Grand Villa Rehearsal Dinner?

twoodvb

Earning My Ears
Joined
Aug 15, 2012
Has anyone held their rehearsal dinner and/or fair well brunch in a grand villa versus a restaurant/hall?
 
This is what I'm planning to do for our wedding in October. We are doing more of a welcome party for all wedding guests rather than just family, and having another event done through Disney or in a restaurant would be out of the question cost-wise! Interested to see if any other Disbrides/grooms have experience with this!
 
Well we were able to snag a three bedroom grand villa in The Contemporary Bay Lake tower with a theme park view for the night before and the night of our wedding! Plan is to do a "Wicked Welcome Party" - a Halloween themed welcome party after the wedding rehearsal instead of the typical rehearsal dinner, so all our guests will be included. People will be encouraged to wear Halloween costumes, villain inspired outfits or black outfits, and then hopefully at the end of the night we will watch the fireworks from Not So Scary Halloween Party over the MK since it will be an event night. Serving light, cheap food that won't take anything to prepare. Thinking about getting deli platters and stuff from Costco or maybe Publix. Then having Halloween-themed treats like baggies of candy for people to take home and mickey shaped rice krispy treats and villain-inspired cookies that we can bake a few days ahead. The wedding is the next morning at Wedding Pavilion with brunch reception at GF ballrooms, and then later that night hosting "Happily Ever After Party" back at our grand villa. We're taking the idea of doing a dessert party and making it cheaper by doing it ourselves, and adding cocktails to the mix. Going to hand out cheap light up necklaces from Oriental Trading to everyone and then watch Happily Ever After fireworks over MK, God willing. Will let everyone know how this all works out in the end.
 


Just thought of something. I don't think we are having a rehearsal - but if we were to have one - does the groom's parents take care of this or is it all on the couple or the bride's parents.

I doubt there is any right or wrong either way......just from reading a lot of these wedding threads, don't remember seeing much mention of rehearsals.

TIA
 
Traditionally, the bride's parents pay for the wedding and the groom's parents pay for the rehearsal dinner. But that's kinda antiquated nowadays, with same-sex marriages and couples paying for their own weddings. Of course, the couple will be super-grateful if *anybody* else contributes or covers the cost of an event!
 


That's what I thought. There has been no mention of it and since it's a very small bridal party.......I don't think one is needed.
 
Just thought of something. I don't think we are having a rehearsal - but if we were to have one - does the groom's parents take care of this or is it all on the couple or the bride's parents.

I doubt there is any right or wrong either way......just from reading a lot of these wedding threads, don't remember seeing much mention of rehearsals.

TIA

I second Lurkyloo, tradition has sort of flown out the window. Most couples I know pay for their own weddings, and are ecstatic when anyone tells them they will take care of ANY element of it, be it rehearsal dinner, dress, photography, anything to take some of the burden off. They don't expect anyone to pay for any specific element, as was done traditionally. We have been extremely lucky, though neither of our parents are in a situation to pay for the wedding itself, my mom being a vacation club member is the reason we have a venue to host a Welcome Party and Dessert Party, and my mom and my sister split the cost of my dress. Being a bride myself now, I feel like the next wedding I go to I will offer to contribute towards an element of it rather than buying them a typical gift.
 

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