ADH Question

[emc1123]

Hello fellow Disneymooners:

We are finally able to get in touch with DFTW and we are making decisions left and right now,

We have decided on SBP/ADH
Undecided on Dessert Party

Does anyone know if the marquee fee for ADH is included in the $500 venue rental? I know the venue rental fee is fairly new.

Thanks

 

[Emily11212]

Hi Erin!

Not sure about the marquee, but be careful about the tables... I almost did ADH, and discovered that you have to use their pre-existing tables of 4. If you want to switch tables out, it cost $2,000, and you can only switch the tables out on certain days... I read over my contract and it was just a mess. So I switched to The Living Seas instead.

Not telling you to switch, just making sure you're aware of the table arrangement... if not, I would talk to your wedding coordinator and ask her to clarify... I'm not exaggerating when I say this, I wish I had my old contract, but I think I threw it out when I got my new contract with the Living Seas.

 

[emc1123]

Thanks Emily

We haven't made any official plans yet, Living Seas is our second choice as well!

 

[rrali33tt]

I posted a thread on this a while back...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2906129

I think the tables of 4 are in the back of the dance floor and wont be in the way

 

[princesswendy720]

Yes the $500 fee includes the marquee as well as the event guide. You can bring large rounds on the dance floor for free.

 

[lpizzuro123]

We had our reception at ADH back in November of 2008. We had 50 people attend. We have 5 tables of 10 set up on the dance floor - and then our sweetheart table. We left the small tables of 4 up on the upper floor where they were. They were not officially used and some people might have sat down at them if they got up to get a drink or something at the bar maybe.

Here is how our dance floor was set up.

All our guests out on the dance floor with Mickey and Minnie.

We attended a wedding there about a year after our wedding with over 100 people and there were 4 or 5 large tables set up on the dance floor for the bridal party and family and then everyone else sat at the smaller tables.

Not sure anymore about pricing of removing the tables as our wedding was a while ago and I honestly don't think we had to pay for that. ADH was definately the place we wanted to have our reception and probably would have been willing to pay for it.

As others have said having your name put on the marque is now included in the cost - we had to pay $200 for this but again, this is something we really wanted. I think everyone at our wedding took a picture of the marque.

Linda

 

[emc1123]

Linda, your day looked fantastic! We are going to be about 50 people as well and I was just hoping the place didn't feel empty.

 

[lpizzuro123]

Linda, your day looked fantastic! We are going to be about 50 people as well and I was just hoping the place didn't feel empty.

Thank you for your nice words. ADH did not feel too empty with our 50. I'm at work right now, but can post more photos tonight or tomorrow if you are interested in our set up. We will probably be in Disney for you wedding. Our 5 year anniversary is November 10, 2013 and we are taking a Disney cruise with around 12 of our friends and the cruise leaves on the 10th. We are going down a few days early for the F&W Festival.

Linda