Finally got to go during a tech rehearsal today, and I loved it. Yeah the land is small, but it still managed to be very immersive despite it. Pretty much was there from 10 until 2 with all I was doing. Everyone else seems to have taken the words out of my mouth with what they could add and I feel assured knowing that seems to have reached the surveying TMs.
Hell, the whole thing was immersive enough for me to still feel overcome with emotion stepping in for the first time. Nearly teared up several times from hearing all the new takes on music from the games I heard over the years. It really felt like you got transported and it made me almost forget I was at Universal.
As for food, I had the Mario Burger, Garlic Knots and Tiramisu. Mario burger was nice, but the meat felt kind of dry, similar to Krusty Burger's? Not sure if I got dealt a bad hand after seeing someone else's account of it. Garlic Knots and Tiramisu were top notch though.
Anyways, also adding to the say hi crowd, for anyone else going on the 29th, I'll be donning a red orange Nintendo NY jacket and an 8 bit Mario backpack.