Minnesota Renaissance Festival / Mid-America Festivals Reviews
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Hayley Sent on 10/02/2025Vow Renewal - Huzzah! An Excellent Experience
We had a simple ceremony at the Chapel Garden to renew our vows on our 10 year anniversary. Katie Kline was our coordinator and the Winter Monk was our officiant. Both were professional and knowledgeable. In our email exchanges with Katie to get everything set, she was really great about making sure we did the things on her list as well as answering all of our questions. Both Katie and our officiant were easy to get ahold of on the phone as well.
The rental fee had some parking passes and tickets included--all of that went really smoothly in the parking lot and at the gate. Our attendees had no problems and had a blast. Katie was present during the ceremony, which was lovely.
The Chapel Garden is not private. We had a few random festival goers cheering for us when we kissed. But that was completely fine with us. There was a wedding going on at the same time inside a private tent.
Our day was not the BIG day, but if it had been, I think it all would have gone just as smoothly. And Katie did not brush us off for any request even though we were renewing vows as opposed to getting married.
Of course, the festival itself was fantastic. The highlight for the kids was the Mermaid Cove. It rained on and off all day, but it was too much fun to care. Lots of great memories made. -
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Amanda Sent on 08/12/2023A Dream Come True!
The team at the festival were all great to work with for our big day! Although actually getting my wedding parry into the venue was a bit tedious, we were able to get into the location with plenty of time to get dressed and see everyone enter before the ceremony. The rooms they gave us to get ready in were adorable and completely period appropriate. It had a mirror, lighting, and hanging racks. The venue is just stunning! And the actual events we took part in made the whole day feel special and dreamlike! As it was so much cheaper than a stereotypical wedding AND didn't feel cheap AT ALL - I FULLY recommend this venue for weddings OR just attending every single year! It's a place where everyone feels seen and valued and appreciated in their amazing garb. There are no odd stares for wearing elf ears or wearing multiple different colors, just a beautiful cornucopia of beautiful oddness! 😍 The amount spent for everything for the wedding was about $4k BUT the venue itself was only $900 plus $110 for a harpist. -
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Tiffany Sent on 05/29/2021Super great full and very lively
Throughout the whole day when I, the groom, was stressing over everything and anything our wedding coordinator was able to help me keep calm. The bar tending staff was amazing cause not only did they serve the drinks but they were also getting in the groove as well. The food was excellent and served on time with precision and excellence. Thank you Minnesota Renaissance Festival for the best day everMinnesota Renaissance Festival / Mid-America Festivals's reply:
Thank you so much for your review. We are glad that you found your wedding day with us to be memorable and magical! -
Becky Sent on 09/21/2018Our wedding was just perfect!
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Taunya Sent on 09/12/2018We booked this venue over a year and a half before our wedding. We chose opening day of the festival. We paid for all the tickets for our friends and family, and I loved that I just gave them a list and there were no issues. We got married in King’s Arbor and I was concerned that the day was really hot. The team had water right at the end of the aisle for the guests to drink and there was more water in Bad Manor, where we had our reception. The team setting up dinner in Bad Manor was great. They were concerned that we hadn’t eaten and even boxed up some food for us to take with us. It was such a great experience.
Minnesota Renaissance Festival / Mid-America Festivals's reply:
Thank you so much for your review. We are glad that you found your wedding day with us to be magical! -
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Lisa Sent on 11/13/2017We were married at the Ren Fest 10 years ago, amazing experience! We decided to do it all again and celebrated our anniversary there with the vow renewal package. Even with the light rain, we had an wonderful time! We go every year, wouldn't miss it!
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Jennifer Sent on 10/22/2014Wonderful staff and flexability. -
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Hali Sent on 10/17/2016Katie was so helpful and accommodating every step of the way! Every one of their options for the ceremony are beautiful. We only did our ceremony in the Enchanted Forest, but it was everything we imagined. -
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Laura Sent on 09/15/2010The Renaissance festival was fun but there are issues.
The Renaissance Festival is VERY ridged to work with on all issues. The following is just a couple of examples: 1) We could not purchase more than one block of time. You get a 2 hour block for $700 and that is it. 2) we had 150 attendees, so we ordered chairs for the event and the entire issue became a nightmare. I repeatedly asked Midway Rental and the Renaissace Festival to contact each other and neither did until 2 days before the event and this added an extra $200+ to the cost of the chairs. 3) We had many people who were comming in wheel chairs and health issues and the Festival would not allow our driver to drop people off at the door. They would not admit this but I think we were the largest wedding they have had to date.
The food we ordered was not good. The turkey legs were black and really tuff. They ran out of coleslaw 1/2 way through the serving line. I have eaten at other events put on by the Renaissance Festival and I know the food could have been much better.
They provided our music and an actor for the wedding. All the people they recommended were excellent to work with did a great job.
If you use the Renassiance Festival keep it small and do not go with Turkey legs
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