candicemarie

Sorry I took so long to post these pics! They were wrapped so awesome when I got them I kept putting it off, lol. I only unwrapped a blue pair, and they look great! They're the perfect size, too!

I love, love, LOVE your buckets!!! They are seriously adorable! Thanks for the great review & CONGRATS!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by leivakarin Hello! I just wanted to share what a wonderful experience my guests, fiancee and I had at this location. As a destination wedding bride, there was nothing more scary than committing to a wedding without having first worked out all the miniscule details and touring the facility a thousand times beforehand... I made up my mind on this location because of all the many positive reviews I found on this website and decided to do something very unlike me and just surrender control of things and enjoy the wedding! lol Sharing the picture link (the royal makes a great place for unique and beautiful pictures): Karin & Daniel And the video link: YouTube - Daniel & Karin's Wedding in Cancun Best of luck to you!! Karin, everything looked beautiful! Thanks for sharing your experience w/us!!

Quote: Originally Posted by bridetobe1515 I don't know if this will work, but I tried uploading some random pics. Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource It looked beautiful & way fun! I love the detailing on your dress, too!! Quote: Originally Posted by bridetobe1515 For those of you not interested in the royal makeup and hair this is a cool place I saw: Waves Beauty Salon Playa del Carmen by Canadian Hairstylist Trevor Kohlman | Wavesplaya.com They actually do airbrushing for makeup which i've done before and I LOVED!!! They do a free trial, pick you up from your resort and drop you back off, and even feed you. seriuosly cheap too! How cool! Thanks so much for showing us this! I've been going back and forth about having my friend do it so I'm glad to have another option. Quote: Originally Posted by bridetobe1515 LOL! I can't believe she is like that! They are really strict at The Royal about people from the Gran coming in, but if they say the wedding party they are with then they are allowed to come 30 minutes prior to the event. A surprise that I didn't know and found out once I was there was that Zulma told me I could have 3 people from the Gran or whoever I chose to come into my room on the wedding day 3 HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING! What That was something that would have been useful prior to me being there! I was so relieved though because my dad was at the other resort. So for you brides that have special people at the other resort...know that this is allowed! Aww, I'm so glad he got to come over early!! Quote: Originally Posted by lexibride I'm back!!!! We had a wonderful wedding and a great day too! Yay for no rain on the 15th! Sorry to anyone else who did have rain - we saw many brides who got rained out boo! I finally got on here - I've had to catch up at work before I could do anything remotely fun. Our wedding was great - some bumps in the road but I'll do a review hopefully later on tonight (American Idol finale is tonight, so we'll see how far I get). Here's a montage that my photographer made so you guys can get a sneak peak at our welcome dinner (at Alux), wedding and trash the dress. animoto - Jessica & Brian's Wedding Everything looked fantastic!!! Congrats!! Thanks for sharing all your beautiful pics!

Di, you are such a bad@ss!!!!!! Everything looks just amazing, & I can't wait to see it all come together!

Sorry this is so long! I missed a lot this weekend! Quote: Originally Posted by smckinney22 Thanks soooo much for the tips! I'm writing everything down so I can remember all this. Do you remember seeing any "OFF" or some type of bug spray in the General Store? I remember another bride saying to watch out for the sand fleas at your reception and I'd like to have some OFF handy for people to spray on them on the beach reception. Just hate to pack it if they have it there! I got these for the OOT bags@ CVS.com on sale bc I couldn't really find that great of a deal on the spray/wipes. Insect Repelling Bug Button - Order Now! I really hope they work! I'll make sure to report back on if they do or not. Quote: Originally Posted by Jenny310 Amols is great! They already emaield me back. They don't have any purple maracas right now but they said I can order any colors I want. Sooo happy, but I wonder how heavy they will be.... Awesome! I'll let you know how much they weigh when I get them this week. Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Here are a couple of pics from my cousin. . . sorry not the best!... Awww!! Congrats Lynnie!!!! You looked beautiful!!!! Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO :-) I did the Extreme one two years ago and the Snorkeling Adventure last year. They usually pick you up around 8:30 am and have you back between 3-5. They also provide lunch. Thanks so much for all those reviews & pics, Lisa!! You're awesome!! Quote: Originally Posted by jujeemd Hey all, I know I found this forum late and haven't really posted much but just wanted to mention a few things that will hopefully help as these were the things I was worried about... It sounds & looks wonderful!! Congrats & thanks so much for sharing!!! Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 Just realized that we leave in three weeks! Still haven't heard anything from Lili though.. Any advice on last minute things I should be getting together? I'm heading out next week and haven't heard from Zulma, yet, either so I'm not really sure how long until they contact you. Quote: Originally Posted by dianep here are a few randoms (in no order whatsoever!!) that friends and family have posted on facebook. so fun to see what people have as the days go on. more pics and eventually some pro pics to be posted in the coming days/weeks! wedding pictures by dipics - Photobucket hope this works - i've never posted a whole album before. Congrats Mrs!!!! You looked gorgeous! I haven't seen anyone w/a veil, and you totally pulled it off!

