I think weddings, as with anything, will have the level of elegance and sophistacation that the planners (bride, groom, consultant) bring to them. Having said that, we had a cocktail reception with HEAVY appetizers buffet for a semi-formal wedding, and there were no lines. The tables we used were the smaller, cabaret-type tables, to discourage people from sitting down and camping out too long. We had told everyone in advance that we anted to dance, party and mingle, so we set up the room for that purpose. The buffet wound around in a circle, so there was no line, and the DJ had the music pumping from word go. We (the wedding party) did not sit down for more than a minute, then we started mingling, to give everyone the hint to start partying.
With that said, soror, I think you have to choose whatever works for you. For me, a person who CANNOT STAND always following and being the same as everyone else, yet who loves certain traditions, I loved having a wedding reception that strayed from the norm, in an elegant, yet "undiscovered" location that not errbody and they mama had been to before, and that people are STILL talking about how much fun they had dancing, mixing and mingling at our party.
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