Jackie

Congratulations you must be very excited! I cant wait to hear more!

Quote: Originally Posted by pinaychic Question? Does anyone know if there is a chapel or church in this resort if one wants to do a catholic ceremony for their wedding? Thanks. Yes, there is a wedding chapel inside the resort. I am not sure of the legalities of a catholic wedding though. As in does it need to be in an authentic church or can a resorts chapel pass for this. I'm not sure.

Saw this on trip advisor and thought I should post it! Dec 1st 2006 We just got back from a two week stay at the Grand Xcaret. We went down to get married and our families came for one week. There were 10 of us that went down all together. This hotel is located about 60 mins from the airport. The ride was good and there were Corona's and waters to purchase on the bus. Check in was not so smooth. They did not have my sister as a regisitered guest!!!! My husbands famliy needed a room with 2 beds and they were booked into one with a king bed. Because they needed the room with the 2 beds they were separated from the group. This might of been a mistake of Air Canada Vacations, but the hotel was very good in making sure that it was taken care of. The room was good. The beds are a bit hard, but that is something that you have to deal with when you go to Mexico. We had fresh flowers on the bed and towel animals every day. Since we were getting married we also had a small package of goodies and some rum in the room when we arrived!!! The mini bar was always stocked and the room was clean. We stayed in building 20 near the fun club. There was always something going on. We really liked the aqua areobics at 12:00!!!! The pool was clean and we spent most of our time lounging around there the first week with our famlies. The food was good. We found the beach club the best for breakfast. It was very relaxing to sit down by the ocean and have your coffee!!!! The buffet always had a theme night and there was alway a great selection. Paco Taco and the pizza place were good if you wanted something quick in the evening. The steak house, Mexican, and the Oriental were our favorite resturants out of the a la carts. Out of the 10 of us only one person got sick!!!! The service was great!!!! The staff were very friendly. The drinks were good. We tipped the staff and we always got great service. We loved laying down at the beach. The staff was freindly down there and the drinks were good. There is a guy down there that does ceramics and you can paint a ceramic to pass time. He will then take it home and touch it up and bring it back to you the next day. I found this to be a blast!!!!! In the evening we went to a few shows. They were okay, but not great. We loved sitting in the lobby during the evening having peanuts and popcorn!!!! We got married on Thursday of the first week that we were there. If you are going to get married here and are having trouble with the wedding coordinator getting back to you over e-mail I can reassure you that it will all go fine once you get there. We meant with the wedding coordinator on Monday and we pick out our flowers (bright orange and yellow gerber daisys), the resturant that we wanted to have supper at, and a cake. Edith (the wedding coordinator)made our appointments at the spa to have my hair and make up done. Cancun Studios did our pictures and they were awesome. Halberto took some great pictures and if you are going to get married here I would definantly get them to do your wedding photographs. If you are having your hair done at the spa come with a picture. I had to pick on out of a book. I was a bit scared at the beginning, but my hair and makeup turned out good. The wedding got pushed up from 6:00 to 5:00 as it was dark at 6:00. The wedding was beautiful!!!!! It took place down by the beach club in a small gazebo. The wedding was short, but good. We had champane when the ceremony was finished and Edith drove us in our wedding car(a decorated golf cart) to supper. We ate at the Los Olives for our wedding supper. The food was good and there were 3 Mexican singers that came into the resturant. We had our first dance in the resturant while they sang for us!!!! We had chocolate cake for wedding cake and it was great!!!! We had a beautiful wedding, but you have to remember to go with the flow. You can't organize your wedding before you get to the resort. Once you get there everything will go smooth. The xcaret park is great, but big with lots of walking!!!!! There is so much to see and do over there. My favorite thing was the turtles!!!!!! The evening show is spactacular!!!!! If you are going to this resort I would recommend using you free passes as you will not be dissapointed. As for tours there is one that I would recommend. It is the Formula One boat tour. It was great and we got to snorkle at Akumal bay with the sea turtles!!!! Cons: There are people in all of the buildings trying to sell you time shares. Just be firm and say no to their offer. The wedding was beautiful, but expensive for what you get. If you pay for a wedding package you have to pay extra on top of that for the minister to do the wedding. They are all about making money. All of the little things are not included (steaming by wedding dress cost $35 US.) So whatever you see on the wedding package is what you will get and you have to remember that all of the other little things are extra. Overall we had a great time at the Grand Xcaret. Our wedding was beautiful and the service was great. This is a great resort to go to if you want to get way and have a relaxing vacation!!!!!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum. You must be very excited your wedding is so close. Congratulations!

