Dinner at 8? Is that too late

That sounds okay, although 6:30 is pretty late to start a ceremony.

This is standard here. Invites at 6:00, ceremony at 6:30, cocktails from 6:30-7:30, intros and first dance and first course at 8:00.

My ceremony is at 7 and dinner around 7:40-7:45ish

I wanted the ceremony to happen right before sun down since it is suppose to be outside. At first I thought nothing of it but then I started over thinking it and thought people would be starving by then.

That sounds like a great timeline.

It seems a bit late to me, but I also have hypoglycemia and would probably be feeling faint by then unless I stuffed my face with appetizers.

Sounds good since you are having apps too. We are having cocktail hour with apps at 630pm and dinner will start by 745pm.

My sisters wedding followed that timeline. Will there be food at cocktail hour? What about kiddos? We are having a large amount of kids at our wedding so we shifted the ceremony up some.

ETA ahh sorry see you are having apps. So never mind!

Thats my timeline. Its a Friday wedding so I want to allow as many guests as possible to make the ceremony.

Ceremony 6:30-7 Cocktail hour 7-8 Reception at 8 -12

My ceremony was at 700 pm and we had cocktail hour with appetizers at 730, and dinner at 845 pm! We had so much food, and I was worried that the guests would all be hungry by the time we got to dinner but we had no issues and everyone (including us) was well fed and happy all night

Sounds fine to me. Even if people typically eat at 6, they can nosh only an hour later at cocktail hour. No big thing!

Thank you everyone!

If an adult can't figure out to have a snack beforehand that's in them, if you have apps at cocktail hour you're good, it's not like they won't have any food until 8

You have apps, people fill be fine. Sounds good to me!

Yeah as long as things are running on time and apps start at 7 I think it would be fine

My ceremony is at 7pm, reception begins at 8:30pm. You're good.

That sounds fine to me, as long as you have cocktail hour in between your ceremony and reception.

That's what we're doing, but our ceremony will probably start around 5:30. It's a half hour drive from the ceremony to the reception venue.

They should be fine since you are having food during cocktail hour which will hold them over until dinner

With the start time of your ceremony I would say you are good