I understand your frustration, but you will get to play, and enjoy, the new release. With more than 300 people trying to log on at once, it is impossible for servers to handle with plugins involved as well.
I've started playing on this server almost two years ago. Technical difficulties happen, things go awry, but having more than 300 people trying to log on is considered a good thing :) Y'all are excited, which is great, you'll get to hop on soon enough