Reception Help...again...

[Swana9]

I am sorry to keep reposting about this, but it is the biggest thing I am worried about...

Can anyone tell me how their ballroom reception went? I read that you can only bring 2 items to set up per table?

I have so many things I want to set up in the ballroom, am I not going to be able to do it all? I feel like I am spending so much to have it at Disney but that I am restricted as to what I can have..

Also, how does going with an outside vendor save money? Do I find someone to set up the ballroom for me? Does Disney allow this?

Sooo confused... I just want it to be beautiful and amazing... but I feel like Disney has so many restrictions and guidelines..

Any experienced brides out there that can help?

Thank you

 

[bigr3ddog]

I am sorry to keep reposting about this, but it is the biggest thing I am worried about...

Can anyone tell me how their ballroom reception went? I read that you can only bring 2 items to set up per table?

I have so many things I want to set up in the ballroom, am I not going to be able to do it all? I feel like I am spending so much to have it at Disney but that I am restricted as to what I can have..

Also, how does going with an outside vendor save money? Do I find someone to set up the ballroom for me? Does Disney allow this?

Sooo confused... I just want it to be beautiful and amazing... but I feel like Disney has so many restrictions and guidelines..

Any experienced brides out there that can help?

Thank you

The answer to this question is more complicated now than it would've been last week. Basically, if you use a ballroom, you can have anyone you want decorate it with hardly any restrictions. If you use Disney, then you can bring in two things per placesetting (I think) that Disney will set up for you, but beyond that, you, or someone else in your party, will have to set them up. If you are looking for the least restrictions, then outside vendor in a ballroom is the way to go. Disney will let an outside vendor set everything up in a ballroom, but not in a pre-themed area, which is almost any other reception venue other than a ballroom.

Under the old cost structure, an outside vendor would probably have saved you money because they typically charge less than Disney. However, under the new cost structure, since you now have to spend $5000-$10,000 minimum in enhancements outside of food and ceremony venue, using an outside vendor may not save you money overall.

If you want least restrictions and most flexibility, go ballroom and outside vendor. However, under new cost structure, you will not necessarily save money this way.

 

[Chilly]

I'm not aware of the new cost structure but I was always under the impression you could have as much stuff as you wanted but Disney would only put out 2 items for free otherwise they'd charge a fee to put them out for you.

 

[Chilly]

Oh and its not 2 items per table, its 2 items per setting, so for me they put out the name card and favour.

 

[mb187143]

... If you use Disney, then you can bring in two things per placesetting (I think) that Disney will set up for you, but beyond that, you, or someone else in your party, will have to set them up.

Not true- Disney will set up more than 2 items per place setting for you, they just charge you for it. I'm not even going to quote the fee because it may be different now anyway.

The new cost structure may change a lot or very little depending on what your plans were to begin with. If we had our wedding under those rules, the difference would have been the additional money for the WP, but the rest of our event would have cost almost exactly the same.

Even under the old rules you still had to spend somewhere between $10K and $20K with Disney. Now the minimum is lower and food/beverage doesn't count toward it, and either do your venues. Even if you used an outside vendor for floral and decor, you still had to spend disney's minimum under the old rules. It will change some peoples plans significantly, others not so much.