Split Buffet or All Included meal plan???

[DJ Disney Kid]

Is it worth it to split your buffet meal between dinner and pre-reception or just just get one of the all included meals that has the dinner and reception?

 

[sambycat]

i don't have an answer and i am not sure this is what you are asking exactly, but i was slightly taken aback to learn that moving food already part of our chaosen brunch buffet to be part of the pre-reception is apparently going to cost "more" per our wedding planner. this seems like all kinds of BS to me, and of course the idea was put into my head by the sales consultant AND i understand that moving things woould mean possibly a charge for another table and set up that way, but our planner said that if you move it off the buffett "people will eat more" and "the chefs said we have to charge more for that".

i've no idea how much more or if i can talk her down from this statment, but thats what we were told a couple days ago and i am annoyed!

good luck!

 

[Cait8383]

I had the same reaction from my planner. I was told it would costa and additional $9pp to move some items off the buffet to the pre-reception.

 

[PartofDisney'sWorld]

i don't have an answer and i am not sure this is what you are asking exactly, but i was slightly taken aback to learn that moving food already part of our chaosen brunch buffet to be part of the pre-reception is apparently going to cost "more" per our wedding planner. this seems like all kinds of BS to me, and of course the idea was put into my head by the sales consultant AND i understand that moving things woould mean possibly a charge for another table and set up that way, but our planner said that if you move it off the buffett "people will eat more" and "the chefs said we have to charge more for that".

i've no idea how much more or if i can talk her down from this statment, but thats what we were told a couple days ago and i am annoyed!

good luck!

That's interesting because I was planning on moving food from my brunch buffet to the pre-reception. I remember reading a thread somewhere on here that somebody else did that and they saved money.

 

[lurkyloo]

this seems like all kinds of BS to me, and of course the idea was put into my head by the sales consultant AND i understand that moving things woould mean possibly a charge for another table and set up that way, but our planner said that if you move it off the buffett "people will eat more" and "the chefs said we have to charge more for that"

I had the same reaction from my planner. I was told it would costa and additional $9pp to move some items off the buffet to the pre-reception.

Are you guys having your pre-receptions in a different room than your receptions? Or maybe asking to serve some hot items? Cuz those are the only things I can think of that would cause enough hassle to warrant charging you extra.

At the Attic, there was a space inside used for coffee, tea & juice and they just served the fruit and muffins from our brunch there, early. Then, when the reception started, the rest of the brunch was set out on the table on the deck. You can bet I woulda raised a stink if I'd been told it would cost extra to throw a basket of muffins and a plate of fruit next to the juice!

If they won't budge, I guess it'll come down to whether or not you can get an "official" pre-reception menu for less than the $9pp they want for serving some of your buffet items early...

 

[Cait8383]

I'm having a lunch buffet and at ADH and the pre-reception is in the same location. I wanted to move a fruit salad and another salad (pasta i think) off the buffet and put it at the pre-reception. But iw ould have been charged extra for that.

 

[kmaclou]

Is that something new they're doing? My pre-reception was on the Whitehall patio and the brunch buffet reception was in the Whitehall room and I wasn't charged extra to move food off of the buffet to the pre-reception. My wedding was just 8 weeks ago and they didn't charge us to move anything.

 

[Cait8383]

Could it be different because i'm having lunch not brunch?