If driving is anywhere near feasible, I recommend having your own car there. I was in the October class from last year and it was nice not being reliant on the hotel shuttle. As for the training itself, it's the same as any other training course: chairfly, learn your flows and callouts, learn the systems, etc. They do a pretty good job of feeding the information to you a little at a time. Make sure you're being proactive in looking ahead at what's going to be covered in the next sim and being prepared for that.