Last year Penney's opened before Sears. We were in line at Penney's an hour before they opened and were first in line. We got the things on our list and got to Sears 5 minutes before they opened. There was a line, but we were inside within a couple of minutes after Sears opened their doors. I wouldn't worry about camping out too long. A lot of people wait in their cars until they either see a line forming or until the doors open if the line isn't too bad.