Welcome Jay, If you have any questions done hesitate to ask!!!!

I would poke around at the brides different wedding websites to get ideas. I dont have one but usually they are posted were the signature would be on each post. Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Did the DJ have up to date music or was it very limited in selection? I have fears of hearing "cotton eye joe" or "macarena" at my wedding. -Glenda ROFL..... TOO FUNNY! "Cotton eye joe" lol lol lol lol.... The married gals will no more than me, but I'm pretty sure you can bring your own music to ensure that this doesnt happen.

Those are so cute, and yup I would include more info on the card and have the date come spilling out!

Welcome Lisa, you must be very excited!

Hi Jen and welcome to the forum! Dont feel to overwhelmed, as soon as you get the destination and the resort chosen you are half way there! Good luck and let us know if you need any opinions on resorts. There is almost always someone around here that has been there or has heard good things bad things etc....

Those are supper cute monograms! Quote: Originally Posted by JPMO Kate the monogram came out great. I love Creative Montage, they did mine. They are quick and reasonably priced. We are using ours (various styles): On all stationary, OOT bag tags, CD cover/label, and embroidered on golf shirts I'm so glad to hear that you are doing a CD! We are seriously considering doing this too. We are such big music people that I thought it would be a great favor and one that most people will use. I will be very interested to hear and see (hint hint post pics...lol) how yours come out!

Quote: Originally Posted by loretuke Yeah, I am aware of it...it goes as "I can't take my eyes off of you" but then at the end of the song the last words are "Until i find somebody else"...lol However, most of the people don't listen to the words and since I love the music I decided to go with it. I have a proof that words don't matter - my FI is a photographer and one of the brides chose this song for her DVD slideshow...lol we had to cut it out Loreta It truly is such a great song. I just pulled the CD out of my dusty collection and listened to it. You might not actually make it to the end of the song if you use it to walk down the aisle to anyways. And everyone will be so concentrated on you that they wont be paying attention to the lyrics anyhow.

Welcome, I think you might be the first Bermuda bride. I bet that will be buetifull. Ive heard lovely things about Bermuda. Cant wait to hear more about your wedding. This forum is great for any destination wedding, there is so much info to attain hear. Happy planning!

Welcome to the forum. I think you will find that around hear there is a big fluctuation between brides and their budgets. Some have done it for 10k and some for much much more. All have come out buetifull! It depends on what you want. Big extravagant or medium classic or very small intimate. Let us know if you have any specific questions. Everyone is so helpfull around here!

OHHHH bartering I never thought of that. Hmmm, I wonder what I could bring to mexico to barter with. That could be fun! lol.

I'm wondering if the would exept tips in the form of lipbalm instead of money. You could actually be on to something hear. lol.

Thats cute. Too bad they didnt have them in orders of 50 or something.

Quote: Originally Posted by loretuke I am thinking of using that song from movie "Closer" by Damien Rice. Don't remember how it's called but it starts with "And here it is..." Its "the blowers daughter" I have the CD and its wonderfull. I was thinking that too but if you listen closely to the song it is about a man and women's fallen relationship. The song is gorgeous though, maybe people wont listen to the actual words. That Damien Rice album has to be on my top 5 albums ever.

Quote: Originally Posted by cancunbride2be Hi! I am also getting married at Dreams Cancun. Have you decided on a date yet? My Fi and I went on a scouting trip there last month and I have a ton of pics of the resort and two weddings that we watched (including there reception set up). If you give me your email address I can send you an invite to my snapfish album. Let me know if you have any questions!! How great. I am not a Dreams Cancun bride but this will be so helpfull for all the girls interested in Dreams. It looks like such a great location for a wedding. Good to hear that you got a lot out of your site visit!

Ive read a few good reviews on Claudiaphoto. And her prices are very reasonable. Here is the thread with her information and a few other RM/Cacucn photogs... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t1526

Hi Jason and welcome. I agree with Tammy, El Dorado Royale or Excellence Riviera Maya would be the way to go if eloping in my opinion. As far as photography goes. Tammy already mentioned the top photographers. They have done some of the best DW pics I have seen thus far. Just wondering, where have you stayed in the Cancun RM area? I love to hear peoples first hand experience with different resorts.

Those are cute. I like the sand dollars the best!

I can only see the two you posted. But they are both buetifull!

hehehe....thats kind of funny, thank goodness youre comfortable enough to not worry about it to much.