It's your day, be extraWedding special effects, lighting and guest books in Texas and Arizona
Cold sparks on your entrance. Clouds under your first dance. Uplighting that changes the whole room. Pick one moment or stack a night of them.
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What wedding special effects cost, in real numbers
Magic Moments at Weddings Unlimited is $395 for special effects and lighting added to your wedding. The Glow Party Bundle is $495, the Poppin Party Bundle is $795, a Photo Guest Book added to any photo booth is $125, and the Cheers You Two video guest book is $595. Every one of those gets cheaper when you bundle it with photography, videography, DJ and MC, photo booth or day of coordination, which is how most of our couples save $1,000 to $3,000 against hiring separate vendors.
No service fees, no travel surcharge inside our Texas and Arizona markets, and no hourly clock on your DJ or your photographer. You will see the same number on your quote that you are reading here.
Magic Moments price list
- Magic Moments special effects and lighting$395
- Glow Party Bundle$495
- Poppin Party Bundle$795
- Photo Guest Book, added to any photo booth$125
- Cheers You Two video guest book$595
Pair it with wedding DJ & MC at $1,485, photo booth at $1,000 or photography at $1,950.
Wedding special effects, picked by the moment you want to own
Nine effects, all of them indoor friendly and all of them run by your own DJ, not a stranger who shows up for one cue. Tap a moment to see what fits it, then tell us which ones you want on the timeline.
Dancing on the Clouds
Low fog that sits right on the floor, so your first dance looks like the two of you are standing on a cloud. It clears before the next song starts.
First dance More about Dancing on the Clouds
Hearts on Fire cold sparks
Indoor safe cold spark fountains for your entrance, your first dance or your last song. No open flame, which is why venues that say no to sparklers usually say yes to these.
Grand entrance More about Hearts on Fire cold sparks
CO2 Guns
A blast of white fog straight up over the crowd, fired on the beat by your DJ when the floor is already packed. This is the one that makes the room scream.
Dance floor More about CO2 Guns
Fog Bubbles
Bubbles filled with fog that burst into tiny clouds when they land. Pair them with your exit and your photographer will thank you.
Grand exit More about Fog Bubbles
Color Clouds
Colored haze built for the photos you are actually going to print. Pick the colors that match your palette and we will set it where the light is best.
Photo moments More about Color Clouds
Confetti Falls
Eco friendly confetti dropped over the dance floor on the exact beat your DJ calls it. Loud, bright, and gone from the floor before the next set.
Dance floor More about Confetti Falls
Romantic Snowfall
Snow falling over your first dance in the middle of a Texas summer. All of the beauty, none of the cold, and nothing to clean up afterward.
First dance More about Romantic Snowfall
No Mess Streamers
Streamers flicked out over the crowd with nothing left to sweep up, so the venues with a no confetti rule still let you have the moment.
Dance floor More about No Mess Streamers
Rose Petal Fall
Petals falling from above during your first dance or your ceremony exit. Slow, soft, and almost impossible to beat on camera.
Photo moments More about Rose Petal FallNot sure which of these your venue allows? That is a two minute conversation, and we have already had it with most of the venues in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Phoenix.
Text us your venueWedding lighting that changes the room, not just the photos
Most venues hand you beige walls and a ceiling full of house lights. Lighting is the cheapest way to fix that, and your DJ runs all of it from the same booth, so nothing needs a second vendor or a second setup fee.
Ambient Uplighting
Wireless uplights set around the room in your color. For the money, nothing else changes a plain ballroom this much.
More about Ambient Uplighting
Monogram Projection
Your names or initials projected on the dance floor or a blank wall, designed with you before your date rather than picked off a menu.
More about Monogram Projection
Pinspot Lighting
Tight beams aimed at the cake, the head table and the florals, so the details you spent real money on still read after the house lights drop.
More about Pinspot Lighting
Intelligent Dance Lighting
Moving heads that react to the music instead of blinking on a timer. Dinner stays warm and soft, then the dance floor turns into a club.
More about Intelligent Dance Lighting
Laser Party Lights
Beams cutting across the room once the floor fills up. Best with a little haze or a CO2 hit, because that is when you can really see them.
More about Laser Party Lights
Follow Spotlight
One clean light that picks you up at the door and stays with you through the entrance, the first dance and the toasts.
