Our wedding was around 17,000, which included:
-Our Fantasmic! dessert party
-Photography through Randy Chapman
-Videography through Stan (STVS)
-our guest list was about 50 people
-location fees, moving fees, etc.
-brunch buffet (delicious!)
-soda & water package
- cake
-musician (flute & violin)
-flowers & decorations (centerpieces, etc)
-Mickey & Minnie!
-bus transportation for our guests
- other misc. stuff
Places I skimped....
-I paid for sodas & water package, but not for any alcohol.. I had a cash bar for those wanting alcohol.. . I knew my guest list well enough to know that 1.) no-one would care all that much 2.) it was afternoon anyway! 3.) I gave them plenty of notice that if they wanted to drink they should bring cash.. If anyone did care, too bad for them if they can't enjoy a beautiful disney wedding and a dessert party without getting drunk on someone else's dime, not my problem!
-no chair covers.. this one was sad for me, but in the end I decided that 800 dollars was much better spent somewhere else!! If I had to choose between chair covers and something like the dessert party or mickey and minnie, i'd choose the dessert party or m&m!! Those are things people will remember, the chair covers might be pretty but who would remember them after the wedding besides the bride!
-I tried to keep floral down to a minimum as well. Luckily the locations I chose were pretty enough on their own that they didn't need much decorating.. the two big floral arrangements I did pay for barely made it in to the pictures and noone noticed them.. in retrospect I could have done away with them and been fine.. I splurged on my bouquet, but kept the bridesmaids bouquets simple, noone notices the bridesmaids bouquets either.. ours were relatievely cheap but still beautiful!!
- I found ways to skimp here and there by creative time management! Such as, I didn't pay for the last hour of the reception for sodas & water, and therefore made sure that we cut the cake earlier in the reception.. this worked out perfectly as people left a little before the time expired.. it was afternoon so most of them wanted to go back to the parks or whatnot... I also didn't pay for the last hour of photography or videography, and as not much happened then, all those decisions turned out to be smart
- I didn't pay for bus transportation to the dessert party, which was on a different day.. I just told everyone to find their way to the entrance to MGM at a certain time.. I figured transportation was already free from their hotel, why tack on another 700 or whatever it was to the price..
Those are the big ones I can think or right now, i'll post more if i think of anything else