Just finished the series. Great season 1. By the way its a shame that they didnt make the Arlong Park walk. Also,too bad that there wasnt the final scene where Nami steals from the people of Coconut Village,but i guess that wouldnt work well in the live action. By the way great season. What do you guys think of Garp? In this show we saw more his "serious" side than the comical one,did you liked that or not?
About season 2,i guess Lougetown can still happen,after all the season ended with the Buggy-Alvida alliance and with Smoker,so a Lougetown episode would be the perfect way to introduce them in the season. But i hope somehow next season will have not only the Alabasta saga but also the Skypea saga somehow. Maybe with 10 episodes instead of 8,it can happen.
By the way with this writers/actors strike,the casting of the actors for the new characters,the long time it takes for CGI,the long time for writing,the long time for Oda supervising,etc. i guess it will take at least 3 years (and its an optimistic prediction) to watch season 2!