More about Follow SpotlightTwo bundles built for the last hour of the night
These are the two we get asked for most, because they turn the end of a reception into the part everyone films. Both are priced as a set, both are run by your DJ, and both stack with any service bundle you already have with us.
The Glow Party Bundle $495
A neon lit last hour. The house lights come down, the UV lights come up, and a reception full of adults turns into the best kind of chaos. It photographs like nothing else on your timeline.
- 30 glowing foam sticks
- 6 glowing beach balls
- 2 UV lights for the dance floor
- 50 glow sticks for the grand exit
The Poppin Party Bundle $795
Three effects layered into one finale, so the room gets a concert ending instead of a fade out. This is the one to pick if you only want to make one decision about effects.
- Cold spark fountains for your biggest dance floor moment
- Cloud bubbles that float and catch your lighting
- 30 no mess streamers your venue will actually allow
Effects get cheaper the moment they ride along with a service. Put Magic Moments next to photography, videography, DJ & MC, photo booth or day of coordination and the bundle price does the work.
Build your own bundleModern wedding guest books: audio, photo and video
A book of signatures gets you a shelf full of names. These get you your grandmother's voice, your college roommate losing it at the mic, and a coffee table album you will actually open in ten years.
Audio Guest Books
A vintage phone on a table. Guests pick it up, leave a message, and hang up. No camera, no attendant, no bright light, which is exactly why people say the real thing instead of freezing up.
See how the audio guest book works
Photo Guest Book $125
Every booth print gets a twin. One strip goes home with your guests, one goes in the book next to whatever they wrote about you. It fills itself while you are on the dance floor.
See photo booth options
Cheers You Two Video Guest Book $595
Guests record a short video, and it comes back to you as a coffee table album you can hand someone across a room. Part keepsake, part conversation starter, zero logging into anything.
Ask us about the video guest bookTry your neon sign right here, live
Type your words, pick a font and a color, and watch it glow. When you love it, finish sizing and backing on the full designer and send it straight to our planners.
Will my venue let us do this? Usually yes, and here is how we find out
Cold sparks, low fog, bubbles and streamers exist because venues started banning real sparklers, open flame and confetti. They are the workaround, not the rule breaker. Still, the venue and the local fire code get the final word, so we settle it before you pay for anything.
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You tell us the venue and the moment
Entrance, first dance, last song or exit. We have already worked most of the rooms in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Phoenix, so we usually know the answer before we ask.
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We confirm it in writing with your venue
Ceiling height, sprinkler heads, smoke detectors and any house rule about haze. If a venue says no to one effect, we bring you the two that it says yes to instead of shrugging.
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Your DJ runs it off your timeline
Same person, same booth, same cue sheet your planner already has. Nothing fires a beat late because a second vendor was watching from the back of the room.
Rules differ by city and by building. In Texas, licensing and inspection sit with the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office, and in Arizona with the Arizona Office of the State Fire Marshal. If your venue wants documentation, ask us and we will get it to them.
Indoor cold sparks at a Texas reception, cleared with the venue before the date.
Why couples add Magic Moments with us instead of renting effects
Effects companies drop off a machine and leave. We are already at your wedding, already on your timeline, and already the ones pressing the button.
Transparent Pricing
$395 for Magic Moments, $495 for the Glow Party, $795 for the Poppin Party. Published, not quoted, and no service fee bolted on at signing.
Unlimited Time
Your DJ stays from the first song of cocktail hour to the last note. Effects fire when the moment is ready, not when a rented hour runs out.
Completely Custom
Your monogram is drawn for you. Your uplighting color is yours. Nothing here is a package you squeeze yourselves into.
Completely Reliable
Backup gear in the van, a planning app holding the cue sheet, and a team that has run these effects through thousands of weddings since 2010.
Wedding special effects and lighting across Texas and Arizona
The effect list is the same in every market. What changes is the room, the ceiling and the house rules, and that is the part we already know. If you are searching for wedding lighting or special effects near you, start with your city.
Houston, TX
Home since 2010. Cold sparks and low fog are cleared at most Houston ballrooms, and we know which downtown rooms cap the haze before you ask.
Houston weddingsDallas and Fort Worth, TX
Barns, hotel ballrooms and industrial lofts. Uplighting earns its money fastest up here, because half the rooms are raw brick and the other half are beige.
