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Ok ladies I'm just about finished with the full review...where the heck to I post this thing? LOL I tried to go where Lady_Di posted hers in the actual "review" forum but it's shut down. It says something about to not post there and to post to a vendor site or something? And then the top of this thread says to not post to this thread either? So you ladies tell me where to post it and I'll do it
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When did you originally book? I booked back in July/August of 2009 and probably requested the Tres Leches cake about a year prior to the wedding when I turned in my initial checklist maybe? I read other posts saying that they can't get the Tres Leches cake either which I find very strange. It turned out great and tasted great, it didn't melt or anything so that's odd that they'd take it off the choices of wedding cakes. If you do really want it I'd just send her a message asking what the reason is that it's off the list? Surely there has to be an explanation about it. Let me know what happens with that.
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It was 500 extra to have the light up dance floor. I know that sounds like a lot but his price was so reasonable for just his DJ services that adding that wasn't a big deal. I saw other people's pictures when I started planning and I knew DJ Ivan and his dance floor had to make an appearance at my wedding no matter what! He's the nicest guy ever and is great at what he does. I'm a fan of his now!
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Yes we rented the lounge furniture from Mayan Hospitality. The DJ brought the dance floor and it was an extra charge but totally worth it. It lit up the whole beach area and caught everyone's attention...at BOTH resorts AND the people on the pier! We were the talk of the hotels lol Stay tuned for the review Here's one of the pictures of the dance floor after we all got crazy.
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Well ladies the planning thread is up! Here's the link but if you can't open this I posted it in the "Planning Journal" section. Or you can do an advanced search for my user name and find it that way. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/64771/smckinney22-s-planning-thread-for-the-royal-pdc-10-09-10#post_1459950 Also, I have most of my wedding review all written out. I want to try and get that posted tonight as well but it may be later tonight...I have GOT to go get food, I'm starving! Also, being back to reality where you actually have to go BUY your food really sucks!! Pooey
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Yay I'm glad that was you and not some concerned bride that thought she had a stalker! LOL Well you looked so beautiful and yes we were all cheering as you walked by. At first I was afraid to go say Hi but I'm glad I did I figured if I let you know I was from the forum (since I called you by first name) that you wouldn't think I was a crazy stalker lady lol!
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Here is a pic of our ceremony set up from the front and the side. I bought the turquoise lanterns from Target dollar bin. Here are our wedding programs. Me and mom made these. Our colors if you haven't guessed, were turquoise with pink accents. There is a little heart charm on each one that says Love. I got the charms at Hobby Lobby. At the ceremony we gave the wedding coordinator our "memorial frames" in honor of my grandmother and my husbands grandfather both of which have passed but were a really big part of our lives. She set them on the first 2 aisle seats. Me and my mom made these 2 frames. One of my little cousins and one of my husbands cousins (both granddaughters of each grandparent) put a rose on each chair. My cousin put a rose on the chair with the butterfly frame, my grandmother loved butterflies. And his cousin put a rose on the chair with a fishing pole, his grandfather loved to fish. It was a special way to include the kids of each grandparent who is no longer with us and to honor their memory. We did a sand ceremony and I found a frame that you can put a photo in but still pour the sand behind. It's called Umbra Ether frame and here's the link http://www.amazon.com/Umbra-8-Inch-9-5-Inch-Picture-Nickel/dp/B000FHHAU6 Blue sand bought from OTC and the other sand was from the beach! Shhhh! We brought our own table decorations. Believe it or not we fit everything in 5 small boxes. We had 4 tables of 10. We brought turquoise table runners, rattan charges with turquoise rocks and in the center were battery operated candles, 3 large piller candles with pink ribbon and a rhinestone and then 5 small tea light candles with pink ribbon. Here's a picture of the table set up. The centerpieces got a little jumbled but you get the idea. And we also opted for the lounge furniture and got turquoise and pink pillows. Here's a pic of the cake table and cake. It was Tres Leches and it was GOOD! And last but not least here is the picture right before the madness on the dance floor brought on by Mr. DJ Ivan with Doremixx.
