Does anyone know what's actually going on here?
Any ideas how I find out for sure? Don't want them to suddenly release the dates and then I miss out because I wasn't aware or assumed it was already sold out. Or I wonder if there is some event going on, or scheduled work that might be planned?
Andre
The dates have not been loaded. They are not fully booked. There have been many, many reports of this starting with meals on Jan 1 and there have only been 1 or 2 reports of people actually getting in (which is likely due to some glitch in the system more than tables being loaded, or they forgot the change the date). You can call, but they're going to tell you one of two things, depending on who you get. If you get a good one, they'll tell you that they haven't been loaded, if you get a bad one, they'll tell you LC is fully booked.
When LC went to 2TS for dinner, the same thing happened with dinner reservations. There simply weren't any tables loaded after 3:00pm or so. While this time, it's a bit different with no tables at all, it's not really that surprising.
As for why? We don't know. It could be that it's actually closing for work (though, it'd be silly to close down on Jan 1, since it's expected to stay busy until the end of the first week of Jan), or they could still be hashing out the details. For example, they could be deciding to keep or remove tables, adjust the average allotment of time per table, or alter the menu such that the average turnaround time per table changes. All of those will have a direct effect on the number of and times that tables are available.