It was reminiscent of The Harry Potter experience, but it was a helluva lot easier than past experiences with LCT. I hope they keep the system. I tried to log in at 9:53 and was placed in the virtual waiting room with #1454. I had my tix for Orchestra Center row O for 3 nights before opening by 10:10.
Of course, now that that secret is out, you'll see people logging in at 7am for all future shows.