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We did have wood hand fans (thank god it was so hot), programs and bubbles on the chairs for the ceremony. We didn't buy any extra flowers or chair bows. Just wanted to clear that up =)

Hi Curntey, We had the ultimate package- so it was $150 in addition, and $3 pp in addition to the $2,650. (we paid the 2009 price, we booked in 2009 before the price went up.) We also had to pay extra per person for the cocktail hour/champagne toast and of course Gold dinners. All in all, it ended up being around double ($5,300), because don't forget you have to pay gratutity and tax as well. *we had 16 people above the 20= 36 guests. I didn't realize this before we paid- I was a little shocked when the bill just kept rising. Anyway- $5,000 was so worth it. My hair looked great, the steaming of my dress was great, the resorts photographer was great, the dinner was so delicious and even though we didn't have any extra decorations for the ceremony- just the simplicity of the white chairs with flowers on the walkway was beautiful. .....And we were drinking margaritas and taking some tequila shots in the lobby bar when we met with Aurora to pay anyway, so it was fine!!! LOL

Hi- We brought down our own decorations for the wedding and ceremony. The details are in my review =) We brought a lot. We did get charged $150 for the flat set up fee (I guess setting the table, setting up the chairs etc.), then we also got charged $3 per person IN ADDITION to that to set up our own decorations. We probably got ripped off. I did ask about that when we were paying our bill, and she said that's just how it is- so we paid for it. What's another $300? (lol it's a lot, but I just tell myself these things, there's nothing I can do about it now!)

Hi ! We had our reception at El Patio restaurant- Loved it. Any of the reception venues they have will be great, really, one is not better than the other =) The beach sounds amazing! (Just be careful of the wind, and possible lighting issues- it may be a bit dark depending on the lights you use.)

Hi Curtney! Congratulations!!! Such an exciting time, enjoy every minute!! Lanterns- it depends on how many guests you have and how much lighting you want- and where the actual reception will be located. I would bring my own petals if I were you, to save money- but you could buy them there. They covered the ceremony arch with white tulle- so I think you're set!! xo

Hi Tisha- We had about 10 people to each table. For name cards- we had margarita flavored jelly beans in tall shot glasses, with name cards sticking out. Each table had a different type of tequila on it- that's how they knew which table they were supposed to sit at =)

Quote: Originally Posted by violetvixen Thought you guys might like to see our pro photos that Sascha Gluck just posted on his blog: Wedding Photographer for Cancun an Riviera Maya Beautiful, beautiful! I love the black and white =) Looks like you had great sun that day !

Quote: Originally Posted by Tisha316 Thanks sooo much That helps!!! We are soo excited!! Also, did you have a rehersal and if so when was it and do I need to talk to her about that now so i can let my wedding party know, or should I just wait till we get there and have that first meeting:) Thanks girly! We did not have an actual wedding rehearsal, so I can't help sorry =( I think you can just wait until the first meeting though, they can set everything up for you then.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tisha316 okayyyy girls...drum roll please...i know i have been mia for months!?!!?? but the time is approaching and I want to thank you all for your ideas and helpful suggestions to make our wedding fabulous!! We are getting married in 9 days!!! yes...9 days!! and we leave next wednesday and, girls, I am soooooo excited!! We have 31 confirmed guests attending and if you girls have any suggestions please respond!! I READ everything!!! We want to plan a trip to the mayan ruins...any suggestions on how we should all get there? Time of DAy? How much the tour is? and who I can contact to confirm? Love you ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow- I wish I could go back in time... such a great feeling right?? Anyway- we did go to the mayan ruins/chichen itza (totally worth it), it is a day trip though- we left early in the morning. You'd want to go in the morning because it gets so hot there. Took is a good couple hours to get there, but the bus provided food and drink, and played movies both ways. I can't remember exactly how much it cost, so I don't want to quote you a price- but we used the tour set up at the resort- it was so easy. When you first walk into the lobby- hang a left- and there is a little space where they set up the tours for you. It was an awesome day, the most beautiful thing. Also if you don't want to go all the way to chichen itza- you can catch a cab to the Tulum Ruins, equally beautiful and it's only about a 10 min. drive down the road =) that was only a couple bucks.

