Quote: Originally Posted by jaccat15 Hi Amiee!
Congrats on your wedding! SMB is amazing.
When I did my site visit, I was torn on where to have the reception as well. We are having our cocktail hour on the gazebo terrace lawn area and then moving the reception to the ballroom - which is so nice. The other option was to have the reception inside the World Cafe - which we considered too.
We did this bc of our granparents and we don't want people to be uncomfortably hot during the reception. As we know it can get so humid and gross at night so we wanted to make sure everyone would be happy.
It also depends on your preference and how many people you are expecting. We are inviting around 215 people and expect about 90 to show so a lot of the spaces (including the restuarants) can't hold that many for a reception and dancing.
I hope I helped! If you have any other questions, def check around the thread and the site and ask away!
Happy planning!
Ok.. so you are going to have your cocktail party at the gazebo terrace and the reception at the ballroom. That is what I was thinking, also. Cecilia is kinda hard to deal with because by the time I get a response I have moved on to other questions. Anyway, so what is your outline for the wedding day? Dont mean to be nosy, I just wonder how the time will go. I can't get cecilia to tell me if the cocktail party takes place while we are taking our pics on the beach or if it is after the pictures. But if it is after, what do my guests do in the meantime?
I will have around 35 to 40 guests and the wedding is scheduled to take place at 6 (sunset) but now I have 2nd thought about this...will there be enough time for pics afterwards? How many hours of photograghy are most brides choosing to have? I have thought about 3 hours but i'm wondering is that will be enough
Thanks everyone for all the help!
Amiee