Try to reserve room --> Get to reservation --> kicked out to start screen without being allowed to pay or confirm
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> Site times out
Try to reserve room --> No lodging matches your search criteria.

Thanks a FUCKING HEAP. Apparently the traffic was completely unanticipated and/or they couldn't be bothered to get ready for it. How do these people stay in business?

Edit: Hotel #2 sold out WHILE I WAS MAKING MY RESERVATION and the #3 says it's open yet says it isn't open so I can't make a reservation. Very professional, guys.

And now the second standby hotel's web page has completely crashed.

So, to reiterate:
Con hotel --> Server borked, sold out before I ever had a chance to reserve a room due to borkage
Alternate hotel 1 --> Sold out in the time it took me to enter my data
Alternate hotel 2 --> Web site is "Down for maintenance."

Nice going, guys. And this isn't even a big con. If Comicon can get this to work why can't you?

Edit edit: Hotel 3's server came up but sold out as I was entering my info. Great.