$198,000 Disney wedding at Sams club?!?

[DVC Sadie]

They earned their money, they made tough but smart decisions and they deserve to enjoy the fruits of their labor now. I don't think most people are rich because they had better circumstances, they are rich because they made different choices.

These two sentences says it all.

You see what gets me is why some people get angry or bitter about other peoples circumstances. If getting angry drives a person to succeed in whatever their goals happen to be then I'm all for it but usually anger only leads to resentment.

 

[olena]

For that kind of cash, I want the parks all to myself and guests when I go.

 

[Ember]

I really don't think it is necessarily the price of the display that gets under people's skin. I do happen to think it is the big fat spectacle of it that is crude. Isn't money SUPPOSED to be a private issue. Whether we have it or not, huge displays of socio-economic status on either side make people uncomfortable. Class is about making everyone comfortable. Watching a gigantic spectacle of what should be, to me, a private covenant between a couple intended to last life time is cheap, I don't care if it costs $15 or $15,000,000.

Of course, a wedding, like any party, is a huge celebration. But shouldn't the celebration be limited to the people who choose to be a part of it? What's next? Will I be forced to sing happy birthday to some rich couple's kid as she gets her very on parade on Main Street on my kid's birthday or will WDW sell out space on their tickets to announce Richie Rich's College graduation? Seriously, some people do not like reality TV like spectacles ans I am one of them... it's in very poor taste and my feelings have zero to do with money. SOME things should just be private and not forced on other people.

Okay, but you can't tell me that couples who have 300 or 500 or 700 people at their weddings personally know and love each person attending. I doubt they could even identify all of them. This is still a from of making a "private covenant" a public spectacle. The couple wants to be the center of attention, show off wealth, get gifts, and then they expect everyone to remember their special day and go on at length about how it was "the best wedding ever!"

No, I wouldn't want to watch a strangers wedding at WDW. But then, I didn't want to go to my husband's cousin's daughters wedding either. Neither of us had ever met her before! And at least with the random WDW wedding I wouldn't be expected to proved a gift!

I, personally, would have been happy with my wedding being just my husband and myself. I couldn't quite get away with that, so we had total guest count of 21. Only the people we really loved were there. However, I have no problem with anyone having type of wedding they want. If you want a 500 person spectacle, and you can afford it, what's the harm? (I mean, your mum's cousin and his wife my grumble a bit, but that's their problem! )

Now, if you want to talk about class, don't include gift registry information in an invitation! It's tacky!!! (Sorry, personal pet peeve.)

 

[luvmy3]

I just find it hugely ironic that it's being sold at Sam's Club.

Aren't you suppossed to be saving money by shopping at Sam's Club????

ITA. Maybe those multi millionares get that way BY shopping and saving at Sam's Club

My guess is that for whoever buys this package, they won't be spending the equivalent of a mortgage. They'll be spending the equivalent of a month's income.

It's all relative. 200k sounds like a lot to regular people. But for people who are worth millions or hundreds of millions, it's not a big deal.

One more thing I wanted to add. I think when some say $200,000 could buy a house is forgetting that that is not true everywhere. I live in NY and $200,000 does not buy a house here! My $30,000 vow renewal is my cousins property taxes per year!

I live in NY as well so I do understand it all being relative but regardless $200K is enough to purchase a home somewhere, so it is in fact equivalent to a mortgage. I think its ridiculous to drop that kind of cash on a Wedding ceremony, no matter how much your personal net worth is or what your own mortgage is. For me its not about the people who can afford it, its the elaborate, way overpriced wedding ceremony and that people think they NEED to do something like this in order to have some magical memorable event. But to each his own if you want to, do it and enjoy it but I'll still think you are crazy

 

[monkeybug]

If I had that kind of money, I sure as heck would've spent it on a WDW wedding in ridiculous excess. Yup...I said it. I would do it.

However, I have SEEN first hand, the parade float garage (it's behind Splash Mountain). Not xactly an inspiring or romantic locale. How exactly they gonna spice up that turd-burger?

That's what I'm sayin'!!! Who wants to spend that much money for a swanky dinner and reception in a garage???

 

[rie'smom]

OK, I totally misunderstood the title of this topic and I thought some couple had a Disney themed wedding at a Sam's Club.

I certainly wouldn't spend that kind of money - WDW or not - but based on the things I've seen on "Platinum Brides", some people might consider it a "bargain"..

My husband's cousin and her husband just hosted a wedding for their daughter. It was to be featured on Platinum weddings until a last minute snafu. From what she said, the wedding has to be a minimum of a million dollars or close to it. You should have seen the reception! They even hired Percy Sledge because their daughter loves "When a Man Loves a Woman." The martini bar was sculpted from ice. There were frozen round ice circles scattered throughout with fish in them. And flowers- tons. A guy was there rolling cigars.No smoking inside the ballroom!

There was so much food and so much variety. It was positively gorgeous!

 

[NY Disney fan]

That's what I'm sayin'!!! Who wants to spend that much money for a swanky dinner and reception in a garage???

I actually went to a wedding reception in a garage/warehouse. It was very original. The wedding cake was a gorgeous designer tier cake made out of Duncan Hines mix.

