We're having our ceremony at 11.00am, which means the guests should be at the reception venue for 1.00pm and lunch will be served at 2. the thing is, the evening disco will start at about 8, which is also when we'd have a Barbeque Buffet. What I want to know is, is this too much? We do have a lovely venue, and an open bar until 7pm. Will guests be getting bored? Advice please!!! Has anyone been to a wedding like this before?

Hmm, that sounds longer than any wedding I've been to previously... have you anything planned for the afternoon? I suppose if they're having lunch at 2 that'll last till about half 3 - will the speeches etc be at this time of the day? Then it'll be half 3 or 4 o'clock until 8 pm for guests to chat etc. I think you might need to have something on to break up the time a bit.
I know I was at a wedding once which had a civil ceremony by a lake at 1pm. It lasted about twenty minutes and then we all sat in the bar until dinner was served around half five or six. It felt like ages, but that's probably because everyone was hungry, whereas at least your guests will have been fed!!! If it were me I'd have something on in the afternoon to occupy them for a bit, but maybe wait and see what others say and perhaps they'll have different experiences :) :)

No I think that'd be fair enough, it'll give people something to look at!! Love the charicaturist idea too, I'd love one for our wedding :) :) Do you know how they work? Do you just pay them for a certain amount of time and then they draw guests for free??

That is such a good idea! Thank you, will look into that!! I even know a few people who can draw really well....ooh you're a genius!

We're having a four course meal. We were thinking pub quiz but wasn't sure if it was too out there. (I'm not that adventurous)

my wedding timings are about the same as your and I'm getting lawn games for the children to stop them getting bored and i also have a singer thats going to do one or 2 sets after the meal and another to kick off the evening reception at about 7/half 7 before the disco starts

When my mum remarried she had a personalised quiz with questions about her and her husband and the local area. I would enjoy a quiz :-) xx

Love the idea of a personalised quiz! It would get more people talking to each other too xxx

what a great way to get the most out of your special day,,,,we're not getting married til 4pm and im gutted that i wont get to wear my dress for longer lol!
Google entertainment specialists in your area, most are doing roulette tables, sweetie buffets, chocolate fountains, characturists and much more.
They dont charge too much but if you could get maybe 2 entertainment activities going on in the 4 ish hour time slot that you'll have it would keep people more than occupied :-) xxx

Were getting married at 12:30, so ours will be quite a long day. Was going to look in to the possibilities of maybe booking someone to perform close magic to the guests whilst waiting until 7:30 fir the evening reception to start. xx

Our ceremony is at 11:30am. Wedding breakfast at 2pm. Evening starts at 7:30pm. The all day guests will just go to their rooms in the lull, or the bar. I wanted a caricaturist but h2b didn't want to spend £3-400 on one. The guests will be talking and socialising with each other playing catch up :) x

we are getting married at 10:30... taking about 30 minutes for ceremony in registry office, then time for photos will arrive at hotel at about at about 12 we have a caricaturist booked 12:30-2:30. when our meal starts, finishes about 5.. we have bought garden games and trivia cards to be used in the hotel gardens for the 2 hour gap also have booked a room to be used for guests to freshen up if they want. evening reception will be @7pm.

Thanks for the advice guys, :). I'm looking at a swing singer now, and Table trivia. H2B seems to think the guests should be adult enough to entertain themselves with an open bar!