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SURE !!! I will send you a PM. But the photographers are great, so easy to work with and the end result is amazing.

Quote: Originally Posted by TanyaNYC Congratulations Lana!!!!!!!!! I was at the resort on your wedding day, your wedding was beautiful:))) It got me excited for my day:))) AWW wow its neat to know that you were there watching from the outside =)) Thank you so much!!! I am sure your day there will be just as wonderful. Cant wait for a review!!!

CONGRATS, WELCOME ...Whereever you decide, I am sure it'll turn out great =)

Quote: Originally Posted by Keslea Thanks for your detailed review, Lana! I am getting married in December 2009 - so I found your review helpful as we are having about 20-30 guests and getting the Dreams Ultimate Package. I was first in contact with Gaby but she does not work there anymore - they have Cecillia. Do you know much of that WC? I wonder if I should work with Daniela? I love your pictures! Can you please provide me the contact information of your photographer? Your pictures look amazing and I would love to use your photographer - if you don't mind me asking, do you have any cost information related to the photography? Thank you so much! Congratulations, good pick on December as your month to get married...its so nice getting away from the cold ...........I met Cecillia, as she was the head front-desk rep.......She seems very nice, she is very smart and quick...she is the one that upgraded our room to a honeymoon suite......So I am sure you'll have a good experience with her! My photos were dont by Cancun Wedding Photography. Website is: Wedding Photographer for Cancun, Riviera Maya You can email Chris, his email address is: [email protected] They are absolutely WONDERFUl to deal with. They are an American company so it is very easy to communicate and trust them. Chris can email you all the package info as well as the prices...You can mix and match sooo many things; they are very fair. I switched my 'book' that they offered for TONS of 5x7s and 8x10s. Good luck and let me know if you need anything else =)

Quote: Originally Posted by kiki317 Hey ladies- i have a quick question- how long does it take them to serve the dinner. I mean, with all the soup and salad and all that stuff- do they just bring it out one after the other or will we have time to get up and dance in between courses? I think this may be a stupid question but i figured i'd ask Thanks, Kristen Hey Kristen. For our wedding they brought out a new course after they saw everyone was done the one prior to......So we wouldnt have been able to squeeze in a dance between each menu item... BUT you can organize this with your WC and I am POSITIVE you can have a few longer breaks between each course!

Quote: Originally Posted by rockbride Your wedding looked amazing! I loved your cake! Well worth the $180 in my book. THANK YOU GUYS! To tell you the truth, there is sooo many more choices of cakes and flowers you can choose from then what you think. The WC didn't send me EVERYTHING over email.. when you get there there is way more to look at and decide... I think it's because they didn't want to scan everything, who knows?

Quote: Originally Posted by Gen Snipes Bride twin! We have the exact same dress! (I hope mine looks as good on me) Thanks for the great review I might think of a few questions before my day... I may come back to ask. Your pics look great too. OH WOW! I am soooo excited to see your dress on you!! I absolutely loved mine! Dont you love the lace detailing on the front?? I loved the way it flowed , use the wind to your advantage during pictures! They turn out so nice =)

Quote: Originally Posted by sunitam hi fellow edmontonian! CONGRATS! you look beautiful and I really enjoyed reading your review! thank you so much for taking the time to post it for us I have a question about the Upgrade for the room? you wrote: "So since we already paid for an upgrade and in our package we were automatically entitled to an upgrade after our wedding day – we had to fight hard to get a honeymoon suite for the whole second week of our stay! We did end up getting it and it was beautiful" I dont see anything written in the wedding packages about getting a room upgrade? Can you tell me where they say that and how you got them to get you the honeymoon suite? i asked gaby about getting an upgraded room for having a wedding there and she said No you dont get one! im glad you did also- i might have missed this but what kind of cake did you have and was it yummy? thanks lana! Hmm I am not sure which package you got but on ours it says ROOM UPGRADE DURING HONEYMOON...it didnt say what kind of upgrade, so we fought for the honeymoon suite! Just dont even bother with your WC..talk to front desk when you get there or a few days before the wedding. My cake was vanilla and it was veeeeeeeeeery good! BUT the dessert option we got was Bella Alaska, and that was the biggest hit......it is amazing!!! So the cake is just the cherry on top.

