I started searching about 5 minutes early. When it got around 7:30 EST, I noticed a lag starting. 2 minutes or so later when the room popped up, it was already at 3 red Mickeys (and I was clicking once or twice a second, if not more than that). Clicked enter room and then it sent me to the room I was in; everything was frozen. I waited and waited and waited, and finally got the "This queue is full" message. I've tried getting in line now, but most times it's a long lag between hitting enter room and getting the error message (plus a black screen for a bit as well). This is a great event, but there has to be a better way to do this...
Oh well. I got in once a couple weeks ago and got a Yellow Soldier, so I certainly am not complaining. I really don't think the issues have anything to do with the turnstile; it's got to be all the people flooding the game and the search feature. Wonder if we're in for another crash shortly...