RunningBride24

456.8 + 48 (miles for the week ) = 504.8!! Whoever is running the NYC marathon in 2010 will LOVE it. What an amazing experience. I just ran it in 2009 and thought it was awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by wendyjd Aly--Slackers are kicking it in. FI just said tonight, I think we're about done except for the goodie bags and AHR. I threw in finding a cheap photog for TTD session. RunningBride, I was able to find clear plastic sticker paper (whole page), not sure how it will fare. Gonna do a test run in the dishwasher soon. Hobby lobby and OfficeMax didn't have blank transfer paper but I found this on ebay: Grafix RUB-ON TRANSFER FILM. I also found an etsy seller who makes personalized waterproof stickers (not clear): Designer Label Gal Diva Boutique Graphic by designerlabelgal I feel like I need to get the cups soon bc you never know how long Dollar Tree will have things. I'm lovin' the Slacker Club! I FINALLY picked out my bridesmaid dresses. Poor girls only have until May 23rd to get measured and ordered to take advantage of the sale. Oops. Thanks for the help, I'm going to go check out the link now. Let me know how they come out of the dishwasher!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Awesome! I'll post some pics so you can get an idea of each: Tulum Extreme: Rappeling down to the cenote (underground river cave): and Cenote: Zipline over jungle (you do 3): here are two pics for perspective and you can barely see me here lol: then of course you go to Tulum ruins.... ************************************************** *********** These are from the Mayan Adventure Snorkeling Trip : start of the freshwater to ocean inlet (just amazing) I took a pic of the sign and you swim the entire thing from the red dot at top, to where it says Yakul Lagoon at bottom and the freshwater start I don't have many more because we ran out of film on this excursion..boo! But i loved it They take you to 2-3 more snorkeling spots which are cool I have usually signed up for these at the resort through concierge Lisa, You're ADORABLE, I loved these pictures! Do you think that was too much to cram into one day? How far was it from your resort? Wow I'm question bombing people today. Thanks for all your help ladies!

Quote: Originally Posted by wendyjd Sorry about that Tanya, luckily Davids is usually fairly quick. I hope you get the new dress soon. Here's my wedding news of the day: FI's wedding band came in today and its great, its a hammered tungsten band. He loves it. and I found tumblers with lids/straws (and aloe) at Dollar Tree today. I'm going to play around and see if I can get some waterproof stickers or rub off's to personalize it. Love the idea of waterproof stickers or rub off's. Where are you going to get them at? I was thinking of the same thing but wasn't sure where I would go to find them.

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Here are a couple of pics from my cousin. . . sorry not the best! the ceremony, we were both bawling! our first toast, beware you barely get down the aisle before they are jamming champagne in your hands. . .very hard to hug everyone with champagne and bouquet. pics on the beach VERY HOT!! the girls the guys and my fav pic., the housekeeping found my programs after the ceremony and took the flowers off them and put them on this cute towel elephant. . . I love the Royal!! Still working on the review!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures! Totally random that we know each other too. I think you may have been on my barcrawl. I spent the night at your house that night, lol. Can't wait to see all the pictures! Your dress is gorgeous!

Hey ladies, Are any of you doing excurstions while you're down there? I'm torn between: 1. Hidden Worlds 2. Xel-ha 3. Xcaret What is the difference? Has anyone done/is doing any of them? I don't know how to choose?

Quote: Originally Posted by Tanya Marie Thanks Ladies, But I knew it was too good to be true!! I went to pick it up and it looked like CRAP!!! There were pulls in it and the beading was coming off...but they handled it really well, first they tried to convince me to have the seamstress fix it but I wasn't buying it!! The manager came and looked at it and she reordered it. PS. I marked it in a hidden spot, just in case they try to fix it and give it back to me!!! I will keep you posted! Oh no. I'm sorry to hear about that! I'm glad you marked a hidden spot. They had better fix that for you!!! UGH! You're my date twin, 10/10/10!

