We just had a Wedding Pavilion ceremony and brunch reception at Epcot with 33 total people (paid for 39). I had a lot of extra enhancements, but even without those I would've been hard pressed to keep it at $15k. My food was around $3500 by the time you add in the tax and service charge, the alcohol was $2007, wedding pavilion rental fee was $4000 (around $4200 with tax), venue rental fee for the GM Lounge was $1600 ($1704 with tax), and we were required to have a motorcoach to transport our guests to Epcot which was around $1000. Then I had a $10k enhancement minimum for a Saturday.
I think the only one of those that counts towards the enhancement minimum is transportation and maybe venue rental fee? A lot of the Epcot venues do have higher food and beverage minimums while the ballrooms don't have any minimums.
The best way to save money is doing as a previous poster mentioned: having a brunch reception and a weekday wedding. It wasn't my first choice, but I loved our brunch reception and would do it all over again the same way if I had a choice!
Definitely check out the Disney Wedding Podcast - I'll be on there next week talking about my wedding!![/QUOTE
We just had a Wedding Pavilion ceremony and brunch reception at Epcot with 33 total people (paid for 39). I had a lot of extra enhancements, but even without those I would've been hard pressed to keep it at $15k. My food was around $3500 by the time you add in the tax and service charge, the alcohol was $2007, wedding pavilion rental fee was $4000 (around $4200 with tax), venue rental fee for the GM Lounge was $1600 ($1704 with tax), and we were required to have a motorcoach to transport our guests to Epcot which was around $1000. Then I had a $10k enhancement minimum for a Saturday.
I think the only one of those that counts towards the enhancement minimum is transportation and maybe venue rental fee? A lot of the Epcot venues do have higher food and beverage minimums while the ballrooms don't have any minimums.
The best way to save money is doing as a previous poster mentioned: having a brunch reception and a weekday wedding. It wasn't my first choice, but I loved our brunch reception and would do it all over again the same way if I had a choice!
Definitely check out the Disney Wedding Podcast - I'll be on there next week talking about my wedding!!
Thank you so much! That is very helpful. I actually read your whole blog a couple days ago and loved it! I was wondering how much it costs cause it is exactly what we want to do. So do you think if we have t on a weekday and also do brunch we can keep it under that range? I would also absolutely love to have a dessert party at Epcot if we end up with a brunch reception. And then maybe a ballroom or outdoor Grand Floridian brunch reception to avoid any high food and beverage minimums.