What's up with 3am ADRs?

aesalsa · Oct 17, 2009

I can say with certainty that they have gone to 6 AM for online ADRs--for this morning, anyway.

I got up at 1:15 AM CST to practice with the site, and I stayed up until it worked, which was 5 AM CST (6 AM EST). It was ridiculous, and I was crazy to stay up, but at 6 AM EST on the nose the 15th was available.

Hopefully this news will help!

bangzoom6877 · Oct 17, 2009

I really do hope it is back to 6AM. I am in NY (Eastern Time), and since my ADR window will open up on a Thursday, there is no way I am getting up in order to make ADRs at 3AM!! I normally get up at 5AM for work so the best I can do in order to maintain my sanity at work is wake up at 4:30 and get right onto the computer, then get ready for work. Thursdays are my busiest at work as well (I teach high school Italian and Spanish, and I have all 5 of my classes for one hour each on Thursdays!!).

The only ADRs I am really concerned about are CRT dinner and Chef Mickey's breakfast. However, CRT dinner is for 10 people so I have to wait until 7AM to call anyway, since it says on the dining website that you have to call the phone number in order to book parties of 10 or more. As for Chef Mickey's breakfast hopefully we will get lucky enough to get it. We will be there for 10 days and there are a few days we could do the breakfast so we are pretty flexible. We are also going in July, which helps because although it is busy summer season, it is not Christmas or Easter week so it should not be too difficult. Now, if DH decides he wants me to try for a Le Cellier dinner ADR that's another story...but I already explained to him that even if he wants that, we may not be able to get it so we will definitely have a backup plan. He's not even so sure about it, and as for me I can take it or leave it. He understands though that I won't get up to make 3AM ADRs and he already thinks I am nuts for planning our dining this far in advance, as well as for waking up at 4:30 to do it!

cheshirefan · Oct 17, 2009

I have to agree with alot of you. Now that a week has passed since my CRAZY 3 am stint with my ADR's, I have begun to question my sanity! :eek:

The trip I was booking for is in mid Jan. and it's such a quiet time around then. I spent all day exhausted working (I'm a salon owner). Although I'm thrilled to have gotten everything I wanted, I now realize I have a problem. I'm addicted to planning our trips! :rotfl2: