Well, I managed to eventually make it through the registration pages and into my room. (OMG, am I weird looking! And apparently have terrible taste in furniture to boot.)
I was only able to walk around inside the room and move the furniture a bit. Could not sit down or talk, and I have no idea what my name/number is.
Finally got my avatar to walk out the door -- where he promptly vanished, leaving me to stare at an empty room! I waited for awhile to see if another setting would load, but to no avail. Now I am trying to reload (unsuccessfully so far).
ETA: OK, I'm back in my room. The furniture has repositioned itself back to where it was before I moved it, however.