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbum1285 Hey girls! Just wanted to say we're back from our Royal Cancun wedding/honeymoon and had an amazing time. The week went by waaay too fast and I wish we could have stayed a few more days. All you girls in PDC should have no problems if you get the same treatment I did. I'll be posting my review soon. YAY Stacy!Welcome back!!! Congratulations on being a Mrs!!!!! I can't wait for the review/pictures!

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS also, about the menu options, Im not sure what the luxury package has but I did the classical package and had red snapper and beef tournedo, both excellent!! I had so many good comments about the snapper I wish I would have only done that one!! As for "american" im not sure either but there isn't anything that is super weird on the menu. They have weird names but everything is very very good. I mean if us nebraska folk love it it must be good LOL LOVE it!! That's exactly what I needed, as most of my guests are from small town Nebraska. Thanks for that! And congratulations, can't wait to see pictures! Also thanks for the recommendation on not doing the cocktail hour. As of now I'm booked to have one but thinking I might reconsider.

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Candicemarie you are awesome!!! I have been looking everywhere to because I don't want the hassle of getting to Playa and running around getting 80 maracas haahah, thank you so much!!! LisaD - you are a smart woman for ordering invites. Although I am happy the way they turned out I think for sanity reasons its better to let the professionals do it lol Jess I have to second everyone else when I say your invites are AWESOME!! WELL worth the time you put into them! So exciting!!! Quote: Originally Posted by smckinney22 Ours is at 4 at The Royal gazebo & reception is at 5 but I'm hoping to push it back to 5:30. It's at the big beach in front of Pelicanos. Where will yours be and what time? How many guests are u having? My count is hovering around 40, yikes! Our ceremony is 5pm on the beach @ The Royal and the reception will start at 6:30pm on the beach. We're teetering RIGHT on 35 right now. I hope to keep it below 40. There were some people that I never thought would come that are coming!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 My suggestion for the salad is just to go with the three lettuce salad on the vegetarian menu. That's what I did. I asked my WC the same question about the soup, because honestly none of the soups sounded appealing to me and I know my guests wouldn't have enjoyed them. The Michigan WC pretty much said that there was nothing she could do and that those were my only choices. I've also heard good things about the grilled zuccini salad. As for boring and american as possible, we went with the filet and mashed potatoes. That's about as american as you can get. LOL Anyone else who has Lilli as an on-site coordinator having trouble getting a response from her? I e-mailed her about a week and half ago and still nothing. Okay the salad from the vegatarian menu does sound good! Thanks for all of your suggestions! I wish we had more options but the filet and mashed potatoes does sound pretty good!!! :)

Okay girls, I need help! I remember reading through some older posts about one girl who put together her own menu. I have the menu's for the Luxury Wedding Package and to be honest my guests just aren't into that kind of food. Is there other options for the food? I need stuff that is as normal and boring-American as possible. (a squid salad would scare my father and the poor guy is paying for the wedding so it means a lot to me to have food he would enjoy). If any of you have any advice I would GREATLY appreciate it!!!! And if you have other menus please PM me. Thanks so much!

Quote: Originally Posted by candicemarie I FINALLY got a GPR resort map!! I've been searching for one of these for months! It's not as high quality as the Royal map I found, but it will definitely do the trick! I tried to attach it as a file, but it won't let me because the files are too large for a jpeg . I had to make it a super high resolution so they would turn out better as flyers. I made flyers for free on vistaprint so everyone can have a map of both resorts so they all know where the restaurants and eveyrthing. I put a map of Playa that I liked on the back of both resort maps, but it was too large to attach, too. I went ahead and posted them below so y'all can at least see them, but PM me w/your email address if you want the higher resolution pics. GPR map Playa map I liked the best Royal map I already posted Thanks for posting those! They are a huge help!!!!!

