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I read in one of the reviews, that the flowers for the altar can be used for the reception. I'm pretty sure if you tell your WC they can accommodate this based on other reviews. Quote: Originally Posted by SunnyBride Hi Laura! It is fun to meet someone getting married the same day! We fly in on Friday, January 23rd, and we'll be staying at Moon Palace for 8 nights. We're moving to the Aventura Spa Resort the next Saturday, and will be there for 6 nights. We wanted to make sure we stayed at Moon Palace until Saturday because most of our guests will be flying out that day. We had a family friend who is a member of the palace resorts, and has let us use their membership to book all of our guests. So far, I think we have about 40 guests that are confirmed to come. It's so exciting! What about you? When do you fly in? And how many guests? So you do have a wedding coordinator assigned already? I've been asking Marlyn for one, and should be getting one pretty quick - in three days, it will be exactly three months until our wedding days! I can't decide what to do with the music. We're bringing a CD for the ceremony, but for the private reception, I haven't decided. I had thought that we'd just go with our Ipod, but I do want some control over the lighting - has anyone had experience with this? I saw someone quote earlier that you can buy the lighting separately from the DJ, but I don't want it to be a lot of work if we do it ourselves. Have most of your guests paid for their trip already? We are in Calgary, in Canada, and I'm PANICKING over the Canadian dollar and the exchange rate! We are booked to pay in US funds, and our trip is getting more expensive every day! I just feel bad about our guests because it was already a lot of money to be asking them to spend, and most of them have only put down their initial deposits. Yikes. What are you doing for decorations in the chapel/gazebo (whichever you go with)? I was actually wondering if we could purchased flowers for the gazebo, if those same flowers could be used for the centerpieces on our tables later that night, for our private reception? Has anyone tried that?

I have asked my WC about package #3 in terms of the lights, I will let you know what she says, but I do remember from other brides saying that the lights are not included with the IPOD.....but will post the answer here when I get it. Quote: Originally Posted by Camie78 Hi HaleGrifa, In response to your questions above... 1. We wanted Chapel Garden for our private function site as it is right next to the Chapel Gazebo where we are getting married and didn't want our guests to have to haul themselves to a different part of the resort. I submitted my request for Chapel Garden and it was already taken, so we opted for our second choice which is Terrace Venado. It was available so we booked it. I too was concerned about the grass but then I remembered my sister's wedding and how everyone was spilling drinks on the dance floor and everyone was slipping around and falling (my sister-in-law actually fell so hard that she went to the ER that night) and realized that maybe grass is a safer option! LOL. 2. Yes. This was a personal requirement from me as I did not want guests running around the resort, etc. Below is a summary of our day. 6pm: ceremony at Chapel Gazebo 7pm: cocktail hour at Terrace Venado 8pm-10pm: dinner and dancing at Terrace Venado 10pm+: disco/nightclub or another bar on the resort 3. I found out that lighting does come with the DJ packages (1 and 2) but I was not able to get verification if lights come with the iPod packages (3 and 4). If I have the opportunity to ask my WC, I will. As for the iPod hook-ups, I am assuming that the "mixer" my WC speaks of is something similar to a regular stereo receiver. I had to buy a cord in order to hook my iPod up to the stereo receiver up at home and it was about $5 at Best Buy. The cord plugs into the headphones jack on the iPod and then hooks into the receiver. I would recommend a trip to Best Buy to pick one of those up, you can always return it. They may also have these cords at the resort. Sorry I can't provide much more information on this. One last thing I learned was in regard to the private function automatic backup sites in the case of bad weather. I had asked my WC if it was true that they automatically book a backup site for private functions in the case of bad weather and her response wasn't clear. I asked her to clarify this and she said that the backup sites for outdoor private functions are in the ballrooms (not in the restaurants).

Quote: Originally Posted by KBMD12309 Has anyone seen Dez lately. She was suppose to go to MP for a site visit last month and she never came back! That is right!!! Dez where are you? I hope you are ok

Quote: Originally Posted by amduran INFORMATION ON LINENS This is information on the standard linens you can use for free and some of the other linens you can use for a rental fee. Enjoy! Thank you very much for posting all the attachments, it will help all of us here on the forum!!!! Best of luck with the planning.... we are here to help out! Love, Rosie

Quote: Originally Posted by ErikDaGenErik hi everyone! i am new to the forum and i would like to wish all of you well on the wedding planning! i am getting married at Moon Palace on April 2009. very excited! -) I am getting married there in April 2009 too!!! Welcome to the forum!

Quote: Originally Posted by amduran RESTAURANTS PHOTOGRAPHER I am about 1 room short of the "free reception" deal, so I am thinking of booking an additional room because it is less expensive to book a room for 3 nights versus pay for the reception (@ $400/table of ten). Now I am thinking I should have gotten a photographer from outside. I know it is VERY short notice, but can anyone give me some names to see if any of them are available? THANKS!!! SORRRY I have been MIA. I have been working a lot!, but I am happy to see more brides in the forum!!! Anyway, for photographers, I liked Elizabeth Medina, Del Sol Photography, Juan Carlos Tapia (these are all 4k or more). Something more affordable would be Lydia, and she is probably available Lidya Solemidt You can also check cecilia dumas, I liked her pictures, but I don't think she ever e-mailed me with a price quote (but I know it is not that expensive as the first ones I mentioned). Since you are paying for a room, you can get someone from back home that is interested in going to Cancun, and you guys can work an agreement where they pay the flight, or you pay them less since you are paying for room (I had many people interested in doing this).

