JSI2005's reviews

Great alternative to a limo or bus. Getting married in the fall, we wanted a nice form of transportation that wouldn’t squish everyone and still provided a view. We didn’t travel far between church, pictures, and the reception, but we were able to use the trolley to take pictures next to when we got to the reception for family pictures. We didn’t even use our full time, but worked for what we needed it for.

We LOVE the food from MaMa Mia’s! My MIL ordered take out garlic bread, salad, lasagna, and ravioli for the rehearsal dinner and everyone loved it. We had more than enough food and were able to send guests away with some leftovers.

Great experience. They didn’t pressure us into anything but were willing to show us anything that interested us. They left us alone to discuss what we had wanted rather than sit there and listen to our every word. Definitely would go there again. Actually, my wedding gift from my husband was a necklace that matched my ring. So they did business with us on 3 separate occasions!

while the style we picked was very simple, the punctuating came back ‘wrong’ so I reordered them (couldn’t return the first batch) and they came back the same. When I called and asked about it, they said they had a proofreader go over it and made changes. Would have been nice to know before I reordered them all! So I had to throw away about 120 invitations. Talk about money down the drain!

Patti is my regular stylist and I’ve known her most of my life. My mom and all of my bridesmaids had their hair done at the salon by different people. Everyone had a different style but they all looked great! We were allowed to bring in juice, bagels and fruit to eat while we got ready and waited for everyone to finish up. We also had our makeup done there. All reasonably priced ($40 or less for each service) and we had a great time getting ready.

Kari Thomas (no longer there) was awesome to work with. Always answered our questions. One day we took our parents to brunch and then there to look at the room. One of the sales associates answered all sorts of questions for us-for like 45 minutes! We appreciated everything. The food was great and we were able to use our space in the lower level and also the bar and hotel lobby area. We were the only event, so we had everyone’s attention.


We were able to block off rooms for our guests at a discounted rate. Many people took advantage of the offer. We also received a free nights stay, which we also used that night. I know some of our guests took advantage of the pool after the reception and were allowed to be there if they maintained a reasonable noise level. It is wonderful! Clean, cozy and has a homey-lodge feel to it.

Lynelle was great to work with. Because of her many years of experience, she was very helpful in helping me decide on flowers for the season and the color of our wedding (gold and black). The flowers were very reasonably priced and she was not pushy about flowers for the reception or church. She worked with our budget and the flowers looked great and lasted for a few days after the wedding!

We made cards for each guest’s placesetting explaining that we made a donation to charity in lieu of a favor. My mom’s company actually (at the time) matched charity donations 100%, so our donation was matched. This is a great idea and there are many great charities that are looking for help. We chose the Victory Junction Camp because of our love of children and racing, and because of my job in working with special needs children.

The woman that we booked with at the Washington County wedding show was our contact for the planning process. The company has a website that you can create your playlists and requests for special songs to save time when you meet with them. She was never able to meet with us prior to 8pm and we had to meet at our venue (fortunately, a hotel), and she always complained how tired she was and how much work she had to do. Join the club!! When we went over our selections, she hand wrote them on paper and then told us we had to go on the website and enter all the changes ourselves, rather than her, as our representative, do it. With demanding and odd-hours jobs, this upset my fiancé and I greatly. The night of our wedding the young gentleman who was our MC did a good job of playing the music we wanted during dinner, but hardly any of the other music we requested. Everyone had a great time, but we were not happy with the developments of our reception music.

In our preparations for marriage, we were assigned a first time couple to walk us through the process of what marriage really was. They were so much fun and very helpful. Our only problem with the church was in coordinating to meet with the head musician in enough time because he was busy with summer plans and his full time job. Day of the ceremony the girls had a great room to get ready in. Fr. Dave Reith was our officiant and was very helpful in the rehearsal as to what happened when.