I was just curious when everyone was booking their flights down to Cancun? I'm clueless whether to book now or wait a few months in hopes that the airfare will go down. Any suggestions are very welcomed! Thanks ladies!

Quote: Originally Posted by smckinney22 Congrats! Enjoy your last day there! Can't wait to hear all the details! You're a day before me! I haven't seen too many around my date. What time is your ceremony at?

Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Here's our first wedding pic! I'm still in Tulum, but I couldn't wait to post the first one! More to come later! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Can't wait to see more!

Quote: Originally Posted by jcooper79 I did insulated mugs for everyone, and they were a total hit!! Drinks stayed cold and you got more in the mug then the glasses they have. Make sure to bring a sharpie marker though so you can write names on the glasses cause know one will be able to keep track of theirs..Plus it's easier for the servers to remember the drinks too! Hi Jcooper! I'm thinking of doing insulated mugs as well. Where did you get yours at? I want to make sure I get quality ones. Thanks in advance!

Quote: Originally Posted by wendyjd Running bride, I just did that last week. And I have a dress, I'm going with the resort photog and the wedding package stuff so just need to get clothes for FI and I'm set, except for oot bags filler, have the bags already. Ooo that's what I need to work on! I want to make my OOT bags good. where did you get the bags? Does anyone know of some good sites to get them that aren't TOO expensive? Yay for October brides!

Ha, I agree with the Slacker Club! I actually have a lot booked, but still haven't booked our rooms at the resort OR our flights. Oops. Just got photographer and make-up artist booked. Surprisingly my dress only took 2 months to come in but my BM dresses will take 4 months. Uh-oh!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 Anyone doing a signature drink? If so, what are you doing? We have a drink here called the worm bucket and they put a gummy worm at the bottom. They are soooo good and I want to do that. I'm thinking I may have to bring gummy worms with me. lol AHHH that's so cute! We're doing a signature drink. I haven't created it yet (waiting for a weekend with my mom and sisters) but I know it has to be pink, hehe. Plus my fiance is quite metrosexual so I think pink would be good for both of us. Love the worm idea!

This was awesome, loved it!!

Thanks Cindy! Yes, my photographer thought 5pm would be great. I was all for a little earlier because I'm worried about how dark it gets right after the sunset. Thanks for the tip!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 Steph so far I have your total as $ 3095. 400$- judge 170$- blood tests 1500$-eternal romance package 375$-private reception for 13 guests and bride and groom @ $25 pp 150$- private cocktail hour for 13 guests and bride and groom @ 10 pp 500$ for Mariachi trio Not sure if that helps. Don't forget to deduct your $200 deposit from that so your final payment would be $2895 if I'm correct. Hope I cleared up any anxiety you had. Oh and see you in Mexico! I totally want to hire you to do my final calculations!!! Where did you get the figures for the blood tests? This helped me even though it wasn't my numbers!

Hey everyone! Just found this thread! Another 10/10/10 here. I finally booked a photographer and hair and makeup!!! Now comes all the details! I have a question for my fellow October brides....what time are you getting married? My fiance is very set on 'sunset' but I thought 6/6:30pm would be too late. Right now we're scheduled for 5pm. Does anyone know what I should expect? Thanks in advance!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 Steph- I may be able to answer some of your questions, too. I just made my final payment and my checklist was a la carte. I'm not too sure how I feel about making my final payment now that it's done. Aja will be transferring me to an on-site coordinator soon, but many of you have said they are slow to respond these days. I'm not looking forward to that. Are y'all traveling with cash, travelers checks, credit cards...? I'm undecided as to what to do. I do not want to travel with large wads of cash, but am not sure how much of an inconvenience the other choices would be. This is our first time to Mexico, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, any one who is traveling Continental.. did you contact the airline ahead of time to inform them that you are traveling with a dress? Ooo that's a really good point on contacting the airline about traveling with the dress. I'm curious how everyone is getting their dress there. I don't want the airline to just throw it around.....