Quote: Originally Posted by AKH2011 Hey ladies - this forum has been so helpful in our planning process. And for that our guests and my fiance and I have decided to stay at Dreams Tulum. We're getting married on February 26, 2011 and already counting down the days! I think I have seen one or two others that are around that timeframe as well. We're expecting around 60-70 guests, which is honestly a lot of people to think about! We're are getting married offsite at Akiin Beach Club in Tulum, but hoping to just have our rehearsal / welcome dinner at Dreams the Thursday night before our wedding. All of the per person dinner fees seem SO expensive though - especially considering our guests are already paying for all their meals. Ideally we can make something work out, but from the other posts I have been reading, the days of the $20 meal are few and far between. I did read a few times that they would allow this for the rehearsal dinner - has anyone confirmed this? Hi! That sounds like a great idea! Yes, when I was married back in May I asked Natalia about the $20 option and that no longer exists, urgh. BUT, we had our welcome/rehearsal dinner at the World Buffet Cafe. It was the free option- but it was amazing. We had our own section of the restaurant, own waiters (they didn't get our food for us, but drinks etc.), and even our own entertainment (no I didn't plan that!). They made it really special, I wouldn't have changed a thing.... =)

Hi, I'm SO sorry to hear that, wow. I just got married at Dreams Tulum- it was fantastic... wouldn't have changed a thing (well it rained, but I can't help that!). That might be a good option!! =) good luck... xo

Quote: Originally Posted by vlynnw We just recently booked our trip! quick question - I want an ocean view room which we have booked but the deluxe ocean view is that in the new section or the old one? I think that's the new section- but "ocean view" is what we had, and it was really the pool view with the ocean behind it. Beautiful though =)

Quote: Originally Posted by bsf&jpg WONDERFUL!!!! *claps* I very much enjoyed this review! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! any pics?? Question: your reception in El Patio? Was it private or semi-private? was there an issue with your music being too loud? did you notice other people or not so much? Decor: Did you buy your tequila in town somewhere? what types and about how much? I was thinking this exact same thing so I dont have to haul huge glass candles. Cocktail: Did you have a cocktail hour? If so, where? again, many thanks and many blessings to you both! Hi! The reception in the El Patio was PRIVATE. The music was just right (we rented the sound system, and had our friend DJ, it wasn't too loud or too soft). They didn't end up charging us for the private event, I'm not sure if it was because it was our rain back up or because we kind of made a fuss. But we didn't notice any other people. It ended up raining that night so I think most guests weren't out and about that night anyway! (we filled up the entire restaurant, but if it wasn't private, I'm sure you would see the other guests and it might be a little weird i.e. it would feel like having "other guests you don't know" eat at your reception- but that's just my opinion, I would like it private) My hubby bought the tequila in town. It was much more inexpensive to buy it in town than on the resort (there is a cigar/tequila shop on the actual resort). He just took a cab into town, it was cheap, then bought the bottles. The store even gave him a free bottle of tequila and rum to say "Thanks" for buying so much! It was the best idea for a mexican centerpeice, it was so much fun. I got the shot glasses from favorfavor.com and they were beautiful and arrived fast. I have no problem bringing them down in our luggage as they were shipped to me in a lot of bubble wrap. The cocktail hour was right outside the El Patio restaurant on the sand. We had the mexican trio play then. I was out and about taking pictures, but from the video I think it looked a little boring, but beautiful and set up very nice none the less. I emailed Samuel to ask when the pictures will be ready- and he told me next Wednesday, so I'll be sure to post the link =)

Hi All! I have been a little MIA since the wedding- work picks up this time of year =) But I did submit my review... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...21-10-a-61362/ And I just want to say- it was the best day of my life, and I am so sorry some of you are having problems with people telling you so far in advance that they cannot afford it. That would be like me telling someone I can't go to their party next month because I have a headache- it's a bunch of bologna. But seriously, the people who do come, are the only people you need there. My brother/sister didn't come, my whole family didn't come (with the exception of my parents), and now looking back, all of that heartache and stressing over those people- if they don't care enough about you to spend money on a vacation for themselves, then #$%^& them. Even some of my friends didn't come- but they had enough money to buy a prada bag for themselves... really... I wish I could stress to you enough that these things DO NOT MATTER because you have your husband and the day will be beautiful and perfect no matter what happens (even if it does rain!!!). When we first got engaged, someone told me that I would never realize how cheap people are until I got married... and it's so true. So who cares, please don't stress and create heartache for yourself, it's really not worth it. ENJOY THIS TIME!!! I wish I could go back and enjoy that time more, and worry less. (easier said than done, but still ) ...and don't forget to look over your bill with a fine toothed comb!

