you can load the update page with the toolbar hidden.
on the admin/contents-update.php page
change:
$CKEditor_config["toolbar"] = array(
to:
$CKEditor_config["toolbarStartupExpanded"] = false;
$CKEditor_config["toolbar"] = array(
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