Woodbury Country Club & The Wedding Plaza (Ariana Studios) question
I posted this is on another board but someone suggested that I should maybe also post it here to get more feedback as well. I'm not trying to flood the boards, just hoping someone can help! Thanks ![]()
Hi everyone! My name is Liz and me and my fiance Michael are getting married November 11th, 2007. We have pretty much settled on the place and a wedding coordinator but I would love some feedback before I sign any contracts and such. I grew up in Brooklyn,NY so I really don't know Long Island that well. We are planning on having our reception at the Woodbury Country Club and I've heard quite a few positive things about this place and when we saw it, we fell in love immediately. My only question is that they are having another cocktail party after ours and so they offered for us to do the cocktail hour outside instead under a tent so that we can start at any time we want since originally our cocktail hour was to start at 4:30 and our church ceremony started at the earliest 3 and I felt that wasn't enough time to take pictures and to allow travel time. Has anyone ever had the cocktail hour outside under one of these tents in October or November? I'm just worried that its gonna look weird or ugly. I've never really seen a wedding under a tent before so I'm just a tad bit concerned.
My other question is that we are also planning to use The Wedding Plaza (Ariana Studios) for a variety of wedding services. They offered us a package consisting of photography package for 10 hours, videography & 3 DVD's, bridal, maid of honor, 3 bridesmaid bouquets, 2 mother's coursage, 7 boutonnieres, 24 centerpieces, tuxedo and shoe rental, DJ for 6 hours, 125 invitations w/ response cards and reception cards, 3 limos for 3 hours(2 - 8 passenger & 1 - 4 passenger Rolls Royce), and video screens and montage during cocktail and reception all for $8000. Now, this to me sounds like a great deal, seeing that people have certainly spent more than this for these services. My question is are these people reliable and is their services worth it? I know that sometimes you get what you pay for and sometimes you need to pay more for better quality but I wanted to know if this is a good deal or not? I looked at the pictures they took and they looked really good and when we watched the video, I also thought it was really good. But I've read some complaints from other posters on here and even though the lastest I could find was 8/2005, it made me a little concerned. So, if anyone has used them and either loved or hated them, please let me know b/c I don't want to sign something, and put down a deposit if they are not all that great and I'd be better off going elsewhere. It seems a little too good to be true but they did come highly recommended by the Douglaston Manor, which I absolutely loved but they were a bit too small for our 250 guest wedding...Thank you so much!
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Hi everyone! My name is Liz and me and my fiance Michael are getting married November 11th, 2007. We have pretty much settled on the place and a wedding coordinator but I would love some feedback before I sign any contracts and such. I grew up in Brooklyn,NY so I really don't know Long Island that well. We are planning on having our reception at the Woodbury Country Club and I've heard quite a few positive things about this place and when we saw it, we fell in love immediately. My only question is that they are having another cocktail party after ours and so they offered for us to do the cocktail hour outside instead under a tent so that we can start at any time we want since originally our cocktail hour was to start at 4:30 and our church ceremony started at the earliest 3 and I felt that wasn't enough time to take pictures and to allow travel time. Has anyone ever had the cocktail hour outside under one of these tents in October or November? I'm just worried that its gonna look weird or ugly. I've never really seen a wedding under a tent before so I'm just a tad bit concerned.
My other question is that we are also planning to use The Wedding Plaza (Ariana Studios) for a variety of wedding services. They offered us a package consisting of photography package for 10 hours, videography & 3 DVD's, bridal, maid of honor, 3 bridesmaid bouquets, 2 mother's coursage, 7 boutonnieres, 24 centerpieces, tuxedo and shoe rental, DJ for 6 hours, 125 invitations w/ response cards and reception cards, 3 limos for 3 hours(2 - 8 passenger & 1 - 4 passenger Rolls Royce), and video screens and montage during cocktail and reception all for $8000. Now, this to me sounds like a great deal, seeing that people have certainly spent more than this for these services. My question is are these people reliable and is their services worth it? I know that sometimes you get what you pay for and sometimes you need to pay more for better quality but I wanted to know if this is a good deal or not? I looked at the pictures they took and they looked really good and when we watched the video, I also thought it was really good. But I've read some complaints from other posters on here and even though the lastest I could find was 8/2005, it made me a little concerned. So, if anyone has used them and either loved or hated them, please let me know b/c I don't want to sign something, and put down a deposit if they are not all that great and I'd be better off going elsewhere. It seems a little too good to be true but they did come highly recommended by the Douglaston Manor, which I absolutely loved but they were a bit too small for our 250 guest wedding...Thank you so much!
