Thanks guys, good advice. I found a taxi finder service that estimates it at around 75-80 usd by taxi, but I'm guessing there would be cheaper shuttle runs to hotels than that.

From your experiences is it worth getting a golden ticket? 400 is a huge amount, and could buy an extra boxed set. While it would certainly be nice to buy extra souvenirs, I think two boxed sets is going to take up most of my luggage room anyway, unless there's some type of shipping service you all usually use to get your booty back home? Also do the panels run out of room pretty quick and that's why people get the VIP ticket for the first few rows?

Argh so many questions, lol. Also the day long customising does it run in conflict with the panels, or is it on an earlier day? Or multiple days?