Cocktail Hour. How long is too long?

Personally? Yes. A cocktail hour is just that: an hour. Anything longer and your friends/fam are standing around going, 'wtf is going on? did someone die?'

I think that you really should try to keep it to an hour. 1.5 hours isn't bad, but not preferable.

I totally agree. I would get quite antsy with just drinks for over an hour. Try to get most of your photos done early. Guests typically are not fond of waiting, even when it's totally understandable. Best wishes!

Cocktail hour should run for an hour. It's also rude to give guests a dress code unless you're having a black tie affair. You convey the formality via the reign and fonts used in the invitations.

My friend had a 1 1/2 hour cocktail hour because of a slight gap between her ceremony and reception. I think it's fine as long as there is enough food and booze.

Cocktail hour is an hour. After that I'm looking at my watch ready to go into the reception to eat dinner. Where are you going that you need 90 minutes for photos?

I think 90 minutes is fine but that's as long as I'd go. And food is a must because hunger plus alcohol often equals people gettting drunk fast.

I think an hour and a half is completely fine as long as you have plenty of food and drinks.

I start to get antsy after 1 hour 15 min, but you can definitely stretch to 1 hour 30 min if you want to! Just make sure there's lots of food and booze

If there's enough food that I wouldn't be trashed at the end of it, I'd be okay with it.

I would extend the reception if possible before extending the cocktail hour. I too was planning on having a longer cocktail hour because of the size of my bridal party and needing more time for pics but I was recently in a wedding where the cocktail hour was 2.5 hours (unplanned, but still...), and my FH was texting me memes the entire time because he was drunk af and bored lol he said guests were asking a lot of questions and some even left... HOWEVER, I think 90 minutes is pretty safe, and you will be fine due to your venue and planned activities... some may not notice if they're playing lawn games and such.

Should just be an hour. 1.5 hrs isn't terrible but that would be the max for me.

The last wedding I went to had a 2 hour cocktail hour. FSIL and I discovered we like cosmopolitans and had waaay too many, we were trashed before dinner. I'm not complaining lol, but you might have a lot of tipsy guests by the time the reception comes around.

Mine is going to be somewhere between 75-90 mins. I think you're find, especially since it's daytime. Just try not to go too much past 90 mins.

I think that's a little too long. Take care of all your pictures with family and your BP beforehand and have your FH do you same with his family and WP. All you'll have left after the ceremony is couples pictures and some group shots. A good photog can do it in an hour. In addition to your guests getting antsy do you really want to miss more of your celebration? I'll be rushing through pics hoping to catch the tail end of my cocktail hour.

Most cocktail hours here are an hour and a half, with LOTS of food.

I am fine with an hour and a half if there is plenty to drink and eat.

I think that's the maximum it can be while still being an acceptable amount of time.

Ours is an hour and fifteen minutes because there is about a fifteen minute drive from ceremony to reception.

I'm fine with an hour and a half if there is plenty of apps , if you have a wedding website, that is a good place to put the dress code. You don't have to state the dress code is... but mention this is a semi casual event