Dreams Cancun - Questions for those married here!

Do you know if you have to bring your own sand and vases to do the sand ceremony? Also, are you writing it yourself or did they supply you with a traditional sand ceremony?

yes, you have to bring your own containers and sand. they have a standard sand ceremony reading (attached here), or you can provide your own. in the legal ceremony, the judge will not read the sand ceremony for you, so you have to provide your own reader. since that was the case for me, i chose to write my own. i actually prefer having our own guest do the reading ... makes it more personal, i think. (and i finally JUST asked tom's Godmother to do it, like 5 minutes ago, lol! thank God she said she'd be honored!) now i just have to buy the stuff!

 

 

Sand Ceremony Vows.doc

I had the same problem with picking one meal for everyone. Not everyone ate seafood or steak. I asked Gaby if she would allow me to pick a second dish to offer my guests since I did not have enough for the buffet style meal. The only stipulation was that I needed to give her a headcount before I got there. Everyone but 3 people ordered the steak with shrimp (Dreams Trilogy) the other 3 ordered the chicken.

I had one guest who was a vegetarian and I did not tell Cecilia until I got there and met with her. She basically said that they could make anything for my guest. She just needed to tell them. She ended it up ordering an angel hair pasta with shrimp dish. I would not be too concerned with the food! I was and it all turned out fine at the end!!!

One part that I forgot to include in my review was that there was a wedding right after mine. To be honest it did not interfere with mine so I did not even notice it. The other bride was not a member of this forum and I just so happen to ask Cecilia if all the reception venues where available for me. That is when she told me that there was another wedding and they were having their reception at the beach by Himitsu. I freak out for a minute but figured they would not allow the weddings to clash.

The other bride was getting married in the gazebo as my guests where having the cocktail hour in the terrace. Everyone in my party clapped and cheered the other bride as they walked down the walkway after their wedding. The other bride's party loved it and came over to talk to some of my guest. During all of this I was taking pictures by the Himitsu beach so I had no idea. I did not get to see her at all. When we got back for the reception the other bride was having her cocktail hours in the garden. A By the time it was time to dance out in the terrace the other party was moved to their reception at the beach. I think it all worked out well and Cecilia and Claudia handled both parties very well. We both had our own set of waiters and bartenders. The time schedule for a wedding is as follows:
30 minutes for wedding (it is actually more like 15 minutes but they allow extra time)
15-20 minutes for pictures of guests around the gazebo
1 Hour Cocktail
3 Hours Reception, unless you pay more to add more hours.

If your wedding is at 5pm you will be out of the gazebo by 5:45pm and they can set up the next wedding in about 15 minutes. I watched them do this on another wedding while I was there.

Hope this helps some of you who are concerned about having a wedding right after or before yours

I brought some bug wipes with like 60% Deet. I hate bugs!!! I did not use them once I was not bit by one and I usually get eaten alive by mosquitos. I really think it was all that tequila I had in my system, lol, they did not dare bite me!!! I would bring it but I doubt you will need it. I did see a roach on one of the outside walls when I was walking outside but that was it. No bugs in the room or near the pool or beach.

The terrace was dark but they set up some strobe lights and some other types of lights that made it feel like you were in a disco. I would not spend any more money buying extra lighting.

Most likely there will be at least one other wedding the same day, you'll be busy, I'm sure you won't even notice it.

If you think about it, most places that you'd have your wedding at, at home, have at least 2 weddings per day, one in the late morning/afternoon, and one at night, they're no different.

We used Aqua for my husbands deep sea fishing trip, they had a good time, the ones that didn't get sick at least!

GOOD LUCK RUSHING ME OUT!!LOL!! Over my dead body!

Goodness!! You do have a lot going on! I am sure Claudia will work something out for you.

Yes you have to bring your own vases and sand. Granted there is always sand on the beach but we chose some nicer colors. You can find them online. Just google sand ceremony. Also, they did post a the wording for the sand ceremony here on the thread. I would post again but I think I saved on my computer at the office.

I also just found out that there is a wedding within a couple hours of mine. I didnt make it through all this swine flu drama to get to actually get to Cancun... and have a shared wedding! yikes! I will freak (to put it nicely).

Simbasim -we are a month out! we also had about 8 cancellations

Since (I think) you are also doing a beach reception... what are you doing for centerpeices? (or any other beach reception nightime-ish brides).
I was contemplating going to walmart to get candles and vases... not sure what to do yet...

diana i forget, did you have the dj? that might have been why you were given strobes and disco lights. just wanted to check because we are not using a dj or even the sound system, just our own ipod & docking station.

Lisa, I dont remember the Terrace being dark at all. I believe there are plenty of lights. Dont stress!