Quinceañeras and Sweet 16s · Orlando
A Quinceañera and Sweet 16 Venue in Orlando Built Around the Program
The program is the event
A quinceañera is not a party with a schedule laid over it. The schedule is the whole thing. The entrance, the court of honor, the changing of the shoes, the waltz with her father, the toast, the surprise dance, the last waltz. Every one of those moments needs a floor, a sightline, a sound cue and a room that is not fighting you.
That is what we built this room for.
What the room gives you for each moment
The entrance. There is a low convertible stage at one end and a wall of pleated gray drape behind it. She comes through a room with a coffered white ceiling and a statement chandelier, not a hotel ballroom with a carpet pattern in the photos.
The court. Tables seat 100 and sit around the open floor rather than eating into it. A court of honor with fourteen damas and chambelanes can actually line up, turn and finish a routine without anyone backing into a chair.
The changing of the shoes. Everyone forgets that this needs a chair placed somewhere the whole room can see, and a photographer who can get in front of it without standing on a table. Our host will set that chair for you on the stage edge, which solves both problems at once.
The father-daughter waltz. House sound with Bluetooth and aux, so the song plays from whatever device it lives on. Send the file to your DJ anyway. Phones ring at the worst possible moment.
The surprise dance. This is the one that goes wrong. Groups rehearse for weeks in a living room, then discover the real floor is a different shape and the first formation does not fit. Come practice here beforehand. Ask us and we will usually find you a weekday hour.
A working timeline for a six-hour quince
- 4:00 vendors in, decor and balloons up, photos with the honoree
- 6:00 doors, guests seated, music low
- 6:30 entrance and presentation
- 6:45 dinner service
- 7:45 the toast, then the changing of the shoes
- 8:00 father-daughter waltz, then the court waltz
- 8:30 surprise dance
- 9:00 cake, then the floor is open to everyone
- 11:30 last song
- 12:00 out
Six hours is the minimum on every package and a quince uses all of it. Extra hours are $250 each, and the extension past midnight is $150 an hour.
Why we point most quince families at Diamond
The Diamond package is the one that fits this event without adding much. It brings three staff, four hours of DJ and full sound, color uplighting on the white walls, a three-item hors d’oeuvres station, an open bar with beer, wine and mimosas for the adults, premium linens with chair sashes, custom welcome signage and food for 50. The chairs, the tables, the drape backdrop, the host, setup and cleaning are already in it, as they are in every package.
If your guest list runs past 50 for dinner, you add people at $45 a guest for food rather than being moved up to a bigger tier. A balloon garland is $325 for ten feet or $575 for twenty. Marquee letters, usually a number 15, are $100 each. A 360 photo booth is $400 for two hours and it will occupy the teenagers for the entire night, which is worth more than it sounds.
The food, and the reason it is hot
The kitchen is in this building, shared with the restaurant next door. That means two things you will not get elsewhere. Food travels twenty feet to the buffet instead of across Orlando in foil pans, and you can taste the menu before you book anything. There is never a catering delivery fee.
The menu leans Caribbean and it flexes. Jerk chicken, chicken curry, pepper steak, oxtail, griot, pan-seared salmon, chicken cordon bleu, rice, plantains, mac gratinée. Tell us what your family expects to see on the table and we will talk about it honestly at the tasting.
Two practical things
Friday and Saturday carry a $3,000 minimum total spend, with rental, food, bar and add-ons all counting toward it. A Saturday quince clears that easily. There is no minimum Monday through Thursday, and a Sunday starting after 4 PM is billed at weekday rates.
And the rules, briefly: no glitter, no confetti or powder-filled balloons, nothing taped to the floor, nothing stuck to the walls. Everything else is yours. Book a tour and bring her with you. She will know within a minute whether this is the room.
Questions
About quinceañeras and sweet 16s here.
Is there room for a court of honor to dance?
Yes. We seat 100 at tables and hold 130 standing, and the tables are laid out around an open floor rather than filling it. A court of fourteen plus the honoree has room to move, and there is a low stage for the entrance and the presentation.
Can we rehearse the surprise dance in the room before the day?
Ask us when you book. Weekday mornings and early afternoons are usually open and we can often give you the floor and the sound system for a practice run. Choreography that was learned in a garage rarely fits the real floor on the first try.
Do you have Spanish-speaking staff?
Yes. Planning, the tour, the tasting and the night itself can all be handled in Spanish. Nobody's abuela is going to be left out of the conversation.
Can we bring our own cake and our own DJ?
Both, and there is no cake cutting fee and no outside vendor fee. If you would rather not chase a DJ, the Diamond package includes four hours of DJ and full sound.
How late can the party run?
Events end at midnight. You can extend to 1 AM for $150 an hour if you arrange it in advance. For a quince we usually suggest deciding this early, because the dancing starts late and ends later.
Come and stand in the room.
Tours are by appointment and we answer within four business hours.