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Quote: Originally Posted by pbjwed Allison, I have about 100-110 guests prob coming so I was thinking of doing the rectangular tables but when I see the round ones lit up underneath I second guess myself... I was going with the fuschia organza or satin chair ties and if i go with the rectangualr table I want to buy the table runner for each but wanted to incorporate the coral in the centerpieces w flowers. i am going to try and use my BM's flowers as the centerpieces for the tables since I have 10. And then buy small candles to surround the CP. I am not sure at this point considering I like the idea of 16 people at a table, easier for seating people together.. the round limits us to 8 or 10 I am also trying to buy coral/hot pink paper lanterns.. what are you doing? Pbj...I am only having about 30 people. I am doing the round tables and having them lit up underneath! I love that! But I am not sure how to do the orange and fuschia together. Would it look weird if I did fuschia overlay and orange chair sashes? What do you think?

Quote: Originally Posted by pbjwed Love the Fuschia /Coral Combo! thats what I am going with as well!!!! Awesome!! How are you setting up your tables??

Quote: Originally Posted by 21aholden For those of you doing (or have done) a symbolic ceremony - Are you making in legal where you live before DRC or after? I am struggling with this one..... We are getting married the week before. That way we will "really" be married after our ceremony in Mexico.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 Rachelle -I can only answer one of your questions 1. I tipped Ana $100 and I gave it to her at the reception. Although, I wish I had given it to her earlier in the day so I didn't have to worry about it at the reception. Hope that helps! Haha! We visited Victor a lot while we were there! He is very nice and very accommodating! He called our room all the time asking about when we wanted more cigars My husband bought one for each guy that came to the wedding and he gave them out at our Welcome Dinner (which is also when we gave out the OOT bags). The guys LOVED them! The location of the plunge pool ocean view rooms varies a lot! Some of the room are way towards the front of the resort (towards the lobby) and in front of them would be a garden type area - grass, some lounge chairs. There are plunge pool rooms which are also closer to the pools, which would be closer to the "action". I think that if you didn't really care where you were hanging out, a plunge pool room would be a good option. The ocean front plunge pool rooms are the Presidential and Governor Suite rooms (I think that's what they're called) so they are probably really expensive!! I did have a rehearsal. It wasn't a full run through of the ceremony and just Ana and my bridal party were there. Basically we just talked about where the huppah would be set up and where everybody would walk in from. I had my cousin do my symbolic ceremony so I am not sure about what their officiant does. CONGRATS MRS.!!!! So glad to hear your wedding was such a success!! I had the same feeling when we left DRC to go to our honeymoon at Excellence - we really missed it Just out of curiosity...who was your DJ (which company were they from)? They did do special stuff to the room on the wedding night. I won't tell you exactly what they did so it can be a surprise for you but it was very nice I saw a fuchsia and orange wedding while I was there and the colors looked beautiful on the beach!! I did blue (light turquoise) and orange and my BM's flowers were orange roses....they were gorgeous!!! The color of them was so pretty and they looked great in the pictures! Thanks so much Laura! How were their tables set up? For the ceremony I want to alternate chair bows, but not sure how to do reception tables.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 I'm doing fuschia and orange so i love it - but I might be biased I love it too!! How are you doing your tables and ceremony chairs?

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 Noonie - I saw on the Dreams website that you need to request the toasting flutes and then they are sent to you. Check under weddings on their site and you should be able to get yours. I requested those flutes about 2 months ago! Never sent them! Pretty annoyed by that.

What do all think of the fuscia and orange combo? I was going to alternate ceremony chair colors. Then maybe do the same with the reception tables. First Iw as going to do all turqoise..then saw the orange and fuscia and loved it. What do you think?

hey Ladies! I was browsing some sites last night for my out of town totes. I found a pretty good site that has a bunch of different totes for very reasonable prices. The site is jiffyshirts.com Check it out!

Quote: Originally Posted by SDbeachgirl Yep! That was us. Beach ceremony at 5:30 cocktail hour at 6:30 reception at 7:30 Did you have enough time to take your pictures? My ceremony is at 6:00 and cocktail begins at 7:00. So worried I won't be able to attend my cocktail hour.

