If you guys in NA are gonna fly anywhere, you should come out to Anime Expo. Biggest and (arguably) best anime con on the continent.
I'll be staff there this year for what it's worth. There should be a pretty good guest list and good exhibitors, which will be announced down the line. (Don't look at the site and think what's up now is what there's going to be, the big guests are always announced much closer to the con.) I know of a few cool things already but I'm NDA'd so I can't say anything beyond that.
Oh yeah, in other news my GF finally gave into the Eva fans and bought a wig and uniform for Rei, which she should be wearing before too long. I'm not really a huge Rei fan myself but she makes a pretty good one. We're going to Taiyou Con in AZ in a little over a week since she's a guest there, not sure if she's doing Rei but I know she's bringing maid Kuroneko.