So I've been searching for maracas for awhile for wedding favors/place settings for the reception (no assigned seating; just a maraca in front of each seat). I, finally, found this store, Amols.com, located in San Antonio. They had EXACTLY what I was looking for in price (2.95/pair or 1.95/pair if you buy more than 12pairs), quality (from the look of the pic) and size 8" Traditional Large Maracas 8" Cinco de Mayo Favors & Prizes | Amols' Fiesta Party Supplies I was about to place my order for 13 pairs and just get whatever colors they ended up sending to me, when I decided to email customer service to ask if I could get specific colors for my order or if they had any additional colors in the turquoise & yellow family. I wasn't expecting much bc, well, customer service is lacking pretty much everywhere in general these days. Boy, was I wrong! Within a day, I received a response that I could definitely choose my specific colors for my 13 pair order. Yay! They had yellow but were out of the turquoise. He said they would be getting a shipment in that afternoon so they would let me know what they got. A few hours later, they replied saying they had received a teal color but no turquoise. They said it was closer to green then turquoise so they didn't know if it would work for me and to let them know what I thought. I took a chance that they wouldn't think I was nuts and emailed a pic of my BM's dress and asked if they had a color close to the picture. They didn't mind at all, I guess, bc a couple hours later they sent a color recommendation and a promise that he would personally pull the colors I needed and make sure they were shipped as such! I know its not much, but it meant the world to me that they cared enough about my measly, little, 13 pair order to take the time and make sure I was super happy w/everything. Anywho, I just wanted to share my little story & a website recommendation w/my fellow Desties! I'll make sure to come back and post pics of the maracas after I get them.

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!!! No prob!! I was thinking the same thing (except not 80! dang girl, that would def not be a fun search while on vacation!) so I was determined to find some before we left.

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Hi Luna!! Ok I just got back from my wedding and all I can say is the dance floor is sooooo worth it!! Everyone commented how cool it was and I got some great pics out of it. I think it just got the mood going, ya know?! For all brides doing cocktail hour. . . NOT WORTH IT. period. Actually most of my guests left to back to their rooms. None of the food was eaten and they only serve champagne. THis is actually my ONLY complaint of the whole wedding!!! It was so hot outside and they only provide one tiny umbrella. Review to come. . . I am sooo depressed, I want to go back to mexico Good to know on the cocktail hour. I didn't want to do one bc I was thinking it would be that way so thank you for giving me peace of mind Awww! I'm sorry you're back at home! I don't even want to think about how quickly its all going to go. Just closer your eyes and imagine you're back there Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Ok here's the funny fence incident. We climbed this fence on government land to get to the spot where we were photographed the sunrise coast shot. I climbed that fence in a skirt and my photog shot it! LOL We left the Gran Porto at 4:30 am to get this shot on the coast! I love it. I'm going to print it HUGE on canvas for my living room wall. It was photographed about 1/2 mile south of the Tulum ruins. You have to drive a back road and climb through the jungle to get there. Totally worth it! We got the shot on the swings right after we were married. The swings are located on the Gran property. WOW!! That is beautiful!! Way to scale that fence, lady! It was definitely worth it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO They are too cute! I just ordered mine today but decided to have them made because 1. i'm lazy 2. not that creative lol hahahahaha! I just went through vistaprint for my invites & did cute little postcards bc I'm ridiculously cheap, in addition to lazy & not creative

