You will be able to access cPanel today and should be able to see your site tomorrow at 3AM (server time).
It is normal that you have to wait a while before you can use your site.
This is to prevent that the servers overload.
Hi there. Thanks for the reply =)
I'd just like to note however, that the first time changes every time I look at the site and the active time was Thursday, then Friday and is now Saturday. Also, the database number hasn't changed at all since I created the account.
I appreciate there are wait times and I'm not complaining so much as trying to ascertain if something has gone wrong so that it can be fixed. I used to run a free volunteer service myself, but not for websites. I understand that things can't always be done in a timely manner and a little courtesy goes a long way. Hence this is not a demand or complaint, but a notification that something might be wrong =)