Weddings at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres

ning through post-wedding, was seamless and well managed. Jackie, Marta, Madysen, and the entire staff at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres were phenomenal to work with and really went the extra mile the make sure our wedding was a success. The wedding day ran smoothly, communication was great, the ceremony and reception spaces were spectacular, food was delicious, and service was excellent. We received several compliments from our guests about the venue and staff. Our wedding was magical, and we’re so appreciative of the work this venue did to make that happen. When we were selecting our venue, we loved everything about Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ wedding reception package. It is so comprehensive, fairly priced, and made the planning process quite a bit easier for us. Jackie, the Wedding & Events Manager, is amazing and is one of the many reasons we selected Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. She was so helpful throughout this entire process. We were also incredibly pleased with the team and vendors that came with the package, such as Corey our DJ, Tim from Minnesota Wedding Party, Buttercream Bakery, and the banquet staff. The ability to play music videos during the dancing portion of the evening was awesome. We added on the Mirror Photo Booth through Minnesota Wedding Party, and it was a huge hit! The photo booth was staffed by Mel, who was so fun and great with our guests. It was a really cool addition that we would highly recommend to others.

phenomenal for ys because neither of us are good decision makers. I have and will continue to recommend thi venue!

guests are still talking about how delicious the food was and what a great time they all had! Thank you for making our wedding so very special! We will always have great memories of our day!

received from our guests was this was the most amazing and well done experience they've had. From an affordability aspect - perfect within our budget and nothing was missed, from the ceremony area, to the reception area and the dinner/dancing are - all were a true exceed our expectations. It was truly a magical day/night and will be a wonderful memory/experience for years not just us, but our guests as well. On comment from a guest and their fiancée "you've raised the bar" to any future weddings. Both my spouse and I have only huge kudos to the venue and staff - excellent!!! As a side note, our officiant is a Hollywood actor, and one of the guests is a writer (on the New York best selling list Mutiple times - and they both agreed with how fantastic everything was. - Thank you for an awesome and amazing time (Andrew and Eric)

tire essay about how perfect the Chanhassen was for our wedding, but we’ll try our best to keep it brief! The Chanhassen offers a wedding package that is high quality at an affordable price. Beginning with the venue itself, we had our ceremony and dancing in the Club Theatre, cocktail hour in the Garden Room, and dinner in the Banquet Room. The Club Theatre offers a beautiful and unique space for the ceremony, which then later becomes the perfect space for dancing. The Garden Room and the Banquet Room are cozy and intimate spaces for cocktails and dinner. Speaking of dinner, there were numerous options for entrées and they did a great job of customizing the meals to be exactly what we wanted. The dinners were fantastic, we loved our meals and our guests did too! The package includes a good amount of alcohol too – you of course can always add on more if you’d like. The Chanhassen has a partnership with Buttercream Cakes & Desserts, who provided a cutting cake and a cupcake tower. The cutting cake was absolutely delicious and all our guests loved the cupcakes! Throughout every step of the process, we worked with the Chanhassen’s wedding coordinator, Jackie Lovsness. It was an absolute pleasure working with Jackie and we are so happy that she was our coordinator! Jackie is so friendly, so sweet, and truly cared for us as a couple. There was so much planning and so many little details to keep on top of - she made sure it was all done perfectly! On our wedding day, she was super attentive, made sure everything went smoothly, and just overall did anything and everything she could to make the day as perfect as possible. Our DJ was also part of the Chanhassen’s package. We worked with both DJ Tim, prior to the wedding, and DJ Corey, on our wedding day. Both were an absolute pleasure to work with! We met with DJ Tim to begin planning everything related to the music and speeches. DJ Tim is a fountain of knowledge, incredibly responsive to questions, and just a super fun and funny guy! On our wedding day, we worked with DJ Corey. He is incredibly nice, very fun, and great at what he does. He acts not only as a DJ but also as a second coordinator which was so valuable! His songs were great, a wide mix of music that had us all entertained the whole night! He made sure to play our own song requests as well as various requests from our guests. Also he does a very cool thing where music/concert videos play alongside the music on a large screen. It’s super unique and all our guests loved it! We also added on a mirror photo booth through DJ Tim and DJ Corey, which was super cool and unique! Overall, I can’t recommend enough that you have your wedding through the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres! The value is great, the space was perfect, the food was excellent, the dessert was delicious, Jackie is an amazing wedding coordinator, and DJ Tim and DJ Corey are wonderful. Every other person that worked our wedding was great as well! We have received so many compliments from family and friends on how amazing the Chanhassen was as a venue for our wedding and how everything was simply fantastic! Thank you again to everyone at the Chanhassen who played a part in hosting a perfect wedding for us! We wish we could relive it!

