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[erinlovesmelvin]

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[pixie08]

I know quite a few girls on these boards who have had under 30 people and have had beautiful weddings! Only certain locations will be off limits like the American rotunda which has 100 person min....but otherwise you will have the custom wedding of your choice!

 

[Skylarr29]

You can still have an amazing wedding at Disney with only 30 guests!! Don't let that discourage you! You can just have a little bit more room in the budget to do extra special things that you may not have been able to do with a ton of people!

 

[Laurafoster]

did anyone have a custom wedding with only like 30 guests a lot of my family will not be able to come :-( and now im well kinda upset.. but just wondering

erin

Know the feeling! I was only ever going to be having a small wedding of about 40 ish people anyway but now i only have 26 guests!

My Wedding isnt until December though, but im really excited now.
I was originally bummed that alot of my family didnt want to go (t wasnt that they couldnt they told us they didnt WANT to ) but i decided that yes im disappointed but i still wanted a disney wedding and now its going to be them with the regrets not me.

 

[ButterflyBride]

I confess that I was hoping that mine turned out that way <where only a few people were able to attend> so that it would really be only those who truly wanted to share the day with us.. I am disappointed my head count is ballooning.. I hope that doesn't make me an evil person! I would love to be able to put the money from the excess towards special things for those I want there!

 

[druidia]

I think we ended up with 35 total, including us. We only invited 50 people, to keep it manageable. I purposely cut out a lot of people from the invite, because I actually wanted to enjoy my wedding day!

My DH and I paid for our wedding, so we controlled the guest list. Sadly, it seems when the parents are paying, they get crazy with the number of people invited. That just makes for a stressed out couple who don't eat their dinner, don't enjoy their cake, and the day turns out to be about everyone else but them! OK, off my soapbox.

Personally, I think our number was perfect. If you don't pick a large location, you won't feel overwhelmed by the space and underwhelmed by the number of guests.

Don't let the guest count get to you; think about all of the things you can do to enhance your wedding and the guests experience if there are fewer of them!

 

[dsnyfan6/18]

OK.. I had 33 people. Let me tell you that having a small wedding was the best decision I ever made! I saw everyone for a few days before the wedding, for the rehearsal, etc. so the wedding was not the first time I saw everyone. This way I didn't have to go around thanking 100+ people at the reception. I was able to sit down, eat, dance and have a great time.

I have NO regrets about havign a small wedding.
Good luck!

 

[erinlovesmelvin]

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[pixie08]

we are getting our contract drawn up for the wedding pavallion and the atlantic dance hall.. will that be to big for like 30 people?

Erin :-(

For ADH I don't believe it is a question of how many people but there is a minimum food and bev expenditure you must have. (check on wishbook or ask your em the exact amount) If you can meet that number and that is the place for you I say go for it. What's nice about there is I believe they do 4 top tables so you can have like 8 or 9 tables on the floor! Plus the Boardwalk area is stunning (not that I am partial )!

 

[CA_Stitch]

we are getting our contract drawn up for the wedding pavallion and the atlantic dance hall.. will that be to big for like 30 people?

Erin :-(

Hi Erin,

Our wedding was a custom wedding at the Wedding Pavilion and Atlantic Dance Hall. We had 20 people and it was so much fun. It was the right amount to have a cocktail reception on the top floor and we all fit around the dance floor... I thought it was really nice and elegant.

 

[ItGirl753]

Hi Erin,

Our wedding was a custom wedding at the Wedding Pavilion and Atlantic Dance Hall. We had 20 people and it was so much fun. It was the right amount to have a cocktail reception on the top floor and we all fit around the dance floor... I thought it was really nice and elegant.

CAStitch, Have you ever posted a link to your photos? I'd really like to see them!

 

[Codie]

we are getting our contract drawn up for the wedding pavallion and the atlantic dance hall.. will that be to big for like 30 people?

Erin :-(

I have to be honest...I had hoped for a max of 50-60...99 wasn't bad, but I really think a smallish intimate of 30 sounds awesome!! I had mine at the ADH and really all you notice is the dance floor because of the way it is sunk in. There are twelve tables down there that seat 4 each...so that would be more than perfect for you...congrats and enjoly!!

 

[KT27]

I had 35 & our reception was "perfect" at Ariel's. I got to visit with each & everyone of our guests.

 

[princessbride6205]

We had a custom wedding with only 18 guests. We used the Wedding Pavilion and Ariel's. I had been hoping for more guests, but a small celebration worked out wonderfully!

 

[SRUAlmn]

I'm glad you posted this because I think that's how ours is going to end up too! I went through a LOT of debate because as a little girl I always dreamed of walking down that long aisle with tons of people oohing and awing (I know, I'm a dork!) However, I'm older now, and having it in WDW meant a lot more to me than having a bunch of attention on me for an hour or so We figure that the people who really mean the most to us are the ones who will be there and that's all that matters!

 

[jojoandhb]

I have a similar dilema. Our original guest list was 120 people, and I was fine with that. Unfortunately, there was a big family fight, and almost none of my family is speaking to my grandma, who raised me. On top of that, Scott's family had a big blowout over his sister. Now his mother and sister are alientated from everyone. Our guest list went down to 60. Out of those, I got a lot of, "I'm not coming if you invite so-and-so." I didn't want to deal with that. So, we thought we'd invite my brother, my sister, my best friend, and Scott's brother and his wife and go to Disney instead of a big hometown thing. It's actually less money to go to Disney and so fun! Simple, right? Not too many people. But, now my friend is giving me grief about her new boyfriend that she is hoping will marry her. She's even told me that other people's wedding annoy her, and she's not being a good MOH. Every time I ask her opinion about something she says something like, "You change your mind all of the time." I'm just asking for advice on an idea, but she's not into it or excited about it. I'm considering cutting the list down to 4. I'd rather have 4 people there who are really happy for us than 120 who can't get past their personal issues for one day. It's YOUR day. It's YOUR celebration. It's not for anyone else. Focus on you and who truly cares about you as a couple and supports you.

 

[disneyheaven]

We just had our Disney wedding, and we had exactly 46 people (including us) so 44 guests. And it was magical. It was intimate, yet fun and lively!! I was nervous that the reception would be quiet and no one would dance but we had a blast! Everyone did!! There was so much socializing and dancing, it was wonderful!!!!! You are going to have a ball!!!!

 

[DisneyFairy19]

I am sure having 30 guests will be lovely... You can mingle better with them than having 100 or more... I come from a big family so I am having 125 guests and I wish I can narrow it down a lot more.. but when you have 30 first cousins and those cousins have children,,, its hard to narrow it down