But Apple is using a reservation lottery service to allow buyers to essentially reserve their place in line now.
The company bills itself as the only "complete guest management platform for restaurants" and essentially takes reservations data and point of sale information to create a customer profile.
A visitor can present a ticket at a given ride at any time and make what is, essentially, a reservation for a specified time later in the day.
By ending it, Dynegy says it avoids payments of $1.7 billion over 30 years (essentially, a reservation fee; the juice would cost far more).
By applying an OpenTable model to the industry — essentially a reservation system for operators that allows consumers to book instantly — JetInsight thinks it can disrupt this "antiquated" and "broken" structure.
At Walt Disney World and Disneyland, visitors can save time by grabbing a free Fastpass; it's essentially a reservation for your ride.
In those early days, the restaurant essentially stopped accepting reservations by telephone.
For several years, this historic Brooklyn neighborhood has been enduring a growth spurt, and the locals' eager acceptance of James, coupled with what is essentially a no-reservation policy, has led to hour-long waits.
This is essentially an advance reservation where users are obliged to pay for the resource.
While there are big differences in the companies' hardware and software, as well as their appearance on the Web, their argument is essentially the same: Online reservations are both easier and more accurate.
Risk-averse users are the most common group, and the premium they pay above the expected price is a good indicator for how much a resource provider can charge for reservations, which essentially eliminates this uncertainty.
