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Quote:Originally Posted by mzgillis316 When I asked about it in my beginning stages it was around 12 buxs a chair....I had a really big group so I opted out. YOu probably won't see it in a price list...I found out here on the forum and then asked my WC.

Shut up, you went to Zoetry for your honeymoon? That's where we want to go? Totally different pace, right? We'll be at AS (assuming we book, we're in negotiations, ha!) for a good 6 or 7 nights before and after the wedding so hopefully we'll be able to take advantage of the activities. Ok, you're getting me really excited!!! I'm glad the night scene is good (and there are options), I know my friends and family aren't going to want to stop, I can't wait. Sounds like you lived it up to the fullest!!

Dirty! I have a feeling I'm going to have to stay on them about pretty much everything...

Ah! I love it!!!! I think that's so fun...it means everyone is truly on vacation! Did you go to Mojitos at night or the "teen club" (does that really turn into a dance club?)

Weird that my comment didn't show up... Thanks for the review, your wedding looked awesome! I love the sky deck, sigh.... Too bad you didn't think much of the food...were the drinks good at least?

Quote:Originally Posted by mzgillis316 Hi Girls I just finished my review of the resort with some pictures ....I do have things I will be selling but probably wont get to that until this weekend http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/66439/mzgillis316-azul-sensatori-review-with-pics-a#post_1501575

Does anyone know what the price is for the nice chivarri chairs? I can't find it anywhere in the price lists I have...thanks!

Thank you! We cheated and got the full set for the engagement ring since my fingers are so long and skinny and I needed more "width"

I know, right!? No way. I need to check with my TA.

That's a great idea, I think I'll do that...there are SO many and in various buildings! Do you mind if I take a look at your website? That's on our to-do list this month (maybe December isn't the best month to do all these things, haha). Totally understand if you'd rather not share! Thanks for the input! Jessie

Question...when guests are booking rooms...do you tell them what type of room you recommend? Like "Luxury Jacuzzi Suite in Building 3" or do you let them just choose what they want? Got my package today with room rates and there's like a million different types of rooms (ok, well at least 15 on my contract). I was also pretty surprised to see what kids cost! My bridesmaid has a 3 year old and she's going to cost over $100 per night! Yikes!

The beach was kind of small (skinny), especially compared to the beaches farther south (especially Sapphire) but it was fine. All of the beach areas at all resorts had that kelp layer which made it less picturesque but the water is still light blue and pretty. The day I toured was a little weird...there was a tropical storm passing by so it would downpour for a few minutes and then the sun would come out. It was really windy too which I assume made the water rougher. I do have to say that the pools at AS were so nice, I didn't pay THAT much attention to the beach, ha! Originally Posted by TLGnhci 1106, great review!! Thanks so much. What was your take on the beach at AS? That is my only concern at this point. I mean, I know it's not the greatest and as long as I know that going in, we should be good.

We had appointments at all of them so yes, they were prepared to show us sleeping rooms (more than one type in most cases).

Oh yay! Glad I could help. Sapphire was awesome

We only saw on type of room...the one we saw def. had a private toilet! And the sink area was pretty enclosed...If a new couple is travelling together to Mexico, they should be fine !

If anyone is interested, I wrote a review of my site visit of a few resorts in Puerto Morelos here: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/66306/my-puerto-morelos-site-visit-now-sapphire-now-jade-dreams-riviera-cancun-ceiba-del-mar-and-azul-sensatori-with-link-to-photos#post_1499409

Wow mzgillis316, you look beautiful!! Are you standing on the balcony of one of the honeymoon suites!?

If anyone is interested, I wrote a review of my site visit of a few resorts in Puerto Morelos here: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/66306/my-puerto-morelos-site-visit-now-sapphire-now-jade-dreams-riviera-cancun-ceiba-del-mar-and-azul-sensatori-with-link-to-photos#post_1499409

I know, they were all awesome! Still deciding b/t Sapphire and Azul, I have to do full budgets for each and get room rates back from Azul. It's going to be hard to let one of them go!

The beach terrace is nice, it really is. It's just right next to the pool (which I hadn't noticed in other pictures). Just make sure they give you a good plan for how they're going to block it off (and when). up close, pool is behind me. above taken from the little bridge over the pool (below). Main pool and chairs is to my right, buffet restaurant and tequila terrace to my left.

