Your wedding day is one of the most magical days of your life. It may have taken a lifetime, but you found the person you want to spend your life with, and all too often, choosing a venue and making the arrangements can sap some of the charm f...rom that experience. I am thrilled to say that with the Chanhassen Dinner Theater, the experience of planning the wedding is almost as fun as the day itself!
Robyn and Genevieve do a fantastic job of keeping in constant contact to review nearly every aspect of the reception, from the meal plan (complete with the Dinner Theater's outstanding kitchen menu, though they are also very accommodating if you want to do something completely different. My wife and I had them do a taco bar which was incredible; many guests told us that was the star of the show, though not in earshot of the bride, of course :) ), to seating arrangements and layout, to the decorations and lighting. It's almost like having a wedding planner; they are that involved.
We did not use the Dinner Theater for the wedding ceremony, just the reception dinner, but they do offer services that are all inclusive. They even include the wedding cake as part of the package, so it is very convenient and streamlined; it's one stop shopping!
And what is a reception without music? Tim, the resident DJ, is also the impresario for the evening, introducing the wedding party, initiating speeches, and of course spinning some rocking tunes that are sure to get your guests on the dancefloor! Even though we didn't have our ceremony through the dinner theater, Tim made himself available for our ceremony and helped us setup the audio and speakers. Like Robyn and Genevieve, he is very involved throughout the whole process.
My wife and I are big fans of the dinner theater's productions, but what sold us on them as our Reception venue was attending a wedding here for one of our friends a few years ago. We fell in love with the atmosphere and the production value (fitting, seeing as how one of the options for the reception is to have your event on an actual stage), and knew in that moment that when our own special day came, nothing less than the Chanhassen Dinner Theater would do. As happy as I am to gush about the amazing experience, that is the highest praise I can give it; we read no reviews, we did not even price check any other venues. As soon as we saw what a reception at the Chanhassen Dinner Theater looked like, we were hooked.
Your wedding day is about celebrating love first and foremost, but if you want to add some flair and theatrics, you cannot do better than the Chanhassen Dinner Theater.