Quote: Originally Posted by noonie Just returned from my honeymoon & wedding at Dreams. Here is my review. Im going to do it in point form & please ask questions & i will answer them all:) Wedding date was april 28 at 5pm. It rained all day so we had to change the location to the upstairs balcony, was beautiful regardless. Dinner was under the oceana palapa near the main pool. Decorations were exactly what i wanted & had requested thru ana. i sent pics of exactly what i wanted in detail. send ana point form numbered questions & she will answer easier. i brought paper lanterns with us with glow lights in them. also brought fake orchids & vases with us, as i thought the price for centerpieces was insane. because of the location change (due to clouds & rain) the staff tried to set up tables with 4 people at each instead of the 4 tables of 9 i had requested. my mom found ana and made them do what i had requested so be have someone keeping an eye on exactly what you have requested. we met with ana the second day to go over everything. NEGOTIATE as much as you can, no prices are set, push for what you want. the ceremony didnt start until 530 as the judge didnt have the sand ceremony script, even tho it was sent 2 weeks before. ceremony was great. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO DIRECT THE FLOW AFTER THE CEREMONY. ana wasnt around & unless all your guests know where to go & what to do after, it can become confusing as ana takes off to set up the reception. I WOULDNT HIRE THE DJ THRU THE RESORT. it was a waste of money, they played crap music & i would have run an ipod or hired an outside dj company. dinner was great, shrimp cocktail was awful, broccoli/cheese soup unreal, spinach salad unreal & chicken or steak dinner amazing. staff was great, small glitches but overall great. we had a slideshow & screen, podium & mic. flow of the night was great, staff always asked how things were & what order to do things. we didnt have time to cut the cake, asked for it to be taken to a fridge till the next day & never received it. parasols we brought with us went missing that night. never recovered. we hired claudia rodriguez photography, freddy was my photographer. also had a videographer. THEY WERE UNREAL & I COULDNT BE HAPPIER WITH THEM!!! highly recommend their company. we were supposed to have the resort photography come from 9 to 10pm but they never showed up. thank god freddie was still there & offered to cover for them. screw up on anas part? not sure but it turned out great. overall my wedding was amazing. i had 44 people all adults. we are a younger crowd & maybe too rowdy for this resort. we had complaints & i didnt find the general manager too nice considering i brought over $100,000. to their resort. the staff was nice & helpful but we did run into a few staff that were rude & hard to deal with. chair saving is an issue at any resort but we always found chairs & areas to set them all up together. ocean view DOESNT always mean ocean view. if you can see the ocean at all, its considered ocean view. our room was amazing, fridge broke down once & was fixed the same day. lights went off sometimes & the water didnt work one night. sometimes the air con didnt work but was fixed fast. COMPLAINT: i brought the flowers & vases with us. i was assured my things would all be put in a safe area until we left. i walked by a wedding the next night & my decorations were being used for someones elses wedding. needless to say i had a stern talk with ana. wasnt much apology. also never got my wedding cake or the champagne flutes included & paid for in the package. Resort: Beautiful, clean, no complaints. Small, personal. Beach was great, they cleared the seaweed every morning. Staff were great, friendly & very helpful. Spa was AMAZING & beautiful, great place to spend the day. Food was unreal. Mexican was the only place we didnt like. overall, i was very happy with the way things turned out. small glitches here & there but that is expected. if i had to do it over, i would pick this resort hands down. i have been to all inclusives in cabo & the mayan, have been to hawaii, costa rica, & thailand. this was our favorite resort yet. suited us great, we wanted small & personal with great food & service & we got that. we will be returning next year for our anniversary. communication with ana can be slow at first but she deals with thousands of emails daily. i would suggest listing all questions in order for easy responses. she will make everything you want happen, just be patient. put your wedding date in the subject line so she is aware when your wedding is. if anyone has any questions, please ask away, i would love to help in any way i can. sorry that this review was sloppy & all over, im still recovering from 2 weeks of drinking:) Awesome review noonie!! Thanks! I am getting married in August and working on my ceremony script. Did you write yours? If so, u had to send it to Ana beforehand?

Hi again ladies..does anyone remember where to get the personalized maracas that say "shake at the kiss"? Those are adorable!

