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I was just married at ROR which is right next door to Sandals Dunn's River. My sister took a tour of Sandals while she was there (she's a travel agent) and it is definitely a different vibe over there. It is very small compared to the Riu and quite. The rooms look & feel older and it just didn't seem as fun. Of course, if that's what your looking for, small & quite, then that might be a good place for you... I absolutely loved ROR - so beautiful!! You will not regret it if you decide on this place!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MoWife I am not sure if I posted about this in this thread or another one. You cannot get copies of your birth certificate notarized. What we did was take the originals to the notary showed them to her and then she typed up a letter saying she saw the original documents and verifies that we are those people and then she notarized the letter. then we made copies of our documents and just sent them with the notarized letter and that worked out fine. They must all be different because we brought in our original documents and what she did was make copies of our originals and put a note at the bottom saying that is was a valid copy & notarized it - fyi.

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr Anybody have pics of the Dunns River Bar? I will be having my welcome mixer there, but I don't know how many people it can accomodate. It is very large, you'll have plenty of room! This is where my guests had cocktails at after the ceremony! I'll try and post a pic of it by wednesday!! Sorry, super busy!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I ordered the plastic 16 oz travel mugs from discount mugs and passed them out to all my guests - they loved them!! However, after about a day or two of using them the logo started rubbing off. I was kind of bummed but everyone still got to use them so not a huge deal but they were really cute. They had our names at the top, a palm tree/sun in the middle, & the date on the bottom.

Quote: Originally Posted by monicaswave Let me know if you find them....I'm 5'1" so I NEED all the help I could get. I would love to go barefeet but I would look tiny being so short. The good thing is FI isn't too tall and neither are my BMs. Here are the shoes I wore (they have sequins on the wedge part that you really can't see-super cute)... I got them at David's & I think they were $50. They actually worked out pretty good in the sand. My feet did hurt by the end of the night though so I changed into flip flops. David's Bridal - Accessory Joelle Dyeable wedge with sequins.

Hey everyone, I'm back from my wedding at ROR in Jamaica and it was awesome!!! We stayed 9 days from 2/12 thru 2/20 and had a group of 51 people. Let me start by saying that the resort is absolutely beautiful!!! So if anyone is worried about this don't - you'll know what I mean when we you get there. It's simply perfect! Wedding Chandlyn was awesome!!! We met with her the morning after we arrived. We went over everything I wanted and I gave her all of my favors, etc.. and also gave her a checklist with everything. She arranged my welcome dinner at St. Anne's for 51 and set up my travel mugs & hats at the table. It turned out really nice cuz it was Valentine's day and they had lobster! She did everything exactly the way we wanted. Our ceremony was at the beach gazebo (awesome) with recorded music - she did this perfectly! I picked the tropical flowers and they were beautiful! We took a ton of pictures & guests had rum punch. Cocktails were at the Dunn's River bar at 5 (where Chandlyn set up a nice area with tablecloths just for the wedding guests) (free). Then at 6:30 we went over to the plantation (upstairs) for the private reception. The food was great, the DJ was awesome (we even had the workers dancing with us by the end of the night). Then some of us went to the Disco for a few more dances. It turned out wonderful!!! Photograhy/Videograhy Michael was really awesome, very nice & professional! I highly recommend him. We hired him for before the wedding in my room, thru the ceremony, & after. Then we also had him come back to the reception for a couple hours. He ended up taking over 900 photo's! When we went to go view the photos a couple days after it was just taking way too long so we ended up buying about 750 pictures on the CD after deleting about 200. It was a little more than we wanted to spend but honestly did not want to spend the rest of our trip going thru every photo! We got 10 5x7's & the raw cd when we left. He didn't have time to edit all 750 photos before we left so he'll mail the edited CD in a few weeks. The pictures that we looked at (we didn't even go thru them all) were abslutely beautiful. The lighting, scenery is awesome - it looks like a postcard - I am very very pleased with them. I highly recommend the videographer too. We picked up our DVD in the photoshop a couple days after the wedding and watched it while we waited in the lobby on our last day for the bus. It was so beautiful. I was not expecting it to be that nice. He incorporated our songs, photos with the group after the wedding - it was just fabulous!!!!!! It's so worth it. Definitely do it if its in your budget, $300. Weather The weather was great. It was high 80's but there was a strong breeze during the day so you weren't too hot. There was no breeze at night. The only day it really rained was my wedding day, yeah awesome huh. I woke up and the sky was dark and the rain was coming down. I freaked out for awhile but then it cleared up in the afternoon and it was beautiful - all that worrying for nothing. There was a few 5 minute showers a couple of the other days but nothing major. Hotel Like I mentioned the hotel is absolutely beautiful. Two huge pools, we were mostly at the suite side pool, a ton of bars, restaurants! The shows at night were pretty good and the beach party was cool! The food overall was good. Obviously after 9 days it's a little repetitive but that's expected. We ate at 2 of the specialty restaurants, Mammee Bay & Sir Richard. They were both good. Everything is very laid back so please remember to just relax as it takes a little longer than were used to. Oh, the chicken at the jerk hut was pretty good too. We didn't end up getting our room upgraded. When we checked in the first day the full suite wasn't available and they said come back the next day. Well, we came back & they said something about a mildew smell & the room had to be totally stripped. Kind of a bummer but oh well. We had a jr suite and it worked out fine. They did tell us to come back the day after our wedding but at that point we were already settled and didn't feel like dealing with the hassle of moving. A couple of our guests had some problems with their key cards but in a resort of 850+ rooms that's to be expected. We used our safe and had no problems with theft. One guest booked a jr suite and received a regular room - not good but they didn't let it ruin their trip. Excursions We arranged a bus with Chukka tours for tubing, dunns river, & then margaritaville. My friend organized the trip for 16 of us and we ended up getting a good deal, only $60 person! The tubing was awesome - I highly recommend that. It's not a bunch of rough rapids, its more relaxed but super fun with a group, you also cliff jump too. Dunn's river was a little scary but its worth it to do it once! Margaritaville was cool - they have a water slide in the restaurant. It is kind of expensive though so bring cash! We also did the zipline tour - scary but so worth it. It's $80/ person and just a ton of fun. I screamed all the way through the first 3 but then I got used to it. We also kayaked & did the paddle boats for free thru the resort. Salon Jay & I had an ocean harmony massage at sunset on the beach - it was awesome! I recommend doing this. Also, my sister & I had our nails done the day before the wedding (mani & pedi). This took about 21/2 hours so plan accordingly. The salon is really small and they like to take their time! All in all everything was great! A couple guests even stayed an extra day! Everyone talked about how great everything was & how this was the best wedding they had been at. How cool huh! I do wish we stayed a couple more days but I'm sure everyone does! We drank a lot of cocktails, ate a lot of food, & had a blast! Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this review helps!!! Link to Pro pics: (Tons of pics - reception was at the plantation) Snapfish: Share:Registration Link to my pictures throughout our stay: (includes scenery shots & pics of the restaurants) Snapfish: Share:Registration