Quote: Originally Posted by dc22173 I am going to pick the same cake you had. Did you they have different color ribbons that you can pick for your cake. I want mine to be fuchsia and orange. Do you think I should just bring my own ribbon? I think it tourned out beautiful even though it was a bit pricey. I am sure they have different kinds of ribbons, since I didn't even bring my own. You can ask your WC...but it's up to you, maybe you want to get your own so that way there isn't any surprises . Good luck, Im sure it will be beautiful regardless! =)

Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl you don't have to pay for a rehearsal, there is just a cost if you want them to set up a private rehearsal DINNER. most people just go with their wedding party to one of the resort restaurants. Exactly..no use in paying for a rehersal dinner when you can have a pretty intimate dinner at any of the restaurants on the resort right?

Quote: Originally Posted by SIMBASIM Great review!! I am getting so excited reading. One question. How much extra did you pay for your cake? I love it! Like you said the cake is just for show really, I just want to see if it is worth the $$? The cake came out to be $180 on top of the free cake offer...Just make sure you go over the costs with your WC because Gaby didn't even tell me that would be an extra charge... I would even kinda go around it by saying you want to make little changes to the free cakes...and maybe that wouldn't be a charge?

Quote: Originally Posted by bbpacco I got a bunch of quick questions: 1. Did they make you pay for rehearsal? I remember seeing it somewhere on this forum that you actually needed to pay for it, is it true? 2. Your hair and makeup... people have mix comments about the salon, do you remember who did yours? thanks No we did not have to pay for the rehearsal..it wasnt even an issue... I am not sure who did my hair and make up...one lady did both... She also did my moms hair and my flower girl........shes really good, but im sorry i forget her name.

Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 Great review, you looked stunning! I didn't realize I had a date twin on the forum, so that's awesome...AND you're from Alberta! THANKS again everyone! ........ paraisobeachbride - YES! That is so cool, I'm living in Edmonton now too!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Michelle613 Also, was it Michael Maurus that did your photo shoot, because I know that he works with CWP. Yes it was Michael! He's great to work with , very easygoing and you feel confident with him because he knows what he's doing.

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 What a Fabulous Review and you were a beautiful bride!! :-) It sounds like everything went really good for you :-) Congratulations! I am even more excited now!! I have a couple of Questions if you don't mind Can I ask you if you had the Option to get One long table for the reception, or did she just do it that way? I kind of like that idea, but I only have 4 Centerpieces. I have about 29 people so my table will be about as long as yours...How many Center pieces did you have? Also..With the Ultimate Wedding package,do we all get upgraded after the Wedding day? You have to be staying 7 nights correct? I am just wondering if this is something that they have to be "reminded" of, or if they just did it for you :-) And last, but not least...Did you guys do the Private dinner that was included in the package? and if so, how was that? Thank you so much for your review!! And again, you looked really beautiful :-) Thanks so much you guys, it truly was a wonderful day and I am excited for you all to experience it =) PhillyBride, We didnt really talk about the long table...Gaby automatically had it set up like that...She won't squeeze in that many people for a small table..I am sure you will get the same lenght of table if not longer? 4 Centerpieces will be plenty...she also adds candles at no charge and small glass vases with whatever flowers you want..It is very elegant and not tacky at all...I didn't even know she was going to do that until I came to our reception...They really put in the effort there, and you will be pleasantly surprised... She also put rose petals at no extra charge...(I did ask her to put rose petals though) To be upgraded, you deffinetly have to remind them... The hotel was completely overbooked when we were there, they actually sent out letters to see if people wanted to transfer to another hotel.. bizzarre. but my motherinlaw fought so hard for us to get upgraded anyways and we were in the honeymoon suite for the whole seven remaining days. (we were there for two weeks total) =)