So I was under the impression that the hotel bar closed at 12am and if we wanted it can stay open until 1am. Since the reception ends at 12am that wouldn't really be much time so I called today to see if we could possibly extend it to 2am since we have a bunch of guests staying over and we want to keep the party going. Turns out I was wrong and it can actually stay open to 2am so AMEN to that!
Also, I had some worries (as did FMIL) about what to do with the Coach Bus of people (mostly FH's OOT family) between the church and the start of CH. I asked the hotel if it would be okay if non-hotel guests came to the hotel bar in between and she said it was no problem at all!
I'm so happy to not have to worry about these 2 things anymore!