 

[rie'smom]

I agree that people can spend their money on whatever they want to, but can you really blame people for thinking this is excessive? Especially in this economy when so many people are struggling to just put food on the table and a roof over their heads. I would feel so guilty to be throwing away money like that. Just for ONE DAY. The only thing that makes me feel a little better about people spending huge amounts of money on stuff is that it at least the money is going back into the economy. Again, I know that people can do whatever they want with their money, but IN MY OPINION spending $100K+ on a wedding is ridiculous.

And, btw, this should be a whole new thread but I AM a little bitter about rich people because many of them are no better, or smarter, or hard-working than the average person. Some of them really earn what they have, but many of them are just lucky and fell into the right job/profession or they happened to have rich parents who could send them to the right schools, or they even were just born into a family with money and do NOTHING for it. And many of them are just sleazy and dishonest and make their money doing things that aren’t in any way productive and, as we have painfully learned over the last couple of years, sometimes very harmful to society. And then they just love to flaunt their riches while other people are suffering. Phew, glad I got that off my chest.

Guess what? There are sleazy and dishonest poor people too.

 

[Robinrs]

a fool and his money...

 

[wendy46001]

If I had that kind of money, I sure as heck would've spent it on a WDW wedding in ridiculous excess. Yup...I said it. I would do it.

However, I have SEEN first hand, the parade float garage (it's behind Splash Mountain). Not xactly an inspiring or romantic locale. How exactly they gonna spice up that turd-burger?

We did the disney wedding
so i can see how one could get up to that price

and i have to agree i've seen the parade float garage as well
while they can do crazy wonderful things with the ballrooms
that garage is going to need all 200k to make it presentable

 

[Pugsley]

Guess what? There are sleazy and dishonest poor people too.

OMG!! Really!?!?!

 

[liamsaunt]

You know what's missing from this package? Park passes! Really now, what's up with that?? If I am shelling out $200K I at least want a park hopper or two thrown in to seal the deal!!

 

[Planogirl]

These two sentences says it all.

You see what gets me is why some people get angry or bitter about other peoples circumstances. If getting angry drives a person to succeed in whatever their goals happen to be then I'm all for it but usually anger only leads to resentment.

No anger or bitterness from me but there are people out there born with silver spoons in their mouths who seem to have it easy. There are also those who try to do everything right but fate, kismet or whatever seems to interfere. That's no reason to be resentful but I can kind of understand why some people would be a bit negative.

As for the wedding, this is silly! It sounds nice (love the floats) but still silly!

Also, why is Sam's selling this? Unless this is a bargain price.

 

[DVC Sadie]

No anger or bitterness from me but there are people out there born with silver spoons in their mouths who seem to have it easy. There are also those who try to do everything right but fate, kismet or whatever seems to interfere. That's no reason to be resentful but I can kind of understand why some people would be a bit negative.

As for the wedding, this is silly! It sounds nice (love the floats) but still silly!

Also, why is Sam's selling this? Unless this is a bargain price.

You're right, they're some who are born with silver spoons who have it easy but somewhere in their ancestry (with a few exceptions) who had to work very hard to achieve that type of wealth. It is harder still to keep it and usually the beneficiaries still work to maintain it or it is lost forever.

Some people who are wealthy choose not to leave their money to their families and leave it to charity instead. They feel as long as they give their children an excellent education then they have done everything for them.

I guess Sams is selling this because it is less expensive than ordering the same package through WDW. Someone is probably saving anywhere between 15,000.00 to 20,000.00 on this package.

 

[Lindsay22]

You know what's missing from this package? Park passes! Really now, what's up with that?? If I am shelling out $200K I at least want a park hopper or two thrown in to seal the deal!!

All DFTW couples get two annual passes included with the price of the wedding, so I would be VERY surprised if they didn't get these.

Having done a Disney wedding, it's sooooo easy to go overboard. I had an entire list of "if money was no object"... But the planners there are so good at working within the budget you give them, so you can still have a beautiful wedding for a reasonable amount of money

 

[perdidobay]

Also, why is Sam's selling this? Unless this is a bargain price.

Every year at the holidays, Sam's mails out a holiday gift circular thats always has a special "gift" only one for sale and always an experience. I remember a few years ago it was a Jimmy Buffett concert experience.
My guess this is the same sort of thing with the wedding package.

 

[Artoo]

I love Disney, but would rather spend $198,000 on a down payment for a dream home, as opposed to a dream wedding.

 

[Handbag Lady]

This is entirely plausible because it's a Magic Kingdom ceremony. FTW stopped doing those awhile ago. I think they were up around $100-150K to start the last I heard? Anyway, that's why the steep price tag. And there have been a few who paid it, but they also were able to use a few of the rides, like the Carousel and Dumbo.

Getting married elsewhere at Disney is much more reasonable. At least, it was 5 years ago.

I was just going to say that! For what you get and WHERE, the price is fairly reasonable, frankly.

 

[brerrabbit]

As with all things in life it is totally relative. The reaction that many are giving here to spending that kind of money on a wedding is almost the same reaction my parents had when they were still alive to my family going to WDW for a week long vacation. Further the way some people talk about the wedding package and how much it cists and how they would put that kind of money into a house look at it this way. If I had taken every dollar I had ever spend over 14 trips to WDW and put that money on my house, I would have paid it off and had money left to put in the bank.

I guess my point is I cannot be critical of how other people spend their money. That is a very personal decision best left to those people.

 

[Redpepperflakes14]

Not knocking Sam's (I have a membership, but hate Wal-Mart, go fig!), but if you've got $200K to spend on a wedding, why would you do it through a warehouse club?