By "7-8", are you planning on starting at 7:00 and ending at 8:00? If so, I can tell you that if your characters "Walk", it will take much longer than one hour. I attended the Steel Canyon march and just for walking around Steel Canyon, it was about an hour and a half (if I'm not mistaken). I could be wrong, but I would plan on more than one hour to go through all those zones.
...what is the real value of the effort?
Because in by doing so we're not just shrugging our shoulders, jumping ship and giving up. For those who have spent years in-game building characters, relationships and spending money, it just makes sense. It doesn't matter if NCsoft is watching or it will turn the tide, but damn it we're doing what we believe in and supporting a game that means something to us.
Best friend is getting married Saturday so I'll be gone all day, not to mention by time I get home from the reception (open bar) my hero, and myself, may not be able to walk in a straight line.