I'm gonna post a thread about this in the OOT section, but I wanted to share it w/my fellow Royal/GPR brides first in case any of y'all needed any maracas Thread will say: "I've been searching for maracas for awhile for wedding favors/place settings for the reception (no assigned seating; just a maraca in front of each seat). I, finally, found this store, Amols.com, located in San Antonio. They had EXACTLY what I was looking for in price (2.95/pair or 1.95/pair if you buy more than 12pairs), quality (from the look of the pic) and size 8" Traditional Large Maracas 8" Cinco de Mayo Favors & Prizes | Amols' Fiesta Party Supplies I was about to place my order for 13 pairs and just get whatever colors they ended up sending to me, when I decided to email customer service to ask if I could get specific colors for my order or if they had any additional colors in the turquoise & yellow family. I wasn't expecting much bc, well, customer service is lacking pretty much everywhere in general these days. Boy, was I wrong! Within a day, I received a response that I could definitely choose my specific colors for my 13 pair order. Yay! They had yellow but were out of the turquoise. He said they would be getting a shipment in that afternoon so they would let me know what they got. A few hours later, they replied saying they had received a teal color but no turquoise. They said it was closer to green then turquoise so they didn't know if it would work for me and to let them know what I thought. I took a chance that they wouldn't think I was nuts and emailed a pic of my BM's dress and asked if they had a color close to the picture. They didn't mind at all, I guess, bc a couple hours later they sent a color recommendation and a promise that he would personally pull the colors I needed and make sure they were shipped as such! I know its not much, but it meant the world to me that they cared enough about my measly, little, 13 pair order to take the time and make sure I was super happy w/everything. Anywho, I just wanted to share my little story & a website recommendation w/my fellow Desties! I'll make sure to come back and post pics of the maracas after I get them."

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

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep i'm tan, married, and happy. we have a few days of the honeymoon left to enjoy before heading home. i met julia in the hallway just after her wedding - congrats, and you looked beautiful! keeping an eye out for lynnie s as we were upgraded to the royal (it's soooo much nicer!!). having a wonderful time, but it's going way too fast. about to take a jacuzzi now and listed to the rain... Aww, congrats Mrs!! Enjoy the rest of your honeymoon! PS. I love the teaser in your siggy pic

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! That's beautiful!!! I can't wait to see the rest! Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan YAY my invites are finally done!!! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...9/#post1298523 They look awesome, jess! You and FI did fantastic!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS I'd like to say congrats to astreit!! I watched her wedding and it was sooooo gorgeous! Congrats! off to one last dinner! Aww that's so cool you got to watch hers! Hope y'all have a safe trip home!! Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Thank you! I had 23 too and we all fit inside the gazebo. The Gran Porto Gazebo is really small and there is virtually very little room outside the gazebo unless you start putting chairs down the hallway. There is also a set of two steps you go down RIGHT before you get to the gazebo so putting people outside may not work. 23 fit inside very well though. Worked great for us! Ok great! Thanks so much for all the details!!

Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx I love your dress! So unique and perfect for a DW. Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan candicemarie I love your dress! very cute Thanks ladies!! Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR My wedding on Thursday was perfect. We had it at the Gran Porto Gazebo with a reception on the beach right afterward at sunset. The set up is gorgeous, the breeze is fantastic... Congrats Julia!!! I'm so glad everything went well! Thanks so much for sharing! One question, how many people did you have? I'm in the GPR gazebo, too and really didn't want to put all the peeps inside. We're having 23 people. Do you think that many will fit outside? Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Everyone - for past and future brides what are you guys doing for OOT bags? Do you think tumblers are worth getting for this resort, what about beach towels? I'm starting to think about them now and hoping in the next two months to start buying the items but I wanted everyone's advice. I know at some resorts the cups are worth it but I heard at others its not. 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! I did koozies & thought about the insulated mugs jcooper mentioned above. On that other Playa forum (playa.info), lots of those peeps recommend those "Bubba Keg" mugs. I still might do those if I can find some affordable ones or a good deal. I decided not to do the beach towels just because the resort has them for free. Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Yes they can! Very expensive however BTW IM MARRIED!! We come back tomorrow but thought I'd check in real quick since everyone has left but us. ask anything. Everything was absolutely amazing!! You girls will not be disappointed. It was beyond my every expectation. They are just awesome!!! More later. . . YAY!!! Congratulations Lynnie!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep we're here! we have an appointment with denys at 1:00 today. it'll be my first conversation with her but i'm sure everything will turn out great! just thought i'd check in and say hello from playa! Aww good luck! I'm sure it will, too!! Enjoy it lady! Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO So jealous...i wanna be in playa right now too instead of work lol Does anyone else ever watch the webcam wistfully? hahahaha! oh heck ya, man. at least once a week, especially now that we're getting close Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO I am sooo behind on the whole dress thing. I cant decide between a 10lb maggie sottero or a light chiffon Galina. Hmmm..for any of you who are married already and didnt wear a light or chiffon gown, how did you hold up in the tropical sun? I'm doing a totally non-traditional, light, short dress bc I never saw myself in one of those fancy ones: TFNC | TFNC Jacquard Bandeau Dress at ASOS I'm w/LadyDi go w/the one that's the most you!

