Split Reception?

As a guest I would not like to be stuck in the 2nd room

Will the doors be open? Will people be able to see the head table, first dance, etc from their seats in the second room? I don't think I'd like two rooms.

That would be kind of weird... Would you and FH have a "first dance" in both rooms?

The doors would be open. The dance floor is in the second room. There is some view of the head table from the second room

I went to a wedding where the guests sat in two rooms with the dance floor in a third room between the two. I honestly wasn't a big fan of the set up. No one really knew when anything was happening and the way they sat people made a lot of people feel as if they weren't as important as others.

I think if you do it right, it can be done. I feel like with a setting like that you would want to promote mingling, rather than sitting in seats the whole time. Like a "everybody gather around for the first dance/toast/cake cutting, etc." Guests will feel more comfortable going from room to room if everyone is mingling.

I know it's not ideal - but I've seen other brides on here mange this type of a situation. One thing I thought was a great idea was to split the wedding party/important people between both of the rooms so that it doesn't look like one room is better than the other.

Honestly I'd keep looking and pass on this venue. People are going to feel separated and cut off. We looked at a venue that would have had to place several tables in a different area and I just couldn't see the guests seated away from everyone else feeling very good about it. There are so many venues and other options out there. The separate rooms thing is something I wouldn't settle on.

Don't of it! I was at a wedding last month where the family and bridal party was inside and the rest of us were outside in a tent. We could barely hear the DJ and missed the toasts and other events. As a guest, it was very weird. I don't like being split.

Ugh I have gone to two weddings this past year where it was spread out over 2-3 rooms and I hated it. It's so uncomfortable and you feel so out of place. I didn't like it at all and I can't imagine most people would.

I'd suggest looking for a new venue.

I have been to weddings where they do this and have never been high enough in the hierarchy to sit in the main room with the Bride and Groom, and it was awkward. Our tables never had any idea what exactly was going on, and very quickly people became disengaged from the reception. It just felt like we were all at a fancy dinner with a bunch of random people at our table, lol!