May 21st, 2010 Dreams Tulum Review Resort- I couldn’t ask for a better resort to get married at. Upon our arrival we were greeted with cold towels and champagne, which was much appreciated after the long hot bus ride. Unfortunately our TA was the worst, and booked a smaller van then we needed, so it was very hot and cramped. We stopped on the way to the resort though, and bought some beer for the ride, so that was cool. It took us a while to check in, because my then fiancé was trying to get our room upgraded, which they did not do for free. We did upgrade to an “ocean view†room, which really is a pool view but nonetheless very beautiful, our upgraded room was in the perfect spot. We were in room 6112 on the first floor. Everything in the room was great, and we could order drinks from the waiters when we were just hanging out on the little deck we had, it was close to everything. They did upgrade my parents for free though! Thankfully, because they were booked to stay in the hacienda section of the resort which is definitely not as nice as the newer section. Some of my friends stayed in the hacienda section and they had A LOT of mosquitoes, but they still enjoyed their rooms! If you are just staying for a long weekend is would be fine, but I do not recommend staying there for a week, that’s just my opinion. Food- I didn’t really like the food in the world Café buffet, not sure why, maybe I just wasn’t into eating that much the week before my wedding (you know, hoping to dear god I don’t gain any weight and don’t fit in my dress come the end of the week!). The Portifino was absolutely delicious, the El Patio was okay, the Seaside Grill- we only ate there for lunch but that was okay too, the Asian restaurant was okay too. We never tried the French restaurant. It was very hard getting reservations in the Portifino for such a large group- we had 10 one night when we ate together, but it worked out fine. YOU DO NOT need to order bottles of wine to be in the private room at Portifino! The manager told us we did, then a waiter told us we didn’t- so we ordered glasses which are included in the all-inclusive rate. I think the manager must have been a little angry about that, but we left a very good tip. Reception Food: was GREAT! We had the Surf and Turf (filet mignon and shrimp), some shrimp salad for the salad, and the bruschetta for appetizer. It was AMAZING and I ate every last drop on all 3 of my plates ehehehehe. I don’t remember what we ordered for the cocktail hour, but I didn’t hear anything about it so I assume it was fine. We had tres leches cake with vanilla filling. Our DJ played “bride cuts the cake, groom cuts the cake†song, it worked out really well. The cake was absolutely delicious. Too bad I only had a bite of it- I was too busy dancing at that point. I did tell Natalia that I only needed cake for the first 20 people, I didn’t want to have to pay extra. There was so much cake left over and we had 36 guests. Wedding Coordinator- I emailed Aurora for the past year with all of my questions. She was absolutely GREAT. She always responded to me in a timely fashion. I bought her a NYC tee shirt and gave a nice tip for her hard work. Our actual wedding coordinator was Natalia. She was good too- left a bit of a bad taste after she told me I would have to have my wedding in the convention center if it rained (I’ll explain), but overall she was a nice person. She was late to our first meeting, then never showed to our payment meeting so that kind of set me off on the wrong foot as well. I gave Aurora all of the decorations for the welcome dinner (world café buffet) and the reception; she did a great job with all of them. Rain situation- We arrived to Dreams on Sunday- it was monsoon hurricane season from Sunday to Wednesday. So- needless to say I was very concerned that it was raining the whole time, plus the weather forecast didn’t look so hot for the rest of the week. So in our meeting with Natalia I asked if I could have the Sea Side Grill as our back up. There was already a wedding of 100+ people booked she said, that’s ok of course. But then she told me I couldn’t have it in one of the restaurants because the resort was at full capacity and would have to have it in the convention center. Ok, let me explain something to brides who have never been to this Dreams- 1) if it rains, you would have to get married in the chapel (the chapel is VERY cute) (or in the convention center itself-seriously I did NOT want to have the actual ceremony in a convention center) which is- no lie- about ½ mile from the convention center. So you would have to have all of your lady guests walking ½ mile in the rain, in their high heels from the chapel to the convention center- good luck trying to find umbrellas for everyone. 2) the convention center smelled like a wet dog. Apparently they turn off the AC when they aren’t using it, so it has this disgusting odor. Natalia said that the smell goes away when they turn the AC on, but c’mon, who wants to take the chance of having your wedding reception smell like a wet dog? I was already very emotional because it was raining out, and I got my friendly lady monthly visit that same week, I just couldn’t take that chance. If I wanted to get married in a convention center, I would have stayed in NYC. A lot of the restaurants were closed all week because of wedding receptions, why would they try and stick me in the convention center, why couldn’t I have a restaurant? Sorry for ranting, maybe I’m a little bridezilla when it came to the location of our reception, but this is just how I felt/feel. And the convention center was the ½ mile away from my room, so I’d have to walk all that way in the rain… eh again, just how I feel. After Natalia having to go to her manager (landy) they finally let us have the reception in the El Patio restaurant because the weather wasn’t looking good. THANK GOD because it was sunny out for the ceremony, beautiful sunset, then poured like another monsoon for the rest of the night. (We were supposed to have the reception at the relax pool.) I HEARD, through one of my guests talking to another guest of a wedding earlier that week, that Natalia wouldn’t give them a restaurant and she had to be in the convention center and was heartbroken because of it. I hate to be the obnoxious one, but this time it actually got me what I wanted, so I’m happy I kind of acted like a little bridezilla in this case. Welcome Dinner- We had a welcome dinner at the World Café Buffet the night before our wedding. We brought down Mexican decorations–little Mexican teddy bears- maracas- maraca pens- sombreros- serapa placemats- maraca key chains and serapa looking candles. They were set up on a long table off to the side- for 36 people- and decorated beautifully. The waiters who attended to us took great care of us getting our drinks, and then had some cool shows for us. A magician came by, they did some bam bam shot, set shots on fire and played some games with the girls and guys. It was so much fun. I recommend having a welcome dinner or rehearsal dinner in the World Café Buffet- it’s a free option, and they definitely made it very special. It was one of the best nights…. Photographer- We hired Samuel Luna’s services for our actual wedding day. He was SO nice and had us pose in so many different ways, I’m sure the pictures will be great. We will get the pictures back in 6 weeks. His brochure site is: Samuel Luna Photography - Destination Wedding Photography in Mexico - Information Brochure Samuel came to the resort at 230p and stayed until 930p. We did get him a full day pass so he could eat dinner, but he didn’t want to. ($90 for full day pass) I will write a review upon receiving the pictures if anyone wants to use him for their wedding! We used the resort photographer for our welcome dinner- we had the ultimate package so that came with 50 photos and the ceremony video. The 50 photos he took were AMAZING and they printed them out the next day for us and gave us a photo album to put them in. The video was beautifully done with the exception of some scratches on the DVD so it skips during my vows. (I emailed them to get another copy of the DVD, they sent me another DVD for free- wow) The resort photographer did such a good job, and if I knew that before hand, I probably would have just used the resort photographer for the wedding, but after choosing all of our wedding pictures it probably would have ended up being the same cost and Samuel was such a pleasure to work with and gives us ALL of our pictures- we do not have to pick and chose. Ceremony- The beach was set up with white covered chairs/ white covered tent with table and flower centerpiece/ the walkway was just sand with flowers lining it. Absolutely beautiful- simple and beautiful. We did not use bows or anything for the chairs. We did have fans/bubbles/and the programs handed out to each guest before they sat down. Considering it was raining the whole week prior, it was EXTREMELY hot and sunny at 4pm that day! I can’t complain, I got the sunny beach wedding, it was just very hot. Good thing we got those hand fans! I do suggest having the microphone and speaker for the ceremony. It was hard to hear the pastor speak as it was, I couldn’t imagine not having the speaker. Definitely speak up for your vows! You want people to hear them… We had a symbolic ceremony performed by pastor Kiko Fransisco. He sent me a copy of the ceremony so I could make my programs before we left. It was a religious symbolic ceremony; it didn’t really matter to me. I couldn’t hear him anyway; I was too preoccupied being nervous. He did do a great job, and we have a certificate of our marriage (not legal) with our witness’s signatures as little memento. We got married two weeks before we left for Mexico in our home town, just to make the paperwork easier. We left one day to go off by ourselves, to get our “blood taken†then walked around with band aids on our arms to show it. We didn’t want anyone knowing we got married in the states. I think Natalie was in charge of the music. It was just perfect. I was nervous about the music, but at the end of the day- this is a wedding factory and they know what they’re doing. Reception- Again, we had our reception in the El Patio restaurant. It was the BEST choice. It was secluded, we watched the sun go down as we ate dinner, and the fans made it a bit cooler. The decorations were great. We had a tequila bottle sitting on a grass mat as our centerpieces. Each table had a different brand if tequila. There were shells and blinking lite cubes scattered around as well. We also had little seashell photo frames, in them we had pictures of words drawn in the sand such as “Thank you for coming†“Amanda and Rich†etc. Our seating cards were personalized shot glasses we got from favorfavor.com. It was a great website to order them from. The shot glasses had margarita flavored jelly belly beans in them, with a stick stuck in it and a name tag on top. Our menus were folded 12x12 cards, one side had the menu of the food, and the other side had a tequila tasting. We glued a star fish to each menu. This is what read on one side of our menu: When most Americans think of tequila, it brings them back to their college days--- and unfortunately too often the memories tend to surround bad headaches or even worse…. The truth is that tequila is much more of a complex distilled beverage than most of us realize. It is a spirit that is made from the blue agave plant, which takes 8 to 10 years to mature, and can only be harvested once. The leaves of the plant are stripped away; leaving a core that can weighs on average between 40 and 70 pounds and can sometimes grow to 200 pounds. So let's get to our taste test! Most of us think the way to drink tequila is in a shot glass with some salt and a squirt lime. A true tequila aficionado would never do this, as it actually hides the qualities of tequila. The best way to taste tequila: •Pour approximately one ounce of tequila into your shot glass (or sifter). Hold the glass at the base, raise to eye level to determine color. •Swirl the tequila gently to the left for about one minute. Note if the tequila clings to the side of the glass and falls slowly to form a "string of pearls" effect •Take a small sip, keep between your lips and tip of your tongue for 10 seconds before swishing the tequila around the inside of your mouth, then swallow •Once you've tasted and found the one you like the best, whether you decide to make a margarita, other cocktail or just drink it straight, you'll be more satisfied. And by the way ... about "that worm" ... it's an invention of Hollywood! Tequila never contains a worm. Mezcal is another spirit made from agave plants other than the blue agave, and is distilled only once. A worm (white worms are more desirable than red ones) is placed in the bottle because the worm actually feeds off the agave plant and contains a concentrated essence of the plant and enhances the flavor. And of course, drink responsibly and never over indulge. Over consumption of any alcohol has been linked to many safety and health problems. Having a different type of tequila on every table and shot glass favors was the best idea. Everyone mingled and if they didn’t know each other- they did now! It really made the party. The waiters were amazing- by the end of the night the shortest waiter was standing on a chair pouring tequila into peoples mouths (not me!). It ended up pouring at the end of the night, and everyone (again except me) was dancing in the rain, it was a blast. After the reception we all went back to our rooms and changed- Rich and I wore “game over†tee shirts! Music- one of my MIL’s friends, son, is a DJ. So we flew him down for the week with us. He was great, he brought his laptop with the mixes of songs, and hooked it up to the Resorts sound system. I really don’t understand how brides just hook up an IPOD to a dock and play music- the DJ announced the parents, us for the first time, our first dance, father-daughter dance etc. I would highly recommend having a DJ of some sort, but it was very important to me to be announced, and have different types of music playing during the dinner/dancing etc. So if it isn’t that important to you, then do what is! I’m happy in the end we had him there. We did have a problem getting my wedding dress back after we sent it for being steamed. I would suggest getting this done before your wedding, maybe the first day you arrive there! Thank goodness I read on here to get it done before the wedding, so I did, and it took extra long to get it back to me because they “lost it in the laundry roomâ€. We ordered our breakfast in bed the day after the wedding. (I guess this is included in the wedding package? An extravagant breakfast in bed?) It was the best day of my life; in fact it was the best WEEK of my life. Even with all of the rain =)

