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To Destination or not to Destination?

Hey all, I could really use some input or guidance here. Before my fiance and I even got engaged we knew we wanted a Harry Potter wedding. I had been toying around with the idea of having a destination wedding at Universal Orlando but thought that it might be too difficult to plan and coordinate everyone and was leaning toward a more traditional local wedding. When I brought the idea to FH he jumped on it. I got some info from the Universal website and emailed back and forth with a coordinator so by the time we actually got engaged we had somewhat of a plan in place. There isn't much we could book yet but I had ideas in mind and was researching vendors (found a photographer that I love!) and putting together a general picture for our wedding. Fast forward to just after Thanksgiving and he tells me he's completely changed his mind and wants to do a local wedding. He doesn't like that it's not as cost effective as we were originally thinking and the package we can afford has too restrictive of a guest list; for the same price we could invite more of our friends and have a longer reception (our package was for up to 47 guests with a ceremony and one hour reception with food, bar, and cake.) I completely understand where he's coming from, and after some time to think about it I'm not completely against it. But I still like the idea of taking our few close friends and family to the actual Wizarding World of Harry Potter and having a more immersive experience and vacation even if the wedding itself is short. When he first stated his new feelings I felt blindsided and like my 7 months of mental planning and research was being flushed down the drain. Even though I have warmed to the idea of a local wedding a part of me still wants the destination and now I don't know what I want or how to feel. The local wedding would be about the same level of difficulty to plan and about the same budget and more beneficial to our guests that wouldn't have to travel so it seems like I'm just holding on to the destination wedding out of pure emotion. Has anyone else struggled with where they wanted their wedding or had a difference of opinion with their fiance about it? Should I let go of the destination wedding idea and embrace the local? Am I being unreasonable or overemotional for still even wanting the destination wedding? TL;DR: FH and I were on the same page of wanting a destination wedding until FH changed his mind. I like the idea of either and don't know what I want anymore.

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