The Dream-Maker - Mountain Top Weddings

If a mountain top wedding is your dream, the Dream-Maker specializes in outdoor weddings at beautiful Lake Tahoe.

What could be more romantic than a mountain top wedding at beautiful Lake Tahoe? Mountain Top Weddings
The Dream-Maker’s Mountain Top wedding ceremony is exceptionally unique, with Forested Glens, as well as amazing vistas, all with their individually different, magnificent lake views. This exquisite eight and a half acre property is located behind a locked Federal gate, Dream-Maker with Federal permit, key and permission to caravan vehicles to the top of what used to be North Tahoe's Fire Ranger Look-out (breathtaking, panoramic views are an understatement). The Mountain Top wedding ceremony is available from mid spring to late fall, weather permitting.

Don't be disappointed by other wedding services when they speak of a peak tourist season, lakefront ceremony, only to find that your wedding has become an attraction in the middle of a public park or roadside look-out with camera-toting tourists and loud, swim suit wearing, Frisbee-throwing, children standing by as noisy unwelcome spectators observing what should be your own personal moment with friends and family. (Note: Dream-Maker prefers lakeside ceremonies only on off tourist season days/times, for maximum couples' privacy... otherwise, Dream-Maker is thrilled to have use of this wonderfully remote and breathtaking Mountain Top area to create summertime memories for discerning wedding couples and their guests).

This Fire Lookout Mountain Top area, again, is behind a locked Federal gate and is about a half mile's drive, on asphalted road, to the lookout 700 feet above the lake (Dream-Maker with gate key and permit) and it is definitely not a highway pullout. This one-of-a-kind location is pure magic with wedding guests constantly telling us, "This is the most beautiful and heartfelt ceremony I've ever seen... how did you ever find this wonderful place?!" See why so many discerning couples trust the Dream-Maker Lake Tahoe to make their day extraordinary. Make your wedding a special experience that friends and family will talk about for years to come.

Options like the gazebo, floral sprays, white wooden garden chairs, and an aisle lined on either side with real pine cones always leaves an unforgettable impression with all who attend. Guests are constantly mesmerized by this outdoor location. Weather back-ups are always suggested as a precaution for any outdoor events. The Dream-Maker® Chapel is offered as a complimentary weather back-up. Additional Dream-Maker® wedding/event coordination is available to locate alternative, weather back-up options.

Overhead tents, to protect sun-sensitive individuals, are also available options at this location. Taped music is always included in any Dream-Maker® ceremony, as well as during the Dream-Maker’s post-ceremonial photographic and videographed portraits taken at the Mountain Top or any of our spectacular wedding locales. Live music is also available.

These particular Mountain Top Dream-Maker® wedding events are environmentally sensitive. A portion of the celebrant’s fee, as well as ceremonial and post-ceremonial Mountain Top services such as photography and videography are collected by The Dream-Maker® and given to the proper agency to serve as a conscientious effort to protect and preserve this natural wonder. The Dream-Maker® and the U.S.D.A. appreciate the bride, groom and wedding guests respecting our obligation and concern in protecting this amazingly beautiful, yet extremely delicate environment, as well as our duty to preserve the forest health, forest trails and maintenance and protection of flora and fauna. Operating under a Federal Permit, The Dream-Maker® also takes seriously its responsibility to any physically challenged ceremony attendee by providing access to any handicapped individual at this particular Mountain Top location.

Maximum vehicles for wedding party and guests shall not exceed nine (limos holding up to ten guests and shuttles carrying fourteen to twenty-four individuals, each counting as one vehicle, are available at an additional, rental and coordination fee. Click for shuttle information) For more information on the Dream-Maker's Policies and Procedures, click here.

Can you guess the name of the famous Rock Legend whom the Dream-Maker married at this breathtaking location? Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band!! Steve stood at this look-out, mesmerized by its beauty. He asked whether this panoramic view area had a name; we told him what it was... his response; "Man, you should call this place "Oh, My God, Point", because that's my reaction, "Oh, My God, this is place is awesome!" Read about what other Movie Stars and Rock Legends had to say about the Dream-Maker.

