Sunrise Wedding am I crazy?

Just to clarify - You want to have a 6am wedding with family and friends at the ceremony and then after the ceremony, you want to go fishing for a few hours until brunch with everyone who came to the wedding ceremony??

Unless I'm super duper close to you, I don't want to get up that early for a ceremony. Even still, if I was up that early, I'd want to eat pretty much right afterwards. But that's just me.

If you do a sunrise wedding, I think it would be better to have a breakfast reception (and I do love me some pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon!) right after, rather than having people get up, get ready, then wait a few hours for you guys to return.

Alternately, if you two did your own thing, went fishing then came back to celebrate, so that your guests didn't have to get up so early, that could also work.

So, are your guests really morning people? How much time were you thinking to be out fishing?

Ceremony at the dock. Drive away as a married couple in the boat. The original plan was to elope (because it will be a Destination Wedding) and do this. I want to open it to those who WANT to come. Brunch for anybody who made the effort to fly down to be there. Fine with people not coming to the ceremony at the crack of dawn but just want to come to brunch.

We'll be having an AT HOME reception a week or 2 later for those that can't make the destination.

Okay, I think if people have the option of getting up or not and are well aware of the game plan/timing of things, go for it.

Well, personally, if I were to ask people to travel and wake up that early in the morning - I would do the brunch directly after the ceremony and then have a "farewell" where you two go off in the boat to fish - which is awesome! My fiance and I are big fishers.

Granted, you're not "requiring" people to come but if they're willing to travel AND wake up that early, I would think it's just being courteous not to let them wait...

I think with it being a destination wedding it may be more accepted, but people could still be reluctant for that hour. But at the same time i'm sure quite a few people are used to getting up early for work and if they are going to be flying out to be there for your DW why would they just skip the ceremony? Try talking with the people you are expected to invite and get their opinions on it and you can get a clearer idea of what to exect from them.

I probably won't sleep the night before the wedding anyway. Best fishing is early am. *lol* Yup getting ready at 3-4 am seems about right.

Katie's suggestion is an even better idea.

Why can't you and FH go fishing in the morning and have your ceremony/reception anytime after that? My FH is an avid fisher as well and will certainly be fishing the morning of our wedding. A 6AM ceremony then waiting around for a few hours seems like a bit much, but that's just me.

What time would you start getting ready?

Do you have a WP?

Btw - You'll also want to consider whether or not you want to smell like fish at your brunch reception...I'm not at all shy of unhooking/gutting our fish but I (and this includes my fiance) wouldn't dream of doing any of that prior to the reception at our wedding.

If I were to be invited to a sunrise wedding, I would respectfully decline. Sorry, but I do not get up at 6AM in the real world, so there is no way I'd get up at 3AM in order to get to a 6AM event.

Katie - good point... and that's part of why the ELOPE thing came into the picture, people are like cats, hard to herd. Especially my family. *lol*

I do think you are a little crazy... haha... but if you give the option and just tell people about it and invite them just in case someone wants to be there for the actual ceremony, they it will be fine. It is really all about what you are FH want. So I say do it, extend the ope invitation if people want, and then have brunch.

I personally would decline a sunrise ceremony and if I did attend and you left directly after the ceremony and then wanted me to wait around until after you got back from fishing for the brunch reception I would be more than a little miffed.

If this is truly what you want why don't you have your sunrise ceremony and stream it back home to the fam? Then you can spend your day fishing and celebrate with the family when you get home.

Lol i think you are crazy

I have zero problem with an early, sunrise ceremony, but in the light of full disclosure I begin work at 6am daily, so getting up at 4:30/5am is the norm for me. So I would actually prefer a sunrise wedding than one that goes until midnight. I fully recognize this isn't the norm, haha!

However, I do agree with the others about the timing of the brunch and/or smelling like fish

I wouldn't go nor would I officiate. I have a hunch that if you're wanting it to be just for you two, you'll absolutely get your wish.

I like the idea!

I know your giving your family a choice but if your my family I'm going to feel I have to go regardless. That is really early to ask people to come to a wedding but this is what you guys want, so do what you want. You will have to take into consideration that people will b starving for a good meal. You cannot make people wake up that early and not feed them breakfast pretty much immediately after the ceremony, so keep that in mind.