jennik13

hi girls, for those of you i don't know, i was one of the swine flu brides who had to cancel their mexican weddings. however, i must say, it all worked out perfectly and we had the time of our lives. in 2 weeks i rerouted our 100 guests and planned a successful wedding at the harbor beach marriott in fort lauderdale florida. good luck to all of you and don't sweat the small stuff! here are our pics: Jenni and Mike's wedding photos - Select Ceremony great knowing you and i wish all of you the absolute best in their wedding planning. jenni

hi brides, just wanted to let you know that we canceled our azul sensatori wedding. i wanted to thank you for all your answers and support these past months and wish you the best of luck planning your wedding. we are keeping the same date and planning something in the keys - i will for sure post all my pictures after. point of advice...DO NOT STRESS OVER THE SMALL STUFF! if you start to stress, just think of all us brides that needed to cancel and smile. jenni

Quote: Originally Posted by pepper55 Has anyone spoken to the resort? Have they issued a statement of any sort. We spoke to our TA today, she has a few colleagues in the RM area doing site visits. They're back in the states on Weds, so I will post whatever update I receive from her then. I've been reading EVERYTHING today - and it doesn't look like they're restricting any travel to MX (as of now). This map made me feel a lot better - I live in NJ and work in NYC, I think we have a better chance getting the swine flu here than in MX! Swine flu map - Wall Street Journal what about the kids in nyc that got it from spring break in cancun? any news on that?

Quote: Originally Posted by [email protected] Any advise from brides leaving next week for MX? We leave next Wednesday and everyone is calling me to find out. I will send this information plus information on tamiflu. But they just issued a statement to not travel to MX unless extreemly nesessary. Has anyone postponed or even thought of postponing? most probably canceling. i am an absolute wreck.

Quote: Originally Posted by jhawkev Hey Jenni, I would ask him to send pictures of the area as a whole, it's so hard to tell from this picture. I think you would be okay if the tables were all along the perimeter and the dance floor was in the center. Or maybe if you split it in half for tables and half for dance floor. Or after dinner moved some of the tables. I was told that the tables sat 8 guests per table for the free standing receptions. Make sure you do a seating chart before you get there, because our seating was a disaster. I'm just guessing, but I bet they leave the Gazebo standing so this spot can double for ceremony and reception site...the only problem with this new location is it is literally right next to some of the hotel rooms. With the old location, it was right in the middle and there were pools close by, but not any rooms, and it was elevated. As you can see from some of my pictures, there were people camped outside their rooms watching for the ceremony. Which didn't bother me, I just hope they aren't in any professional pictures! Everyone cheered and was really nice afterwards. During our ceremony there was a naked child pressing her privates against the glass of the room balcony through the whole thing. And all of our guests just laughed, we had no idea it was going on. Then later, I was walking back to our room quickly and she was dressed this time yelling down to me "HI Bride!". thanks erika, i definitely gave them a very very detailed seating list with a visual. i have given them every little detail now let's just wait to see if it is executed correctly! oy! i don't feel very confident at the moment. who changes a brides reception location 3 weeks before a wedding? i mean really?

i was told yesterday that my reception has been moved to the new plaza. attached is the picture that fabio sent me. i have 100 guests (14 tables and we need room for 100 people to dance). kinda freaking. erika - can you imagine a party of 100 in this area? i hope they move the gazebo. who changes a reception location with 3 weeks to go!?