Quote: Originally Posted by BrideBarbie Hi ladies, I get married in 3 weeks on June 22nd and am going with the dreams of love package. Can anyone clarify the 11% tax and 15% gratuity? Does that go on top of the package price or is that for the add ons? Thanks. We just paid the flat rate for the ultimate package- then all of our add ons (e.g. extra people for dinner/ extra flowers/ extra champagne) had the tax and gratuity added on top of those charges.

Quote: Originally Posted by violetvixen Hi all- quick question. Has anyone, or is anyone planning to, create itineraries re: the wedding day to give to their guests? I'd like to provide folks with a schedule of events in their OOT bags. Problem is, our wedding is 3 weeks away and I have no information about the start times or locations of cockatil hour and dinner. Can I expect that this information will not be finalized until we arrive at the resort? How have you ladies approached this written intinerary issue? Thanks a mil Hi Violetvixen! I did the same thing krista.baird did.... Just the timeline of the ceremony/cocktail hour/reception on the brochures. We didn't know the venue of any of these places until we got down there, and then the reception venue changed last minute due to oncoming rain. I think it's best to confirm the times with Aurora so you can put that in your brochure, just in case any of the venues change once you get there. My timeline: ceremony 4pm cocktail hour 530-630 (this gave people enough time in between the ceremony and cocktail hour to go back and freshen up or go to the bar, it was extremely hot in the sun!) reception 630-930 dancing at the disco 930pm-1230am =)

