I'm not sure how many people got tables from the waiting list last year, but I know it does happen because I have a friend who was on the waiting list for the past two years and both times she got a table. I'm on the waiting list too, so I'm hoping they rearrange tables again or something to allow more people to participate. It was all full within 15 minutes after registration opened, btw. I verified my email account at 12:17.