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Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr For those of you who are getting your linens, bows, etc from weddinglinensdirect.... are you getting them shipped there? Or to you and you are taking them there? I am taking the chair sashes that I got with me. They don't take up a lot of room and I would have been too nervous shipping them there (about them not being there when I arrived!). I think on the Dreams website on that wedding information pdf, there is information about shipping things to the resort. I also wanted to see the color first to make sure it was right. Sometimes the colors look totally different on the computer.

Quote: Originally Posted by sunstarsmoon LADYDI - Bo is sooooooo cute BUTTERFLY4KATHY2 - LOL I am sure Cash was fine. He looks like he is smiling in the picture LAURA22610 - 2 puppies to train. Oh Boy. I had a hard enough time with just 1. Good Luck! PS they are adorable. Thanks!

Here are my new babies. They are 3 months and very good puppies. It's just the housebreaking of TWO puppies that is a little rough! Chase and Bella.... Chase Bella

Quote: Originally Posted by jfazzina Sorry I have been MIA for a bit.. she said it would be moved (if you are looking at ocean) to the left side of the resort where the kayacks are located now.. She didnt say what date it would be changed though.. My suggestion is to call her directly- dont email. I will send a recap of my spreadsheet I made for my wedding so everyone can get an idea of what was told.. I am having my wedding at DRC for sure.. Paradisus is just much older.. SO EXCITED!!!! Congratulations!!! And thank you for all of the information!

Great job on the maracas Khara...they look great! I wanted to tell you all..I was just at Staples today and they had hand sanitizer (for out of town bags) for $1 and there was 2 in a package. I thought that was a pretty good deal.

I just found these too... LOVEBIRDS 3Pack Custom Color Wedding Papel Picado by aymujer

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 I'm planning to use the banners - somehow - I just haven't figured out how...and then I saw this cake picture on the knot that I'm in love with - I'm attaching it! Annnnd I figured out how to add a ticker yay! Very cute cake and very unique...I haven't seen one like that!

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo Laura, I have seen pictures when they are hang over top the tables and look beautiful. We are having a buffet dinner so instead I considered putting it around the buffet dinner to decorate. I am upgrading all the dinner table linen to turquoise overlays but its expensive for the buffet, so I might just keep that table white and do turquoise flags. Also I am already sold on star lanterns for up above For a basic one tone ones they are as cheap as USD 5 Solid Color 5 Point Star and for the prettier multi-tone USD 8-10 Star Lights, Hanging Lanterns and Lamps from Divine Planet Out of curiosity would any of the ladies here be interested in these ones I am done for a couple of bucks each? I was just looking at those star lanterns today from that paper lantern site! I really love them. I had asked Ana how much they cost because I had seen them in a picture hung in front of the infinity pool and they looked really really nice. She told me $200. So, I was looking into buying them myself and I was trying to figure out though, how would they hang and would the battery lights last the whole reception?

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo Any of you girls doing the mexican wedding paper flags I love these guys but they are expensive Hand-cut custom Wedding Papel Picado banner strings also came across this Mexican Decorations * Papel Picado Banners I am thinking we are going to do the marachas for the ceremony although I also considered the straw fans, hard to tell if its going to be hot or windy but figure by Nov the guests should be fine. I saw one of the ladies posted pictures of a stick with many string at the end for after the ceremony looked cute and now for the reception I am liking this idea of mexican fans and chinese lanterns? or would that be too much? Ana quoted me a crazy amount for chinese lanterns have any of you girls just bought the lanterns and brought it with, does Ana have the lights? Sorry, I should have multi-quoted...I didn't realize I had so much to reply to Anyway, I love those banners...so pretty and festive! Where would you hang them?

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 Hi Kym. I am doing the ultimate package and Ana emailed me this week and said this is the only photographer we can use.....here is a link Can't find anything on them?? Anyone know anything about them? Kelly & Patrick I think that they are the resort photographers. They will take pictures for any guests at the resort. On the facebook site for DRC, there are pictures that people had taken by them. That's weird...when I asked her about photographers back in sept/oct, she told me Juan Navarro and Sweet Caribbean (I think ) were the photographers. I wonder if they changed it??