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Well I'm not the best at these sort of things so I'll try this and hope it comes out decent. I planned (ahh strange to put it in the past tense) for 18 months. We got engaged in July of 2009 and was married 1 week and 2 days ago on October 9th, 2010. I got my Save the Dates from efavormart.com They were luggage tags in individual plastic boxes. We put a slip of paper in the back that gave details on how to book the vacation. And on the inside where you'd usually put your name and address for the luggage tag we put a little message. For our Invites we wanted to keep it simple but relevant so we went with post cards. They had the pictures from our Engagement shoot and were cheap to mail and everyone loved them. Simple and sweet just like us lol My cousin took the pictures and her husband is a digital editor so he made the post cards for us. They say "Leave your life and ride" It's a quote from a Carey Brothers song (our favorite song and also our first dance song.) Also totally appropriate since we like to ride the motorcycle and also we're asking the guests to leave their live and ride to come to our wedding Here's a picture of my dress. I'll just post only the dress here so I can post the other full pictures of me in the dress in my review. It's a Mori Lee style # 6204 and I wore turquoise shoes as my 'something blue' and turquoise was also my wedding color. I'm a loser and didn't take a picture of my bridesmaid gifts. But I got them all a pashmina, a pair of turquoise earrings to wear with their bridesmaid dress, a rhinestone purse hook, a luggage tag with their initial, and I got each of them a gift that was meaningful to them and their hobbies that way it was still personal to each girl. The OOT bags were a big hit of course! We assembled them here and packed them in a box so they were ready to go when we arrived. Here is a picture of the contents but we also added an underwater camera to each bag (purchased off ebay) but we took this picture before they came in. -Bags were actually the drawstring backpacks and EVERYONE used them. I'm so glad we went with these instead of tote bags. They were easier to use and people walked around with them and took them to the beach. They were somewhat waterproof in the fact that you could put wet stuff in them and then just wash them out without them smelling like the canvas bags may have done. We got them off Oriental Trading website. -The mugs were given out to each guest and they loved those too. They would take their drinks and dance with them without them spilling. These were from Family Dollar and worked great. They were in our wedding color too! -I got Cocktails for Dummies in the dollar bin at Target. -Purell hand sanitizer was from Office Max and it was .30 cents per bottle. -Mr. & Mrs. note pads and the Fiesta maraca ink pen were from Oriental Trading website. -Gummy candy in the shape of flip flops and the umbrella straws were all also Oriental Trading website. -As I said we added underwater cameras bought from ebay for about $4 a piece. -We included the Wedding Weekend Survival Kit. I used a fellow BDW bride template for the sticker on the front. The box came from Dollar Tree. We included SPF Chapstick, 2 for $1 at Dollar Tree. We included, Pepto, Immodium, Tylenol, Bandaids, Safety pins, Doublemint gum -We also included a Thank You note and a "Find the Couple" itinerary. I had seen somewhere on the forum someone else who had done an Itinerary and loved the idea. Our guests could find us throughout the weekend without having to use cell phones. We gave them out before the trip so that our guests sort of plan ahead and could meet up with us if they wanted to but if they wanted to do their own thing that was cool too. We wanted to let everyone have their own vacation, after all they paid for it themseleves, but at the same time we wanted them to be able to hang out with us if they wanted. It worked out perfectly. Some people met us for most meals and others we only saw a few times. It was all about just letting everyone have a great time without roping them into 'required events'. We gave out the OOT bags at the welcome cocktails on Friday, the night before the wedding. More to follow...
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Hey ladies! I'm back from Mexico and I'm a Mrs. I have been trying to catch up with the forum and see how many answers I can give but I'm on my stupid phone and it's taking a while to load. So far here are some answers on a few questions on the previos pages... No you can't bring into or take out of the country any flowers or shells, well you can but if you get stopped they will throw them away. I brought fake flower petals and the resort used those. The tables at The Royal for our reception held 10 people comfortably. I used the resort for hair and makeup and it turned out beautiful and everyone said it looked "stunning" lol so I'll post pics and y'all can see what you think. But I'm so very glad I went with them. If you have to open up a new credit card, have a garage sale or beg, cheat and steal to raise the extra money for a DJ then DO IT. I would have paid him twice as much as he was asking now that I know how much it was worth it. Of course we all love to dance but we had such a party going on that the locals and other guests from the resorts were pulling up chairs to watch us. Our picture look like a night club. A iPod and speakers wouldn't have been able to keep up with us. We saw another wedding there that did have an iPod/speaker set up and hardly anyone was dancing. So we're so glad we sprung for Dj Ivan. Also, spring for the extra hour at the reception and make it 4 hours if you have a Dj. You won be sorry you did. I'll get the full review all written up, do my planning thread and post pics when I get home from work. Also, I saw runningbride (I think) and I said hi to her by the pool. I hope it was her lol. But she looked so amazingly beautiful! I'm sure she'll be back soon too.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lisa DSO I just noticed you are in Dallas, too :-)Â Hey fellow Dallas bride! Yup I'm in Dallas too! I work in Plano but live near Addison I'm at work (not working) just waiting for today to be over. I'm off work tomorrow to go get our marriage liscense and them our plane leaves Thursday! Getting excited!!
