Sunrise Wedding am I crazy?

I am not a morning person and probably wouldn't get up for an early wedding unless we were very, very close.

As a guest, especially an out of town guest, you know what I would do right after the ceremony? Eat a huge breakfast at a restaurant with whoever else I knew. Then, surprise, I'm not hungry for your brunch. I'd probably skip it if I was brave enough to go to your ceremony.

I don't get why you can't do the fishing on another day? Make a day of it just you and your new (or about to be) hubby before or after the wedding. That way you have no time restraints, no changing clothes a bunch of times, no guests to worry about....

I wouldn't attend. That's just too early.

I guess I don't get why you have to go fishing while your guests wait for you? I don't get the fishing guide as officiant, but that's a whole other story.

Do a private ceremony, with the least amount of people necessary by law, and then meet everyone after the expedition.

I can barely get up for work at 6am on some days I cannot deal with a wedding at 6am. I wouldnt be fully functional. Plus you'd have to get up at 3 to get ready. I love my sleep wayy too much

I am having a sunrise wedding =) Waking at 3AM for hair and make up....we didn't have one complaint either! Everyone is more than happy to rise early, be at the ceremony and each brunch after the TTD session in the ocean! We are also taking everyone to a luau that evening! Ours is in Hawaii but a gorgeous sunrise is a gorgeous sunrise anywhere!

We of course aren't leaving to go fishing but my point was that my guests did not bitch about the time of the ceremony

Key difference. Hawaii.

@Celia, Yeah, I'm guessing it would be hard to complain about anything there. Everyone that is going is just excited about having a reason to go to Hawaii

I am not a morning person at all! I would not make it unless you were immediate family and that would still be a maybe.

As for tiedaknot, Hawaii is a 5 hr difference for what I am use too so that makes a difference. It would be anywhere after 9 my time so no problem there

6Am um that's early i know my husband family and there would be absolutely no way ! but it just depends on yalls family and if they would get up ... also i would have a breakfast rehearsal if i got up at 6 i wouldnt want go wait ! maybe french toast and eggs and fruits what about an omelete, station yummy

6Am um that's early i know my husband family and there would be absolutely no way ! but it just depends on yalls family and if they would get up ... also i would have a breakfast rehearsal if i got up at 6 i wouldnt want go wait ! maybe french toast and eggs and fruits what about an omelete, station yummy

I think it would be nicer for your guests to make it for breakfast right after the ceremony then you can go fishing after the reception is done... If I found out I didn't eat because the bride and groom went fishing I would not be happy

There is no one in this world that i would attend a 6am wedding for. no relative, no best friend... regardless of location.

Getting up before the buttcrack of dawn to attend your wedding, then wait for a brunch while you go fishing, come back all fishy smelling, & try to enjoy the day when all I want is a caffeine iv? No thanks....

Seriously, you can do the fishing the day after, maybe make it a "our first day as husband & wife" fishing trip. Doing that on your wedding day? You must really love fish to want to smell like it... not to mention if you are hoping guests to wake up that freaking early, you'd be rude to make them wait for food & coffee. Honestly, that is really rude. Sunrise weddings can be beautiful & awesome, if planned right. Those guests that actually do come, god bless their hearts for enduring an early morning on an empty stomach, while you fish...

I am a morning person, so I would probably go, but waiting during the fishing thing is weird...

I think it depends on whether you are completely clear with your guests about the fact that the ceremony is optional. It sounds like you want your ceremony to be a really personal event for you and your FH that others can attend if they want to, but the event that's actually aimed at them is your reception later in the day. That's fine, as long as they all understand that the reception is the main event and the ceremony is not planned with guests in mind.

I'm a night person, so I don't think I would go to an early ceremony unless it was someone I was really close to, but if I knew that I wasn't expected to attend, I'd be fine with that. The sunrise and fishing sound really romantic though. More importantly, it sounds like it's something that really important to you and your FH. If that is the case, I think you should do it.

I would skip it, or at least rearrange the schedule a bit and do food then you leave for fishing or go fishing then do the ceremony and reception. If you want the boat send off you could still do it even if you go fishing first. You wouldn't have to stay at the reception for hours. You could leave early. 6 a.m. isn't too bad, I get up at 5:30 to get to class on time when it snows, but for something like a wedding even a casual attire one I'd at least shower and do my hair and makeup and if you're planning on an RV or something with limited bathroom and getting ready space I'd have to share and maybe wait so I'd say I would probably have to wake up at 4:00 in order to not look like I rolled outta bed and wander down to the dock in time. Guests usually take their seats before ceremony time too so probably 5:30 for a 6:00 start time. So, it's not like guests would sleep until 6:00. They'd be getting up pretty much when you do.

I think it's a neat idea but in practical sense may not work too well. I would go to a sunrise wedding unless it was my sisters. Getting up earlier than 730 is torturous to me though - so that may have something to do with it. I agree though that if you do have the ceremony that early, I would feed the guests immediately afterwards ( even if you then to a lunch reception later with them )

I would actually LOVE to go to a sunrise wedding. You only live once! It's like an adventure... Everyone always complains because I never want to stay out late. Bragging about getting smashed and staying up until 3am is so cliche- do something different for once! But I do agree that food right after is best- even if its short and then you get your send-off like tiedaknot gather everyone later in the evening.