Dreams Riviera Cancun - Brides post here (new thread)

When I met with Ana she told me if we did a sit down dinner you need to pick ONE of the choices and everyone gets the same choice. They guests do not get to pick between two. We ended up doing the buffet because it gave the guests more choices because they would not let us do split menus.

Here is the pool deck setup in the day. At night they add spot lights for lighting and the infinity pool light was also on!

 

Here is our sweetheart table. The overlay was much too large for the table though.

 

Here is a table setup. We went really simple in the end. I had more vases for each table but the wind prevented any candles from being lit, so it was pointless to use the other vases. It provided the simple touch we wanted.

 

My husband loves Family Guy so I made these table numbers and bought seashell photo holders from Kohls to hold them up. Luckily, they were able to survive the wind.

 

Instead of chair sashes I made these decorations for the aisle chairs at the ceremony. They were perfect! It was the simple touch we wanted!!! I loved them!!!

 

And here are our escort cards!

Just a note... we used their overlays, but honestly, they did not really fit the tables. The tables are all circular and the overlays are all squared... so they looked a bit odd. The overlay on our sweetheart table was too large! Not sure what size they were but the tables sat 8 comfortably and I think they were standard sized banquet tables.

Yes and no. They would not tell me until that evening. I don't know why it took that long for them to know. Anyhow, we found out right as we were getting ready to go on our sunset catamaran excursion. When we came back we were too tired and drank too much to care about moving him into his room. So we didn't even use it. We figured we would see each other in the morning anyway. Although this was very important to me prior to that. I don't know why I changed my mind at the last minute. Anyhow, to answer your question, it depends on availability and they won't be able to tell you until the day before your wedding.

I don't really remember, but I think we had white napkins. The table cloth under the overlay is white, so it matches just fine.

Congrats Lindsay! The months fly by! I swear just yesterday I was 10 months away from getting married...now I'm three! YIKES!

Thanks. I just got an email back from Ana last night about it. She did say we could mix and match between the three options they had but only one entree choice....that really sucks. I think the buffet is the way to go now.

I just need to vent for a minute too. Ana said the pool deck isn't available for our reception. I don't want it on the beach. I'm just kind of bummed because I feel like maybe if she had gotten back to me over a month ago when I first emailed her we could have gotten the reception where we wanted it, maybe not though. I just can't see paying all this money and then not having the big things the way you want. I can see some small things maybe not going so smoothly but the reception location is a big deal to me. I emailed her to see what other options besides the beach were available. Now just waiting to hear.

Awww that does suck, maybe if she wasnt responding to you for a month she wasnt responding to the other party on the deck in the mean time either, I would like to think that for brides that are getting married around the same time she is answering emails in sequence, sucks in any case - another option is the pool area, its a little higher than the deck, you would be quite close to the other party but depending on the size of both maybe you would feel like you are seperate enough? hang in there, its going to be great ultimately

ebernard4985 Re: Dreams Riviera Cancun - Brides post here (new thread)

 

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Just a note... we used their overlays, but honestly, they did not really fit the tables. The tables are all circular and the overlays are all squared... so they looked a bit odd. The overlay on our sweetheart table was too large! Not sure what size they were but the tables sat 8 comfortably and I think they were standard sized banquet tables.

 

Thanks so much for posting the pictures of the deck! its so funny but it seems like its tough to find new pictures of the set up, there is the same 2 or 3 pictures just kicking around here, greatly appreciate getting a new vantage point! Cheers!

Oh- I LOVE your ESCORT CARDS.. where did you get them? I want to do that...so cute!!

Also where did you get the starfish that you used in place of the chair sashes.... great idea!!