How did you plan out your Reception Schedule?

[disneyberry]

I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out what the schedule for the order of events during my reception should be.

What order did you guys do things?

Also, I don't know if I'm forgetting some events. This is what I can think of right now:

Guests Move from Pre-Reception Area to their Reception Seats
First Dance
Eating!
Best Man Speech + Wedding Toast
Other Speeches/Toasts
Mother/Son Dance
Father/Daughter Dance
Cake Cutting
Farewell Dance

Can anyone share their schedule? I also can't figure out what a good timeline is, or how long each event should need.

Plus, if you can't tell hehe, I dunno if I want to get the First Dance out of the way early so I can relax and enjoy the meal instead of worrying if I'm going to forget any choreography LOL. (My recurring nightmare is not having a clue what my fiance and I are doing, and it's time for our dance >.>; )

 

[Racey]

i thought disney normally plan these time lines out? Im going to leave it all up to my wp for suggestions he he

 

[ElleBren]

Are you having a DJ? We had all those things & essentially our planner timed everything out perfectly.

I asked our dj to have us go into our first dance right after he announced us in.

Our schedule:
Planner/assistants have guests move to reception location

Once everyone was seated the dj announced his parents, my parents, BM & MOH, us. Everyone walked in and to their seat, We walked to the center of the dance floor.

First dance

We sat down and food started-we had a plated meal so I don't know how they work buffets.

Our DJ still played some good music and in between courses we had some dancers, just like 3 couples or so.

After food we went into father/daughter & Mother/son dances.

Dance time

about an hour before the reception ended the planner talked to the dj and he announced cake cutting & right after the cake cutting while everyone was up we also did the bouquet toss. (No garter for us but I'm sure it would be right after)

More dancing & then the DJ knew when to play the final song.

Our planner left right after the cake cutting as she was essentially done, we had an event coordinator til the end in case anything happened.

 

[SarahInMN]

As Racey mentioned, our planner went through the timeline/events with us at the planning session. She had a sheet and went through the "what about..." and we said yes or no. This is just me (and I am a "someone else take care of all the details" bride) but I wouldn't worry about it: the coordinators/planners do this all the time and they'll make certain that nothing gets left out unless you want it left out.

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Your planner gives you a timeline of how things should go throughout the day. It is also listed on your BEO.