To start, this venue is AMAZING, and a great completely indoor option for our rainy Florida weather. Guests complimented us on the venue quite a bit. We felt it was unique, classic, yet technologically savvy. Very versatile - we used the downst...airs with sweeping staircase for ceremony, upstairs for cocktail hour, bar, and dinner, and then switched downstairs to a dance floor. 100% in the air conditioning too!
The venue was wonderful for photos - inside and out.
Not a hinderance for us, but know that since the Pavilion is in the middle of the Lake, parking isn't super close. However, the Pavilion staff were AMAZING at getting a small caravan of cars together, finding them parking near by, and shuttling them back. I really liked that touch.
This venue really is amazing, but I found the communication very frustrating. I had to go back and forth on the phone for a week or so to have them take our money for the deposit. There was always a lot of back and forth to get site visits arranged. Our final walk-through, the representative didn't even show up until after we had gone through the venue ourselves - 50 minutes after the start time. I mention this because it was our reality - and sometimes the frustration - of booking this venue. No one was unkind, rude, or unprofessional... just sometimes delayed (possibly too busy?) to respond in a timely manner. Business here is booming these days!
That being said, everything was PERFECT the day of our event, and perhaps the strain in communication was just part of the process.I would highly recommend others to check it out as an option, just know that my experience with the organization could have been better.