Venues

proudtobeazebra

Hi, I just got engaged and I am starting to look at venues. I am particularly looking at Cloisters Castle, the Baltimore Aquarium, and Chase Court.

Does anyone have any experience with any of those venues?? Anything you liked/didn't like, pricing, etc?? Thanks!!

tracyalexandra

I'm only starting to look at venues myself, so I can't offer a bride's perspective on these venues, but I've been to weddings at the Cloisters and at Chase Court. Both were absolutely beautiful. However, at the Cloisters, I remember that the tables were split up, some outside and some inside. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it seemed that one room couldn't hold everyone. (This wedding probably had 100+ people, though.) As for Chase, the only thing I didn't like was that the ceremony was held outside in the evening and I couldn't hear the vows due to street noise. (There's a road right on the other side of a 10- or 12-foot wall.)

Probably nowhere will be totally perfect, just some things to think about. Good luck with your search!

Alcyone1

My friend's wedding at the Cloisters was gorgeous.  Good luck!

breaness

We were looking at the aquarium as a place for our reception before settling on the location that we did choose. It's definitely a neat spot.

ohkkrista

The Cloisters is gorgeous! They don't have AC though, so if you're planning a summer wedding you might want to think about that.

The Aquarium is awesome (one of my good friends works there) and extremely reasonably priced and there a few options for where you can have everything set up.. I remember two which were either in the pavilion or in the shark area. I do know that weddings/receptions there can't go past a certain time (I think it was 10:30-ish?) because of the tanks and animals and sleeping/feeding schedules.

SitaraG

I just recently booked the Gramercy Mansion for my wedding. I looked at the Cloisters, which was my 2nd choice. We looked at 6 places. I really liked the Cloisters. I loved the setting and the inside and outside area. The main reason I decided against it, was I felt like it was a little too chopped up and that my guest would all be in different rooms. Plus, for dinner I wanted everyone to be in the same room. At the Cloisters my guest would have been divided between 2 rooms and at Gramercy everybody can fit in one room for dinner. Depends on what you want for your wedding.