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If you use the photography provided in the Ultimate package I believe you will get Juan Navarro photography. We did the Ultimate Package, but our photographers were 2 of his associates that work for him. I'm guessing that your WC may have stated that it is $1200 extra if you want to guarantee that you get Juan himself. The package includes ceremony photography as well as about an hour of shots around the resort of just you and your groom afterwards. You get to choose 50 from all the shots they take to put in the album...and they take ALOT...they took over 900 during our ceremony and bride/groom shots afterwards!

I wanted to add something that I forgot to post in my review...I'll go back an add this in. We had one child at our wedding and the 3 children's menu options were a burger, chicken fingers or mac 'n cheese. Our nephew wanted the mac 'n cheese, but don't order this. Go for the burger or chicken fingers instead. The mac 'n cheese was literally a huge plate of penne pasta covered with nacho cheese, the kind you get on nachos at a baseball game...not so good. Our 3 yr old nephew is not finicky so he was actually eating some of the fish and shrimp that were on his parents plates and didn't really touch the mac 'n cheese.

Yes, it is pretty breezy up there. During our WC meeting, we opted out of the corsages, so she asked if we wanted aisle petals instead, but I asked her "won't they just blow away?" She looked at me and smiled and nodded "yes". As for the carpet, the red one is included, or you can pay $80 for a white one (likely to pay the cleaning fee). The carpet is pretty heavy so I don't think it will blow away. We just decided we didn't want a carpet and saved the $80 because we didn't want the red one either And as for the sound system...you definitely need it during the ceremony..unless you plan to yell. We had a small group too, only 23 of us, and there was no way our guests would've heard anything without it.

I just got some pics from my friend that brought a professional quality camera to our wedding and posted more pics to our review..take a look! She got some great shots!

oops! Typo! Jan 22nd, 2011

Love this idea! We were married at Dreams Cancun on January 2, 2011 and I just posted my review in that section!

I posted my review!!! I added in some pics I have...we haven't gotten our professional pics yet, those will be arriving via FedEx in the next week or two I believe. And our friends/family took so many pics they are putting them on cd's but have to mail them out to us. I didn't wanna wait weeks to post a review, so I used the pics I had. Don't have wedding ceremony or reception shots yet, but I posted the stuff you guys wanna see like hair/make-up pics, centerpieces & bouquet and some extras! ENJOY!!! Go to Resort & Villas, Under Mexico Weddings click on Riviera Maya & Cancun Weddings, Cancun Weddings, Dreams Cancun Resort and Spa. Scroll down to see my review! It's titled "Wouldn't change a thing about our wedding at Dreams Cancun!" Debbie

@jana297: I'll be looking to sell my Allure 8705 if you or anybody else is interested. Feel free to PM me for details

@KWally24: There is a bathroom super close to the Himitsu beach. The Himitsu restaurant is right there and you can walk in and use the restrooms there, would be a 5 second walk from the beach. I believe the closest bathrooms to the beach on the other side are near the Seaside Grill restaurant on that side...would be about a 30 sec walk I think. @briannarae23: I got 36 of those particular shot glasses for about $160 including shipping. Price depends on the particular glass you choose, if you add color, and there was a small charge for a template set-up. Also, the more glasses you order, the cheaper it gets per glass. I actually only needed 23 shot glasses, but it was cheaper to order 36. You can dink around on their website and find out the total cost before placing the order. And congrats RachelandChris2011!!! Great pic! Your wedding was just 5 days after ours! Debbie

@sheena...I'll PM you about it

@coones: snacks in your luggage may get taken when you go through customs. I don't know all the rules for sure, but I'm sure you could do a Google search online about what is or is not allowed when passing through Mexican Customs. @briannarae23: beer at the bars was always served in a cup/glass from what I remember. The only bottles of beer I remember at the resort are in the mini-fridge in each room. It is stocked with bottles of Corona, but they are small bottles, not standard size. They actually say "Coronita" on the bottle for "small Corona. For our wedding favor, we did customized shot glasses from www.discountmugs.com ... they were a huge hit!

Hola fellow Allure 8705 brides...just wanted to let you know that the dress photographed beautifully in the professional pics! We got an email from the Juan Navarro team yesterday and we are sifting through the over 900 pics they took to pic the 50 we want in the album we get with the Ultimate Wedding Package at Dreams. I also want to thank all the previous Dreams Cancun/Juan Navarro brides for the info on getting a cd of all the pictures from them. All the previous brides said they would offer a cd for $400-$500, but that everybody got them down to $300. Well, they did in fact offer me $400, I countered with $300 and they accepted! Thanks ladies for the tip! As for those of you with Allure 8705 thinking about altering it to a sweetheart neckline..I have attached a pic that a friend took on her phone at the reception that shows the neckline so you can get an idea of how it looks. I thought it made a world of difference in the appearance of the dress! @clgriffi7: As for the bathroom issue... I had the alterations dept leave just a hint of room in the hip allowing me to pull the dress up just a bit to be able to sit down for dinner and that also allowed me to shift the dress up enough to use the restroom without having to take the whole thing off. I just needed 2 of my gals to come with me and hold all the ruffles, but it can totally be done...if you're not too shy, haha!

@clgriffi7: Actually, I didn't find the dress to be too hot at all! It was one of the more lightweight dresses I tried on when dress shopping and with the breeziness at the gazebo I wasn't sweating or too hot at all...well, I guess I wasn't because there was a windstorm going on during our ceremony and photos, but the wind died down for the reception and I never felt too hot in that dress while dancing so I'm sure you'll have no overheating/oversweating problems as well And...I got an email from our photographers (Tony and Alex w/ Juan Navarro Photography) today with our proofs to pick from..I cannot believe how many great pics they got for having to deal with the windstorm during our ceremony and pictures, but they got some really great shots. My hubby's hair looks a little funny is some shots blowing around..but my hair really didn't move!!! Much thanks to the Dreams Spa/Salon!

@clgriffi7...We are indeed dress twins! Allure 8705! I can't wait to see how it looks in the professional pics too! I did have some alterations to it...I had it made with a sweetheart neckline and I also had them remove those sqaurish shaped petals on the underside of the flower on the hip. @coones...I would try pack everything. I brought my dress as a carry-on on the plane, if you fold it in half, it fits in the overhead compartment with no problems. Any extra stuff I'd try pack in your luggage or give some to friends and family to try pack if you have too much. We did a legal marriage ceremony and I had to mail copies of our birth certificates and passports to our wedding coordinator a month before our wedding. I mailed the documents via USPS International Express mail, they should've arrived in 5-8 business days, but they didn't get there until 3 weeks later! Anything you ship internationally has to go through customs and they have some rules about what can be shipped, so if they see something they don't allow, your package may not make it, or it may get there too late for your wedding! Once my review is posted, I put a message on here about how to find it on this site!

Hey Ladies, I pretty much have my review all typed up..I'm just waiting to get some pics from a friend of mine that I can add to it. We stuck with the package and just had the photographer cover the ceremony and our pics afterwards. A friend of mine had acces to a fancy camera so I had her come take some "getting ready" shots as well as take a ton of pics during our reception. I also told her to get pics of the reception area, the table settings, etc so I coud put them in my review. She is sifting through the hundreds of pics she took and is gonna put them all on a disc for me, so I'm just waiting to get that from her. But another friend of ours snapped a quick pic of us on her phone and sent it to me...so here's a preview!!! And yes, I had my hair/make-up done at the spa and it was fabulous! I cover that fully in my review...coming soon! Debbie