I think we got about what we can reasonably expect to get in terms of changes/reductions to this event. Its pretty likely it was meant to be 5 days, to coincide with a convention temple, and in the last minute concessions, a couple mistakes were made. I look at it this way, we got a reprieve from another convention temple, and they did fix it so that all players have the possibility of completing the movie component, and that's 2 big wins to be thankful for.
If the trade-off is popping 10 diamonds for a single shop refresh, so be it, I think we take the wins and be happy LOL