I am VERY encouraged by the reservation system as well as the NO fastpasses. Thank you, Disney! Now, the first few weeks won't be an absolute cluster, since everyone who wants to enter the land will HAVE to have a reservation. Being a local, I will get online at the first possible opportunity and snag a reservation (or several, if they allow that), on any days within that window, and will just plan around it (take kids out of school...they get out the 7th anyway), my husband will take a random day off work, etc.
I just really, REALLY hope that Disneyland puts out a LOT of disclaimers about needing to have that reservation. They need to make commercials, signs, etc so there is NO DOUBT and people don't line up as an angry mob when they find out they cannot go in.