Hi Oasisgirl!! Great review! Seems like you had SUCH a good time!! Congratulations =) Isn't being married great so far.... I just keep looking at the pictures and feeling so lucky. Okay I haven't written a review yet, I didn't take much time off after the wedding and came right back to work! yikes.... but here are some links to photos on 'snapfish'. If you have an account you can see them, or if you sign up you can also create an account. I will post a review as soon as I catch up with my work! There are a lot.... I hope these links work...! The first link was taken from the resorts photographer, who was great, before our welcome dinner. The remaining 4 albumbs are from friends. Let me know if this doesn't work and I can try photobucket. xo Snapfish: Share:Registration Snapfish: Share:Registration Snapfish: Share:Registration Snapfish: Share:Registration Snapfish: Share:Registration

Quote: Originally Posted by northernflasher That's wonderful news, I'm so glad you were happy with how everything turned out. Every bride deserves at least one rant under those circumstances. I found it easier to get my images uploaded and resized in photo bucket first and then write a draft version of my review in my blog, you can also insert your photos here and then just copy the whole thing over once its finished. The only thing to be aware of if you do it this way is that each draft blog will only accept 4 photos so you have to do several drafts depending on the length of you review. There is probably a much easier way but this is how I muddled through it!! Can't wait to read it and see pictures Thanks NorthernFlasher!! So for the cocktail hour, I asked for Mexican style tapas rather then the h'orderves (I think I got this idea from your blog), but they told me it would be for an extra charge. I would have liked to have those as well but my bill was just getting bigger and bigger so we opted for the standard ultimate package cocktail food. Also- they did let me switch my makeup package so my mom could get her make up done, I did my own make up.

