DiamondGirl

"Congrats"!! I got engaged in Hawaii in December 2009. Would love to get married there but it's too far for my guest. We're all from NY. My favorite place in Hawaii was Maui. I'd love to honeymoon in Thailand. It looks amazing and the beaches are gorgeous!! Any information of where to go in Thailand for honeymoon? Welcome to the forum and Happy Planning!!

First I'd like to say "Congrats"!! Don't worry, Before you know it they'll be tons! I'm an oct 2011 bride & I felt that way too. Now there are plenty. Happy planning!!!

Destination is the best way!!

They look great!! I love them

Awesome!! Thank You

Adorable!!

Congrats!! Awesome review. Who did your video? Can you post more pics?

Quote: Originally Posted by hsmith1228 Hi, ladies! I am new here...only discovered this site a few weeks before my wedding. Since I was able to get lots of good information, I thought I would return the favor and post my experiences. Hopefully it will help someone. This was our 2nd marriage, so we wanted very simple. We booked through Palace Premier (PP) membership, so no dealings with a travel agent or Miami coordinators. Our on-site coordinator was Lily Sanchez. She was very helpful both by email and once we were in Cancun. I left everything in her hands and was very pleased with the results. I will try to breakdown everything here, but feel free to ask me about anything else you want to know. This was my first time at Moon Palace and was quite nervous having the wedding there, knowing very little about it. There was absolutely nothing to be nervous about...at least not for us! Room--we stayed in the Sunrise section. Since it was booked through PP, we were guaranteed an oceanview. It was beautiful, but my one complaint was that it also overlooked the miniature golf course. No one paid any attention to us on the balcony, but it did get a little loud at times. We peeked into rooms at both Nizuc and the new Grand section. Nizuc rooms looked older and had a more colorful, tropical feel than our neutral room. If I had to do it over again, I would have stayed at Grand. It was gorgeous. The oceanview rooms are limited and it is a further distance from everything going on, but that can be a good thing. The pools are not as crowded (infinity pools!) and it was much quieter....totally different feel than the rest of the resort. Restaurants--the buffet food was what you would expect...definitely hit or miss. We ate there for breakfast and a few lunches but skipped them for dinner. In Nizuc, there are 4 a la carte restaurants...Arrecifies is a brazilian restaurant for meat lovers. The servers bring you one meat after another, on huge skewers. They keep coming until you flip a card over indicating you were full. They also have a large salad bar, but it was buffet food quality. The restaurant is fun but service takes a long time. My WC suggested this as an option for the wedding night dinner, but I am glad we passed on it. The outside terrace overlooks the pool and all of the tables along the windows have a full view of it. Not as private as I thought, based on what I had read on here. The second a la carte is Los Caporales. This was a fun Mexican place, but nothing spectacular when it came to the food. We were hoping for more authentic, but this was Americanized mexican. The last two restaurants are the Palapas, located poolside. One serves sushi and the other seafood/steak. They are both outside. There are 3 sit-downs at Sunrise. My absolute favorite was MO-MO-NO-HA-NA. I would've eaten there every night, if the rest of my party had been bigger sushi/japanese fans! Everything we had was great. I highly recommend this place. The other 2 are the Palapas, again pool side. They were both indoors though. One is a very limited menu with just 2 entrees...all seafood or surf & turf. The other palapa is mainly steak. It was a hit with the meat eaters, but my mom and I both ordered vegetable lasagna and were shocked...it was just vegetables with a layer of cheese on top. No pasta, sauce, etc. Thank goodness we didn't pay for it. Grand has 2 sit downs. One is a caribbean place. The menu looked good but we never made it back to that side to try it. We all liked Los Tacos. It is hard to find, but well worth it. I am not sure if they serve dinner, but we went there for lunch and sat poolside. (That is a very secluded pool with nice cabanas..good place to hide out!) The golf course also has 2 restaurants. We did not try Bambu (again, never made it back that way). La Trattoria is where we had our wedding dinner. It was much more upscale than any other restaurant. The clientele is also much different there..mainly older. Seemed to be the people who were staying at the golf villas. There was a long wait when we arrived (the only place we ever saw a wait). If you book your wedding dinner there, you have a reserved table so you obviously bypass everyone else. Spa--We had a spa package included in our stay. This is standard when booking though PP. It included a massage, manicure, and pedicure. I definitely recommend doing this at the end of the trip. It was so relaxing. The prices are crazy, if not included. On to the wedding... We had our ceremony at the Bugambilia gazebo. We originally wanted to have it on the beach, but it seemed to be too windy and I didn't want to worry about that. The gazebos all have gorgeous views so I am glad we went that route. Since we were going simple, we took the complimentary package. I chose hot pink roses and was absolutely stunned at how gorgeous they were. Lily (the WC) put a matching ribbon on the altar and on the chairs, even though we didn't pay for anything extra. When I arrived at the gazebo, everything was done and all I had to do was walk down the aisle. She had 3 other people helping her with various things...pretty good considering there were only 4 of us at the wedding! We went with the prepared ceremony, with the exception of writing our own vows. Honestly, I don't remember much of what the officiant said, but my parents said it was pretty After the ceremony, Lily and her staff brought us all champagne and the cake. (We elected to do the cake cutting right after since we didn't have a traditional reception, but wanted pictures of it.) The cake was the only disappointment of the entire experience. I asked for a square white cake with a hot pink ribbon, similar to what is in their package photo. The cake was leaning to one side and had horrible pink frosting flowers on top. I would have been really upset if I had a bigger wedding and/or paid for the cake. At least it tasted good!!! Photographer...this was my BIGGEST concern. I had read so many postings on this site about using resort photographers. I expressed my concern to my WC and told her how important it was that we get good pics. We didn't have the budget to hire someone outside, considering you have to pay for them to stay overnight at the resort. We decided to take our chances with the resort photographer. I really wanted a TTD session and negotiated to have that done right after the wedding, which saved us close to $300. Definitely go that route if you don't have to wear the dress the rest of the day. If not, they will do the TTD session the next day for an additional cost. Our photographer (I can't remember his name but will get it to add on here) was wonderful. He did everything we asked and was very creative. I was so pleased with the final result. The pictures look like they should be in a magazine! We ended up paying $505 for the session which included a nice leather book with 70 prints plus a CD with nearly 400 other pictures. I am too new to post them on here, but would be glad to share with anyone who is interested in seeing them. Again, if there are any MP brides out there with questions about the resort or a simple ceremony, let me know. I would be more than happy to help! Heather Great Review!! I'm getting married at MP 10/8/11 and the resort photographer is a HUGE concern for me. I would love to see how your photos came out. Sounds like you were very pleased. It would help me tremendously if you can email me your photos to; [email protected] (after the letter o at the end of sheila, there's an underscore. It doesn't show due to the underlining of the email. Just FYI) It would be greatly appreciated!!