That was a good question...do we need to have a rehearsal? I didn't know if they actually practices walking down and all that. I would like to have a rehearsal/welcome dinner as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 I had the caribbean buffet and the food was fabulous!! Everyone talked about how good it was! The buffet actually had labels by all of the food. Mishka is really nice and super easy to work with. I just got maracas but they were perfect and communication with Mishka was totally non-stressful! Laura..Thanks for all of your helpful information. I couldn't find where u had mentioned the site where u got the maracas. They are adorable.

Good question about honeymoon options reagan...I definitely want some special things done to make our honeymoon nice...how do you go about getting the room set up. We also wanted to do the private dinner on the beach.

Quote: Originally Posted by cathyandchin tablecloths-chair covers- table linens-sashes wholesaler I'm getting mine from here in 2 weeks! Cathy Thanks Kathy...what size are you getting?

Quote: Originally Posted by tsgnatko Jennifer & Michael - 5/7/2010 Margaret & Matthew - 5/15/2010 Megan & Jason - 5/21/2010 Ashley & ? - 5/30/2010 Rachelle & Randal - 6/3/2010 Nancy & Bruce - 6/11/2010 Erica & John – 6/19/2010 carlychristine - 6/22/2010 Allison & ? – 7/24/2010 Casey & Ron - 9/18/2010 Vix1383 – 10/16/2010 Emma & ? - 10/23/2010 wisconsionbride - 10/28/2010 Rachael & Alex - 10/31/2010 April & Reggie – 11/6/2010 Tracy & ? -11/26/2010 lnf_munchkin - 11/27/2010 Tara & Andy - 2/10/2011 Alison & Jimmy - 8/8/2010

Is anyone purchasing overlays and chair sashes? Need a good site for that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Meggan Hi Ladies, I could use some advice. We're trying to book an April 2011 wedding and are still waiting for the DRC wedding coordinator to even acknowledge our request. Its been 2-3 weeks and I'm starting to think that this resort doesn't want my business. I'm tempted to switch to Dreams Tulum because the wedding coordinator there emailed my TA back immediately when we were considering both. How are you all dealing with these delays? Advice on 'switching' to a seemingly more responsive location? Thanks! Meggan The only way I got a response was by having my TA call Ana directly. She never responded to my e-mail.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 Does anyone know if they have table overlays available for the rectangle tables? Now that I am getting actual RSVPs back it looks like there might be only 30 people, and having 10 of those people at a head table might be goofy. Does anyone know what layout they are using for the reception (head table, round tables, ......)? I am trying to figure out the same thing. I think I am having the round tables but I need to order overlays. I have no idea what size the tables are. If anyone knows this....help!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ddemayo Believe it or not, i am doing OOT Bags as well and I got mine from Marshalls! They have them all hanging as soon as you walk in the door. I got really nice colorful ones, that are the exact colors I am using too! I am putting two towels in them (cause i will have two guest to a room), a really funky drinking glass/ mug to keep guests drinks cool during the day at the pool, and a few other small things......haven't totally decided that yet. I only paid $1.99 for two. So a dollar each and they are awesome! looks like i spent like $8.00 per bag! And i figured people could use them again when they get home as well as for the beach while they are there! Thanks so much!! I will definitely check out Marshall's! Are you shipping this all down or taking it with you. I am so nervous to ship it...plus it gets pricey

Quote: Originally Posted by lorijfletcher Question for you ladies. I want to order the maracas from Marishka designs but in an attempt to keep costs down I am thinking of only ordering 1 per guest. Does that sound reasonable or should maracas always come in pairs?? One per guest is definitely fine! That is what I would do. It adds up and with all of the other stuff they charge you for (LOL)...one is perfect!

I need to find some affordable beach totes for my OOT bags....any ideas??

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo We wrote our own with the help of this forum, just search ceremony scripts and a ton of threads I am sure will come up, it was super easy as we just 'borrowed' from here and there - good luck Thanks Boo!! I need to get working on this!

Hi Ladies! If you are doing a symbolic ceremony...are you writing your own ceremony script? I have been looking online and can't really find any. I don't know what to do...or should I use what the resort offers? I want it to be really nice and special. What are you all doing?

Hey girls! Is anyone purchasing overlays for the tables? I am not sure of the dimensions of the tables. But i need to get going...3 more months!!