Other fun things about the show:

The cosplay! My wife was NOT ready for the crazy and elaborate cosplay. I think she was most impressed with a girl who was dressed as Terra, but she was half human Terra with green hair and half esper Terra. Other standouts were a girl in a traditional white mage outfit, and a fat guy dressed as a fat chocobo. (My wife said "Who comes to one of these shows dressed as a giant chicken? That just rude." I was dyin, hahahahaha)

The merch. Its expensive, but there was some awesome merch available, including cd/dvd/digital media of past shows, shirts, hoodies, and the best: stuffed moogles!

Also, there was a lady in front of us who had some of the actual consumable "elixir" potions that I guess were sold in japan for either final fantasy xi or xii. Anyways, she let me taste it, and it was disgusting. Tasted like stale red bull.