Tell Us About The Best Wedding You've Attended!

[Arvindmundhe]

We've had so many guest perspective posts lately, but I know a lot of us may not have attended our favorite wedding recently, so...

If you wrote a guest perspective Speed Test Scrabble Word Finder Solitaire of the best wedding you've attended, what would the "what went right" section say? What made it the best wedding ever?

 

[holden]

A good wedding has to have good music. The last wedding we attended had an awesome DJ who got everyone on the dance floor and kept them there. We had a blast!

 

[anniemae]

Personally, I don't really like common weddings. The ones where you go to the church, then go to a generic banquet hall. The best weddings I have been to have been in unique venues. One was in a historic castle, another was a beach wedding with outdoor reception under the stars, and one was a simple backyard wedding.

 

[luvsJack]

Outside ceremony right before sunset.

Fun reception with food, drinks and dancing and a wedding party that had a blast celebrating.

It wasn’t about the flowers or what kind of food or alcohol. Or the dress or the tuxes. It was about how much everyone enjoyed being together and just having a good time.

 

[firefly_ris]

It was mine! Haha.

We had a traditional Catholic mass ceremony and a regular rented venue reception. But, almost everyone from my husband's family and friends (very large family) were able to make the drive from Buffalo to Baltimore, so was glad to have everyone there. My grandparents and great-aunts were all still living at the time and all were able to attend except one (I miss them all terribly, 11 years later). We had a good DJ. My FIL paid to upgrade the bar to top shelf liquor with open bar.

Then after the reception was over, my FIL got the hotel (where DH family was all staying) trolley driver to take a group of us all to a local small area bar, where we all stayed until 1 or 2am. He picked up everyone's tab there too.

A good memory.

 

[neverlandsky]

The best was those who went to the Courthouse or Eloped and then a nice restaurant afterwards. We went to 2 of these and they were so awesome, intimate, relaxing, fun, & everyone invited ordered what food and drinks they wanted. It was about the couple and the great company.

If me & DH could have a do-over this is what we would have done as well. We were both forced into what our families wanted and not what we wanted mixed with major drama from relatives. Thank goodness our marriage isn’t based off that one day.

 

[RUDisney]

My favorite weddings were in my husband's family.

First was his cousin, Donna's. It was all about the food! The cocktail hour could have been the entire reception. It was amazing... the variety and quantity of food! We didn't eat the next day until dinner because we were still full from the night before.

Second favorite was his cousin, Dominic's. They had no band or DJ. It was a smaller reception that was just for immediate family. It was so much fun to go from table to table after dinner and actually get to talk to everyone instead of screaming to them over music. Dom's brother got married this past weekend. It was also a lot of fun and that was because of the music. The band was from Philadelphia and were amazing. They only took a break because the groom's dad and his friends played their mandolins to serenade all of us. That is on video and our kids loved seeing that after the fact.

At our wedding, my husband's uncle had some of his friends serenade our cocktail hour with their mandolins and Italian songs.

 

[lorimay]

Both of my children had amazing weddings!

My daughter was married in Disney at The Wedding Pavilion with the reception at The Atlantic Dance Hall on The Boardwalk(with a visit from Mickey & Minnie) then a dessert Party in EPCOT.
10 years later people still talk about it! DJ was amazing kept everyone on the dance floor all night. Taking a Friendship boat over to EPCOT for the dessert party was a blast, everyone was singing Disney songs on the way. So much fun!

My son was married in a window to ceiling round rotating room at the top of a hotel with night time views of Ft Lauderdale Beach and the Port Everglades.
Never sat the entire night danced our butts off. Great party! Great weekend of parties.

Our friends and family say they wish we had more kids cause we throw great weddings!

 

[skyblue17]

A good wedding has to have good music. The last wedding we attended had an awesome DJ who got everyone on the dance floor and kept them there. We had a blast!

I went to three weddings since July and two of them had bands instead of DJs. The bands were fantastic, so much so that I missed having a band at the final one, which had a DJ who kept mixing songs in a way that we kept losing the beat to dance to. Bands all the waaaay!

Related, the wedding I went to in July, the band played almost entirely upbeat songs (except for one of the groom's dance with his mother, which he obviously selected himself) and it kept everyone moving and having a great time. While I understand it's good to have a few slow songs now and then, it really brings things down when the dance floor empties because a slow song is playing.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Honestly, my favourite wedding I have been to was mine.

Other than that, a few come to mind:

My sister in law's was a ton of fun. She and her DH met in the rockabilly scene in LA in the late 80s/ early 90s. A whole bunch of their friends from that scene came----I think there were 6, maybe 7 bands that were all friends of theirs who kept taking turns playing sets---and the swing dancing was amazing to watch.

