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I would not recommend this venue for anyone, and I...

I would not recommend this venue for anyone, and I'll explain. When my husband and I first found The Cracker Factory as a possible wedding venue we immediately became excited because it fit the beautiful and unique vibe we were looking for. However, after visiting the venue, we quickly became hesitant when booking it because we felt the owner, Amy, would be very difficult to work with, which is not what you want for a wedding venue! We put our hesitations aside since we really loved the appearance of the venue and we hoped for the best. Unfortunately, after signing the contract, these vibes about Amy came true and we quickly realized weddings weren't a high priority for them. We had a very short engagement and Amy made it very difficult to plan our wedding at their venue in every way possible. As our wedding day approached, we asked to visit the venue to make final plans of where we would lay out our ceremony and reception since we were having both at The Cracker Factory. Without any prior mention, Amy told us we could only be there for a maximum of fifteen minutes and anything over that would be charged an outrageous amount of money per hour. Going to visit for less than fifteen minutes wasn't an option for how far away each of us lived from the venue, and Amy made no exceptions. Even so, we figured it was a big misunderstanding and still hoped for the best for our big day.
Unfortunately, again, Amy made everything difficult during set up and even on our actual wedding day. For example, when booking the venue she promised a small portion of a side room as a "bridal suite" (which was dirty and had large holes in the floor everywhere) for our entire wedding day. Within minutes of walking down the aisle, Amy came in the "bridal suite" and told us girls we had to have all of our things out before our ceremony would even be over! We couldn't be seen by all of our guests (my husband and I didn't even do a first look) and had to find someone to carry all of our stuff out to our cars right before walking down the aisle! No warning from Amy or last minute make up touches!
From appearances only, this venue was perfect. However, I would not recommend anyone booking this venue! When expressing our concerns after the wedding to Amy, she just responded "well I guess we weren't the venue for you". I'm very disappointed that such a unique venue is owned by people who are impossible to work with and could care less about your wedding day.

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