g was beautiful and we always had our questions answered promptly making the whole planning process so easy.

cial room to “just be married for 5 minutes” and enjoy being wives before greeting everyone. The wait staff was out of this world! They made sure that if we needed anything, we would get it right away. My dress had a small issue and they helped me fix it. It was rather hot during the reception with everyone moving around, so make sure that you don’t have a hot dress like I did. I had to keep leaving the dance floor to cool down and even requested a fan to be placed in the dance room. They did turn up the air but it didn’t help too much, but I think it’s just an old building so they were doing the best they could. But it all worked out because I was able to chat with people more in the hallways and the balcony than I would have if I had been on the dance floor all night. Overall a great venue with amazing staff that truly make it a night to remember. We plan on going back for our anniversaries to enjoy dinner and a show!

on track. The food was absolutely delicious!

ist and made our own centerpieces, but Chanhassen still offered votives as well! We were very happy that they provided a bundle with a local golf course (Bluff Creek) and we had our ceremony there. It was an added fee, but well worth it to get some outdoor pictures and see those fall colors! They set up and tore down everything but the centerpieces we provided, which was fantastic. They also, when we forgot a few pieces of decor, messaged us and let us pick them up a few days later. A note on the outdoor space, make sure to scope it out beforehand! We ended up hiding at the bottom of a hill because I never asked where a good place to hide would be lol But it worked out great regardless! Our venue coordinator showed up and her and the DJ helped the ceremony along flawlessly. Speaking of the venue coordinator, Jackie was great! We originally booked with a different coordinator, but she quit soon after booking us. And the next coordinator also quit before our day. That part was a bit stressful, but Jackie looked over all of their notes and was willing to have a few virtual meetings with us before our final in-person meeting to make sure we were on track! She was quick to respond to messages too. As someone noted, the cocktail hour area was a bit small. We had 150 guests and it was a little cramped! We'd only seen the space fully opened, so we were surprised to see it closed up for that space of time. Luckily, we were a close knit group, so it wasn't the end of the world, and the appetizers (antipasto platters and BBQ pulled pork sliders) were fantastic to make up for it! Once those walls opened up, we all sat down and had an amazing dinner! Chicken Chanhassen was the meal of choice, but I loved the haddock and our vegetarian guests raved about the lasagna! We had our tasting with 6 full dishes, which was amazing, but unfortunately had not tried the lasagna, so we were very happy that it was a hit! We were also told the kids meals were happily devoured and they had enough high chairs and booster seats for all of the toddlers! The bakery, Buttercream Bakery, was absolutely great to work with. The cake was delicious! They do offer gluten-free options (we were able to get 1 gluten-free cupcake along with our 4 tier cake), but little else. Chanhassen, thankfully, worked with us and allowed us to pay extra for dessert from their own menu so we could give a treat to our guests with dairy and nut allergies! Also, I do not know if this has changed, but our package included 2 kegs! After that it was cash bar unless you hosted, but it was a great thing to have! We underestimated our wine drinkers and overestimated our beer drinkers, so we ran out of hosted wine before we got through one keg, but still worth it! Next was dancing. I LOVED that we got to do the first dance and parent dances on stage! I also loved that they played music videos while the songs played. The DJ started with older hits to get everyone on the floor before getting into our more obscure song requests (including some Japanese songs), but the vibe was still there! It was a bit loud, but that's on us for not asking him to lower the volume. Popcorn bar was also a hit. Despite a few hiccups, I would recommend the venue 100 times over!

hairs, tables were all included in the very budget friendly price point, even tip and tax is included! We had a wedding coordinator to hold our hand through the whole process, let us know what we needed to do when and helped us plan and execute our dream wedding. You can not beat the food either, big portions, you get to choose three options for your guests (make sure one is the Chicken Chanhassen), bread and salad are included as well. The whole process could not have been easier, and truly CDT made all of our dreams come to life!