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Autjo- When you say they "gave you a hard time" about the waterproof camera's and hand sanitizer what happened? Why would those things be such a big deal at the airport if they were checked? I'm assuming they eventually let you pass but what suggestions do you have for getting the camera's past them easily without them making a huge deal about them?
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Hi ladies! I leave for Mexico in 10 days! Ahhhhh it got here so quickly! I want to do a planning thread but don't know the best place to post it? Does anyone know where those are usually posted? Â Runningbride and Fancy That- are ya'll about ready? Can you believe our days got here so fast? Exciting and crazy all at once! Â S.
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Yay! That's crazy I think we're all at 4pm but just 3 days in a row! I think RB's is 4pm on the beach too. As long as my crazy group of family isn't pulling me in a million directions I'd love to sneak a peak at ya'lls weddings as well! I'm in the gazebo at 4 on the 9th What are your colors? RB said her peeps will have Pink tumblers. Â
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Hey there! You, Me and RunningBride are right in a row! Together we can take over the resort! LOL If you hear a bunch of loud crazy people it's probably our group of family and friends... They're super friendly but like to have fun. You can identify us by our turquoise tumblers that we're passing out to all our guests! We get there on the 7th and getting married 10/9/10. Congrats to you and hope to see you there. It's getting close girl!!
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Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan So I have to ask the girls I trust most are you guys sitting with your parents or bridal party or neither? We're sitting with neither. We didn't want anyone to get upset or their feelings hurt that we'd pick one over the other so we're going to have a sweetheart table and just me and the hubby sitting together. Our first date/meal as a couple, figured we'd keep it as intimate as you can with 40 people and a DJ there lol
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kriswim Hi - I think the most important thing about the welcome bags that I found out was to include a program of what will be going on that weekend (even if its just about the actual ceremony and who people are in the wedding). We also went to the local MEGA store (kinda like a Target) and found lots of snacks and goodies to put into the bags. I bought some stuff at home and brought it with me (chapstick, bandaids, tums etc..) but the fun stuff we found at MEGA - my guests LOVED the candy and cookies we put in. Everyone used it. We also bought juice boxes that people could use as mixers for drinks to make in the room. Shannon Thanks Shannon! All helpful info Quick question though, of all the maps out there I've seen, I've been trying to figure out how far the MEGA store is from the Royal and a general idea of how to get there. Can you give us an idea and maybe some quick directions? ~Shannon *I'm a Shannon too
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Hi ladies! I've been so busy these last 2 weeks with other non-wedding stuff so I've had to use the last 2 days to get caught up on all the posts. Great news to update though! I just got off the phone with the wedding coordinator at The Royal. I previously had Angie... So yes I was so excited to hear from the coordinator who is handling our wedding! We'd been playing phone tag for a few days but she emailed and said she would be working until 7pm tonight so I asked if she could call me tonight before she got off work, well she called and it was after 7pm so I thought that was awesome of her. Here's a few things we went over on our call. I asked about the 3 people allowed at The Royal 3 hours before the ceremony and she said YES that is ok she'll just need to know the names of those 3 people before hand in an email. She confirmed that you can have 2 different main courses but she'll need to know how many of each entree 45 days before the wedding. I knew that from this forum but glad she re-confirmed it. The eternal romance package includes a mani and pedi for the bride and hair for the bride. She said I need to email her with the day/time of those services and she'll make reservations for me. Also if you want to have the bridesmaids get services at the spa you can have her make those reservations as well. The hair style price for them will be $70. My package, eternal romance, includes breakfast the day after the wedding and she said she'd email me a menu and we can pick what we want so they automatically bring it to your room. It also includes a dinner on the beach for the couple and a 25 min. couples massage and she said to just email her with the date/time and she'll set those things up for us as well. I'm having a symbolic ceremony and a friend of the groom is performing the ceremony, she said she needs the name of the person who'll be doing the ceremony. I asked about the ceremony music and as read on this forum, yes they have someone that will control the Ipod music for the ceremony. Oh and her name is ELSA so if any of you have her as your coordinator then rest assured you'll feel a million times calmer after talking to her, she is so sweet and really wants to get things the way you want them. Sorry I didn't ask about any other things but I was just trying to get as many questions in as I could. She was very helpful. If any of you have been assigned her and haven't heard back, don't worry. My wedding is Oct. 9th and I just heard from her so she may be going in date order.
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Does your account automatically go into a new "status" to where you can have more access to attachments etc? Or does the moderator need to review it before you are bumped up? Please help if anyone knows how that works. I think I may be over 150 but my profile doesn't look any different and I still cannot open attachments. Thanks!
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Congrats and welcome to the forum Glad you're here!
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You're past the 1 year mark! Just be careful because it sneaks up on you so fast! Welcome