Quote: Originally Posted by HaleGrifa Hello I am a MP Bride - getting married January 29, 2009 I would love to see Andrea's review (12.29.07) but I cannot seem to find it. Can you possibly send the link to me?? Thanks so much . . . Laura What you can do is go on the search feature at the top of this forum and input the word "moon palace" and you can see all the threads related to the moon palace AND you will find the 12.29.07 wedding review thread. Hope this helps!

Dez I am so excited for you. I would like to ask you for a small favor, if you happen to be near Terrace Venado can you take good pictures of it (I saw the pictures you posted earlier, but I would like to see more) for me? I am asking because my coordinator told me that that was the only area available for me for BOTH the cocktail hour and reception. So, now I really need to look into this. Also she said my beach wedding will be near the tucan beach side, can you take a picture of that too IF you happen to be near there.... Thanks a bunch!!!

Katt, Nice to chat with you too. The terrace is limited to 10pm. But you can go to the club after... OR you can have it in the ballroom if you really want to have your reception go late. Yeah I really liked Andrea's wedding (12.29.07), that is what made me lean towards a ceremony and reception outside instead of a gazebo. If you book 30 rooms, you get unlimited private functions, the key word is "BOOK" which none of my guests have... so I may be lucky if I get ten rooms booked at this point. As far as the centerpieces, I don't know all the costs, but I am getting fresh flower center pieces from the hotel.

Quote: Originally Posted by katt Hi, Mp brides and brides to be. I'm kat and my honey And i are getting married on April 27,2009 at the MP. I'm going for the 25 room block deal. I'm also doing a slide show of my honey And I. It's going to start with Us as babies until the time we started dating. Has anyone done this? And if so howmuch was it. Thank's kat Oh P.S Is it really a time limit on terrace. Hey Katt, I am getting married in April 11, 2009 and I am doing the 30 room deal, but nobody has booked their rooms yet! I don't know about how much the slideshow cost, but it is a great idea, I have seen it in other weddings and it looks sooo cute!

Hey Marie, My wedding is at 5pm, and I am bringing my own photographer so I can take pictures before and after. I think that if your wedding is at 6pm, you can take pictures before (I heard you can upgrade your package and have the resort photographer take those pictures, but I don't know, you should ask). I would probably change the wedding to 4pm... (although it would be hotter) just to be on the safe side in terms of getting more light for your pictures and make sure you get all the shots you want. But that is coming from someone that cares a lot about the pictures. As far as the carpet, I read reviews that it can get very windy at the Moon Palace, so you have to bring a carpet that is heavy because I read some reviews where a girl took a linen carpet and even when they put flowers and mariachis on the carpet, the carpet would still move.

Thank you for your review!!! I am sorry to hear about the check-in experience...I have reserved my rooms at Nizuc because I didn't know about the Moon side, I would like to change the location, but I don't want to have all the check-in problems. I am glad you had a great wedding!!! Can't wait to see your pictures

Hey Marie, WELCOME to the thread! My wedding is also in April 2009, right after yours. My ceremony will start at 5pm. You can request to change the time... and you can also request a Gazebo of your preference once they assign you a wedding coordinator. Some people have been able to get their locations locked in way before the 3 months before the wedding date, I have tried that and so far no luck. Anyway, there is a map of the resort on the palace website so you can see where all the gazebos are to get a better idea of which one you would like. The catholic one is the one next to a pond, it is supposed to be the nicest one per my conversation with the wedding people in Mexico. (note that the catholic gazebo entrance has spanish words right in front) I have opted out of the gazebo for a beach wedding because I want to have my own set up that I like... ALSO note that the red carpet can be removed from the gazebo, I have seen some pictures that show no red carpet (just the floor color). I called requesting a white one, and they told me I would have to bring my own. When I asked for the length they didn't know and never got back to me about it. As far as people not being able to make the wedding, that is very normal for a destination wedding. My take on it is that similar to yours, I am on a budget and this is what worked out the best for me. I have had SEVERAL people complain about prices relating to the hotel and airfare, the truth is you can't please everyone and trying to will drive you crazy. I also opted for the symbolic ceremony because I don't want the hassle of witnesses, blood drawn etc etc Anyway, hope this helps! Rosie

Melissa, did the hotel provide you with a cake cutter? I saw them in the optional sections, so I am wondering if you have to pay extra for it... Also, for champagne, were there toasting glasses nice?