All Below packages Include: The following mountain top ceremonies include the minister, music, coordinator (coordinator only with Sapphire and Crystal Waters packages), and chapel facility (maximum 25 people) as a weather back-up. Depending on the package chosen, 20 minutes of coordination is provided before event and anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours, the day of event. If package is moved to a lakeside venue, wedding package cost does not include State parking fees. The Dream-Maker® Florist and Formal Wear experts are readily available to assist you with floral ideas and upgrades, rentals, tuxedo requests and wedding apparel. Also, when you book your wedding with the Dream-Maker Lake Tahoe you will receive a couple of ceremony choices.

The Emerald Package
Basic, No Extras Wedding package; This package includes the Minister/Officiant and site location.

• 2 people $495 (=Bride and Groom with D.M. minister... minister not counted)
• 03-6 people $545 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 7-12 people $595 (includes Bride and Groom)

• 2 people $795 (=Bride, Groom, coordinator/witness and minister... minister and coordinator not counted)

• 7-12 people $895 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 13-20 people $1045 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 21-30 people $1245 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 31-40 people $1495 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 41-50 people $1845 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 51-75 people $2420 (includes Bride and Groom)

• 2 people $1095 (=Bride, Groom, coordinator/witness and minister... minister and coordinator not counted)
• 03-6 people $1145 (includes Bride and Groom)

• 7-12 people $1195 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 13-20 people $1345 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 21-30 people $1545 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 31-40 people $1795 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 41-50 people $2145 (includes Bride and Groom)
• 51-75 people $2720 (includes Bride and Groom)

Note: * Your photographer has the right to protect the professional grade equipment. If weather conditions (rain or snow) are such that it jeopardizes the equipment the photographer can postponed the photos/video and may reschedule these services for a different location, time and/or day.

* Dream-Maker records your wedding video on a Digital/Video camera, then transfers it to a DVD format, to maintain the highest playback quality. Commercial, "Broadcast Quality Video", also available at an additional cost. Call for prices.

*Note: Professional Photography/Videography must be taken by a Dream-Maker photographer. No other "Professional" Photographer, hired in the place of a Dream-Maker photographer, is allowed at this location.

Comprised of acres of forest land this Mountain Top Area contains several uniquely beautiful wedding site possibilities. Depending on group size, etc. the below drawing illustrates the five wedding locations Dream-Maker uses for its events. Area #1 offers a wide open, panoramic view of the entire Tahoe Basin with asphalt pathway and flooring, at wedding site. For groups up to thirty people, this area is amazing and very popular. Not far away is Area #2, with its beautiful, natural forest/lake view. Instead of an asphalt pathway/ceremony site, like area #1, this location (area #2) enjoys a natural Tahoe terrain and can support up to fifty chairs (chairs and/or gazebos, are additional cost, upgrade item/s). Area #3 is the largest mountain top locale and can handle up to 75 chairs , (chairs and/or gazebos, are additional cost, upgrade item/s). Area #3, located in natural terrain is surrounded by shade producing, towering evergreens. New Lookout areas; Lookout areas #4 and #5 are wheelchair access with asphalt flooring and no more than a 5% grade. Each has a similarly wonderful view of South Tahoe. Area #4 holds up to 30 people and area #5, up to 20 people.

If Area #2 or #3 are chosen for the wedding, if photos are ordered, within your wedding package, the photographer will make sure to take the newly weds to Area #1, or #4, or #5 where the view is a bit more expansive, for several dazzling, panoramic portrait shots, as well.

The above panoramic view is a composite photo comprised of four individual photos shot from Area #1 and joined together. Because this photo is a rap-around composite of four photos, remember, although your wedding photos, at this location, will be absolutely breathtaking, your wedding photos will not show this entire view in any one photo.

