In Whirlwind, level 85 alliance queues are 10 minutes or so; weekend afternoon queues.
That for AV, EotS or Random (during EotS weekend).
Aside from AV, alliance doesn't seem to win that often in boxed or solo-toon BG's.

They changed the Shadow Meld, making it not quite as fun as pre-Cataclysm.
You can still Shadow Meld in combat, in PvE and basically automatically reset anything.
But you can no longer Shadow Meld in world PvP, and get out of combat for Flight Form on demand.
The change is no-npc-threat, instead of out-of-combat.
I still like Night Elves a lot, but Worgen are really close on racials.