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Great pics! I like the way you had the gazebo set. Looks like you had a super time. Very nice.

Quote: Originally Posted by cifmah Hi Everyone, Got married at the RIU Ocho Rios. Here's a link to my pics. These are all taken by Christopher (a senior photographer of Michael's). Shaw Photo Share We got married at the lagoon gazebo. The white chairs were $5/ea. My bouquet was not part of the Free package and therefore cost an additional $159. It was booked through Chandlyn the day before the wedding. Vanilla cake was fantastic. Reception was at the Seagrape with open bar and a steel band. (Open bar was $10/pers. and Steel band was $250/hr.) Hope this helps. Great pics! thanks for sharing. I like the 3rd one.

Quote: Originally Posted by baybride Wow, this worries me, I just got my confirmation email 1 week ago but I haven't finished the confirmation process, I was under the impression that all I needed was to give the confirmation code for our rooms that my TA gives me (and right now I'm in limbo between 2 TA's to see who will give me the best rate) I know in the email they sent me it said 2008 brides had 30 days to confirm but it didn't say anything for 2009 brides so I assumed I was ok. I planned on doing this no later than next week. Now I'm a little worried. We emailed the Riu to make sure that the date would still be available if we didn't do the confirmation for a month or two. They told us that they hold your date up 2-3 months. I hope everything is okay for me.

I wouldn't mind seeing them as well. I think I may prefer this over the gazebo. I want lots of flowers. [email protected] Thank you!! You're a peach.

Quote: Originally Posted by starryeyedbride2b Mammee Bay has a menu with about 6 or so entree choices, including chicken, beef and seafood/fish. There's are a few menus for the restaurant posted in the Jamaica forum. That's great, thanks! I am wondering if I could get a pasta dish incorporated..lol. I have an italian family.

Has anyone just done a dinner where you can order off the menu?? I have kind of a mixed group and some people may want steak and others may not. I would like for my guests to be able to choose what they would like to eat. Anyone know if this is possible??

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride08 Our cake was chocolate with like a whipped cream frosting.... Honestly, the cake wasn't even important to us, and it ended up being one of the best desserts that we had when we were there! Just ask Chandlyn in your meeting! did you have to ask for that or was it an option you could pick?? Thanks...I didn't think that would even be a consideration.

Maybe there is somewhere in Ochy that sells cakes. Chandyln could go get it for you Not sure, ask her ..she seems to be pretty accomodating so she may be able to help. I would love to have chocolate cake..*lol* sounds funny in jamaica but I love chocolate cake

Quote: Originally Posted by CaliaA07 Ok I know this took 4 months. But I finally got our wedding slideshow together. Man I wish I had a photog who made one for me. Hahah! Anyways it's pics of our whole vacation. So theres pics of Jamaica and the resort (for Riu girls) and then all of our wedding photos. Just a warning it's 15 minutes but it has kick ass music! I hope you watch. You can click the link or click on my blog!! Our Wedding Pictures Those pictures were great and the music sure added effect. You guys both always look like you have a blast together. I don't think there was one pic where you werent smilin and that was the whole trip. Thanks soo much for sharing!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN Yep that would be my guess. Chandyln seems to be in charge of everything- from getting the bride from her room/lobby...and I would imagein would oversee decoratoins. I can only imagine how busy she must be and probably needs the hour break to reset things for the next wedding. I ask a lot of questions! Hehe... there are tons of wonderful ROR brides who answered my questions since I joined. Plus I had some issues when I tried to reserve my date/time so both my TA and myself were in direct contact with a couple of the people at the RIU wedding headquarters. Now I'm happy to pass along any info I can : ) Well I have to say, you will be the most educated bride there is at the Riu..*lol*. There will be no worries on your wedding day. If you're back before I leave, you can let me know what to expect (if you don't mind).

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It looks soo nice and you look great. Nice dress

Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN I beleive they do 3 max a day. When I asked they said they keep it so there is at least a full hour between weddings. So since Christene picked the 3:00 - 4:00 slot... the 2:00-3:00 and 4:00-5:00 are out. The soonest could be the 1:00-2:00. Oh I see ..maybe to change the decorations and everything. How do you u know soo much becky?

Quote: Originally Posted by jamericangal I am trying to decide between having a DJ or a Reggae band for the reception? What are you all doing for music? I am also looking for feedback from people that has already had their wedding and how was the DJ or Band? I'm not doing either..we will probably just do some dancing at the disco. All that stuff is nice but not really important to us.

Quote: Originally Posted by christenew Probably because I picked the 3pm spot. Ooops hmmm..i wonder if someone has the 4:00 spot Someone must have as it wasn't available either. How many weddings a day do they do?? We may be sharing our day with a few others..

I had a couple of my guests ask me if they could book with a different agent..it didn't matter to me, at least they could be there. We were talking to them yesterday and they told us Sell off Vacations is offering 2 week stay for 2300 a person. I thought this was a great deal. Guests that are worried more about price should look into these kind of options. All you would need is your flight number and date of arrival and they could coinside it.

Quote: Originally Posted by christenew We have picked the beach gazebo but we will see once we get down there. What time is your wedding? Ya, that's what I picked as well. My wedding is from 1:00 - 2:00. I would of liked it a little later but that is all that was available.

This may sound a bit selfish but its your day, you should do what you want. If your guests want to be there, they will go to whatever resort you want no matter the price. There is always the option of them booking on their own (in that case you can wait a bit more till last minute and will get a better price). Lots of things to consider. I am booking with Apple Vacation (possibly) out of the states, you may want to check that out.

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly I got married in August and hurricain Dean came roaring through the DR the second last day of our vacation, it was scary, especially since I had all of my kids with me, one who is in a wheelchair. We got through it and 4 hours later it was sunny, still and surreal that we had just been hit by a hurricain. The resorts go into lock down mode pretty quickly so that they sustain minimal damage. I say that you can't really worry, til there is something to worry about, and then if it happens you will figure it out:) omg..that would be pretty scary especially with kids. What did you guys have to do??

Quote: Originally Posted by christenew Congrats for getting your/our date! Thanks Christene..I was pretty excited as everything with us is 22's ..both our birthdays and even a family member has a 22 birthday. Its pretty special. Guess we will be sharing the same wedding day Which location did you choose for your wedding?

April 09 seems pretty popular too. R rates good that time of year?

i had myself soo wound up it was unbelievable. My TA is amazing for putting up with me through that cause I was emailing almost every day. I have my date now so I am happy - the rest is all smoothe sailing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenn A lot of us went through this with Hurricane Dean... I'm sure it depends on the resort (I was not a ROR bride), but my resort actually was closed for Sept/Oct rebuilding. A lot of the resorts foliage/flowers had been ruined, but it was still absolutely gorgeous when we arrived in January. I wouldn't worry about it now. Jamaicans live with hurricanes, and I'm sure the resort will be fantastic when you get there. Wow, I didn't realize that they were able to re-build that quickly. Dean was a major hurricane and to rebuild that fast makes me feel lots better. Thanks for your comments

Quote: Originally Posted by Marnie&Peter I just copied and pasted this from the email I got after I requested a date. *Weddings for 2008: if you do not confirm your wedding IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, the wedding request will be automatically canceled. *Weddings for 2009: your wedding request will be on hold until you can make your room reservations. Yes, we got in touch with the Riu and they say you have 60-90 days to book rooms then you can proceed with confirmation and solidify everything.

For us girls getting married in 09, was just curious if anyone knew what would happen if there was a hurricane in say oct...would they have the place rebuilt in time?? Anyone ask their TA about this??