they didn't double happiness for everything. I think that it will be interesting to see how it all plays out with the increased happiness requirements.
I've been leveling up like mad the past week or so, in prep for the TC. (When you have so few old event characters or no one in Act 5 of permanent content, you need every point and EC you can get from a higher level character, even if it is only 10 more a round.) Focusing on the characters who will be helpful.
I'm also trying to get a number of permanent content characters: Ms Mims, Shere Khan, Wendy, Chef Joe, Tia Dalma. All, very slow going. Hoping to have Joe soon (this week, maybe). Tia DAlma will be months away. The rest - somewhere in the middle. (And then when I get Wendy, starts the long, slow wait for Peter Pan... Just keep telling myself that it is a marathon, not a sprint.)