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Quote: Originally Posted by soontobemrsdow hey sunstarsmoon thanks for the reassurance! i know in my head there is a lot of time left but just seeing how much some other people have done gets me a little worried. About booking the date with the resort yes I can but at the same time I don't really want to incase I can find a better deal somewhere else. I guess my main problem is I'm not too picky about where we go but finding a good resort at a good price for my guests is what I'm most concerned about so to lock in on a place thats giving me a quote of $2000 which I know will go down makes me nervous it wont go down enough. I guess it's kind of a double edge sword...book a resort now for the wedding date and hope the price goes down or wait to book a resort until later and hope there is still a free wedding date left. lol...such is life i guess. FYI: You can reserve your date w/down payment & most resorts let you cancel as long as it's 45 days or more before the date. You should look into it. It's great that you're a risk taker but with weddings, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I'm just saying... Good Luck with your planning!

Beautiful photos!! Beautiful Bride!

It seems bogus!! It's deceitful for future brides to be.

Hello Ladies, I'm confirmed for October 8,2011 @ 4:00pm. I received confirmation today and I'm very excited for the planning can begin. Soon enough there will be many MP 2011 brides. I keep you guys posted as I go along with the planning -Sheila

Welcome to the forum!!

Quote: Originally Posted by roxmysockz Ohhh no I looked at that inweddingdress.com and found this which I love Style BC188-Beach Wedding Dresses I'm too chicken to buy without trying though Thanks for the site suggestions though! x You should go to a bridal store, try it on to see how it fits. If you like it, you can order it. It's difficult because I always hear stories how brides have a certain look they want to go with and when they try on the chosen styles, they end up going with a totally different style/look. FYI: the most hideous looking dress can look stunning once it's on. You can't judge a dress while it's on a hanger. Good Luck -Sheila

Hello Ladies!! I've finally made a decision on a resort due to so many available options. I choose Moon Palace Golf & Spa. I've read wonderful reviews on this forum from past brides about MP. My WC strongly recommended them as well. I've reserved my date and signed a contract with MP. Now just anxiously waiting for a confirmation. Although my wedding isn't till October 2011, I like the idea of early planning for there is so much to do. Can't wait to receive my confirmation so I can start making my STD's. Thank you all for posting your experiences and/or suggestions. It's been very helpful. Keep the reviews coming ladies!!! -Sheila

I pick #3. #2 is cute as well but #3 is the newest trend.

Congratulations and welcome to the forum!!

Quote: Originally Posted by karmyj Hello! I really could use some points; any that you donate will be appreciated!!! Hi, I could really use some points as well. I would be forever so grateful

They look great!! Good job

Congrats on becoming a Mrs!! So sorry to hear about the issues with your WC. I agree, you should definitely write a letter/email to management and make them aware of your situation. This would definitely help all future brides to come. Again congrats and let's see some pics!! -Sheila

Quote: Originally Posted by ourvm I agree - I was just there in Feb for a site visit between Wed - Sun and they did not have fire dancers on Saturday - they had some martial arts group. Friday was carribean night. I too think they change the schedule frequently too. I'm really disappointed that they don't allow bonfires anymore - I was actually thinking doing that one night - Hi, I'm in the process of choosing a resort but before I do, I'd like to do a site visit since my potential wedding date won't be till sometime in the fall of 2011. Did DT provide a discount for accomodations due to a site visit for potential wedding venue? I've read on websites that some resorts either give you a free night stay or at a discounted price. All suggestions and information from all would be greatly appreciated -Sheila

Hello ladies, I'm having a dilema and am in need of advice. Here it goes: Originally I was interested in Dreams Tulum Resort for my wedding because I've heard and read great things about it. Tulum is gorgeous and You have the perks of being near the Tulum ruins and chichen nitza is not far either. Then there's Moon Palace Resort in cancun. I've heard and read great things as well. The photos I've seen of the resort are amazing and I love the wedding packages they have to offer. Thing is, I really didn't want a wedding in cancun because I feel cancun is over rated. However, the perks to Moon palace is It's about 15-20 min from cancun airport and there is nightlife for those who want to party. Dreams Tulum is about 90 mins from cancun airport and really has no nightlife. I'm unsure which resort would be ideal. I'm really confused. I know you can't please everyone but I don't want my guest to feel like they have limited options as far as entertainment. Most of my guest are in their late 20's to early 50's but mostly 28-40 yrs old. Suggestions are greatly appreciated -Sheila

Congrats and welcome to the forum!! Great choice!! I hear the Excellence resorts are awesome!!

Congrats on your engagement!! Happy planning