Hi everyone!!
Hope you have a great Thanksgiving...I REALLY need your help before my invitations go out with the wrong time on them!
Take a look at our wedding day schedule:
4:30-5:00.......Ceremony
5:00-6:30.......Pictures and down time for guests
6:30-8:00.......Cocktail Hour
8:00-12:00.....Reception
Ok, so we are getting married in a church right across the street from our reception, which is in a hotel. We planned the start of the cocktail hour when we did because my FI is dead set on getting all the pics, etc. done between 5:00 and 6:30 so we can join for most of our cocktail hour and mingle there since we are not doing a receiving line. I'm really stressed about the hour and a half the guests have before the cocktail hour.
On the up side, MOST of our guests are staying overnight and maybe can use that time to check-in to the room and freshen up. There is also a bar/sitting area in the lobby they can hang out at. I guess I just don't want the guests hanging around or "over-served" since our cocktail hour is LONG but with TONS of food.
SO, do you think the hour and a half down time is a problem, or a welcomed break to go back to the hotel rooms/freshen up, or just catch up with other guests? My FI has very strong opinions about this...