Laura22610

Quote: Originally Posted by carinagirl Hi Everyone - I am back from the most fanatastic wedding at Dreams. I don't have much time to write about it in detail, so I thought I would share with you the pictures from the resort photgraphers who were fabulous. We had our own photographers too, but I really loved the pictures the resort photgraphers took. The videographer was great too! I didn't even think I cared about a video, but they did such an amazing job and I cherish it. One more important thing I must mention. Ana was the best! She works very hard and she went above and beyond to make it the most special day. More on that later. But remember, with a destination wedding, you may not be able to finalize a lot of details until you get there. But once you are there, she will sit with you and take care of it. Ana was terrific! Enjoy the slideshow... Ari & Carina Carina...your pictures are beautiful!! It was nice meeting you!

Hi Everyone! Sorry I have been MIA since my wedding. I got back March 6th and I have been super busy getting unpacked, going back to work, getting my house cleaned, etc. Back to the real world Sooo, my wedding was completely perfect. I LOVED the resort and so did all of our guests!! If you guys have any questions for me, let me know and I will be happy to answer. I am in the process of writing a review...I am almost done...just trying to find some pictures to include I think that everyone will be extremely happy with their decision. This is a fantastic resort and I can't imagine my wedding being any better than it was

We had DJ Doremixx for our wedding on February 26, 2010. We loved Ivan as did all of our guests! One of my friends said he was the best DJ of any wedding she has ever been to and I agree!! Ivan is very professional and so nice. His email communication is extremely prompt and very informative. He came to the resort a few days before our wedding to meet with us and go over all of the details of our ceremony. We gave him our song selections for our first dance, father-daughter dance, and mother-son dance. He asked if we had any requests for songs. We told him what kind of music we liked and allowed him to use his judgment in song selection. He played really nice relaxing music during dinner. He played songs that the older people at the wedding could dance to and he played great hip hop and dance music for people our age. We had 26 people at the wedding and there was constant dancing! He brought balloons and masks, which our guest had a lot of fun with! The cold fireworks during our first dance were awesome and made for a great memory! Ivan truly made our wedding reception a party and it wouldn't have been the same without him! Thank you, thank you , thank you Ivan!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by reaganlane Laura- enjoy your wedding and be sure to fill all us anxious brides in when you get back. I'm sure your day will go amazing and your wedding will be beautiful! Congrats! Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Sorry girls I'm catching up on all the posts! I've been swamped with work this week and haven't been on the forum. Laura - have the most amazing wedding ever! It's going to be AMAZING!!! YAY! Thank you so much!! I will be sure to post a nice long and thorough review when I get home

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyTrunck I heart this thread!! Here is my baby- Crosby. I got him two months ago, he is 6 months old now. This is him as a baby- I'll post a few more current but they're on another laptop: I never thought I could love an animal as much as I love and adore this little papillon!! I love papillons! He is soooo cute!

Congratulations and Welcome!! There is lots of information on DRC on this thread... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-thread-47576/

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo Laura enjoy your big day I am sure its going to turn our just stunning! Thank you!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr I am pretty sure (again not real sure b/c she doesn't answer me) that we can send her what we want (NOT on these options) and they can do them... it will just cost more... correct?? Correct! If you send her a picture, she will give you a price.

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr Gosh- I am so frustrated... it honestly scares me... that I am going to get my guests to put all this $$ in and then we put all this $$ in and things not go smooth. Not trying to be mean but how hard is it to answer emails? If I didn't have so many people already booked, I would consider changing resorts, but then what if other places are just the same?? It makes me so much more mad to see a lot of you just as frustrated. I am still waiting on an email from Friday to be answered, that I have now resent her twice and nothing. have you guys told her the packages you want? flowers you want? decor you want? etc? i cant even get her to open my emails to see those things! Quote: Originally Posted by Ashlynn039 No I haven't told her any of that... but I bet Laura would have a better answer about when she will/or did tell them all of those details This whole process has been frustrating for me as well! I understand that Ana must be incredibly busy but...Anyway, I was never asked which package I wanted, what flowers I wanted, etc. I just sent her emails with that information and she would send one back like "Okay, so you want the Ultimate Package". As far as flowers, I asked for the pictures of flowers that were included in the package and she sent me the information and then I got back to her with which one I wanted. I think that if you want something different, you can email her a picture, and then she will give you a price. For example, for my bridesmaids, I just want orange roses so I sent her an email telling her that and she sent one back saying that they are $60 each. That was just this week too! I still haven't told her anything about boutinierres (sp?) or little details like that. I just gave her all of my menu choices about a month or so ago. As far as decor, I never really got anything besides what is on the price list on the website. I didn't really ask a lot of questions about this though because we are bringing our own centerpieces and I am bringing chair sashes. I am not planning on going all out for decorations because I am already spending wayyyyy too much money So, I think the bottom line is that you just have to email her what you want as soon as you figure it out. And you probably won't be getting prompts from Ana to make decisions. We will get to Mexico on Monday and then we are meeting with Ana on Tuesday. I think that we will probably go over all of the details and finalize everything. So, hopefully it all works out. I just keep thinking...we will be at a beautiful resort with all of our friends and family and the beach and ocean as our backdrop...it will be beautiful

Quote: Originally Posted by amberm410 Has anyone had Ana confirm all their choices for the wedding? My wedding is 7 weeks away and I can never seem to get a straight answer from her. I am a little worried since everything she has ever sent me has been so vague and over e-mail so I have not seen one document such as a contract to show what is going on for my wedding. Well.. I should say she sent me a contract that stated my date and time but pretty much everything else said TBD and when I asked her about a contract she said it was all good since it is all verbal through our e-mails. Has anyone else ran into this? Maybe I am being worrried for no reason but I wanted a little reasurance that they have us down for everything we have chose so far. I think you will be okay! I have not had anything in writing either and my wedding is a week away! I am keeping all of my emails and probably printing the ones out that have specific information in them to take with me just in case. I am keeping an optimistic attitude about all of this. I'll let you know in a couple of weeks how it all worked out

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 So, maybe I am just confused, but I thought that you could not have your wedding reception in one of the restaurants..... it looks like several of the recent weddings were indeed in the restaurant Anyone know the facts about this? I am still having the pool deck, but I am thinking about my plan B. I was wondering the same when I saw those last pictures...

