Great reports and pics everyone!
SIL Deb and I headed down to the Pop bustop for MGM about 7PM, a car was cruising in front of the stop, a woman rolled down the window and asked us if we wanted a ride to the race. SIL yells out "YES", thinking these friendly people must be WISHers, as she had met many of us Friday night at
MNSSHP. Well they weren't
The two women had just met in the parking lot and decided to go by the bus stop in case anyone needed a ride since Disney said they weren't providing transportation. So, stranger danger aside, we caught a ride with Katie and Renee and got to MGM with no problems.
We met Deb's friend Mike (he was staying at CBR) right away, and it was easy to spot the group of WISHers and just chill until race time. It is always so cool to see everyone and I for one was glad there weren't any corrals so that we could all hang together, especially since the start was delayed for 20 minutes.
I liked the course and had a great time. Deb was having a little trouble, and Anne was kind enough to stay back with her, while I kept Mike company.
Thanks Anne, you were wonderful!
It would have been nice to see a character or two along the way, but it was great to take a different route than I have seen before. The volunteers were enthusiastic, especially the one woman handing out medals at the end - she'd hold up the medal and yell encouragement to the finishers, she was having a blast and it was fun to watch her have so much fun!
Afterwards we grabbed a bite at the place just outside of the RnR area. I don't know where everyone was running into price gouging, but I got a small diet coke for $1.29 and I think the fries were $1.99 (I know, not exactly the best nutrition, but it sure tasted good!).
It was about 12:45 or so and Deb, Mike, and I decided we'd better head to the front of the park to see about catching a cab back to our resorts. A bunch of WISHers kindly offered to provide transportation - Rhonda and her DH were staying at Pop, so they gave me, Deb, and Kathy a ride. It worked out great. Cam and Howard very generously offered to give Mike a ride to CBR before heading back to their place, but it turned out that Disney HAD provided buses to the resorts afterall and Mike was able to catch one.
This confusion was my biggest gripe about the race - with less than a week before the event they announce a change in the packet pickup location, they announce that no transportation would be provided (very confusing because Fantasmic was at 7:30, so of course buses would be running between MGM and the resorts until at least 9PM), they announce that road closures would begin at 8:30 and they began at 7PM, and then they did provide bus transportation after the race. I wonder how many people rented cars because they thought they needed transportation, and I wonder how that impacted the traffic pre-race. I hope this year's experience will help Disney straighten out these minor details by next year.
I'll try to post a few pictures soon!
It was great to see another WISHer there, though -- even though all I saw was the back of her fading into the distance! 
I knew it. 
