Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta passes have already sold out – less than one second after they went on sale.
22,000 pasta passes went on sale at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday. According to Olive Garden, all passes had been claimed by guests in less than one second.
For $100, the pasta passes provide eight weeks of unlimited pasta, soup or salad, and breadsticks. That’s one week longer than last year’s seven-week endless pasta extravaganza.
The chain’s 50 “Pasta Passport to Italy” also sold out almost immediately. For $200, the recipients of the pasta passport will receive an eight-day, seven-night, all-inclusive trip to Italy for two – plus their eight-week pasta pass.
People who were lucky enough to refresh PastaPass.com at the exact right moment are already sharing their success on Twitter.
@olivegarden was lucky enough to get a #PastaPass this year after someones 8min clock ran out #theirloss #pastatime pic.twitter.com/jOvJgtpKIW
— Mike M (@MikeGM2015) September 14, 2017
8 weeks of free pasta #pastapass😋
— tayyywhore_ (@tayyywhore) September 14, 2017
I now have a #PastaPass 🤗 @olivegarden here I come!
— Julian Doster (@jedoster) September 14, 2017
Other people had only sob stories to share:
my #pastapass #pastapassport story: in the waiting room for the trip, said sold out at 2:22, then joined pass waiting room, sold out 2:30 pic.twitter.com/ShNvisIen2
— James Draper (@james_draper) September 14, 2017
@olivegarden, is this your way of saying I can’t get a pass. Filled all info and it’s not letting me resubmit. Boo #PastaPass pic.twitter.com/wQkQkgvXiQ
— Mr. Chase (@doccchase) September 14, 2017
At least my blood sugars and waist line will appreciate me not getting the pasta pass...damn it. #PastaPass
— Alan Reppert (@AReppert) September 14, 2017
The pasta passes will give recipients access to the "Never Ending Pasta Bowl" from September 25 to November 19.