Quote: Originally Posted by tracy0716 I've stalked this thread more times than I would like to admit and now I can finally share my shoes! I have to agree with many other posters, the shoes were almost as hard to find as the dress (if not harder). I was measured for a 4inch heel and most shoes I loved were 4inches plus a slight platform. The shoes are by Nina (love their shoes!) and are a 3 1/2inch heel with a slight platform. I was worried the flower might catch on my dress and be annoying but I walked around the bridal salon for a few mins and wasn't bothered at all. Plus they're super comfy! So gorgeous!!! I LOVE Nina shoes!! Here are mine. I spent so little on my dress ($55) that I totally splurged on these puppies. The style is my name, too (Candice)! PS. I'm wearing a short, off-white & silver dress Kate Spade Candice at Zappos.com

WOW Lynnie, you did an GREAT job on everything!!! And your FI is super talented! That box is absolutely beautiful!! Can't wait to see a pic of those maracas!

And to LynnieS-CONGRATS ON GRADUATION!!!!! WOO!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jenconrad Venus bridal. Its the only dress I could find around here I liked All the dresses were long and I got two tailored short. The bridesmaids looked fantastic in them. I LOVE your bridesmaids dresses! They looked lovely! You & hubby look fantastic!! And from the 2 teasers your pics look like they're gonna be AMAZING! Congrats!!!!!

man, I've missed a lot! Jesmcan-Congrats on the new vendor site!! It looks beautiful! Jenconrad-CONGRATS on your lovely wedding!!!! So glad everything worked out for y'all Quote: Originally Posted by lexibride we are bringing our laptop which has a webcam built in and we are going to stream the wedding live on Livestream - Broadcast LIVE streaming video. There are little commercials during the wedding, but you don't miss any of it, it just pauses the recording plays a 30 sec. commercial and then carries on with the recording. That part is annoying, but I figure it's better than nothing for those who can't be there and want to see it! That is so neat! Thanks for sharing the link!! Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Dianep and everyone I will post my planning thread tonite when the forum isn't so busy. OMG I have sooooo many pics its ridic! 15 HOURS TIL WE LEAVE!!!! I hope he gets the music done in time haha! Best of luck & hope you have a blast!! I'll def be praying for you ladies to have no rain!!! Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Ahhh! I'm sitting on the Lanai of my hotel room at the Gran Porto Real Resort. It's so lovely! Getting married on Thursday! PS> The alcohol flows like a river here! LOL Hahaha! Sounds fantastic!!!!! Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Just met with Zulma. She is the BOMB. I feel so much better about my wedding and she is such a dear, sweet person. She's one of those people you meet and you instantly want to be her best friend. She is so ON TOP OF IT...and willing to do ANYTHING for you. I'm so totally and completely excited right now I can hardly stand it! BTW, we moved my wedding to 5 pm. At 4 pm it is VERY HOT here. The light is also a lot better from 5-7 pm (I'm a photographer. It's important to me). The beach receptions are just GORGEOUS! It's a magical place! Man, that's great to hear! Autumn told me the other day that she'll be my onsite WC so I can't wait!! Quote: Originally Posted by dianep that's great! hopefully my onsite WC will be better in person than she has been so far. still no meeting scheduled or anything, and we'll be THERE in 24 hours. Best wishes diane!! I hope your new WC makes it perfect for you when y'all get there!!!!!!

