Fort DeSoto Park - Gulfview Room
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My fiance and I really wanted to rent the hall for our reception, but we had problems right from the beginning. First, the lady we spoke with changed the prices three times, saying they were still working it out. Everytime they changed it prices went up, and extra changes were added. They jerked us around with the beverage prices a lot, and wanted to charge us $300.00 just to bring our own beer and wine. Plus we had to purchase all of our non-alcoholic drinks through them which came out to be another couple hundred dollars. Then you have to pay another $225.00 to have police officers there to have alcohol. Then they force you to rent servers through them to have beverages. The list goes on.. It all added up to be a lot just to get the room and beverages. For the same price we can get catered food somewhere else that will include the building. We were shocked at how high the prices were and how poorly managed the facilities are. I originally was surprised to hear that they hadn't booked anything for 2010 yet, but now I see why.
Fort DeSoto is so beautiful, and we really wanted to get married on the beach. Only problem is that it is so far from any reasonably priced reception sites.
We spoke with a woman about having the ceremony at the Gulfview Room (inside the park, near the fort at Fort DeSoto), and she was an interesting character. She jerked us around about the alcohol policy, and wanted to charge quite a bit of money for chair rental on the beach in addition to the $1000 fee for the wedding there. We met with her to look at the different options for the ceremony site and she took us to 2 locations, both of which were unsatisfactory for us. Although she seemed like a nice person, my fiance and I really felt that she wasn't listening to us.
I learned after speaking to my sister-in-law, who was just recently married in Largo, that the woman did the same thing to them last year.
We are still getting married at Fort DeSoto, but are doing it on our own. The only downside to this is that there is no back-up plan. With the Gulfview Room, you can have the ceremony inside the room in case of rain, but it isn't free.
I hope that everything goes OK for our wedding, but I'm much happier to do it on our own than have to work with her.
I am very happy we chose this location. Everyone commented on how beautiful the location was and how it made a beautiful back drop for our wedding. I can't complain when the location was free. Great for budget friendly brides.
About Fort DeSoto Park - Gulfview Room
The Gulfview Room is also available as the back up site for your ceremony. An event at the Gulf view Room has all the advantages of a beach event without worries about the weather.
Since the Gulfview Room is managed by United Park Services, we can coodinate rehearsal or "day after" beach events including umbrella rental, beach chairs, kayaks and bikes.
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