Heh. I'm pretty much of that opinion, too. (Heck, I made the kid a ribbon cat-o'seven-tails for her to wave around in the open costumery Fast Track time on Monday...) Our almost-8-year-old looks forward SO MUCH to Arisia.

(She also goes to bed relatively early, which makes it even easier to avoid the costumes which would require long, drawn-out explanations that would strain my poor con-exhausted brain. Whew.)