'I plan to never see them again': Disney adults' wedding turns into a disaster

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
May 11, 2023 5:00 PM EDT

You'd expect to wait just a few minutes, an hour at most, for most weddings to begin. You arrive, sometimes have a beverage or a little snack, and then you're ushered in as the ceremony begins. 

But not every wedding party is so meticulously planned as to start on time. These guests ended up waiting for hours and hours at a gazebo for a bride and groom who took ages to show up to their own wedding!

The story, as told by u/worldlysentiments to r/weddingshaming, is a wild one. The OP was a guest at the wedding, and said that they arrived at 3:45 for a 4 PM wedding. However, there were only a few guests out of hundreds, and all were hanging about outside. Even by 5 PM, the guests were directed elsewhere, but there was no wedding decorations, chairs, or anything else set up to indicate a wedding ceremony. 

The tale only gets crazier from there, scroll down to read the whole thing for yourself! Then check out some super awkward situations people got stuck in. 

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    Font - Recently went to one I feel warrants a story; Disney adult slander here so I apologize. Tacky OC Was invited to a husbands relatives wedding. We should have known it would be interesting from the bridal shower registry. I couldn't go (to the shower) but I browsed the gifts to see what they were looking for.. it was all Disney home items (towels, dishes, literally everything), I thought ok maybe I'm being a little, harsh, but whatever.
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    Font - Then the invitation said it started at 4 for the wedding. We arrive at 3:45 and nobody is around. We eventually see a few other lingering groups of people and ask if they are at the same place for the same event, they were. It was to be outside at this field with the after party under a gazebo.
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    Font - So 4:10 rolls around and it's a group of us like 50 people now wandering about to find this "field". An employee who works for the location adjacent to the field says "oh it's down there" pointing down a gravel dirt road to be walked down. So all 50 meander down and like 4 people were old or not able to walk well so the road wasn't ideal. We get out there like 300 meters and there's nothing. So someone finally gets ahold of the bridal party and say "oh they got started late sooooo nobody
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    Font - We all go BACK up to the lot since it'll be awhile and stand there, the bride arrives on site finally at 5:55 but she isn't ready. Another 50 people arrive (idk how they knew how far behind she was). They ask everybody to go back down and carry a chair. Half of the people do, half don't and just stand. The bridal party walks "in" on the gravel to a song from Moana maybe, then this is where it gets extra strange because of the obvious money saving attempts at using an outdoor gazebo and fi
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    Font - The bride and groom wanted to get photos of them running down the aisle but she didn't hold her dress and she stepped on it and fell, pulling the dress down and people could see her bra. Like wiped out. They had a single pizza truck for 100+ people which the line was constantly like 20 or more people long because they could only give you one slice at a time. That was it, no snacks, sides etc. I was completely shocked at the lack of planning, respect for the guests, and theme. Someone at o
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    Font - Important to note they got legally married last year for "taxes" and this was just all secondary. edit: paragraph spacing lol This wasn't my first "wtf" wedding scenario. Maybe I'll share the other one sometime later lol
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    Font - WOW wow 8 pw ThaneOfCawdorrr Bride: "I want a beautiful white dress. Ohhh and a horse drawn white carriage like in Cinderella!!!! And my favorite songs!!! The one I like from Moana!! ANDDD "you've got a friend in me," that's such a beautiful song. Don't forget, horse drawn white carriage!!!! Very important!" Wedding planner, delicately: "and....?" Bride: "And what?"
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    Font - worldlysentiments OP. Woah I woke up to a million motifs lol! Correct they obviously wanted her to have the moment but at the expense of the rest of us. I was thinking what if someone had celiac or something, they wait about 3 hours then the ceremony then find out it's only pizza lol. And the poor folks making the pizzas were busting their al making them on the spot it just takes time and they needed two trucks. Even if one was pizza and one was tacos idk.
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    Font - worldlysentiments OP. She was kind of laughing and people were yelling "hold the front" and she didn't she just kept going.
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    Gesture - BabyBadger_· Right? I would've left once they said "No one will be there til 5" lol
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    Font - WhinyTentCoyote. With weddings, I figure they're going to start about half an hour after the time on the invitation. I probably would have left and gone to get some dinner before this bride finally showed up 2 hours late. If I missed the ceremony because I went for food, I would not be particularly apologetic about it. 2 hours standing in an empty field with no refreshments is ridiculous.
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    Hat - Momo222811 Sounds like they blew the entire budget on the carriage.
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    Font - strawberry_pop-tart I think there's a difference between a themed wedding reflecting something meaningful and sentimental to the bride and groom as a couple (like in your hypothetical case), and just doing a themed wedding because one or both of the people getting married really like something.
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    Font - I know someone whose wedding was a mashup of Dr. Who and Harry Potter, and as far as I know only because the groom and bride were big fans, respectively.
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    Font - Late NightCheesecake9 I lived in Orlando for a while so Disney adults are the bane of my existence. But this isn't even a Disney wedding, just broke people with a kid's birthday party budget attaching some vows to it
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    Font - 04 Ambitious_Link6047. So her wedding pictures will consist of a horse drawn carriage she probably blew the whole budget in, a pizza food truck, and eye rolling guests? Love it.
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    Font - whiteraven13 "You've got a friend in me"? Was she trying to friend zone her own husband? Disney has so many actual love songs she could've picked. At my cousin's wedding the bride walked to "Can you feel the love tonight". Made much more sense
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    Font - angiedrumm Respect to the person who reduced their wedding gift by half right then and there. I feel vindicated now by my choice to always give cash vs writing a check. That way you can assess the wedding in real time and adjust accordingly.
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    Font - EvandeReyer I would have removed all the money. I'm not remotely concerned about offending people that have treated all their wedding guests that way.
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    Product - ActualWheel6703. Wow. That was just a gift grab. I definitely would have left. I'm sorry you went through that. Not cool on their part. 52 Reply Share worldlysentiments OP. We drove 2-3 hours for this lol.
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    Font - ActualWheel6703. Yikes! Well you showed kindness. Now you don't have to feel badly if you ignore them from here on end. lol 3 Reply worldlysentiment S OP Correct I plan to never see them again if possible lol
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