So I've been texting and talking to folks about this and there are Thoughts (TM). First, some folks do save up yearly but aren't necessarily rich and want to buy a pass with Express. It's a product that's become more and more expensive over time and has outpaced inflation, deffinatley a "this was underpriced" situation and it sucks for those folks. It does.
On the other hand, you kinda hit the nail on the head with this. Some folks have admittedly made HHN their "entire personality" and are now feeling betrayed, these are unserious folks who need to touch the grass. There is a chunk of narcissists who love fame more than theme park entertainment who are flipping out because of this. farfanoogin them. Go back to Disney and/or using autonomous Twitter accounts to harass women/cast members/team members. They're not worth refurbishment to the pavement they walk on.
While it did happen, if you look at the dates it was opening weekend which is always an operations adjustment.