We had the same-ish thing but it was actually really nice. line and store dead by 5, 3 hours of recovery, and by 9 it was super busy again. Everyone was super worried at our store right around 8 when it still wasnt busy, but we just figured people went to sleep. The afternoon hours saw huge...
Sorry to everyone who was told we wouldn't be opening at 12am....my store's STL was great with communication and told everyone (at least all the ETL's and TL's/key team members) to plan for both occasions. He called that HQ not announcing anything would probably mean 12 am, so I guess good call...