Personally I found the venue extremely easy to reach, and my German extends as far as "eine bratwurst bitte" and "danke schon". It's a five-ten minute walk in a straight line from the main train station in the city, so personally I feel the venue was excellently located. A fairly quiet area of the city but still central and easy to reach. Comparing it to the venue for the London fest is difficult. Overall the venue was far superior - more spacious, airy, good lighting and sound, easy to navigate - however it did lack that certain charm that Tobacco Dock has in that I genuinely did almost feel as if I had stepped into Eorzea when I arrived. I would have absolutely no hesitation in buying a ticket for a future Fan Fest held at the Frankfurt Festhalle.

As far as catering goes, that was definitely better in London I think. I only had a panini and some juice from the venue itself, which - although tasty - were pretty overpriced for what they were. I'm not sure if that's down to SE or the venue itself, though. The options also seemed somewhat limited. I remember having a box of chicken noodles at the London fest, and they also had burgers and some other stuff on sale for a price not much more than what we paid for far smaller portions in Frankfurt. And considering how expensive London is at the best of times... That was pretty good.

The minigames were fun, but I feel like it would have been nice if there were prizes for actually beating them to incentivise people to keep playing. The carnival games like knocking down all the cans with Ascians on them - it's a quick and fun way to get a stamp in your book, but maybe something a little extra would have been nice for getting all (or at least a certain amount) of the cans down - this applies to the other minigames as well. The Proto Ultima battle was fun, but I think it would have been nice if it was more of a challenge and you offered the T-shirts for beating it like you do at the other events.

The merchandise situation was far superior, good idea with the pre-order system. I personally didn't pre-order anything as I didn't have the money at the time, however there was still a fair amount of stock left on the second day. I bought a hoodie and the whole process of ordering, paying and collecting took around five minutes - a far cry from the 4.5 hours I spent queueing at the London Fest, all the while panicking that what I wanted would be sold out by the time I get there. When you've been queuing that long, you're finally in sight of the checkouts yet there are still 50 people in front of you and a guy comes out saying that they only have 10 items left of the one thing you really wanted... That really kills the event. Especially when it's only a one day thing.

I think there should have been more stage events. The first day was fine, and I appreciate that you probably wanted people to enjoy the in-game events or just give people chance to socialise at the event, but the second day was very sparse. As someone who attended the festival alone, and having done everything I wanted to on the first day, it was only by luck of bumping into some people I actually knew that the second day was worth attending. (Well, that and the Primals concert - no way was I going to miss that!)

Considering the content on offer and the location of the festival, I think it was priced... Somewhat reasonably. A little steep - perhaps if there were more stage shows, or as said above, some extra prizes available for completing minigames and in-game events, the price would be more justifiable.

One thing I would really, really like - though I know this might be asking a bit much of the perfomers - is if the piano concert and Primals concert could be a little bit longer in length. Maybe 90 minutes instead of 60? They were really enjoyable, but it seemed as though they finished as soon as they started!

Overall I enjoyed Fan Fest 2017 immensely. Great job to all those involved, thank you for organising such a fun weekend. See you all at the next Fan Fest!