Who has thought about times already?

TogetherPerfect · September 2012

FI and I were talking this weekend about what time the ceremony will start, and what time the reception would start. We have thrown around multiple ideas, but just know we want it to be in the evening. I was thinking ceremony at 5 or 530, receiving line and a smoothie bar at the church right after (our church has a very large gathering area as you enter/exit that we would use for this), then the reception either 7-11 or 730-1130 (obviously depends on what time the ceremony starts, the two places are about 20 min away).

We don't want the reception to go too late cause we are going to the Great Wolf Lodge (indoor waterpark/hotel) that night and want to be able to enjoy the jacuzzi suite before heading to the indoor waterpark on Sun. lol

Have you ladies thought about timing yet?

rswans · September 2012

I think we're having the ceremony at 4 and the reception from 6-11. They are about 25 minutes apart, so hopefully timing will work out well. The reception room is open about 30 minutes before and the first hour (6-7) is cocktail hour, so it should be enough time for us to get pictures and get to the end of the cocktail hour without making people wait around between the ceremony and reception. At least, I hope so!

Krikin22 · September 2012

We are having our ceremony outside so we are starting around 5 or 5:30 to get good lighting for our pictures. The best time is an hour before sunset. Our reception immediatley follows after the ceremony at the same location, I'm planning on it being done by 10 or 11.

Swazzle · September 2012

Our ceremony will start at 6pm, cocktail hour from 6:30 - 7:30 and the reception from 7:30 - 11.30.

shano06 · September 2012

We are still trying to figure ours out. We originally planned for ceremony at 6:30pm, cocktails 7-8, and reception till 11:30pm. But then since we are getting married on a Friday we may change the start time to 7pm so our guests won't have to worry so much about rush hour traffic.

ameliah19 · September 2012

Ceremony starts at 6:30. Receiving line immediatley to follow. We aren't having a cocktail hour since we will do first look and all other pictures beforehand, so hopefully reception starts at 7:30 and will end at 12.

Annas2013 · September 2012

Our ceremony will start at 4 or 4:30. The cocktail hour will be short and until about 5 or 5:30 depending on when the ceremony starts. Everything will be over by 10, or at least that's when we're leaving.. That's giving everyone 45 min to an hour to eat and then 3 to 4 hours of dancing.

RebCappon · September 2012

We're a Friday night so ceremony is starting at 6 with dinner being served around 7:30-8ish.

I am still trying to convince FI to do photos beforehand to make the time between ceremony and reception a smaller window.

SSaltzman87 · September 2012

We're figuring our ceremony will start at 6:30, then dinner will start around 7:15-7:30 since it'll all be in the same room. Photos will for sure be done before the ceremony. Then the reception will go from 7:30-11:30 since that's when my venue says we have to be out, lol.

msbdumas · September 2012

The ceremony is starting at 3..cocktail hour is from 430 to 530 then we go into reception and will be ending at 10p.

jmozul01 · September 2012

Our reception can't start any later than 430 because we're using a part of the venue that is needed for other things later that night. And our ceremony will be at 1:30 ending around 2:30. I dont love having that 2 hour gap but we kinda need it to be able to have everyone get from the ceremony to the hotel then be shuttled to the reception.

deviousmuse · September 2012

Our ceremony starts at 6, then the reception from 6:30-10:30. From there, we will be moving to a little bar that has live music for our after party to continue with our friends before heading to the hotel.

rlmarroc · September 2012

We are having a full Catholic Mass starting at 2 PM. So that should be maximum 1.5 hours long (our Priest is known for short homilies!). Most of our guests are from out of town so we will not be starting our reception until 6. This way, our guests can go check in at the hotel about 20 minutes away, get a drink, and then catch the shuttle over to our reception venue for cocktail hour. We thought this way would be best too so everyone can fully enjoy the open bar!

bburkel · September 2012

Ceremony will be at 2 or 2:15 (depending on the chair people) outdoors. There will be a gap between the 2. And, the locations are a good 30 minutes apart. So, the social hour and receiving line will start at 5, and dinner will be at 6 or 6:30. Dance will start after that and go till about midnight. We have our DJ for 7 hours.