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Quote: Originally Posted by LorenaandAndy Hello All, We are just three weeks away from our big day at the Moon Palace. We have been in touch with our WC Rosa Lily Sanchez. She has been doing great and we even had a chance to speak to her by phone this past week. I want to chime in on a few things..... Regarding flights and guests talking about how much it costs..... Don't worry about it. We just told our invitees where it was and before we knew it we had about 35 people confirmed. If they want to go, they will make it happen. Also, if Mexicana or AeroMexico airlines fly from your cities,go to their websites directly and early on to book. Each airline has special rates only available online. As an example, 13 of our guests were able to book from San Francisco to Cancun for only $220 each. The rest only paid $305 each. Right now, airfare is going for about $700. Now a question for the recent brides.... We are getting married at the Bugambilia gazebo and having the reception at the bugamvilia terrace. Cant really say we visited this place on our site visit. Can anyone shed some light on what this place looks like? The WC has told us we can change the location when we get there if we want to. I guess there is only one other wedding that day. We leave in less then two weeks.....the jitters are starting to settle in. Lorena Thanks for the info on the flights! So as far as the bugambilia gazebo and terrace information, one of the brides on this forum (pookie) got married there and has a review on this forum, the thread is called Pookie's Moon Palace Wedding Review *Long W/ Pictures* you can search it by using the search option found above near the log out button. hope that helps

Citrus Bride, That is very sweet of you to post pictures of the locations! By the way, when you were there did you happen to see a wedding on the beach? I don't know where they have them...I am assuming on the Nizuc side. Thanks for your help! Rosa

Quote: Originally Posted by saranmike Hi I just wanted to introduce myself. Just found this forum/thread - still have lots of reading to do. Getting married at MP this coming April 20. Looking forward to connecting in this forum and fun planning! -Sara Welcome Sara! I am getting married this coming April 11, 2009 at MP shortly before you!

Melissa, Thank you for posting your review sooo soon!!! I can't wait to see your pictures.

Quote: Originally Posted by annouska I hope your new wedding coordinator gets in contact with you soon so you can get your events booked and confirmed. What events are you planning on having and in what locations would you like them? All the best. I did contact her and she now is saying that she needs the supervisor to approve her getting my events confirmed. ANYWAY, here is what I wanted Welcome Dinner Arrecifes (spelling?) cocktail hour (somewhere on the grass underneath the palms overlooking the ocean, what would that location be lol? ohh and I am expecting anywhere from 30-60 people) I am having the wedding at the beach, so don't know what place would be near it. Time 6pm reception location (for private party 60 people, I am thinking ) Time 7pm-10 I am thinking the lake terrace, I want something outside, near the water where people can dance, but is there a better place? ceremony location/B] (I want the beach, but don't know where they do the beach weddings, or what the set-ups are) Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Quote: Originally Posted by KBMD12309 If anyone was wondering the tours for 2009 are available . My travel agent was able to get us all free swimming with the dolphins for me my fiance and all of our guests. I think so far thats the coolest thing about this trip hahaha That Sounds AWESOME! remind me again, do we have to pay extra for this?

Quote: Originally Posted by annouska Hi Cutierosie I have booked my cocktail party location, gazebo, ballroom and welcome dinner with Maribel Blancarte, she e-mailed me to confirm the times, dates locations of all my events. I was told that In order to hold the function space she needed the form she sent me to be filled out with the following details welcome dinner date, time and resturant location Cocktail date, time and location wedding reception dinner and dance, date, time and location. And any extras I would like I sent her the above information filled out on the form and she sent me back an e-mail confirming everything. She has also put on my file that I want a Religious non-denominational ceremony. I hope this helps Thanx My wedding is before yours and I didn't get an e-mail telling me I could do this..in fact my wedding coordinator is not in FL anymore so I don't even know the person that is taking care of all my stuff, apparently I have this new person but she has not contacted me. I just contacted them and hopefully they will reserve my locations. It is pretty messed up that they have not taken care of these details by sending me any forms or that the new person has not contacted me yet. Hopefully I get the forms this week so I can reserve everything. Thanks for the information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by cheeks75 Hello everyone!!! I just returned from my Moon Palace dream wedding and it was just that a 'dream' that finally became reality. The wedding was perfect!!!!! Give me a couple of days and I will post my review. If you have certain questions that you want me to talk about just let me know and hopefully, I will be able to answer them all. Hey Cheeks75, I am so glad your wedding worked out for you!!! I can't wait to hear how your wedding turned out!!! Rosie

Quote: Originally Posted by annouska Hi everyone I am getting married at The moon Palace on 30th July 09 my events are as follows; July 28th Welcome dinner 7:00pm to 09:00pm 35 ppl. Arrecifes Restaurant. July 30th Wedding Ceremony 04:00pm Gazebo July 30th Wedding Cocktail 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm garden area for upto 70 people with a band July 30th Wedding Dinner 06:30 pm to 10:30 pm. indoor ballroom I want to have a religiuos ceremony. But I would like to know what the wording is like. If anyone know's could they let me know. Thanx Where you able to book your cocktail location, gazebo, ballroom and welcome dinner? It was my impression you couldn't do that until 3 months before the wedding. Thanks for the information!

Thank you for posting this, I am looking for a white aisle runner that will not fly away from the sand. Will post here if I find any information.