Rehearsal Dinner

[PRPrincess1081]

Is it necessary to have a rehearsal dinner for a wishes wedding?
If you think yes or no please give me an opinion as to why you said yes and/or no.

Thanks a bunch

 

[ElleBren]

If you don't want to have one then don't worry about it. My rehearsal is at 1pm and we are eating at 5:30, I guess it could be called a rehearsal dinner, but its more like my parents & his getting together to eat with us.

I don't think anyone has to have one. We figured we had to eat so way not together. I was stressing on this point to, whats the perfect restaurant what to do and all that jazz. I also don't have a huge bridal party, just my sister and Mikes friend. Do what you want, if you and your fiance want to eat alone go for it, there is no right or wrong on this one.

 

[SarahInMN]

Instead of a rehearsal dinner, we are having a Welcome Dinner. We aren't having a rehearsal at all. The night before our wedding we're hosting a dinner for everyone (about 50 guests) at the California Grill (which will be timed so that the fire works happen some time around dessert).

It seems to be a split opinion here on the boards: some people have may have a dinner, a brunch, or a tea as their rehearsal "dinner."

 

[lpizzuro123]

Our wedding is a Monday morning in Epcot. Most of our bridal party will be in Friday but one person is not getting in until Saturday early evening. With all that is going on with the airlines now, I didn't want to worry about her missing the rehersal so I figured we would do it Sunday morning. After that we will be taking the bridal party and their guests plus immediate family (18 all together) to breakfast at Cape May Cafe. This way they can have the rest of the day to explore the parks.

We really wanted to do a welcome dinner at 'Ohana but we are expecting 50 guests and it would almost be like two weddings if we did that. What we are doing though is most of our guests are staying at POFQ and Saturday night we are letting everyone know that we will be hanging out in the ScatCat lounge listening to Elliott Dyson. He performs from 9:00pm to midnight. This way people can enjoy the parks during the day and even go out to eat and then hopefully stop by the lounge on the way to their room to say hello.

You definately do not have to do a rehersal meal but I really wanted to get everyone together before the ceremony to enjoy themselves. Besides the fact that not everyone feels the same way we do about WDW and we want to show them some of the fun things to do.

Linda

 

[Cosi Bella]

I dont think it is necessary at all. I think you should do what ever makes you comfortable. Really, the less stress you have the better, and trying to figure out where and when and what to do will be hard on you. If you want to have one, then go for it! But if you dont, I dont think it would be bad at all.

We're having a rehearsal Dessert party in Epcot (UK lower). Its in our budget so we decided to go for it, and I really wanted to try and figure out how to have a dessert party somewhere in there, so this works out perfectly for us! Plus, it will be cheaper than hosting a dinner since its just dessert!

 

[lurkyloo]

I don't think you should feel obligated to have one. We figured we'd rather spend the money on a fabulous reception and dessert party for our guests then make them go to yet another wedding-related event.

At the last minute we added a meet 'n' greet (no food, just mingling in the lobby of our hotel) but made sure people knew it was completely optional. That way, the guests who'd rather be enjoying the parks/pool/etc. didn't have to cut into their recreation time.