I also agree that the scheduling system is illogical and frankly outrageous, especially for those who paid for gold or platinum.
For starters there's no physical location to fill in the first place; since this is an MMO and everything is digital and 90% of content is instanced, it makes no sense for the developers to restrict this content in such a way.

I would hope the devs have the sense to rectify this rather absurd error in judgement, and i sincerely hope this isn't an omen of things to come for the game. There are enough time walls as it is, I don't bloody need them for leisurely content as well.