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 My wedding is Nov 30 2010 and it is confirmed and I have paid the deposit. She sent my travel agent a form to fill out and she needed a copy of the front and back of my cc. We are doing the ultimate so it was $500. Ebernard you may want to call her on the phone just so you get a straight answer. Oh yeah...Ana did email me a form to fill out too when she emailed me the contract. So I filled it out, scanned it and sent that back to her along with contract and copy of my CC.

Quote: Originally Posted by kymkymkym Wow Laura - your wedding is fast approaching. When do you leave to go down there? and will you write a review and post pictures for us all to see when you get back?? I leave Feb 22nd! It's coming up so quickly! I will definitely write a review and share lots of info and pictures! We get back March 6th.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 How many of you have already paid your deposit, and when is your wedding? My wedding is in June, and I email Ana frequently to stay up to date and coordinate things, however, everytime I ask about the deposit she never responds... hmmm Does anyone else think it is odd that my wedding is in 4 months, I booked it last August, and still have not paid a deposit Should I be concerned? I already have the contract though. I paid my deposit in December. It took a few emails of me asking how I pay her the deposit for her to send me the information. Did you send the contract back to her? I paid the deposit when I sent her the contract back. I scanned my credit card and driver's license and sent them in an email to her along with a scanned copy of the signed contract.

Quote: Originally Posted by saymyname74 I emailed Ana about two weeks ago and have not heard anything back. is this usual? I think so. My wedding is in 3 weeks and it took her a week to get back to me when I emailed her last week.

Quote: Originally Posted by jfazzina Dreams was excellent- loved the rooms..as well as the FOOD-Trendy restaurants EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICE! This place would be my 1st choice.. Decor of the hotel itself- lounge chairs all over resort. desires outside deck is beautiful for Welcome Party (fits 80). Great space in case it rains for wedding ceremony. I do NOT like ballroom floor (red) but she said we could have wedding reception in whatever closed restaurant if it rains. I liked that everything was pretty much together, not super far walks to get to everything. Nice gym and spa! Very new and clean! Cute coffee bar! Master Suite is amazing on left side where the wedding will be held by the end of the year! I think its room 1200s?? We also loved Governor Suite and PRESIDENTIAL SUITE WAS AMAZING! she said she would see if mgmt would let use for wedding night and she would check on rate. Hope this helps! We are leaning towards DRC but cant help but take a look at the huge savings of paradisus. My friend got married there and has RAVED about the service and staff! So we will work with Ana and decided! We will have over 80 guests staying at the resort.. Good luck ladies.. Its a tough call!! Thank you so much for the pictures and the review! I am really happy with my decision after seeing all of this! Just one question...what location are the weddings being held now and is it going to change by the end of the year? I am getting married in 3 weeks, so just curious where the location is going to be. Ana told me it changed but she didn't tell me where.

Quote: Originally Posted by volosikj Reception Location Survey- Where are you having your dinner? Pool Deck or Pool Terrace?? The pictures on page 51/52 confuse me. I can't tell the difference in location or attributes from the photos! Help! I am also having my reception on the pool deck. I love that it is between the pool and the beach!

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 I am going to try to do something like this for my centerpieces. I want them to be simple, but I also want to use candles or maybe floralytes to add light since it is dark on the pool deck. To make these yourself it is about $10 a table. You can get the cylinder vases from dollar tree! I love these! They are beautiful! I just saw these vases at the dollar store. Maybe I will have to buy some and experiment!

Quote: Originally Posted by jfazzina Digital Photo Printing, Free Online Photo Albums & Digital Photo Sharing - Snapfish: link for pictures for DRC TRIP TO vISIT!!! Thanks for posting these!