MamaBear904 · September 2012

Because im having a mid-day wedding, time is a big crunch for me because there will likely be an evening wedding after mine. My ceremony will be at 11:30 with reception immediately following. Our reception will end by 3pm.

One nice aspect about the morning-ish wedding is that we will have lots of time for photos before the wedding. Which is a big reason I am opting to do first look before the wedding.

agancedo · September 2012

I think mine is the latest lol! I put the times when we reserved our venue so i'm not 100% sure lol but I am almost positive that ceremony starts at 7 and then the guest go to cocktail/reception location which is 5 minutes away just down the street for cocktails at 8 and then the dinner dancing from 9-1.

melb2013 · September 2012

Ceremony is at 5:30, receiving line into cocktail hour from 6-7, reception from 7-11:30. Everything is all back to back- that was really important to us.

[Deleted User] · September 2012

Our ceremony is at 3pm and reception is from 4:30-7pm. Then we're headed out for the after party around 11

tlc35 · September 2012

My ceremony and reception are at the same place and ceremony starts at 7 since it is on a Friday night. I want to take most of the pictures before so we don't miss too much!

Danny&Mel2003 · September 2012

Thankfully everything is at same place for us. Ceremony starts 530 end 6, cocktail hr 6 to 7 dinner an reception 7 to 11. Our venue has 6 different areas an they only do 1 wedding a day so we can pick any of the areas we want for that day! It'll give a different view for our guests.

beckyh77 · September 2012

Our timing is tentative. Right now we're thinking ot a 3:00 ceremony. The reception site is 30 min away and some out of towners will need to check into their hotel afterward. A cocktail hour 4:30-6, Dinner 6:30-7:30, then dance until midnight-ish.

SRRL18 · September 2012

Our ceremoney is either at 2 or 2:30. The rest of it, I have no clue and I don't even want to think about it yet.

joka0606 · September 2012

ceremony at 1:30 pm, cocktail hour to start at 5, dinner at 6 and dancing until 2 am

it will be a very longggggg day!

worrelsj · September 2012

30 minute ceremony starts at 2pm, cocktail hour goes from 4-5, with dinner being served shortly after we arrive at 5ish. Dinner will be about an hour and then dancing until 9-10, with the after party beginning then with all of our friends. Our venues are about 20-25 minutes apart and with what our photographer requested for picture time dictated most of our schedule. Our ceremony space is a historical landmark for our county and we have the option of having the exhibit open to our guests to kill time after the ceremony, we plan on that. Our wedding is also on a Sunday.

VJones1981 · September 2012

As of right now, we are planning on the ceremony starting at 2:30. The priest said to allow 1 hour for that, so it should end by 3:30. The reception will begin at 4 with cocktail hour, then dinner shortly after 5. Hopefully dinner will be finished around 6, then we will do special dances and open up the dance floor. Everything will end around 9. After the reception, we are going to Philadelphia for the night. We may book a courtesy suite for anyone who wants to come out with us to keep the celebration going. Doing that, even if we buy a few rounds, should cost less than adding an hour to our venue.

jenniferbrito · September 2012

ceremony at 5:30, cocktail at 6, dinner at 7 and dance 8-1am

all at the same location

babyblues21 · September 2012

FI and I are having such a hard time figuring this out. His family has a dairy farm, so we basically have to plan around feeding and milking times, but there really isn't any time of the day that is ideal unless we get married at 11 AM. (no)

Ideally I would like the ceremony to be at 3 or 3:30 but when I told FMIL this she said "that would probably be the worst time". Just hoping we get it figured out soon so we can sign our catering contract and florist contract!

Nessasaurus · September 2012

As of right now the ceremony will start at 6, then cocktail hour 6:45 to 7:30 or 7:45, and after that the reception until 11 or 12. Our venue goes to 11 so if we want to go to 12 we will have to pay for the extra hour so we havent decided yet

stacyf320 · October 2012

im thinkin cermony at 3 last till abt 3:30 our reception is abt 30 min away but where out cermony location is we hav to transport our guests on either a wagon or something since its only escisable by 4wheel drive...so it will take a min to get the guests back to thier cars...and we are doin pics after figured abt 4:30 for reciving line and around 5 for dinner and we hav to b out of the reciption hall by 11:30 i think...

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