Yes, I got married at Cypress Grove in Florida (not Cypress Gardens) in 2003.
We both never really wanted the big deal and it worked out significantly cheaper for us overall - one week in Orlando, flew to Mexico for a 'honeymoon' week, then back for a couple of nights before flying home. Probably a quarter of the cost a normal wedding would have been.
Both sets of parents came along with a few friends. We did offer to all friends but the distance/cost wasn't easy for all obviously. We had a joint ceremony with our best friends who also got married (sadly, they divorced a few years later).
Only regret is not having a do when we got back but to be fair that wouldn't have been the same without the wedding day anyway.
other reason was that we'd always be away on our anniversary as we go away at the same time each year. That bit worked out great and we've had some great anniversaries across the globe.