OK, finally! I just finished my site review, you can see it here (with a link to photos, Sapphire is first in the photos) http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/66306/my-puerto-morelos-site-visit-now-sapphire-now-jade-dreams-riviera-cancun-ceiba-del-mar-and-azul-sensatori-with-link-to-photos#post_1499409

My Fiance, Chris, and I flew down to Puerto Morelos a couple weekends ago to site a few of the resorts we had put on hold for our October 22 2010 wedding. We were there November 20 - 23. We stayed at NOW Sapphire for the first night (we arrived at 10am as we had taken a red eye) and stayed at NOW Jade for our second and third nights. I wish we had been able to stay (and eat!) at all resorts to be able to truly compare but time and funds didn't allow for it! Overall, our trip was awesome! It was very productive but we managed to have some fun - pool time was mandatory every day . I made a list of pros and cons for each even though in most cases cons aren't really cons, all of these places were wonderful and we'd be lucky to get married at any of them. We had to be super critical to even come up with a con list but we needed to make a choice so it had to be done! These are totally subjective and our pros might be someone else's cons...I still thought it would be helpful to others to read if interested or trying to decide yourself! If anyone wants to ask more specific questions, I can try to answer those too! LINK TO PHOTOS BELOW! General Notes: Cancun airport - Puerto Morelos: 20-25 minutes. I'll try to share a map we made ourselves that shows where each of the resorts are along the coast in relation to each other. It was pretty hard for us to find maps online beforehand and google maps was totally wrong, it was pretty funny to find out how wrong once we were there! Cabs our OUTRAGEOUS! Like shockingly expensive. From the airport they quoted us $70 one way to PM. We talked them down to $50 and the hotel staff said they were impressed. Ridic! We took them from hotel-hotel and felt ripped off everytime, haha. The town is TINY, a little fishing beach, but it's cute and I'm glad we walked around. Took us about 20 minutes! It's farther south than most of the resorts we saw (Jade is even farther south). Resort Reviews (sorry for any repetition or spelling error, I wrote this over a few days): Dreams Riviera Cancun Ranked #5 on Trip Advisor 485 Rooms / 9 restaurants Ceremony locations: Beach, Gazebo Reception Locations: Beach, Pool Deck, Ballroom, El Patio (for $30++ per/person additional) Pros: New (1 year old) Clean Infinity pool Restaurant selection Desires, open until 1am Liked cocktail area options (surrounding Jacuzzi or on pool deck) Liked Pool Deck Rooms were gorgeous Cons: The resort Felt REALLY big! A little Too modern for our taste (at least for the wedding trip) The gazebo wasn’t very private, wasn’t crazy about location Location of restaurants, they seemed very separate from everything else, All in one place Felt a little like a “wedding factory†– could be good or bad! Coordinators seemed non-committal, couldn’t answer a lot of questions, wouldn’t quote pricing. Outside vendor fees (but all resorts have them!) NOW Jade Ranked #10 on Trip Advisor 555 Rooms / 7 restaurants Ceremony Locations: Beach, Pergola Reception Locations: Bamboo Room, Las Olas Pros: New (2 years old) Loved the pool areas Restaurant selection seemed good, liked that they were all central Sports bar, open until 2am I liked the Pergola (even though it wasn’t totally private) I liked the Bamboo Room (even though it was pretty basic) LikedBlue Bar for cocktail area option Rooms were Pretty nice, good sized. Enjoyed the Mexican restaurant a lot (Mediterranean was pretty good) I liked Pilar. She’s pretty no-nonsense but seems to know what she is doing! Cons: The resort Felt Big and commercial Way too many sales people in the lobby. We almost got tricked into meeting with timeshare people that were introduced by hotel staff AS hotel staff. Very annoying!!! A little Too modern for our taste (at least for the wedding trip) Service at check in (bellman, valet, reception, etc) not great. Huge tour busses were arriving with people and they got most attention. Only one restaurant open for breakfast Preferred area was very separate, which could usually be nice but if we were to have all guests staying in regular area, it would feel too removed. HUGE lines at restaurants (hotel was at or over capacity) Outside vendor fees (but all resorts have them!) The buildings (with the sleeping rooms) could have been better maintained. MOSQUITOS!!! NUMBER ONE CON! I’m not sure why I haven’t heard much