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CONGRATS Dreamsbride!!!! You're married, yay! Can't wait to hear about everything...especially since we leave in 11 days!!!

Here's my list!! age 11 ~ tonsils removed age 14 ~ scope on left knee for torn cartilage age 16 ~ 4 wisdom teeth removed age 24 ~ scope on left knee again for torn cartilage age 25 ~ acl replacement on left knee age 28 ~ acl replacement on right knee Funny thing about all my knee surgeries....I was a ski intructor for 12 years after being told at 13 I should never ski again! But those knees are better than ever now!! (Although I do need another cartilage surgery for the right knee.... LOL!)

YAY!! So excited for you DreamsBride09! Let us know how everything goes!!

We've hired a photographer in Punta Cana from HDC photography. The guys name is Arnaud and he seems really good from the pics on his website! His prices are fairly resonable for the amount of photo's you get. We too didn't think that the resorts packages had enough pics to justify the price....

I have to confess that I'm not excited about our 'new' plans for our wedding. I was so choked when our flights were cancelled for our original plans in Mexico, that I'm not into planning this new one at all...luckily the FI is trying to do it. Lol! I really wanted to go somewhere I'd never been for our wedding, and I've been to the Dominican before, and while it was nice, I had no intentions of returning. However it was the only place within our price range that we could re-book for. And why didn't we stay with Mexico? Well with the H1N1 crap happening we couldn't take the chance that our flights would be cancelled again! Don't think I could handle that stress AGAIN. Doesn't help that all of our friends are super stoked on the Dominican and I'm like "yeah, whatever". I feel like a mopey little kid that doesn't appreciate anything....kinda hoping I'll snap outta this before we go..... Thanks for listening to me feel sorry for myself!

YAY!! Another Canadian off to Dreams Punta Cana! We're getting married there July 21st, so if you have any questions feel free to ask me as we're mostly done our plans....

Quote: Originally Posted by annidas For the ladies that are planning a wedding at Dreams Punta Cana...im looking for a destination for my Nov 2009 wedding as I orginally choose Mexico and now have to begin the research again for other places Does anyone have the contact email for the wedding coordinator...or any pictures of what the wedding would look like at Dreams...please let me know if you have any advise. Thanks There are a couple of wedding coordinators at Dreams PC, but the one we're using is Deyanira Aristy and her e-mail is [email protected] As for pictures and other info, it's best to go directly to the Dreams website (dreamsresorts.com) and on the left you'll see a "dreams experience" and under that the "forum" and on there is a lady named baltobabe who is the ultimate expert on Dreams resorts. There are also heaps of pictures to be found on that forum as well. Hope this helps you out with your planning!! We too were originally in Mexico until our flights were cancelled...... Cheers!

We lit some of these while we were in Thailand last fall, and it looks really pretty! We were trying to order some through a friend over there however that's fallen through...let me know where you found the biodegradable ones on-line, I'd be keen to try and get some as well! Cheers!

Quote: Originally Posted by ACH2009 We leave this Monday. I can't believe it! I'm so excited I'm excited for you!! Please let us know how everything goes for you! Have a fabulous time!

It`s soooooo good to hear that the travel advisory has been lifted to Mexico!! I just wished they`d never put one into effect from the start! I truly wish all the best to both of you and hope this hasn`t affected your business to badly..... =)

