I actually flew out of DIA on the first day of operation and there was nothing like this level of disruption.
I flew in to DIA on the first day also, and things went smoothly. That is because the opening was pushed back from October 1993 to February 1995 after problems were found in the high-tech baggage system. It was to be fully automated, and after more than a year of tests and troubleshooting it was scrapped for a hybrid automated/manual system that exists to this day.