Why thanks! I did know about the save point trick, it does make things easier. For Final, I hung out around The Proof of Existence and killed the things in Saix and Luxord's rooms. I moved to Yen Sid's tower later.

Oh yeah, more questions pop to my mind. Is there any purpose to the mirrors in Yen Sid's room? I keep thinking that they'll reward you if you examine them with the proper requirements, like "And Image of you with mastery of the Keyblade comes to your mind" and stuff like that when you examine them. Does this mean anything, or is it nothing?