WOWZA!! This list of questions is huge! Ok, here goes.....lol! 1. What is your current job, and if you had to switch careers, what would the other career be? I`m currently a ski school supervisor for the mountain host of the next winter Olympics! Can`t say I`d want to switch...but I`d love to also be paid to travel the world!! 2: What is your favorite hobby? Mountain biking, skiing (obviously!), going to the gym & socializing. 3: What is your favorite holiday, and why? New Year`s Eve...the start of a fresh and exciting year! 4: What is your greatest achievement? Finding inner peace...lol! Actually still working on this one! 5: What is your favorite animal... and why? Big dogs! `Cause they can come running along when I bike. 6: What is your dream trip? To travel for years exploring all the countries I`ve never been too...starting with Africa, South & Central America & Antartica. 7: What is your favourite food? Would have to be chocolate & home made hamburgers. (Not together, lol) 8: Who has made the biggest impact in your life? My grandparents...they raised me!! 9: If you were a crayola crayon, what color would you be, and why? I`d have to be 2...pink because it`s vibrant & brown because it`s calm and neutral. 10: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? I already live in my dream location!!! I haven`t found anywhere else in the world that has everything I love to do at my back door! 11: How many siblings do you have? 2 younger brothers. 12: What is your biggest fear? Dying young. 13: What’s your favorite holiday dish you make for your family? I've never had to make one...I don't cook well (sorry, I stole this answer from Kits55) 14: Do you have a nickname? Piper, Leils, La...nothing to crazy! 15: What causes do you support? Breast cancer foundation, Whistler environment fund. 16: What is your guilty pleasure? Coke zero & chocolate & jelly belly`s 17. If you could have one Special Power..What would it be & Why?? To never get injured...so I would never miss out on doing things! 18. How old are you? 33 19. If you won the lottery (hundreds of millions) what would you do? Buy a house (they`re not cheap in a resort town!), invest loads of $$, share some mula with the family, travel in the off-season and be able to live life to the fullest without the commitment of work! 20. What gadget do you not need, but still want? A car with power windows!! Lol! 21. What is your favourite T.V. show? 24 & The biggest Loser. 22. When did you know that FI was "the One?" When we attempted to do a road-trip across the country, broke down, abadoned the car, and still loved each other when we arrived at the final destination! 23. What is your favorite item of clothing? My peak performance hoodies! 24. How many or do you want children? We`d like one please! 25. Have you ever met anyone famous? If so, who? Keanu Reeves was at my high school graduation and an ex-Prime Minister of Canada. 26. If you could be someone else for a day who would it be and why? My mom. Maybe it would help me put some things in perspective. 27. Is there anything that you regret doing? Nope. Never live with regret. 28. What is your worst bad habit? Not answering the phone. 29. What's your middle name? Does it have significance? Dawn. It`s my aunt`s name. 30. What's the craziest thing you've ever done? Ummm, I might get banned for answering this one! Let`s just say I was young when I moved to a partying resort town! 31. What is the one thing that your significant does that drives you CRAZY? He`s slightly a.d.d and doesn`t listen very well (I know everyone has that one, lol), but really tries to pay attention to me and still has no idea what I`ve just said...can be quite amusing at times...but drives me CRAZY! 32. What’s your favorite movie? Sex & the City and Dazed & Confused 33. What's your least favorite food? Olives. 34. Why did you choose a destination wedding? We wanted a small wedding in tropical location as our families live everywhere but where we live. 35. How long were FI and you together when you got engaged? Just over 2.5 years 36. What person in your life really gets under your skin, and how do you know them? He`s one of my staff members...googles.... 37. When and how did you and your FI meet? Through mutual friends originally, then we worked together...... 38. Even with all the ups and downs along the way, would you still go through with your DW knowing what you know now? Absolutely, however the swine flu and cancelled flights and changing destinations 4 days before leaving was WAY more stress than I was expecting!! 39. Do you have any pets? Nope. Unless you count goldfish as pets.... 40. If you could hook up with a celebrity for one night, who would it be? Matthew McConaughy 41. What's your sexual fantasy and have you ever played it out? It involves a sex swing....we don`t have one! Lol! 42. What's the one thing other than FI that you would bring to a deserted tropical island? A cold bottle of champagne 43. Do you have any tattoos? Yep, 2. 44. Chocolate, vanilla or strawberry? Vanilla 45. What season do you enjoy most and why? Tough one....winter so fabulous for skiing, summer for biking and spring & fall for off-season travelling. 46. What is your favourite book? Which ever one I`m currently reading 47. What astrological sign are you and does it represent your personality? Virgo - pretty much sums me up! 46. What did you do with all your time PRE-BDW? Well I wasn`t planning a wedding so I just did everything else I normally did. 47. If you could choose the gender of your future children would you? No, but FI wants a boy of course. (Think he`s scared of a little me. Lol) 48. If you could change one thing about your wedding what would it be? That it could have happened when it was supposed to happen...May 7th!! 49. What do you prefer on your FI/DH? Just a pair of ski pants & ski boots! 50. What was the last meal you had? Left over yummy home-made pasta sauce with noodles of course! And a couple of Jelly Belly`s! 51. Did you hint to your FI what you wanted for an engagement ring, or did he choose it on his own? He gave me an $8 ring bought in Vietnam (we were travelling) and we picked out the real one when we got back home. (He found it first!) 52. How did you decide on a wedding date? We picked a random date in our off-season...but had to re-schedule for a date during the only week we could work everyone back into. 53. How are chores divided in your relationship? He cooks and cleans the toilet, and I do laundry and wash the dishes. The rest is switched up. 54. If you were forced to leave your house for good and you were only able to take one personal belonging, what would you take and why? Pictures...all of `em. 55. Do you wish your FI was an only child? No, I really like his sister! 56. If there was one thing in your life you wish you could go back and change, what would it be? No Swine flu! 57. If you could pick one thing to see in the future would you and what would it be? I`d like to see us sitting together watching our grandchildren ski. 58. Did you go to college? University for a bit, then to massage school. 59. What’s your favourite music artist? Eric Clapton & Damian Marley 60. What is the first vacation you remember from childhood and what made it memorable? Going on a houseboat for x-mas with the whole family when I was 5 and the only child around!! 61. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? Pretty close...blonde 62. What is your most persistent worry? Finances, times are not very positive these days...especially in a resort town. 63. Did your FI/DH ask you or your father first? Me first (no dad to ask) But grandma was slightly offended she wasn`t asked first! 64. If you could pause time for a couple of hours what would you do with the extra time? Stretch more...my muscles are really sore! 65. If you like to read magazines, What do you like to see or read? Muscle and Fitness Hers, Oxygen & Women`s Health. 66. What did you do for your bachelorette party? First one was postponed due to the wedding being postponed...have to answer this one later. 67. What is your favorite thing/What you are looking forward to the most about being a wife? Then becoming a mother! My question: Would your FI/hubby be surprised by any of your answers here?

