What should guests wear for a theme park reception?

[Belle1981]

We are planning for a WP ceremony but we aren't sure how everyone should dress for a Epcot reception...Does anyone have any ideas on this? Obviously not black tie but I don't want anyone in jeans. Should we include this somewhere on the invites?

 

[cryssi]

Probably something like cocktail attire? Business casual? We had a park reception and tried to tell all our guests to wear comfortable shoes LOL since they would be doing a LOT of walking! some people didn't get the memo though! LOL We said comfortable clothes, but people in our family wouldn't dream of being super casual to a wedding, so we weren't worried that they would come in jeans and tennies...for example, my aunt's wedding they said "resort attire" (casual), and everyone dressed like they typically do for a wedding, suits and ties, dresses...

p.s. we didn't state it anywhere on our invites...

 

[chipscinderelly]

Our event in MGM was black tie optional and we did actually list it (I know bad form) on the invite as it was important that our guests understand. For our welcome party we indicated via emails and phone calls that it was park casual - which we intended to mean come in what you were wearing that day. For a Disney Wedding I'd be cautious to use "resort casual" as that may mean something else on Disney property - esp since we all get asked "is Mickey going to marry you".


If you are doing a website or a newsletter you can always include FAQs on attire so that it seems as if someone already asked.

 

[luvsmickey]

Since everyone invited is actually family, we're going to inclose a formal letter in the Announcement (prior to the wedding) and formally invite them to the ceremony or reception. (some are only invited to the dinner and desert party, like I said it's family and they all understand that it's just immediate family at the ceremony) Anyway, we are including the attire in the note! I'm like you, don't want anyone showing up in jeans or shorts! Anyway, I'm sure the people you are inviting are close to you and will not think it's tacky to let them know what they are expected to wear! I'm going to describe the dress as semi-formal/cocktail. Since this isn't a normal wedding, I don't think it's expected to do everything as traditionally as having a traditional wedding! Well, good luck with whatever you decide.

 

[ead79]

Where in Epcot are you planning to have your reception? If you are transporting your guests via a backstage entrance and chartered busses, then there actually won't be very much walking at all (this is what we did--our reception was at the American Adventure Rotunda). Typically guests should choose what to wear to a wedding based on the time of day. For example, typically morning weddings are much more casual than late evening weddings. Our wedding was a black tie optional 7:30 pm ceremony, so our guests dressed accordingly.

 

[disprincessatheart]

I had the same dilemma. My parents flipped out that I wanted to put Semi-formal attire on the invitations. They promised that they will tell everyone. We saw a wedding at the same place we're planning to have ours (french island upper) and everyone was dressed as they would be for any other wedding - dressed up but not black tie.

 

[wendy46001]

We had the opposite issue, DH's family thought jeans/short would be ok because it was an EPCOT reception (they looked at it like they’d be going to a theme park not a wedding) ....UGH....so the only way i could avoid that is to put black tie optional on the invite....that way i knew they would wear church attire.....