Quote: Originally Posted by leighkarem HI, Just so everyone knows i confirmed with ana that if you do not do a cocktail party then you will have a credit towards the dinner. I am having 65 people so the first 20 are included in the dinner and since i'm not having a cocktail party the next 20 guests are only $20 for the dinner. So overall I will only have to pay the full price for the last 25 guests (i know i invited too many people lol). I also confirmed with ana that over 40 people, you have to do buffet--which from the pictures i've seen is very nice...Also if you want bows or table runners, go to weddinglinensdirect.com and just buy the chair bows for 89 cents and have your friends put them on because if not it is 5.00 per chair (rip off). the chairs come wrapped in the white chair coverings for the reception with the ultimate wedding package (not sure about the love package) here is pictures from a recent wedding there:DREAMS RIVIERA CANCUN Fuschia is my color so I am going to utilize the free white table clothes and then buy the beaded table runners for each table in fuschia from the above website and lay those over each table. I also bought chair bows but I got them on ebay. I agree that $5 per chair is a bit ridiculous. I really like those beaded table runners...too bad they don't come in the color that I need! Ana just email me that the price of the centerpieces is $90 each. I have no idea what I am going to do about centerpieces! Does anyone know yet what you are doing for centerpieces?

Quote: Originally Posted by kymkymkym Laura! I love your invitations - very very nice!!! We aren't sending out STD's either - I think we will just send out an invitation that will double as the STD - i'm trying to get them out asap.. most of our friends and family already know our plans so really why not send things out so they can book right away? Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr Laura- I love your invitations! My friends mom is going to help me do ours... I just have no idea what I want to do yet. Too many decisions haha Thank you! We also told everyone about our plans before we sent out the invites. All these decisions are hard especially since I am really indecisive!

Has anyone talked to Ana about a rehearsal dinner? What kind of information did she give you? Are you planning on having a private dinner or dinner at one of the restaurants? I am having a really hard time getting an answer from her about a rehearsal dinner.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ashlynn039 On a side note - are any of you brides planning on moving to a different resort or different area for your honeymoon? My FI wants us to fly someplace completely different for our honeymoon like Jamaica but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get a flight from Cancun there We were originally going to fly somewhere totally different for our honeymoon but we decided it would be much easier to just stay in Mexico. We are going to Excellence Riviera for 5 nights after the wedding. I didn't realize when I picked it that it was right next door! Oh well, it will still be nice to go to an adults only resort plus the resort has really good reviews.

Quote: Originally Posted by kymkymkym How far in advance did you send out your invitations? and when did you set your RSVP date for? I'm not sure what the general etiquette for this is when it comes to destination weddings! We sent out our invitations in the beginning of October and set the RSVP date for December 1. We didn't send out STD's though because we didn't have time since we got engaged in July and didn't pick a destination until September. I am not sure what the etiquette is either! I tried to get them out as quickly as possible. Everyone who is coming was able to book their trips without a problem. I have been wanting to post pics of my invitations. I did them myself (with my mom's help)...

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr I meant to say that I cannot open attachments on here. so annoying- haha! Anyhow- For the people that are closer to their dates, should I be stressing that I have NOTHING done for my wedding... I mean I have ordered my dress and I am sending my invites out next month. (we already did the save the dates and have 30 booked so far) But that is all we have done. I have not picked flowers, where I want the rehearsal or reception, menu,etc. Hi and congrats! Don't stress at all about flowers and the menu! I just emailed Ana my dinner choices a couple of days ago and I am still not set on flowers (I know what colors and what kind of flowers, I just still have not confirmed with Ana). As far as the reception location, that's probably the thing I would choose first out of everything, just to make sure you get the location that you want. Although from the pictures, all the choices at the resort look nice! I am still not finalized on the rehearsal either...still waiting to hear back on that from Ana!

Oh, I just wanted to share with you guys.. I wanted to have maracas at the ceremony because I saw on the forum somewhere a picture of maracas on the chairs at the ceremony with a little tag that says "shake at the kiss"...It looks really cute and I think that everyone shaking the maracas would make a great picture! So, I found also that there is someone, who is also on the forum, who makes these. Her name is Mishka from Mishka Designs. She is super nice and her maracas are hand painted and really pretty. She is in Puerto Vallarta and will ship the maracas directly to the resort. I thought this was great..they look beautiful and I don't have to worry about buying them down there or packing them to take with me! Here is her website... Mishka Designs' Blog: A Maraca By Any Other Name... and here is the thread about her work... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...maracas-51655/ By the way...I just noticed my ticker is down to just days...yikes!!