Did anyone who was married at ROR bring your original birth certificates with? Chandlyn did received my notarized doc's but I just want to make sure we don't need our original birth certificates when we get there. I'd rather not bring them if we don't.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone on BDW for your help, idea's & suggestions. I honestly don't know how my wedding would have turned out had it not been for this awesome site! We leave on Tuesday morning for ROR and I am so excited, nervous, anxious, you name it... I can't believe that after being engaged for 14 months, it's finally here!! Thanks again to everyone - I could not have done it without all of you!! Have a great couple of weeks and I'll be sure to post a full review when I get back!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JHillHolmes13 chicago88, that was the song I was supposed to walk down the aisle to. Whether the cd player didn't work or the waves drowned it out, I'm not sure, but I still heard it in my head as I made my way across the beach Oh, really, that's too bad that you couldn't hear it. Yes, I absolutely love that song!! I love Sara McLauglin!

Quote: Originally Posted by Soon2BMrsBeckermann I don't think its too early to start thinking about doing these things. I kept saying "oh I can wait and do that" and now I look up and my wedding is next week and I am scrambling to get things finished! I'm not sure if you told me but what time is your wedding & where are you having it. Ours are on the sam day!

Yes, you'll definitely need your slip before you get your fitting. Basically you need everything, shoes, bra, etc... so it fits just right. I got my slip at David's Bridal, I think it was $40-50.

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride08 I am recruiting for marketing people in Chicago, but I guess that won't really help you. This is totally off topic, but did anyone notice the new smilies? I thought this one was funny Who are you recruiting for? A friend of mine moved back from Hawaii recently (where she got her master's) and is looking for a full time job. I believe her degrees are in journalism & communications. Can you PM me if there are still opportunities? Thanks!!

I think that's really nice, especially since he picked it. How cute! I'm walking down to "Answer" by Sara McLaughlin - I love her!

Wow, very nice!!! I wish I was more of a DIY girl!!

Sorry to hear...Good luck job hunting!

I asked Chandlyn if they have any candles/holders to decorate with and she said no and that I might be able to arrange something with the florist - which is probably a lot of $$$. So I'm bringing turquoise tea light candles, tall candles, and shells to decorate the tables at the reception. I'll also have the flowers from the ceremony brought over too.

Quote: Originally Posted by lucy106 Maybe I am in a goofy too much snow here mood but how about "Eat It" By Weird Al? LOL. That would be hilarious - I'll definitely consider it!!

Thank you all for the suggestions - now I have some great idea's to choose from!!

Quote: Originally Posted by CourtneyV What about Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard Oh, this is a good one!!

Quote: Originally Posted by LALA We had pie instead of cake and cut it to Cherry Pie by Warrant. Nothing like a little WT at a wedding! But I mean, who doesn't love that song? Oh, how funny - that's perfect!

Ooh, very cute!!

This is kind of silly but the DJ wants to know what song we want for cake cutting? I'm kind of sick of making decisions & time is running out, can you help!!!?? Help - please?

Congrats & good luck planning!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCheese Hi ladies....Ive run into a dilemna, I have NO RING BEARER. It seems everyone is coming to the wedding w/o their kids, we asked one set of parents but they definitely said they were planning on leaving their son and the other parent we asked, gave us an unsure answer and I honestly don't feel he will come through for us. I want to ask my goddaughter (who is 9) to be a junior bridesmaid, will it be too strange to have her carry our rings?? Any suggestions?? Thx I don't think it'll be wierd - you can do whatever you want, it's your day!! We're not having a ring bearer either...

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein Hi ladies! Michael just sent me the new 2008 price list and details, 4 days before we leave... on it he specifies that any extra time has to be booked and PAID for prior to the wedding. Did any of the recent ROR brides have to book his extra time in advance? For those who've been married, is extra time worthwhile? I e-mailed Michael to ask him if I could pick the package I wanted after I saw the pictures and if I could add on extra hours with him. This is his response? Hello Therese, we can deal this based on extra hours! Please meet me as soon as possible on the property - best time always between 6-8 PM in the PHOTOSHOP! Business hours are from 9.30 in the morning until 8 PM at the moment, SUNDAYS closed! Please don´t forget to print the pricelist and bring it with you down to the meeting. Kind regards Michael I'm not too sure how this all works