Quote: Originally Posted by taranyc So happy to hear that in the end things worked out well for your wedding and reception. I guess you're glad you didn't get those floating oil candles. How was the decor at El Patio? The one at Dreams Riviera Cancun is gorgeous...the lighting is perfect. t Hi! Thanks for the directions, I'll be sure to do this ASAP. Yes, I'm glad I didn't get the floating candles... the relax pool is huge, I would have had to buy a lot of them. I did however, buy LED lite cubes- they looked awesome on the tables, like sparkling stars on the tables... plus everyone loved them when they were a bit tipsy! El Patio was great. My thoughts- the best two places at Dreams Tulum to have a reception would be the seaside grill and el patio. I love that they're covered but still open to let the fresh ocean air in. The pools were very windy when I was there- but then again, it was also monsoon week =)

Quote: Originally Posted by taranyc Hi. I couldn't find the info on max number of guests at long tables v. round. She must have told me that in person back in December. I pm'd you today about the 2009 guide...I cannot attach anything in a PM, so send me an email and I will forward it to you. I sent you my email address. tt Hi =) we had a long table set up for 36 at our welcome dinner.... I would think they could set the same up for a reception...

First, I want to apologize to every bride who is looking forward to their wedding at dreams- and my little rant about how the weather sucked etc. I am so sorry. I was a bit tipsy when I wrote that as my fiance and I were drinking tequila shots in the lobby waiting for Natalia right before I came down to go online!! so so so sorry, because the wedding was absolutely wonderful. I did bring an email from Aurora quoting us the 2009 price, which is $100 less than the 2010 Ultimate wedding price. HOWEVER- I didn't even think of the raised tax/gratuity, they did charge us $150 for set up, plus another $3 pp set up ($135), plus $105 extra for champagne that we didn't have. I didn't realize no one had champagne until after we paid, I was asking some of our guests, then found out we didn't have it!! I've read on here to be careful when paying, but I think I was so nervous/upset about the wedding I didn't even care at the time. What is another $300?? lol I have good news.... it was SUNNY and EXTREMELY HOT for our wedding/cocktail hour. They did move the reception into the el patio restaurant because of the fear of rain (they asked my fiance what he wanted to do, and he chose to have it inside), and thank goodness he did because there was another heavy rain storm about an hour into the reception. This past Saturday was beautiful weather, and yesterday (sunday) was beautiful sunny skies as well. Again, I am so sorry for my post when I was down there...the wedding ended up being absolutely beautiful and amazing. I used the photographer Samuel Luna- he was GREAT. But I won't get my pictures back for another 6 weeks. I have pictures from the welcome dinner and photo's taken from my camera I can post here. Just not sure where to put my review and pictures?? Could somebody please let me know how/ where I can start writing this?

Hi everyone, So I´m down at dreams right now... I´m online because it´s raining out... it´s been raining for the past 4 days and it doesn´t look like it´s going to let up. Just so sad, the only thing I didn´t want to happen was RAIN and it´s like a hurricane out, it´s so depressing. Our room is great, the resort is great, the food is great, the drinks are cold. Aurora is so nice. Natalia is too busy for us, was late to our first meeting and never showed up to our "payment" meeting. There are too many weddings going on here at the same time, brides are crying because of the weather, it´s so gross out, I hope to dear gosh it doesn´t rain come Friday, but it most likely will. I didn´t realize they make you pay $150 fee for set up PLUS $3 per person ($134 total for 35 people) for set up as well when you are still paying a lot for the ultimate package, so the bill is just racking up when it´s not a "dream destination wedding", it´s more like having a wedding in a convention center in New York State while it´s raining out. Eh, sorry to complaing... just a bit depressed about this.... I will write a review upon my return in a couple of days. Cross your fingers the weather clears up pleease!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by clinicalgal Does anyone know how long it typically takes Aurora to reply to emails? I sent her my official "wedding planning document" (that she requested) about two weeks ago with lots and lots of questions and haven't heard back. Our wedding is less than 2 months away... and i'm getting a bit nervous (but super excited!!) Aurora usually gets back to me within the next day or two- definitely within the week. I'm sure she is just busy planning my wedding next week...eeee just kidding! I'm sure it's nothing to be worried about... don't fret!

Quote: Originally Posted by mimi73 Thanks for getting back to me. I'm also glad you think it is a good idea, because I ordered the holders already last night (I couldn't wait!!) and then my FI thought it was kind of a dumb idea. He doesn't think people would use them I know that when we get there he will love them though, it's just the way things work! I think the card holders are an awesome idea! I was going to put this in my OOT bags, but we opted out of the OOT bags all together.... great idea though.