Keira1387: Our sales manager told us that Disney weddings bring out a higher perentage then other weddings.
Thats what my planner said when I sent her a frantic email at 1am last night lol! I guess people just like disney as much as me
Skylarr29: Also remember that all of those people will request your help with hotel rooms, tickets, directions etc. and you will have to make sure they all end up in the right spot. It will be A LOT of work and very stressful.
The stress level explains my 1am email to Stacey at DFTW lol! The only good thing is my cousin had a DFTW a few years ago and I am hoping people still know the drill, she said they were pretty cool and didnt really bug her a lot... I'm keeping my fingers crossed
DISNEYMAGIC2005 Last semester we had a guest speaker and it was one of the wedding planners from "Who's wedding is it anyway?". Anyways the first thing she asked us was, how many people would you treat without hesitation to a $75 dinner? I think for the most part the class said less than 30. So then she said that's how many people you should have at your wedding!
Anyways I say this to say I'm sure Disney would be more than willing to plan your wedding for as many people as you like. I know that the limit for the weddding pavillion is 300 people. But who is it that you really want there? Also the more people that you have the more people that you will have to tend to so keep that in mind.
I'm going to steal that advice and tell my mother to start cutting! Thank you, you said it perfectly!
Tinkerbellandfamily We wanted something small (10 or 15) and ended up with about 36. We have relatives in Florida so then they wanted to be invited and then their kids who live in another state wanted to come....The list just got bigger. You'd be suprised at the people that want to go.
It's all that Disney Magic I guess, I can't believe how many people want to make the trip!
DisneyBrideToni We invited 36 and we have 34 coming. That is fine with us since we really didn't want a huge wedding.
So jealous! I would love that but I have a huge family, oh well
LuluLovesDisney Wow, I was just complaining about this today. We started with a list of 180 and now it is 165. I am hoping it gets to like 120 and I am actually hoping for a final count of 75-100 max. Most are from my mom.
I completely agree with what Skylarr said. It is tough, though.
That was my original list and I wanted 120 max... I guess we'll see how the cutting goes lol!
GlobalDiva I feel ya
Our original list had about 420. We cut it down, and officially invited 314 people, but we're ending up with about 195 in the end. I think the economy has kept a lot of people from making the trip. Most of my guests are from South Florida, a large handful from Canada, and a few other places around the US.
I'd say time of year, and maybe where your guests are from will affect most how many people decide to come. I think fewer people are coming to ours because we did our wedding right after the holidays, so people probably didn't wanna take more time off right after Christmas. Who knows--it can be a variety of reasons.
Our wedding is also adults-only; and with many guests, we picked whichever generation we were closest to so as to not deal with inviting so-and-so and their kids, and their grandkids, etc. The puck just has to stop somewhere; you can't invite everyone. That also kept our list from going astronomically higher. But the "adults only" thing isn't what's keeping guests from coming because all my guests with small kids are attending, actually.
I'll let you know how many show up since it's showtime in less than 2 weeks!!!
I will tell you this--you can't really predict anything at all. I had a lot of guest drama from close family--practically none of my first cousins are coming and most of them never bothered to reply, which sucked royally because there are a number of friends we would have invited in their place (i have A LOT of 1st cousins). Many super close friends that I expected my whole life since childhood to be at my wedding aren't coming for a variety of reasons. And some guests that I am close to who are more economically challenged that I thought might not be able to make it are coming and were among the first to book their hotels.
So in short, anything's possible!
Not being able to predict is whats killing me, I'm a planner (I think most disBrides are by nature
) I have alot of cousins too so I feel ya, I have 51 1st cousins on my dads side! It's getting a little nutty, people need to stop having kids in my family
Cant wait to see the update in 2 weeks
twiu We invited 202 and ended up with about 150. I've always wanted a big wedding and it was fun!
Don't compromise on what you want. This is your one big day and you don't want to regret it.
I was hoping you would stop by here, you had yours at ADH and thats where mine is too, did you feel tight/cramped in ADH at all? I would be fine with around 150 max I think. I can never say no to a good party
ToniDMB You people are freaking me out!!!!
Long story, but I had no choice but to invite 217 people and our reception location can only accomodate a portion of that, basically we need around 100 people not to come or we'll be forced to move locations which is NOT an option we even want to think about. The reason so many people got invited is because both my parents and his mother overinvited. After counting the bridal party (including parents, grandparents, spouses, significant others, and children) we knew that we could each only afford to invite an additional 30 people per couple (meaning, his mom, my parents and me and the fiance). His mom gave me a list with 67 people, my parents gave me a list with 54 and Heath and I were the only ones to stick to our 30. Now all I am hearing is "we're coming, we're coming". I'm sick in my stomach thinking that everything we have planned will be different. I seriously would be devestated. When someone tells me they aren't coming, I jump for joy inside.
I feel you! WE need a support group for disbrides with huge families
Don't stress, everyone here is so supportive. When is your big day?
Help! My list is growing wayyyyy too fast! My Mom added 70 people today alone! I am right at 272 now!
It's your day after all 
