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Regarding Las Olas opening earlier: They would not let us start the reception until 8 despite how much I begged It turned out just fine with a 3 hour cocktail hour! Regarding the slide show: yes they charge too much but it's better than worrying about setting up your own equipment. And yes we brought our laptop so I'm not sure if they have a computer you can play the show off of. You will have to ask them.

Yep. We had a slideshow playing at our rehearsal dinner. It cost about $300. They had it all set up and ready -and all we had to do is hook our computer up- with all the cables they provided too. The price is pretty expensive for only 2 hours, but the hubby wanted it so he paid! Quote: Originally Posted by jacqjade Thanks for the tips! Another question...has anyone done a slideshow using a projector? Does that cost extra?

The entrance to the pergola isn't very "grand" you come around a corner of the festival/ carnival restaurant terrace. The aisle has two steps down to the pergola. As for mosquito's....they suck. I did not have a huge zit on my cheek on my wedding day, but I was covering up a huge mosquito bite! Not pretty But it's just one of those things you can't control...I wasn't about to wear repellant on my face all the time.

Have you seen the resort yet? If by the "garden" you mean the grass area between the preferred side rooms and the restaurants, then my only concern for you is the mosquito's! They are bad in the grass- or at least at night and in November. We took just a few pictures there as the sun was going down and I got eaten alive. So that may be a concern for you but you can always have them spray. Also ask them about the dance floor and I'm not sure you can have music late at night there? I'm not sure if you've seen the "orange lounge area", but it's not very private as it's right in front of the restaurants- but probably not a problem for a cocktail hour. Sorry, hope this helps- it was only my experience. I had my reception at Las Olas/ Castaways. It's open on all sides but has a tall roof and lattice over the terraces- wind was not a problem but the breeze a was nice relief from all the dancing! So it was half indoors and half outdoors- perfect for us. The only problem with having it here was that they the reception can not start any sooner than 8pm. (they close the restaurant at 6 and then only have 2 hours for set-up) If you have your heart set on an outdoor reception, you can always have it on the Carnival Terrace outside the buffet or the pool deck if you don't have too many guests.

Robin, They first quoted me $5 per sparkler! The sparklers they provide are those 3 foot long ones. So since we didn't want that, we just asked our coordinator what our other oprions were. Sandra offered to go into the Cancun market and price the small metal ones we were looking for. Those were $3 a box and I think they had 6/box. Then she even went back to the market to purchse them for us! Maybe Anna or Pillar would be willin to do this?