ere introduced to Jackie who I can’t thank enough. She was so kind, supportive and helpful throughout the process. Jackie made my dream wedding come to reality. I am very thankful to the staff who were so polite and cordial with guests on the wedding day. Thank you CDT for making a big day so special and memorable.

ful wedding. We give the servers 5 stars, they really did an amazing job, they were so organized and friendly, we can't thank them enough! We love the idea that you can have a wedding and it is almost all inclusive, makes it a lot easier for planning purposes. All in all, we are happy with the venue.

te being told they would put more out, they never did. The food was very good but came much slower than ideal to keep the flow going. The theater room for the dance was a fun space but the DJ was not easy to work with. He never played music that was requested by the bride and groom (prior to the wedding) and played many, many songs that they specifically asked him NOT to play. There was no transition from quieter, older generation music- just straight to “club” music which was fun but too much at times. No slower songs ever! But the fact the bride and groom asked him multiple times to do certain things and he didn’t was very frustrating and disappointing!

rce and incredibly experienced, and really put us at ease leading up to the big day, going through our walkthroughs, and of course during the wedding. We knew immediately that we could trust him with one of the most memorable days of our lives. The venue itself is beautiful. We elected to use the Club Theatre with our small guest count, which really wowed our family and friends. Their packages to select from are thoroughly laid out, and Daniel was great help with explaining what our wedding size and day-of events would realistically need. Not only was Daniel outstanding in his position and the Dinner Theatre fabulous to experience, but he went above and beyond during our day. The level of compassion he had for us during an unexpected turn and fortitude to help the night move along smoothly was so incredibly appeciated -- along with Chris and the other amazing waitstaff that helped keep everything together and flawless. I am so glad we chose the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Our needs were entirely catered to.

friendly venue. We were always treated with respect and dignity, which was highly important for us when we were booking a venue. Additionally, everyone involved in planning was deeply knowledgeable and gave great advice, from food quantities to which package we needed to scheduling. Our ceremony space (Club Theatre) worked well for in-person guests and for live-streaming (through our videographer). We worked with two amazing wedding coordinators there, Robyn and Daniel (who took over from Robyn this past fall). CDT worked with us to make sure the transition was smooth and that our plans were not disrupted. Daniel is an absolute gem and superhero. He helped with some last minute changes and was a lifesaver when we had complications with our officiant. Daniel also constantly checked in with us during the day and made sure everything was running smoothly so we could focus on ourselves and our guests. The food was absolutely delicious. Our meals were divine (Oven-Roasted Salmon, Chicken Chanhassen, and Vegetarian Lasagna) and our vegan guests even commented that it was some of the best vegan options they’ve ever had at an event. They worked with us closely with all diet restrictions and everything was fantastic. The cake (through Buttercream Bakery) was marvelous. If you book CDT, we definitely recommend working with their recommended/provided DJ. Tim from Minnesota Wedding Party was incredible and knows the venue inside and out. He showed our photographer some hidden places to take bridal photos and was just plain an awesome DJ. I can’t imagine our night without Tim. Some things to keep in mind if you are considering CDT: It is a fully-operational dinner theatre, so, more than likely, there will be a show on your wedding day. If you are in the Ballroom, you are right underneath the main stage, so they will ask you not to get too rowdy during dinner. However, you can be super noisy and rowdy during your dance, once you move to your dance area. We had our dance in the Club Theatre, which worked really well for our guests. Also, if you have any guests that use wheelchairs or have mobility concerns, know that ramps lead to the Club Theatre and Ballroom spaces, but not the Dance Loft. The ramps are a bit steep, so they can be a bit challenging to roll back up, depending on the person. The staff at CDT was super accommodating for us, and helped us find a solution for helping a guest back up to the main level. The bathrooms in the Ballroom could also be wider, as it was challenging for one of our wheelchair-using guests to navigate the bathroom. With all that said, we would, without a doubt, recommend Chanhassen Dinner Theatres to anyone for their wedding (or other event). We felt cared about and respected and our day felt truly magical there. We can’t wait to keep supporting them through their live theatre and shows and to be transported back to our beautiful wedding day every chance that we get.