Dallas weddingsAustin, TX
Rooftops downtown and patios out west. Outdoor exits are where fog bubbles and cold sparks look their absolute best on camera.
Austin weddingsSan Antonio, TX
Big families, long receptions, and a floor that does not empty. Confetti and CO2 over a packed room late in the night is the local specialty.
San Antonio weddingsPhoenix, AZ
Resort ballrooms and desert venues with open ceilings. Uplighting changes a beige resort room completely, and exits photograph beautifully once the sun drops.
Phoenix weddingsBeaumont and the Texas Hill Country
Ranches, vineyards and outdoor estates. We travel, and the sound, lighting and effects all come with us in the same van.
Ask about your venueWedding special effects and lighting FAQs
The ten things couples actually ask us before they add effects. Tap any question to open it.
How much do wedding special effects cost?
Magic Moments at Weddings Unlimited is $395 for special effects and lighting added to your wedding. The Glow Party Bundle is $495 and the Poppin Party Bundle is $795. A Photo Guest Book added to any photo booth is $125, and the Cheers You Two video guest book is $595. Those prices are the same in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Phoenix, and they drop when effects are bundled with photography, videography, DJ and MC, photo booth or day of coordination.
Are cold sparks safe to use indoors?
Cold spark fountains are designed for indoor use because they produce no open flame, which is the reason venues that ban traditional sparklers and pyrotechnics often still approve them. The venue and the local fire code always get the final say, so Weddings Unlimited confirms approval with your venue before your date and can send documentation if the venue asks for it.
What can we use instead of a sparkler send off?
The three most popular sparkler send off alternatives at Weddings Unlimited weddings are indoor safe cold spark fountains, fog bubbles that burst into small clouds as they land, and the 50 glow sticks included in the $495 Glow Party Bundle. All three work indoors, none of them need an open flame, and all three photograph better than a sparkler tunnel because your photographer is not fighting the glare.
What is Dancing on the Clouds?
Dancing on the Clouds is a low fog effect that stays at floor level instead of rising, so during your first dance it looks like the two of you are standing on a cloud. Because the fog hangs low rather than filling the room, it usually passes at venues that do not allow standard haze or smoke machines. It is included in the Magic Moments lineup at $395.
How much does wedding uplighting cost?
Uplighting is part of Magic Moments at Weddings Unlimited, which is $395 for special effects and lighting on your wedding. Wireless uplights are placed around your reception in the color you choose, and your DJ controls them from the same booth that runs your music, so there is no second vendor and no second setup fee.
Can we get a custom monogram projected at our reception?
Yes. Weddings Unlimited designs a custom monogram with your names or initials and projects it on the dance floor or a blank wall at your reception. The design is built with you before your wedding date rather than chosen from a set of stock templates, and monogram projection is part of Magic Moments at $395.
What is an audio guest book and how does it work?
An audio guest book is a vintage style telephone set up at your reception. A guest picks up the handset, leaves a spoken message and hangs up, and you get every recording after the wedding. There is no camera, no bright light and no attendant standing there, which is why guests say something real instead of freezing up the way they do on a video guest book.
Is confetti allowed at wedding venues in Houston and Dallas?
It depends on the venue. Many Houston and Dallas venues have a no confetti rule because of cleanup, which is exactly why Weddings Unlimited offers no mess streamers that leave nothing to sweep up, along with eco friendly confetti for the rooms that do allow it. Tell us your venue and we will confirm which of the two you can have before anything is booked.
Do we need a separate company for wedding special effects?
No. Your Weddings Unlimited DJ runs the effects and the lighting from the same booth and the same timeline as your music, so nothing fires late because a second vendor was watching from the back of the room. Booking effects with the team that is already at your wedding also avoids a second delivery fee, a second setup window and a second point of contact.
Can we add Magic Moments after we have already booked?
Yes. Couples add effects, lighting and guest books to an existing Weddings Unlimited booking all the time, often in the last few months before the wedding once the timeline is set. Text us at (281) 205-1516 with your date and what you want added, and it goes on the same contract and the same invoice.
Still deciding? Look through what 1,200+ couples have said, or see how effects fit with your DJ and MC and your photo booth.
Your Magic Moments Start Here
Tell us your date, your venue and which moments you want. We will confirm what your venue allows, price the effects and lighting honestly, and build a bundle that saves you real money. No pressure, just a plan.
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