Shuttle/ Limousine Service: Mountain Top parking is limited to a maximum of 9 vehicles for the wedding party and their guests, plus one Dream-Maker vehicle = 10. So, with the larger weddings, usually group sizes over forty, Shuttle and/or Limousine Service may be needed.

Upon arriving, the bride, groom and their families feel like they are the very first ones to discover this pristine and untouched "Lake in the Sky" ... Lake Tahoe!

* Photo Packages include a choice of cameras from 24 photos taken on the Digital Nikon and sent to you on a mini-CD, or 24 exposures taken on 35mm Nikon film camera with undeveloped roll given to couple, at completion of wedding, to develop and print.

1. 24x Exposures on Professional 35mm Film Camera. For couples trying to save money, who don't mind doing the footwork and cost for photos for friends and family copies. The film will be professionally taken, with great equipment and then given to couple to develop and print. The savings are that the couple can print as many copies as they wish for a much lower cost. Unless otherwise requested, the 35mm film option is the default in the Sapphire or Crystal Waters packages.

2. 24x Photos taken on Digital Camera and mini-CD of photo/files mailed to you. Note: Allow ten days to two weeks for delivery.

How Good Is Digital Quality - or - What Is The Megapixal Rating Of 35mm Film: Recently, we married a couple and found out that the groom was a developer/programmer for the digital photography industry, working for one of the well-known camera brands. We asked him three times what the Megapixial of 35mm film was. The first two answers were, "we, in the industry, don't talk about this number." He really didn't want to tell us the Megapixal equivalent of film. Finally, the third time the subject came up, he said, "alright, 35mm film is 18-20 Megapixal." We were obviously surprised. He said this it is why we don't talk about it. When we finally equal 35mm film we will brag about it, but until we get there we allow people to be happy with their 6, 7 or 8 Megapixal digital cameras. He said that the best part of present day digital cameras is that they are so very convenient, taking the need to purchase film and having to go to developers for belated results out of the equation. He continued, some day we will equal and then surpass film, but we are not there yet. Dream-Maker has a great digital SLR camera and offers this as a photo possibility, but until digital equals, or surpasses film, our first choice is to the film medium, where enlargements come out the very best they can be. Also, when you get 35mm film developed you can have a CD of digital files burned, so you have the best of both film as well as digital photos to email, etc. And, having your negatives makes the cost of reprints a fraction of the cost of what a photographer would charge for additional prints.

* Special: If you have ordered a Sapphire or a Crystal Waters package with 24x, 35 film photos, you can upgrade to 36x, 35mm photos for only $50.00, plus tax, which this upgrade is usually a $175 value.

All Dream-Maker® Mountain Top ceremonies are conducted under special permit with the United States Department of Agriculture. Weddings performed on National Forest lands are allowed under permit with Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, USFS. The Dream-Maker® is operated in accordance with USDA policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, handicap, religion, familial partners or national origin. As well, use of NV. State Park property is only allowed with special permission. Each vehicle entering the Park is required to also pay a day use fee and per vehicle parking fee. These Park fees DO NOT APPLY, however, to The Dream-Maker® events taking place at the Mountain Top.

Snow Conditions; if your mountain top wedding is planned for early spring, there is a possible that the mountain top access road could still be under a few inches of snow, making driving the road impossible. The depth of snow and speed in which it melts varies from year to year. We are usually performing ceremonies in this area around mid-April, but this depends, again, on the prior winter snow depths and speed of melting. If we can not get up the access road the wedding will be held at the beautiful lakeside location (see http://www.wedtahoe.com/weddings/outdoor.html ). This is also a gorgeous location for your event and many have remarked equally as beautiful with the lake's Caribbean blues.

Due to the nature of your wedding package, all payments paid the The Dream-Maker® and Dream-Maker's vendor network are nonrefundable. However, payments paid directly to The Dream-Maker® for Dream-Maker products and services are transferable to a new date up to one year from the original date booked. Perishable items (i.e. flowers, cakes) are rebooked at an additional expense to the client.