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Just wondering if any recent Watermill brides who have had their cocktail hour indoors and reception in the Astor Suite had any of these issues....
We are getting a guitarist for cocktail hour, cocktail hour room is split into two rooms and obviously he can't split himself in half. What did you do for your cocktail hour? Was both rooms able to hear your music?

How many guests did you comfortably fit in the Astor suite? How many tables of how many people did you have?

Did you utilize the tvs they have in the room for a photo montage or anything?

Watermill Caterers - Long Island Weddings

I am also using the Astor suite, I'm not sure about the cocktail hour as we are having a DJ, but I have heard they don't really use those TV's for weddings. We are doing a montage package thru our DJ and using one if the DJ`s tv. I am curious about the tables though! We had to guarantee 125 so I'm wondering how many tables that would be. How many people are you having?

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We are having a DJ as well but for the reception. Our DJ was going to supply tvs but I knew the room had them so I said I didn't need his. When I inquired with the Watermill I was told it was 295 extra to utilize them. So I'll have to inquire with my DJ how much extra it is for him to bring them. $295 seems kind of silly just to be able to plug in and have some photos fly across the screen.

We are anticipating about 150-160 ppl. I just contacted the place and they gave me a slew of options as far as round tables or oval tables. Can b 14 round tables of 12 or 14 tables of 14-16 if oval. Concerned about my photobooth fitting in the room! They need an 8x10 area. Hmm...

Still just concerned about cocktail hour now bc he is saying one room won't be able to hear music bc they can only set up in one room. I don't want one room to have music and the other room have nothing.

Grr everything has been going so smooth until today!

Watermill Caterers - Long Island Weddings

Ugh that sucks about the cocktail hour music!! If you definitely cannot hear in one of the rooms maybe set up some background music in the room that the guitarist won't be in? I understand your frustration! I didn't even realize that the cocktail hour was split into two rooms!

Watermill Caterers - Long Island Weddings

Yea it's two rooms but I think there are two sets of doors they keep open so you can move freely through them both. I'm so pissed bc we didn't even get to have a good look when we looked at the venue bc the rooms were in use. Wasn't really thinking about it at the time. Oh well....it is what it is. Guess background music it is! At least it's only cocktail hour!

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is the astor suite the room right next to the cocktail hour room? if so, my cousin had like 150 people and it was pretty terrible. we all sat so close together and my chair was literally on the dance floor and people were like dancing by my dinner plate LOL... Also, her cocktail hour was extremely cramped in the food area, so I would definitely say to have the cocktail hour music in the room next door with that chandelier in it

Watermill Caterers - Long Island Weddings

I'm doing the same rooms as you for the cocktail hour and reception. We plan on having live music during the cocktail hour and I'm not sure which part of the room I plan on having them set up in yet but I'm not worried. There's always people (older usually) who would rather a little lower of a volume so I figured they will be the ones gravitating to the room that is further from the music. We plan on doing the oval tables I think so there are less tables and plenty of room for Photobooth. If I remember correctly, the place we are getting our Photobooth from said they usually set up all the way to the right in the corner in the Astor suite when you first walk in.. Kind of next to DJ but in corner. As for the TVs we plan on using them. We are making a photo collage/slideshow on our own and plugging into WM TVs. Since we arent doing zap photos or anything there was no need to involve DJ. Hope this helps and I'm interested to see what others have to say!

Watermill Caterers - Long Island Weddings

I got married at Watermill in November (great choice btw, it was AMAZING!!!!). I agree with shellabella2 regarding the cocktail hour music. I didn't have a live musician but it makes sense to me that older guests would gravitate to the quieter room. Didn't use the TVs so I'm no help there.

As for amount of people I had 120 plus 6 kids and it was perfect. There was definitely room for about 3 more tables. I also had a photobooth which is why I'm only saying three so you can add an extra table on the side opposite of the photobooth. I thought the photobooth would be squished next tot he DJ but it was perfect. Out of the way but still visible. Let me know if any of you Watermill brides have any more questions! You really picked an amazing venue!!!!!

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Shellabella2- Very true, I didn't think about the older guests. Thanks for sharing your plans...sounds good to me!

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Mindyepo... Thanks so much. You definitely put my mind at ease! :)