I thought I'd share more highlights and additional food review from the last two visits I did:
For food, I managed to grab the Chopper Cupcake earlier in the day and then a Sailor Moon mystery one before leaving the event that night. I personally did not like the frosting on the Chopper one. It tasted too sweet that it gave me a slight headache a bit later. Made me glad I didn't finish it. I've yet to dig into the SM one, but that ones' contents seem more promising. I'll provide a finalized rank once I have.
I also decided to take a more closer view for one of my last viewings for Sailor Moon, and while it was nice to do that and have a more immersive view, there were two interesting things I noticed from guests while doing so. For one, I actually heard someone in the group in front of me (presumably a repeat visitor with some first timers) warning their group about it being harder to keep up with the subs if they sit closer while deciding where to sit. I also noticed that there were a lot of empty seats in the front two rows despite it being the final night (which wasn't the case when I decided to take another visit to Kung Fu Panda today). Makes me wonder if it tended to be like that on prior nights.
Not to toot my own horn, but it's refreshing seeing firsthand that it's not just me (and at least one other) who's noticed the same issues I have. Not only that, when I touched on that and the hours compared to last year/HHN while ensuring some brisk closing feedback at guest services, the TM I spoke with did bring up the possibility of rotating subbed/dubbed screenings before I could get to it, which either means that they've indeed been getting feedback about it with these same things suggested, and/or there are TMs who have similar thoughts. Either way, it seems the issue is definitely known, even if it may not seem like it.
In other words, I unexpectedly left having some hope for this particular field of FFN. Just hope whichever IP holder for the theater next year can also play ball as well (which I coincidentally also heard mention of the topic from that same visit, so I also learned that's indeed a factor).
Side note, I think I have a hard read up my sleeve on what we could potentially get next year, I'll save it for the eventual 2027 speculation thread.
I went today
No new merch on sale, maybe they are waiting until after the 3 day weekend
Same, was bummed to find that out and effectively come out of that empty handed aside from getting to have the OP food one last time. Heard from the TM taking my order that the day after FFN is the only other day they're doing it.
Will say though, I noticed that the shirts with all featured IPs were nowhere in sight. Makes me glad I made grabbing mine my first order of business when I last went on the 15th. Guess my rule of thumb is to try and get them within a day of word getting out about discounts. Really thought they'd immediately discount though, considering that's what they do with HHN and I didn't even get a chance to get Chainsaw Man stuff for a friend.