5 hour or 6 hour

Original post by Shanskibop

Jan 22, 2009 09:35 PM

Hey girls...

Question... My wedding as of now is five hours. One hour cocktail, four hour party. In my opinion, I am only going to enjoy the reception, I probably won't be a part of the cocktail hour. Do you think I should pay extra to add on an extra hour?

Celeste617 Posted: Jan 24, 2009 10:44 PM

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I think 5 hours is plenty - have you considered attending the CH?

EmiNoa628 Posted: Jan 24, 2009 10:55 PM

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Is it afternoon or evening..

I'm having a ceremony at 11:30 AM and Cocktail and reception starting at 12:00...

I'm fine with 5 hours... Its Sunday too!! Thats the day we met soo I wanted to make it special!!

EmiNoa628 Posted: Jan 24, 2009 10:57 PM

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Posted by italgal

I think 5 hours is fine. Spend the money on your honeymoon!

I agree with you... ItalGal..

Spend the money on the HM.. 5 hours are enough.. and you will be worn out by the late hours..

Cutechef729 Posted: Jan 24, 2009 11:00 PM

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I would do the 5 hour and consider an after party. A lot of people leave after the cake cutting anyway and most people are used to a 5 hour reception.

NYMETBRIDE Posted: Jan 25, 2009 12:48 AM

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I got an extra hour...I for the amount of money we're paying on EVERYTHING, I agree that I want it to last as long as possible, any extra minute seems worth it to me! Thats another reason I wanted the ceremony at a separate location, it gives us time in between to enjoy our bridal party and family and being married before the party starts! Every second counts...I'll prob fall asleep in my dress!

coldasice217 Posted: Jan 25, 2009 12:52 AM

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As much as I think that it's going to go by all too quickly, we're keeping ours at 5 hours...we have a saturday night, but we opted for the late start to get the 'nicer' room, so CH is 7:30-8:30, reception 8:30-12:30...and we have a lot of elderly and children, so to go till 1:30 would definitely have been too much. And as it is, I get cranky past like 8:00 LOL, so it will definitely be past my bedtime.

BarbieGrl10 Posted: Jan 25, 2009 11:31 AM

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We added it b/c our wedding is on a saturday night.

baba123 Posted: Jan 25, 2009 12:16 PM

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I think 5 hours is cool, maybe you can do the pics early?

Christine N Ralph Posted: Jan 25, 2009 01:01 PM

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We added the extra hour to our wedding...its a sat night and I think people will stay

StaceYums81 Posted: Jan 25, 2009 01:10 PM

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I don't think that most guest will want to stay that long that is just my opinion though...

JoesFutureWife Posted: Jan 25, 2009 01:33 PM

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We added the extra hour (dessert hour--desert was not served on the dance floor though--served in huge area right by reception room). The dj played the entire hour (fast music)....no one left that dance floor til the end of the night.

vika111 Posted: Jan 26, 2009 12:05 PM

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you should
there's never enough time for anything
by the time you're done with the 'must do' things, such as toasts, etc, you won't have any time to enjoy yourself.
mine was beyond 7 hours, and it didn't feel like it was too long

Mici n KC Posted: Jan 26, 2009 01:54 PM

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When do you plan on taking pics? Before your ceremony? We missed our CH bc we were taking pics. Our BP got in there for a little bit. We put on the extra hour and the night flew by. I definitely recommend it.