I would check with Moments that Matter photography (they are a vender on here) as they could come onto the hotel property as a guest or book one night (they are Canadian) and already live in the Cancun area. We had them booked originally, but when our flights were cancelled we had to change countries.... Their prices were quite resonable as well as could possibly work out cheaper than bringing someone with you.

Quote: Originally Posted by BBtoB I feel so bad for all you May brides that had to push your dates back. uuuhhhh!!!! What a nightmare! But it sounds like you all are adjusting and rolling with the punches! I guess all you can do at this point! I commend you all! Did it cost a lot to book another date? I am sure it is been gut wrenching! Props and love to you all! BTW, I hear July is a great month to get hitched! It has actually been almost heatbreaking to go through all of the decision making again...but you gotta go with the flow and roll with the puches as your said! We changed from Mexico because it was going to cost us more to stay there as July is slightly higher prices than May?! But we stayed with Dreams resorts in the Dominican and the one in Mexico said they would return our depsoit or transfer it...just waiting for confirmation of this! The worst part has been looking for another photographer. We had Moments that Matter for Mexico and I'm super choked that we no longer have them for our wedding, as we LOVED their pics, and are struggling to find someone as good! Oh well, it'll hopefully work itself out. Now I'm just trying to find new DIY projects to keep me busy!!

Teaser pic on the cover for sure!!!!

I'm sure it will all work out! When we were still on our first plan in Mexico we were 9 days away from our wedding and the coordinator still wanted to finalize everything when we got to the resort...it was a Dreams property as well! I wouldn't stress about it, just go with the flow and complete things closer to the date. Also, we found that if you call them early in the morning there is usually someone in the office to talk to..... =)

A wedding can definitly be planned in 6 months...that's how long it took ours to get together! Now due to our cancelled flights to Mexico (4 days before leaving) and moving the whole shin-dig to Dominican, we've got 2.5 months to twiddle our thumbs! Lol! Whatever time length you choose, you'll make everything you want your wedding to be, happen.

