text: We done hitched ourselves in Vegas And of course getting hitched in Vegas means an Elvis if you want things all right and proper So we called up Viva and booked one of their specials nnMostly what we wanted was a small informal event We chose the Doo Wop Diner Chapel because it is not very chapely at all We are both godless atheists so the churchier chapels were not quite our thing We mentioned the Yelp dealio and got a free DVD of our ceremony The women who helped us set up the wedding over the phone were quite helpful telling us about the online preregistration with the Marriage License Bureau so we would not get stuck in line for too long They were friendly and did their best to put in special requests Not all of these were granted but hey it is they had over weddings that day And they spelled my name right on the marqueea feat that is pretty difficult for my own mother let alone perfect strangers nnWhile initially we were told that we would probably end up with a sedan we were given a limo which was nice and helped us convey The Husbands side of the family with us to the locale Our driver was super super nice and swiftly conveyed us to our destination He shepherded us into the lobby and got us checked in and dealt with the aggro sister of another bride who thought we were jumping the line We were not We were just doing what our limo driver told us but he apologised and got everything sorted out To be expected when so many folks are getting married at oncennOur wedding coordinator ushered us back to the Diner area ran us through a brief precis of the ceremony introduced us to the minister who would actually pronounce us married and then herded the family into place Anyway so the family comes in and gets all seated Then we walk in together holding hands and the Elvis sings When Fools Rush InCannot Help Falling In Love We are told we can slow dance nnSince we ended up getting married at in the morning we got the fresh Elvis I wonder how bleary eyed and tired they were later that day Maybe they ran the Elvises in shifts Our Elvis was pretty good although I think we threw him with the fact that we did not have any rings We exchanged high fives instead and said Go Team Venture I KNOW we threw off the photographer because he started getting us set up for a ring shot and we were puzzled wondering why he was having us hold our hands over the bouquet nnAnyway Elvis capped off the event by singing Viva Las Vegas and then we got a bunch of pics with the fam and Elvis before being taken outside for one final set of photosus under the marquee with our names in lights and the date nnIt is true that your family and friends can only take pictures during the ceremony and from the sidelines so they do not block the webcam streaming the event This turned out fine in our case My brother got quite a lot of decent pics We plan on ordering a handful of the group shots although as noted they are expensiveish nnAnyway all in all we got the wedding we would hoped for small fun relatively inexpensive Most of our wedding costs were in putting the fam up in Vegas and getting plane ticketsnnViva Las Vegas was a fun place to get hitched if fun and small are your goals I enjoyed not having to fret over too many details And our Elvis and driver were great The minister was genial too