Possibly the Final Day of Venue Shopping?

Today Dave and I visited the two wedding venues which I mentioned in my previous post. I have linked them again in this post incase you missed them.
Falcon’s Fire Golf Club
The Celebration Golf Club
We really liked both venues. We went to the Celebration Golf Club first because the woman on the phone told us she was not going to be on-site today but that we were welcome to come and look around the grounds ourselves and then call or email her with any questions. I really love the area of Celebration since it is so quaint. The town of Celebration is owned by Disney so everything is so pristine and perfectly manicured. The little town reminds me somewhat of Pleasantville. The venue was adorable and perfect. The ceremony site would be outside under a gazebo and would be a very intimate spot to get married. The reception would be held inside the club house which was a little smaller in size but unfortunately without being able to speak to anyone who could help us to envision how everything would be set up made it a little difficult to put it all into perspective. The food prices didn’t seem too far out of our budget but I will be emailing the woman with all my questions and to request a price quote.

We then showed up at Falcon’s Fire Golf Club. I was a little unsure of this location because every time I looked at their website their fire logo reminded me of Woody the Woodpecker. I was afraid the location would be a little on the cheesy side, but I was quite mistaken! The location was gorgeous. I realized how much I have fallen in love with the thought of a golf course wedding, every which way you turn you are greeted by rolling acres of luscious green. Dave and I got there early so we explored the property a little outside on our own. We then met Karon who is the on site events coordinator. She walked us around and showed us the grounds and each of the rooms which would be available to us. I especially liked the option of having a plan B, and I pray to God that it does not rain, but in that case there is another covered ceremony site incase of inclement weather. We went into Karon’s office where she had tons of information to offer us and went over the food/bar packages. Best yet, she offers an “all inclusive wedding package” which kind of tickled my fancy. Basically she does all the work for us as our wedding coordinator and it comes as one set price. We are certainly able to customize the package to our preference, for example take out the videographer and DJ and replace with a band and make up the cost difference, etc. She gives us a couple of choices for florists, cake makers, photographers, etc. and we meet with them and make a decision on our own. She has worked with all of these vendors before so she obviously knows they are reliable and what they are capable of doing for us. I asked her for a ball park figure based on our head count as I was assuming the cost would be astronomical but it didn’t sound too far off from our established budget. The more we started thinking about this option the more appealing it started to sound. I definitely have a few more questions for her regarding the all inclusive package and exactly how extensive each vendor will be willing to go but it is an option.

I am excited after viewing our two suggested venues today. I hope we make a decision soon and we plan to stick to our goal of making a decision by the end of the month. Feel free to check out both locations and let me know what you think. Unfortunately they don’t offer as many pictures on the website as I would have liked but by all means take a peek!

Falcon’s Fire Golf Club
The Celebration Golf Club