I think your pictures are GORGEOUS!! Fairly certain that you FI will love any of those! I had a question about your session...how long did it take, and did you have to pay extra for hair and makeup, or did you do it yourself? Thanks!! And WOW, you look amazing!

Quote: Originally Posted by Maybride2009 Hi Ladies, I am a May bride transplant. Our guest's flights were canceled by air transat so I had to push the wedding back to July 6th or lose my mind trying to re book. I kinda like being slightly sane, so we just pushed it back. I thought I would check in and say hi! I am finished with most of my planning...considering, and now just have some finishing up to do over then next 2 months! Hi Maybride2009! I too am a May bride transplant, and I'm happy to hear that you were able to re-schedule your wedding!! We just confirmed our newest plans on Friday! Having most things ready for our wedding I'm wondering how I'll keep myself busy as wedding prep made the time go by so much quicker before! Lol!

Just to add to the comments...I've been to both Cuba & the Dominican and the food in general was much better in the Dominican. If you have any American guests going with you they can have a difficult time getting into Cuba. Just some thoughts... =) We had our flights cancelled 3 days before flying out and have changed our wedding to July in the Dominican, my thoughts are with you as I know how tough & challenging it is to make these alternate arrangements at the last minute! Good luck with you decision making!

Hi Everyone! Joanna I know exactly what you're going through as we had all our flights cancelled by the airlines 4 days before we were supposed to leave! Tomorrow was supposed to be our wedding day at the Dreams Puerto Aventuras in Mexico...instead we'll be getting a couples massage to make all the stress of the last week go away...hopefully! To everyone else here, I'm having a really tough time getting any responces from the coordinators regarding a deposit for the wedding package. I just want to make sure they don't give our new date away...not sure I could handle another set-back! Lol!

Thanks GinalynL! I'm sure things will calm down before your day!! My FI uncle is at DPA right now as he was already in Mexico before our flights were cancelled and he says everything is fine there! They have no cases of this flu in that region, so if you can go, go! Wish you all the best!

I just wanted to thank everyone for all of their very helpful information on this forum! Due to recent events we had to cancel our wedding at DPA and move it elsewhere...still to be decided. I wish all the DPA brides a fabulous wedding!!

adnil - We are currently trying to re-book at DPA for later this year so as to use the same packages. And we did book land and air seperate as we were staying for a second week at one of the Secrets resorts....our travel agent is busy trying to find a week to accomodate our group of 40! We did try to get other flights for Saturday however it was going to cost around $750 per person and they would still be left with a credit for the air portion only to be used by the end of October...not very useful for our guests. So with all that being said we're at a stand still right now trying to see if Jacy will refund our deposit or hold it for a possible later date...and seeing if we can get our photographers to hold on....not sure on those details yet! Hopefully all of this will blow over before you are due to leave...we still wanted to go despite the flu, so fingers crossed that all will work out. If you don't get a reply from Jacy, she does answer when you call her....hope this helps you!

We were booked with sunwing and they cancelled all their flight portions of their vacation packages. We're now trying to figure out if we should book another flight and just go or forget about it all together? It's so frustratingly hard to think straight right now and the thought of how much $$$ will be lost due to all of this if we don't go....I'm lost. My fiance has really stepped up to take care of things as I've kinda crumbled under this last bit of stress...reminds me why I'm marrying him! I hope that everyone who's wedding is being affected by this turn of events remembers the bottom line...we will be marrying that special person at some point, and this will just make the bond that much stronger! Thanks for listening and good luck to everyone!! My thoughts are with you all!

Quote: Originally Posted by calchik i was with sunwing too and my package got canceled which essentially means i can't get to my wedding. been crying for hours now. i could try to find another location but i seriously doubt i could find a wedding time. we all know weddings are booked a year in advance. and i lose my photographer. ugh. worst day of my life. back to crying i was going to go regardless, unless there was a travel ban. guess our flights be canceled was the other thing stopping me from going. damn swine flu I feel your tears...my eyes are so swollen! Good look...not sure if it helps, but our land packages at the resort are still available and there are flights through some other airlines. We're trying to book another flight tomorrow...just have to see what happens. I can't even talk to anyone without getting tears in my eyes, so typing is very therapeutic...thanks for listening....