about them from other brides. It rained one day and after that, they were everywhere (see pictures!) I usually don’t get bit but I left with about 6 or 7 on each leg and on my arms too. That’d look REALLY cute in a wedding dress! They itched for days…. NOW Sapphire Ranked #13 on Trip Advisor 534 Rooms / 6 restaurants Ceremony Locations: Beach, Beach Terrace, Tequila Terrace Reception Locations: Beach, Beach Terrace, Tequila Terrace, French Restaurant Pros: Design had mayan influences, felt like we were actually in Mexico! Had the most authentic feel of all resorts we visited Service was excellent Lobby bar was huge, open, palapa-style Tequila terrace was nice (plus, they’re updating with some renovations soon) Layout of the resort was nice. Preferred wasn’t totally separate. Ocean front room = Awesome! Restaurant selection seemed good, liked the central locations “Fun Pubâ€, open until 2am Weather back up options were decent. French restaurant could be an okay reception location. Sandra was very friendly, seemed somewhat flexible… Cons: Only one restaurant open for breakfast The pool was big but there didn’t seem to be very many chairs right next to the pool with easy access Beach Terrace was right off pool area, not too private, Didn’t look very Big either? Japenese restaurant wasn’t good (wish we had tried a different one for the one night we were there!) A little concerned that beach-front ceremony and reception would be really windy? Would they block off buffet restaurant (or move it for the night) if we had reception at Tequila Terrace? Azul Sensatori Ranked #9 on Trip Advisor 438 Rooms / 6 restaurants Ceremony Locations: Beach (2 spots), Sky Deck Reception Locations: Beach, Yoga Platform, Zavas Plaza Pros: I liked the layout and how they had the buildings separated by type (Family, all, adult, premium) and yet there wasn’t total segregation! Grey goose included in all inclusive J Mojitos bar with 30 different mojitos (mmmmm….) Loved the sky deck! Liked Zavas Plaza (even though it’s right below building 3) Ipod dock in all rooms The rooms were very nice, maybe nicest of all resorts we saw?? Jacuzzi tubs in all. Pools were awesome Three swim up bars! 2 night time bars (mojitos and teen club) more than one restaurant open for breakfast! The kid’s area was huge, they had everything! I almost wish we had more kids coming. The drinks were yummy (wish we could’ve tasted the food) Resort seemed way less busy than all others Cons: They weren’t prepared for our visit (comm. From Miami was lacking) but Claudia was able to give us a tour anyways. No Outside vendors allowed Planning process, through Miami, wish I could work directly with resort Seems to be a little more expensive than other resorts Ceiba Del Mar Ranked #2 on Trip Advisor 88 Rooms / 2 restaurants Ceremony Locations: Palapa Reception Locations: Restaurant, Terrace Pros: Cute, cozy, intimate Only one wedding a weekend, which would be totally special, we’d have our choice of ceremony/reception location, our wedding party would be at least 50% of in house guests. Grey goose included in all inclusive J Nice area of beach (seemed a little more private than some of the other areas) Authentic Mexican feel Recycling outlets throughout All rooms have ocean views Upgrade bride and groom to top floor room (with large patio) Free wifi No outside vendor fees Décor/rentals would be less expensive than at other resorts The ceremony is very pretty (although it’s on sand and I am looking for off the sand) Cons: Room rates are more expensive than all others we looked at L Wedding packages are pricer than we’ve seen elsewhere. Rooms were least impressive, pretty basic Only Two restaurants and two bars (since it’s so small) Lobby bar stays open until 11pm (not late enough The reception location is nice but not totally WOW! The pier is super windy, but is usually used for cocktail hour. Photos here: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AbOGLls5ZNVElg

Thanks! Starting to feel better....

Awesome! Sounds like you're moving along nicely - so fun. When you booked back in May, did they not guarantee the location of the ceremony and reception? I put certain location on hold when I put the deposit down and I can't imagine signing off until they guarantee my EXACT places. That's what it's all about for me! We're doing an at home reception too, which will be nice for everyone who can't make it (honestly, I hope more people want to go to that than Mexico, we can't have TOO many people! We're basing everything on 75 ppl).

Oh that's a relief! Thank you! October 22, 2011. We paid the $200 a couple months ago... What about you?