Got to the mall at approximately 4am and parked on the 2nd level garage. (There were also 2 more levels above me with more people waiting to get in.)
I was greeted with a group of approximately 40 people. More people started to arrive and many tried to muscle their way in front of others.
Mall Security weren't letting anyone line up inside, and people were saying that others that tried were getting kicked out of the mall. 5:00am hit and the doors flew open and people rushed the escalators (which were turned off) and everyone hit the ground running like a scene from that Arnold movie 'Jingle All The Way' for a TurboMan Doll. You could hear mall security yelling "WALK! YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THERE ANY SOONER!" Guess what bucko,....uhhh YES YOU WILL.
The non-preorder line(s) were HUUUGE. Probably 200+ people already in line. Good thing I pre-ordered because I found a nice spot in line for me to park myself on the floor and play my PSP-Go for 2 hours with less than 50 people in front of me....and what looked like a thousand behind me after about an hour.
I got in at 7:10am and out by 7:30. My purchase was quick and painless, but the Apple rep ran into a problem with the activations for 10min, but no big deal. The store was packed with Apple Employees and an official AT&T representative just in case something wacky came about with the AT&T accounts.
I got mine, got hers and got the hell out (with 2 bumpers, they only carried the black color).
These people were still waiting after I left, the line actually kept going farther what I could see.....ALOT farther.
Running off an hour of sleep worth it? Yup. But next time I think I'll wait for Fed-ex.
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