Hey spaterson, If I remember correct our wedding days are close, mine is May 17. I am also annoyed my the extra cost for the pool island.........that is ridiculous As far as reserving it, I was told that you can only decide that once you are down there, so I have not even tried. The only thing I have done recently is fill out the pre wedding checklist and I did check on there that I would like poolside, but who knows what response I will get back...lol Anyways I have been talking with Alwida, I have 30 people going down and we are all getting pretty excited!!! How about you, how many people do you have?? Do you plan to make like a week agenda for everyone, like group dinner and stuff?? So far I have made totes, chapstick, and we also ordered custom mugs for our guests Jill