Giving a slightly more qualitative reply (besides my lengthy commentary & suggestions above) - I have to say the whole atmosphere and experience put me in a really good mood for days!! (Even waiting 4.5+ hours in the hellish merch line dps queue wasn't enough to dampen my enthusiasm!)

There really isn't anything quite like 5000 FFXIV fanatics filling up a fake Paris street, or cheering wildly as Soken's metal band tears through a set of songs from the game!! Experiencing this madness with folks from your FC makes it even better.

9/10 would lose gil betting on Yoshi-P's PvP skills again