Jackie22

Quote: Originally Posted by angelov321 It is a huge hassle to get everything in order before getting married in Mexico. That's why Ive been contemplating getting married before going. How do you feel about having two different wedding dates? Are you going to be celebrating 2 anniversaries? We still to this day have not told anyone that we did the legal portion at home prior to mexico. We are going to treat our mexican wedding as our wedding day and celebrate that as our anniversary. I don't ever think of going to the courthouse as a our wedding, I considered it taking care of paperwork.

Her pictures came out wonderful!

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock We were thinking like a 40x60 size print or something HUGE... This is one where you can always look back at the little frustrations in life that we see every day and remember that there is always something positive coming from a little negative.... ebb and flow, everything is going to be ok now, i just need that to be my mantra from now on too HA! cheers, matt Beautiful! I hope Mark & I had an amazing moment like this one

Quote: Originally Posted by angelov321 Is anyone/did anyone get legally married before going to Mexico? Ive been torn between which is the best way to go. Just curious to here everyone else's opinions. We legally got married 3 month before our mexican wedding and didn't tell anyone. I didn't want to go through the hassle of getting bloodwork in Mexico or getting our marriage certificate translated from Spanish to English. I'm very glad we did it this way. I told Dulce that no one knew we were doing a symbolic ceremony instead of a civil ceremony. Everything was perfect. Just an FYI: if you get married first and do a symbolice ceremony in Mexico Dulce needs a copy of your marriage certificate.

Quote: Originally Posted by angelov321 Dulce only recommended J&S to me. The boss was the one who I was talking to. He was very quick in responding to my every email. Im not sure about stages, you may have to go through someone else for that. I know he provides a projector and screen for extra $. I will email you the packages he sent me. I Just used J&S and they were great! I rented to the ipod station, speakers, microphone. They introduced us and worked my playlist, it went off without a hitch well worth the $ and almost as good as a DJ.

I went with ASP because it was smaller, I believe ASP has aomething like 1200 room and Moon Palace has something like 4000 rooms.

Quote: Originally Posted by skadow Thanks so much for all the good information Jackie. Your pictures are amazing, I cant wait to see the Del Sol photos. I am so interested in everything you have to say about the resort. I am glad you liked the cove side. Its the side I picked because of my little niece ,but I wasn't sure if I would have picked it otherwise. I am glad i did! Loved the cove side, wouldn't have done it any other way! I showed my FI the pictures of the Dinner. They did an amazing job with presentation. How did you like the 3person band? Would you do it again? Spend the extra money on it? The mexican trio was great my guests enjoyed them, they really set the mood for the rest of the wedding, I would def hire them again. We only used them for 1 hour. I also am interested if you did the package. I recall you saying in a past pictures that you did add ons with the complementary package....Also, did anyone say anything about Del Sol being their? Who all came.I did do the complimentary package and just added on what I wanted. No problems getting Del Sol in, I just made sure to ad dthem to my guest list and o purchase their day passes. Congrats again! If you don't have time to respond I understand. I am sure your a busy lil bride =) I cant wait for your review

Quote: Originally Posted by CristiandJamie Jackie, congratulations and I really like your pictures. You look beautiful and I love your hair and makeup! Thanks Fernando and his partner were really great. The power went out in my room while I was getting my hair and make up done, a brides worst nightmare. I though I was going to have to walk down the aisle with a high ponytail, lol. But they were so much fun and kept me calm while ASP fixed the problem. Everything worked out great!

Quote: Originally Posted by angelov321 Jackie, were your guests able to see you arrive on the horse and carriage? Ive heard that one gazebo makes it difficult for them to see you because of where it stops. Also, did you choose a package, if so, did the table decorations come with the package? Thanks! That was a concern of mine too but it worked out fine, all my guests stood in the gazebo and watched me arrive and when I got closer they sat down before I arrived. Also Matt from Del Sol got the photo of me arriving and the videographer captured me arrived so thats what was important to me. But yes everyone said they could see me just fine.

I got a mani/pedi the day before the wedding at ASP with beatriz at the salon and she did a great job!

We wanted to keep everything in the same general area, ASP is very big and I did not want to have my guests walking all over the resort for the different parts of our wedding. We did everything on the cove side and by the way there was not one kid out during my wedding! I think I saw 3 kids on the cove side the whole time I was there. We had our ceremony at the Coba gazebo. I like the surroundings better then the other gazebo, it was just beautiful. I had planned to have my cocktail hour on the pandero terrace until the day before the wedding. I changed it to the maraca terrace because it was just too hot to stand outside without some shade. I didn't want my guests or the food to melt. The cove side was much more quite in general then the spa side so I was very happy to have chosen all my events on that side. And then dinner at the cove terrace. I loved all the locations!

Quote: Originally Posted by CristiandJamie Thank you for sharing Jackie! Did you have your dinner reception on the Cove Terrace? Also who took the pictures (Palace resort or someone from your wedding)? Thanks just pics from a friend. Yes, dinner was on the cove terrace and it was wonderful. I loved the location and the view. It was fantastic!

Here is a few pictures from our trip.. Picasa Web Albums - Rhiannon - Jackie & Mark... Of course once I get the Del Sol professional pictures I will post them for you ladies. Also if your not sure if you should get the DVD or not def go for it! Mine came out great, I have shown it to a ton of people who were not able to attend our wedding. So happy I got it!

Just had my wedding and wanted you all to know the topic of conversation was my custom cake topper of me, my hubby and our dog. EVERYONE commented on it and said how much they loved it. I posted it in this thread a couple pages back. Lynnslittlecreatsions was the maker.

I'm back my wedding was wonderful!!! Loved Del Sol, loved Fernando Fuentes (Make up/hair), loved Dulce (wedding coord.) Full review to follow in the next couple weeks.

Do you think the electrical outlets at ASP are standard? I won't need to bring any outlet coverters, right? Leaving on Thursday, have sooo much to do!

Fits you like a glove!

Love them!

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! Love them!

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep ahhhhhhhhh, we're here! woke up in playa del carmen this morning and i'm feeling very relaxed. we made it safely along with all of our luggage. we are soo ready to get this show on the road! Good luck & have a fantastic time at your wedding!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by nicdeb928 WOOO HOOO! Im so excited for you Jackie...Good luck with everything and enjoy it all, every minute b/c you know it will go by fast...we cant wait till you return and tell us all the details...and I especially cant wait to see pics Congratulations....Nicole Thanks Nicole, I'm so excited! I think the only major detail I have yet to plan is the menu. Dulce said we will handle that when I arrive.

Quote: Originally Posted by skadow Omg YAY! I can't wait wait wait for more ASP Bride photos and reviews. Have you posted your wedding planning thread yet? Also, Did Matt contact you recently for an update / prep for your wedding? Are you using them for your makeup and hair? Matt called me last week. I also filled out 2 or 3 online forms they sent me regarding Wedding Day Details. I'm using Fernando Fuentes for Make Up/Hair. I emailed Del Sol and they reccommended Fernando and also Sol's sister.

Does anyone have pictures of cakes from any of the Palace Resorts?

Hi!!! I'm leaving next weeke for my wedding in Aventura Spa Palace. Yayyyy! I'm using Del Sol, (Matt) for my photographer, very excited about this their work looks amazing. I booked them back in December. As for my invitations, I'm having a small group, 15 people I sent my invitations back in October. I have done all my planning with Dulce via email. So hopefully everything will be as wonderful as I imagined when I arrive.

Check out the Aventura Spa Palace thread...tons of info on there!