What was a reservation called before ADR?

[mjr0483]

What was a reservation called before ADR?

For the life of me, I cannot remember.

 

[mjr0483]

Found it. Thanks.

 

[chloelovesdisney]

What was it? I forgot also.

 

[FigmentFinder]

Priority Seating




ha

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Oh yes, good old priority seating. Thanks.

 

[mjr0483]

YES. You got it. My daughter was doing an Acronym quiz. PS wasn't on the quiz, but it was driving me and my wife nuts trying to remember.

 

[Dean Marino]

Anywhere ELSE in America? It was called a RESERVATION. Most fine dinning locations? It is STILL called a RESERVATION.

Sorry - just me. Sad that the Lawyers decided to get into the Restaurant Business .

 

[Deb & Bill]

Anywhere ELSE in America? It was called a RESERVATION. Most fine dinning locations? It is STILL called a RESERVATION.

Sorry - just me. Sad that the Lawyers decided to get into the Restaurant Business .

It's because it wasn't (and still isn't) a reservation in the standard sense of the word. You may have an ADR or had a PS for 10:30 at Crystal Palace, but you might not have been seated until 11 because no one was leaving the restaurant because it was raining so hard. It's more of a hold your place in line thing.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Disney semantics is a whole new ballgame!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Disney semantics is a whole new ballgame!

As opposed to the widespread equivalent of call ahead seating?

 

[bumbershoot]

Sad that the Lawyers decided to get into the Restaurant Business

What do lawyers have to do with using the proper words for what you’re getting?

I have never once in my life had a “reservation” where they’ve managed a restaurant so well that the table is available exactly at the right time. Yiy pretty much have to keep a ton of tables empty to do this. I don’t eat at auch fancy places.

All I’ve ever gotten is priority seating in front of walkins, but that’s still up to available tables. If I’m a group of 2 and there are groups of three and four in front of me, I don’t expect to get a 4 top ahead of them IF there are 2 top tables in that restaurant.

PS is a much better term for what you’re getting, even in the era of ADR.