As much as I love the Depp/DS film, I wouldn't have bid on them either. Like you, Lydia, I'd have no place to put them. But worse still, I have no idea how I would have gotten them home - well, unless the Fest was going to mail them to me.
Fill in the blank: "Carolyn became saddened when Jason revealed that '________' was one of her father's favorite song and then he began singing it to(for) her!!"
It's terrible to say, but one reason the film may have been kept as a low profile was just so that there wouldn't be even the slightest chance of any incidents during the Fest like those that I previously referenced have occurred on Facebook. Most fans do behave civilly toward each other and there's never really been such incidents at a Fest. But then, there's never been a division in fandom to the extent that there has been one over the Depp/DS film. There were certainly people who loved the '91 DS and those who didn't. And it's only natural for fans to voice their likes and dislikes when it comes to a particular DS version/storyline. That's the whole point of forums like this and elsewhere. But having been active in fandom for over 25 years, to my knowledge there have never been such unfortunate verbal melees as there have been with regard to the Depp/DS film. And the fact that there have been is actually quite sad when one considers that we're all supposed to be mature adults.