At 3:30am, or around that time, I got the confirmation email which stated they reserved my phone and would then send me another email saying they were ready to finish my order and to follow the link. I then went back to bed.
At 6:00am I had received the email stating they were ready to proceed. Link took me to Apple's website, selected my plan info, filled in details, and payment information. Submitted order. Within 15 minutes I received an acknowledgement email from Apple stating my order had been processed and they would prepare shipping an etc.
Everything was complete by 6:30am with my order processing. I checked my AMEX statement at 8:30am and the charge for the phone had already hit my card and that's where it stands now. I've yet to receive any other emails and prob won't till they ship the phone which I suspect will be Monday or Tuesday of next week for delivery on Friday, maybe Thursday if I am lucky based on last years events with shipping.