asy to work with moving our date out and was very accommodating. Robyn was great at answering our questions, helping us understand what was needed from our end, and executing on the day of the wedding. She was very easy to work with and very knowledgable. Her communication was great and we really enjoyed working with her! The venue's food was also amazing,! Lots of the time wedding food can be very mediocre, but not the case here, CDT's food was delicious! Their staff was great and helpful. We also felt the price was very reasonable and included a lot for budget minded folks like us. I would highly recommend CDT to anyone looking for an excellent wedding venue with great people!

at they did weddings, the decision had already been made. It was the only venue we needed to see (and I didn't even need to see it to know it was the one)! We decided to do everything inside as it was all in one place. Getting married on the Club Theater stage was everything this Broadway Musical themed wedding needed and more! Their all inclusive packages took a lot of the weight off of our shoulders so that we could just enjoy our time being engaged and focus on our decorations! The food was scrumptious and the chef accommodated all the weird allergies that my friends and family had. Robyn made everything so easy and was super invested in our planning process, making sure that everything was done exactly how we envisioned it! Because of Covid, we had to postpone our large celebration and she was so understanding and incredibly flexible. We loved her from the very first time we met her and knew we would really enjoy working with her. She answered my millions of questions almost as soon as I would send them and was so enthusiastic about our day. You could tell that she really loved her job and even more so enjoyed taking the time to get to know the couples! When we were there setting up, she was always available for questions or assistance which made it go fast and smooth! I can't express enough how thankful we were for Robyn, for making our day so beyond special!

nything! It was such a relief because dealing with the wedding party was like keeping kittens in a box haha but she did it and she did it well!!! The venue space was so gorgeous that we didn't even need to decorate. Buttercream bakery made a delicious tiered cake for us and our wedding singer was so much fun!!! Chanhassen Dinner Theater's wedding package was everything we had hoped for and more!!!

stopped at nothing to make sure our day was nothing short of perfect. We could not have asked for a better experience.

ere wonderful leading up to the day and the day of the wedding. Our guests loved the food, the atmosphere, and the music videos that played during the dance. I would suggest to anyone getting married to check out Chanhassen Dinner Theater as their wedding venue!

re planning process so smooth and easy. She was very attentive and responsive with any questions I had throughout my entire engagement and really eased my nerves. I tend to be a worrier but she assured me that everything would go without a hitch and it did. She was also very attentive throughout the big day and made sure my husband and I always were satisfied and had anything we needed. The all-inclusive wedding package is the way to go- it wraps up so many details/ vendors into one contract, making the wedding planning WAY more simplified and easy. You also get the liberty of having access to the venue days prior to the wedding and can decorate it to your liking, which was just what we wanted so we could add all of our own personal decorative details for our Halloween-themed wedding. The ambiance is more dark, jazzy, and romantic. The space looked amazing with the event up-lighting included, which is customizable to whatever colors you prefer which is so cool! The food was also incredible and all of our guests complimented it. I can't say enough good things about the Chanhassen Dinner Theater! Many of our guests said it was the coolest wedding venue they've gone to. It was really fun and unique to get married on stage, and also dance in the club theater for the reception. If you want something different with a little more character than your basic ballroom or barn wedding, this is an amazing choice! Thank you CDT!

ges were great! Made the planning so much easier! We also added a rehearsal dinner which was this Italian buffet. It was so great and we received so many compliments on the food. Highly recommend this venue. We had a 1920s theme and it was a perfect space. I cannot wait to see the pictures. We also rescheduled a million times due to COVID and Robyn was very accommodating. Oh and the bartender, Eric! Not sure if you read these, but you were awesome!! Thanks for being understanding about the party animals! lol Thanks again everyone at CDT!!!! We are still talking about our day :)

ff Creek Golf course and they did all the set up (minus decorations), and take down. We chose the club theatre which is multilevel and has a stage. We felt like stars in our own little world. Our guests raved about the food. Robyn is incredibly sweet and was available to answer any questions or concerns we had, plus made sure our day went as smooth as possible. Definitely recommend this venue!

ply unbeatable and takes so much stress out of planning because you don’t need to coordinate with multiple vendors! Can’t recommend enough