Quote Originally Posted by Genesis-xyx View Post
...and now to find out that I might have to pay to get the full experience has somewhat ruined the immersion of it for me.
Why do you assume that the free wedding isn't the full experience? Why can't the paid wedding be an extra experience instead of being labelled as full experience?

Perhaps SE originally planned for the free wedding to be the full experience, but since there are people willing to pay for more fluff. They added in an extra experience for the paid wedding.