Originally posted by HybriDSM
The AQ opening event takes 5 days for the troops to mobilize and get all of their supplies to the camps outside AQ. I guess the one hero from each faction who has made the staff gets to be the one to ring the gong and open the gates too. Apparently, Blizzard is going to remove characters (or not allow them on the server) who have been created in the last week or so to allow older players the chance to see the world event. Queues on Medivh have gotten close to 1000 people. I also wanted to add that WoW is fucking cool enough to make the opening of AQ more than just "new patch/new instance - go in and have fun" They make it a server wide campaign to provide materials for the war effort against Ahn'Qiraj and then give a massive worled event involving an army marching to open the gates and take on the enemies within. Much better and more engaging than most would make it I assume.