Quote: Originally Posted by lstaff when i emailed him, pedro emailed me back the same day (within an hour actually). i would try again, maybe it got overlooked? I will definitely try emailing him again. Thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by Princess402 Laura I can't believe it's 11 days until your wedding!!!! Just want to wish you the best of luck, and of course I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back Thank you! It's crazy! I can't believe it is so soon either! I will definitely post a review for everyone and hopefully have some answers for a lot of our questions!

Quote: Originally Posted by nbills511 Laura22610....do you happen to have the buffet menu and what the price per person is? We are expecting a large group so will probably be forced to do the buffet.... Thanks! Nicole Nicole...I just deleted the buffet menu from my computer by accident the other day I know, though, that it was posted it a few pages back. I had originally thought that the price for the buffet was the same as sit-down dinner but a few posts ago, someone said it was $48 pp. Hope that helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashlynn039 Perfect! Thanks for the info I don't like seafood as well and was a little put off by all the seafood options for dinner! You're welcome! I will let you know in a couple of weeks how it turned out

For those of you who have emailed the spa...how long did it take for you to get a reply? I am trying to set-up appointments for my bridesmaids and my mom for their hair. I emailed the spa email address last week and still haven't heard back

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashlynn039 Laura are you doing the buffet because you have (because of the number of guests you have) or because you thought it was a better option? I ask because I was leaning towards the idea of a buffet and just wasn't sure if you were allowed to have one if you had under 30 (or whatever the number was) people You leave in just about a week - how exciting! Can't wait to hear your review of the place & your big day when you come back! I chose the buffet because I was nervous about having only 1 dinner choice. Plus, a lot of the options for the sit-down dinner were seafood and I don't like seafood. So, I am having 26 people come...there will be 28 including us and Ana said we were allowed to have the buffet.

Quote: Originally Posted by nikkimadril Hello everyone! I love this thread, I've read so much great information already. Tyler & Nikki September 17th, 2010 --just sent our deposit in on Monday (although we have not heard back from Ana that she received it - FH assures me that she is probably just very busy and from the posts here it seems this is common anyway) Congratulations! and Welcome!

Quote: Originally Posted by jfazzina Price per person buffet; $48 per person appz and cocktail hr: $26 per person Total 74 per person.. Has anyone had any luck being able to change the buffet menu We want to go with the international but want to change a few things. Ana said she would get bk to us. The crab won tons at dreams are AMAZING! What is the international buffet? I don't think I ever got a menu for that? I changed the desserts on the buffet with no problem. We are going with the Caribbean buffet. I didn't realize that the buffet was a different price than the sit-down dinner....that's a good surprise!

Quote: Originally Posted by AlisonJimmy I was wondering if anyone knew about the photographer situation at Dreams Riviera Cancun. I am getting married Aug 8, 2010 and I planned on using their photographer. However, I would like to look them up and see their work first. Are we able to bring in a photographer from the area? SO confused! Hi and welcome! When I received information about a photographer from Ana, she told me that the resort photographers were Juan Navarro and Sweet Caribbean. Although, I think someone a few posts back mentioned that the resort photographer is Adventure Photographers, who are the on-site photographers at the resort. There is a link on this page of the thread to pictures that they took http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo.../index129.html I am using Claudia Rodriguez as my photographer. I asked Ana before I booked her and she said that I could. She never said anything to me about an additional outside vendor fee though (I did ask and she didn't really answer my question). Hope this helps!

Great job!!! They turned out so nice! Do the fake flowers hold up well in the water?

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 I'm so pissed over this too! So here's thing right - my TA has already booked several people and all of thier confirmations (and mine) say "Complimentary Golf"...so can they really not honor that?!? Arrrrrrgggghhhhh. Naturally no one at the resort has gotten back to my TA and I yet... We got all of our travel documents, as did our guests, and we all have vouchers for "complimentary" golf at Playa Mujeres golf course. I'll have to let you guys know how that goes when I get back.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashlynn039 Laura your wedding is so soon! When do you leave? I leave February 22nd. I am so excited but totally do not feel prepared Of course I am a major procrastinator so this is a normal feeling for me!

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr Did you (and you Kym) get yours from weddinglinensdirect? And what material are you going with? For the sashs? I actually got mine from ebay. I got organza and it is a really pretty shimmery material in a light blue color. I am really happy with them!

Very cute Kym! My puppies have the same ball...they are scared of it though!

So, there was talk about hair and make-up a few posts back...One of my friends who is coming to the wedding is a hairstylist so she is going to do my hair and make-up for the wedding. I was going to make an appointment for my bridesmaids (I have 2) at the spa to have their hair and make-up done. What time do you think I should make it for? My wedding is at 5pm.