charge things all in one device. They were comfortable and it was nice to have FP+ booked ahead of time. But that's really all I can say about them...they were NICE. They were convenient...but I wouldn't say they made our trip any better. HOWEVER...on our next trip (December 2013/January 2014) when I was sick, it was VERY nice to be able to sleep in, but still have FP+ set up for later in the day. So overall I'm definitely a fan after using them again over the holidays and in February.
Food & Wine Festival: Lesson learned: AVOID Food & Wine Festival on weekend nights!
Yikes! World Showcase on Saturday night vs. World Showcase on Sunday afternoon was like night and day...literally and figuratively.
My biggest regret of this trip is that we didn't have more Food & Wine time. If I could do things differently I would have made our Sunday dinner reservation later and skipped the Magic Kingdom the last morning of our trip in favor of more Food & Wine. Next time!
Running Thoughts: Did I mention that my foot was injured during this trip? No? Because it was.
Obviously that overshadowed a lot of the race experiences (and a lot of the weekend as a whole). I think it was probably pretty stupid of me to run with the injury, but really, with having paid the entry fee (and been well past the race deferral deadline), booked the hotel and flights, taken the time off at work, etc....there's no way I would have been able to skip out and not lose a ton of money. Plus, I'm stubborn and a little stupid...so there's that.
So while it was stupid, I'm glad I did it. The 5K was a blast, and I had a great time running it with Will. Hopefully we'll do more races at Disney together.
Wine & Dine was awesome - best half marathon course at WDW, in my opinion, and the first half marathon I've done there that I KNOW for sure I want to do again. And lucky me...
I'll be running it again this year! 
(Hopefully sans injury.)
Future Running: After getting home from WDW the foot was pretty bad and I hobbled for a few more days, all the while telling myself that if it didn't get better by the next week I'd see a doctor. Slowly but surely it began to improve, and 2 weeks out from race day it was finally completely better.
I'd promised myself (and Will) that I was going to take the rest of November off from running to make sure I fully kicked this thing, and I stuck to that. Since I've started running in 2008 that was the longest stretch I'd had with no running...and it was weird going from running 4 days per week to zero days per week, but I was mostly okay with it. I laced up my running shoes again on December 2 and have been pain-free so far...thumbs up for healing!
Which brings us to...
Future Disney Running! With Wine & Dine complete there's just one long race I haven't done at WDW - the Tower of Terror 10-miler. I really wanted to do that race this year, but it's the same weekend as a work trip I've already committed to. I like my job and I like being able to use the money from said job to pay for things (i.e. Disney trips) so ToT is out for this year. Thank goodness it finally sold out, because I was really tempted to sign up, even if it wouldn't have been the best idea in the world. That's okay though, because as I mentioned above, I'm heading back to WDW in November for Jingle Jungle/Wine & Dine part 2!
Beyond that, I've been planning on heading back to WDW for Marathon Weekend in 2015. It's the 10th anniversary of the Goofy Challenge, so that was originally my goal...but then runDisney had to up the stakes and announce the Dopey Challenge.
And a Pluto 5K medallion for the 5K.
And a Minnie Mouse medal for the 10K.
Oh runDisney...you got me again.
Good-bye, money!
Hello Dopey 2015!
Thanks for reading!
I bet we walked right by one another multiple times. Yes, it was a fabulous weekend! Having the race weekend AND Food & Wine at the same time is really a winning combination.
Congrats on finishing, sounds like it was a battle for both of us.
Dopey is STILL so far away...sadness! I have a training report going right now over in the pre-trip report section but I have a feeling that one won't REALLY pick up until Dopey training starts in the fall. Thanks for reading!! 