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Hey Jenni, I tried to click on your music attachment but it says it is invalid. Is anyone else having this problem with it? i had a bit of a freak out last night and realized that putting this doc up may be too much personal info to share with the internet world. if you want a copy, send an email to the email address on my wedding website - url below. sorry! jenni

hey guys, i put together 5 different playlists for my wedding reception and uploaded all the music mp3s organized by playlist to my web server. thought it would be helpful if i shared this. please note that this document was not required or by any means necessary. i just happen to be a psycho planner. hope this helps! enjoy! Attachment 3464 jenni

Quote: Originally Posted by Meesh I would also love to see what people are doing for their programs. I can use all the help I can get! here is my program, it is being printed on a fan. hope this helps! [ATTACH]Fan[/ATTACH]

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Hey everyone...not sure if this message got posted already because I didn't see it. I'm trying to decide what to do for invitations. I have sent out save the date invitations, but I want to send out formal invitations as well, requiring an rsvp. We aren't getting married until July 2, 2010. If anyone can let me know when you are doing for invitations, and how early you are sending them out, that would be really helpful hi meghan, we sent our STDs out last october and invites out feb 15th for our may 17th wedding. i designed our invites myself (i own a design studio) and got them printed with an amazing letterpress printer. they came out so unbelievable that i added wedding invites to my repertoire. if you like letterpress and want something custom let me know and we can chat. that goes for anyone on the forum jenni

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Hey everyone...not sure if this message got posted already because I didn't see it. I'm trying to decide what to do for invitations. I have sent out save the date invitations, but I want to send out formal invitations as well, requiring an rsvp. We aren't getting married until July 2, 2010. If anyone can let me know when you are doing for invitations, and how early you are sending them out, that would be really helpful hi meghan, we sent our STD out last october and invites out feb 15th for our may 17th wedding. i designed our invites myself (i own a design studio) and got them printed with an amazing letterpress printer. they came out so unbelievable that i added wedding invites to my repertoire. if you like letterpress and want something custom let me know and we can chat. jenni

Quote: Originally Posted by miro2be So with wedding less than 4 weeks away...... Is anyone still going for the beach reception? That's where I am booked but after reading all of these reviews now I am not sure. Has any past bride has a good experience with a beach reception? I've only heard about the brides that switched it before. Has anyone been a wedding here or anywhere in that area where they had the reception on the beach? I really didn't want to get a tent bc I felt it defeated the purpose the look of the beach reception. I'm kind of at a loss now of what to do. Also, does anyone know...for the DJ list....Tiffany tells me you can submit songs you want and see if the DJ can get that music. I am not so sure about this? Is it better to get them on CD or Ipod or what format and just bring it with you? does anyone know anything about this? i am not having a beach reception, but i am having a beach rehearsal dinner, beach ceremony and beach cocktail hour. i am sticking to it! regarding the dj... i have made the following playlists on my itunes: early music slow music during meals music late music i plan to: 1. give my ipod to the dj 2. make mp3 discs for the dj by playlist 3. make multiple audio discs for the dj by playlists you can't be too safe!

has anyone created their welcome letter yet? if so, can you please share. thanks so much! jenni

random question: tables fit 8 people. are babies/highchairs counted as 1 person? thanks! trying to sort out our seating chart.

Quote: Originally Posted by Michelle613 Has any Jewish bride had a ceremony at Dreams? If so, did you bring your own Rabbi with you or do you have one I can contact that lives in Mexico? Also, I was thinking that if I have my Ketubah here I'd at least want my symbolic ceremony to be more Jewishy and incorporate some Jewish values. Has anyone written their own ceremony for Dreams' minister to read that doesn't include like the Christian/Catholic stuff? Any advice would be appreciated, Thanks!! Hi Michelle, I am having a Jewish wedding at the Azul Sensatori. There is a Rabbi in Cancun, but he doesn't do weddings. We are flying in an AMAZING Rabbi/cantor named Debbi Ballard. I am in love with her and think it is a blessing that she will be marrying us. Check her out: Jewish & Interfaith Wedding Officiant in South Florida 954-646-1326 - Jewish and Interfaith Wedding and Bar Mitzvah officiant in South Florida. She is personalizing our Jewish wedding to our exact wants and needs. We will have a Ketubah and all the other Jewish wedding traditions. The Chabad house in Cancun is delivering us kosher wine and a challah. It should all work out nicely! Jenni