Friends in Germany who got married in the chapel inside Heidelberg castle. That was so unique and fun. It was also the first wedding we had been to in Germany, so we had not yet realized what huge and long events they are: wedding was at 8:00 (that was earlier than the norm, but is the only time the castle allows weddings), then we had breakfast, castle tours, moved to a hotel venue near by. Had lunch. A magician, a string quartet, games, coktails, dinner, DJ. . .. We left at midnight and were the first people to leave---people kept asking why were going so early.

My cousin and his wife---small wedding at my aunt's house. They asked people to bring old photos and we all sat around after the cermeony looking at them and reminscing.

I guess no one thing is the end all be all to me---but someting that feels like the couple and personable or memorable---and seeeing the couple seeming to be having fun and relaxed at the wedding instead of being stressed and trying too hard, that is what i love.

 

[MamaLema]

Ours was the best
Great music - hardly anyone sat all evening
Great food
Great dessert
DH was in a native dance group when we got married and the entire group of 30 gave a surprise performace. They had to rent a big van just for the costume changes.
People still talk about it 22 years later.

 

[DisneyHardin]

My cousin's wedding was probably the most memorable. It was at a winery and the reception was in a barn. The thing that made it so memorable was the sunset - the sun setting over the vineyard was simply amazing. We got the best family pictures and things with that sunset in the background. It was truly breathtaking.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

I've been to a lot of weddings of all flavors. Christian weddings, Jewish weddings, a Muslim wedding, a Halloween wedding of 2 of my Wiccan friends, a wedding on a beach in Jamaica, and a really interesting Hindu wedding. I've been to 2 gay weddings as well, one of which I was a groomsman.

I've been a groomsman 4 times and a Groom once.

Up until this past weekend, I would have said mine was the most fun I've had. We had a great DJ and the weather was fantastic. Great food, entertainment. It was just fun!!

Then I went to my friends wedding in Brooklyn on 10/07. Holy crap!! I've never seen anything like it before.

She is an entertainer. She sings, dances, and is an inducted member of the New York City Friars club among many other talents. She knows entertainer of all ilk. And her wedding showed it. The entertainment at this wedding was something you'd pay a large amount of money to see.

Singers, dancers, a rope dancer, and it was all officiated by an ultra popular drag queen who is currently touring around with Christina Aguilera. And this wasn't even one of the gay weddings I mentioned either!! A lot of these guys are relatively famous having worked in many On Broadway productions and movies.

Her husband, who has been a friend of mine since we were 12, is a conservative kind of guy. Seeing him in this light was eye opening for sure!! My other childhood friend and I were both groomsmen in this wedding and were petrified they were going to ask us to perform or dance or something. Thankfully all we had to do was back up vocals to the groom party entrance song. That's right, back up vocals.

It was by far the most entertaining, fun, and unique weddings I've ever been to or part of!!

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Cousin’s daughter. The ceremony was in a theatre with steep rows of seating so the view was great even in the back. We walked straight out of the ceremony into the food line. No waiting around for ANYTHING.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I'm one of those people who isn't a fan of what most people envision as the traditional wedding nor am I a fan of an over the top wedding with all kinds of entertainment and special features. The best weddings I've been to focus on the people...where there's as much chatting it up with old family and friends as there is coming together for special dances and music. I don't think my own wedding was my favorite, as it happened in three phases in three different locations/states so that dear family and friends who weren't up for travel could still celebrate with us...but I have a friend who had a great local wedding where it looked like everything you'd dream of with a traditional wedding, but it felt more like a BIG family get together without any overly pretentious or involved/forced elements.

 

[Domo]

There was one that meant a lot - to the bride.

You see, she's very ill. She has Cystic Fibrosis. So to walk down the aisle - looking stunning - was a huge triumph.

And it meant all the more as her dear father passed away a few months later. At least he could walk her down the aisle!

 

[Erzengel]

Dominican Republic destination wedding. All inclusive resort. Had a lot of fun, especially since every other wedding I've ever been to has been in a banquet hall.

 

[dotfurio]

I haven't been to a whole lot of weddings, but my favorite was DH's cousin, mostly because it was like a family reunion. The reception was lively with lots of dancing. They had the reception in a hotel and had two rooms - one for the actual reception and another for kids to hang out in if they got bored. They could do crafts, watch movies, or play games.

 

[Mirielle]

Well, I can certainly tell you about the tackiest wedding I ever attended. There were 12 bridesmaids and 12 ushers. Bridesmaids wore an eye popping shade of hot pink and carried parasols instead of bouquets. Also wore large brimmed hats that matched the dresses. Instead of a soloist or music before the vows were exchanged, the wedding party, all 24 of them, put on a floor show of sorts and swung those parasols round and round and round to recorded music that sounded like a broadway show tune. Awful, just awful!

ETA: Almost forgot, this was in a church and the floor show was in front of the altar. I suppose this really could be considered "the best wedding" after all because it was certainly wildly entertaining.

 

[AustinTink]

I went to a wedding of two musicians each from musical families. From the music at the ceremony to the 10-piece band at the reception, it blew us away. These kids were both music majors in school, she is an opera singer and he is a jazz musician. So you can imagine.