I've missed a lot over the last week, my goodness! Threw FI a big 30th bday party on Saturday and had NO time to check in. Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan your welcome! The top picture is the basic setup with the fabric wrapped around the gazebo. Once you get to the resort for your wedding and meet with your Mexico WC she has a ton of pictures for you to choose from. It also includes the red carpet which you can choose to keep nor not have it if you don't want it. Also you can choose from chairs with covers of the tiffany chairs. I am taking down tissue pomanders that I am purchasing from etsy, 6 for inside the gazebo to be hung by white ribbon and I am doing small ones to hang on the tiffany chairs at the end of each row. Those are too cute!! I love your idea of hanging them on the chairs! Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsYak I have been working with carole since Suzanna left. I've been trying to get a hold of Carole for a week now to confirm my wedding date has been changed. Every time I call they say.."shes out today" or "shes out all week" well today I finally asked for anyone else that can help me. I got a voicemail from Autumn who said Carole is out for a FEW weeks and she is taking over! She confirmed my date of 12/2...and said e-mail her with questions...but didn't leave her e-mail address! I want to e-mail her to send me an updated contract. Does anyone have Autumn's email adress? I've been working w/Autumn for Carole this week, too. Just sent in my final payment. I've just been emailing to Carole's email, and Autumn gets back to me SUPER quick from there so just keep sending to Carole. Quote: Originally Posted by jenconrad Hi Ladies! One more night shift tonight then off till we leave Sunday! I am sooo excited. I just wanted to post the wicked real touch flowers I have coming to me this week from jdleggans on etsy (thanks Lady Di- i think!). Imagine how much this would of cost through the crazy resort and it only cost me $133 US + shipping! 1 more point in the brides column vs the royal . hehe Soooooo pretty!!!! Best wishes & safe travels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to hear/see how perfect it was

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Hi Ladies, I know we talked about this back a few posts and I can't remember who posted it but someone is using a honeymoon registry that is free, would you mind posting that site name again? We used this one www.rainfallofenvelopes.com It's not half as cute as duprk's, though, lol. Wish I would've researched more before choosing! Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO So I finally made an appointment to try on dresses next Friday ..blah lol. I know I shouldn't discount anything without trying it on, but I have my heart set on a few Maggie Sottero (destinations) options, but I've already called 4 stores and none of them carry them (even though they are listed on the MS site as carrying the line).. :-( That is a bummer that they don't carry the ones you're looking for Good luck!! And I'm sure you'll find the ONE before you know it! Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 honeyfund.com is free. That is who we used. You can however upgrade to be able to add backgrounds and pictures for 29.00. We didn't do a wedding website so I opted to upgrade and make it a dual purpose. If you want to see an example of one...Site Requirements for Honeyfund.com, the free honeymoon registry <--- that is ours. We just posted it not long ago. So cute! Great job!!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsYak Hi Candice. On the site you found the map on, was there one for Real too? Thanks for the help! I've been looking bc I have some guests staying there, too but haven't found one, yet. I'll def post it if I do! Quote: Originally Posted by Jenny310 Candicemarie can you PM me the file, I don't have enough points to open attachments. Thank you!! You can't send attachments in PMs, but if you give me your email address, I can send it. Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Candice- Thanks for the map, I was just looking for one! Oh, and it wasn't me so sorry to take credit from whoever it was!! Haha! Oops! Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Oh, and one last thing I had to vent about. FI just told me he booked his bachelor WEEKEND!! arghh, and what else. . . its on my B-DAY!! I mean, seriously! Men. Grrrr no way! On your bday is not cool! I'm sorry Quote: Originally Posted by dianep haha, i GUESS you did - 2460 posts!? look at you go! aside from not being able to open attachements, i don't know that i'm really missing out on much so i'm not too concerned. is there something more that i'm missing out on? Hmm...You have 150posts, you should be able to open stuff. It's that the rule? Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 I wanted to let everyone know that a guest of ours, who is having to book at the Gran Porto due to no availability at the royal, called the resort yesterday to get prices. She spoke to someone about prices for day passes (to the royal) and told them the whole situation with our wedding and whatnot. The person on the phone gave them a price of 20$ a day to come to the royal. This is WAY cheaper than the prices I've received from the WC's and that I've seen on here. Maybe the trick is to call the resort directly to get the information and prices that you need. Now, the other problem. The Gran Porto is almost completely booked the week of our wedding, too! Cool! I was figuring that was the case since we've heard about the $60 day pass "special" that the WCs won't admit exists. Quote: Originally Posted by msglave Did you ladies see this? The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Recognizes Two Real Resorts With Its... -- NEW YORK and CANCUN, Mexico, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sorta makes all of the stress worth it! :-) Awesome!! I can't freaking wait, man!!!!