I was married in May of 2012 in The Lakeview Room at The Pines Resort (115 guests in attendance).
OK, so I knew I wanted to be married up at Bass Lake, but I also knew I wanted an indoor reception to accommodate our slideshow, photo booth, a...nd late-night karaoke hour. It would cost an additional $2,500 to have an hour-long, outdoor ceremony at the wedding lawn of Ducey's, which I thought was ridiculous. I was assured by the ladies at The Pines there would be an outdoor venue built by my wedding (which was 16 months away at this point). Long story short, no outdoor venue was completed, even though they had sent several e-mails to me about different plans they were making (including pictures of a gazebo they were supposedly in the process of purchasing), all with assurances there would be an option for an outdoor ceremony. I was very irritated they had "led me on", but oh,well. The day of the actual wedding there was a mad, last-minute scramble for a projector for our slideshow (their projector was broken, unbeknownst to the wedding planner), a HUGE line at the bar (there were no servers provided to pour wine at the tables as we had originally planned for), and several wait staff members with attitudes. On the plus side, the food was EXCELLENT (several people commented it was the best they every had at a wedding), and in the end all of our technology needs were met. If you have your heart set on getting married at Bass Lake, and you don't mind having an outdoor reception (which will be required to end no later than 10:00), get the wedding lawn down at Ducey's, skip the nonsense at The Pines. I was a very happy bride at the end of the day, and didn't let these things bother me during our special event, but I was very unimpressed with the organization and professionalism of The Pines Resort.