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I know I loved seeing photos from previous weddings when I logged into this thread prior to the wedding....so I am going to put up as many of the good photos I have been able to get from our guests when I get time to post. YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY OF THE PHOTOS TO SEE THEM LARGER Waiting for the golf cart to the ceremony location We hosted a Meet & Greet cocktail welcome party at the Caribbean Terrace on Wednesday for all guests. Another photo from the Welcome Cocktail Party at the Caribbean Terrace.

We used PSAV for our wedding and were VERY happy with everything. Here is some contact information for them: Rodrigo Heredia [email protected] Nestor Dominguez [email protected]

Our wedding was on Friday. We arrived on Monday. My honest suggestion is to go for as long as you can afford to take the vacation for! There is so much to see and do, and the week flys by faster than you can imagine. If you can do it, book the extra day!

It should be listed with the group room contract. I do not think anything was listed on my actual wedding contract.

Here is a better photo of the same cake....this photo I took at someone elses reception. They obviously brought thier own cake stand and cake topper. And opted for different color flowers.

We wanted to provide some live music for the cocktail hour. And since we were in Mexico, a lot of our wedding theme was 'mexican' based...so we decided to stick with the theme and have some lively mexican music at the cocktail hour. The Mexican trio was good. They were not too loud, but provided some nice background music at the cocktail hour. As far as the cake goes. I do not have a good photo of it. We had our recpetion inside one of the Nizuc ballrooms. We opted for a served, plated dinner instead of a buffet, and the plated dinner came with dessert. So we had already had dessert before we cut the cake. They did cut and serve the cake near the end of the reception, to anyone who wanted to try it. It was fine. Although this is a terrible photo, the cake looked just like it did in the picture we chose it from. We asked for 2 tiers of vanilla and 1 tier of strawberry. But I think we got 3 tiers of vanilla. No one recalls seeing strawberry. Here is a photo....sorry about its poor quality:

Actually, I would say that in most cases, neither is correct. They have changed the system up a little bit there at Moon Palace. They now have 2 different departments who help you plan your wedding. There is a department of WEDDING PLANNERS - who should contact you around the 90 day mark (our contacted me 52 days before) Then there is an ON-SITE WEDDING COORDINATOR - who contacts you once you get most of the details figured out with the planner.

There were no charges on our final bill for anything related to the cocktail hour or the reception. Just to give you an idea....here is what my bill from the wedding department and at final checkout looked like: This is the bill from the wedding department...which I paid before arrival...it was represented on our final check-out bill as PAID: Horse & Carriage........................................ $137 Mexican Trio Live Music............................. $480 Zuniga Decor (for reception)...................... $1,426.35 Cake (upgrade).......................................... $280 PSAV DJ Equipment.................................. $971.30 Promedsa Fireworks Display..................... $1,616 These were the charges I paid in advance. They were listed on my final bill, and marked as PAID. Here is my final bill at check-out: Gift Shop.....................................................$30 Golf Taxes..................................................$28.64 Golf Club Rental.........................................$50 Day Pass (photographers, 2).....................$182 Spa charges..............................................$515 Spa room credits promo............................$ -300 Salon.........................................................$495 (we paid for the bridesmaids wedding hair) That is basically everything.

We signed our contract LONG before the new promotions came into effect. When finally getting in contact with our wedding planner, about 50 days prior to our wedding, she tried to explain I was going to need to pay for the 2 extra hours of the 4 hour reception. I explained to her that we had booked the 4 hour reception all the way back in May 2011 when sitting down in Kalena's office (site visit) and Kalena told us there would be no extra charges for the 4 hour reception. She quickly dismissed the thought of asking us to pay for the extra 2 hours. We ended up with a 1 hour cocktail hour and a 4 hour reception for NO extra charges.

We actually sat down and planned the entire playlist from pre-ceremony music to the very last song of the night at the reception. We then gave that list to our DJ friend, who came as a guest and a friend, but also happens to run a very successful wedding DJ business here in Myrtle Beach. He put our entire playlist on both his iPod and a couple CD's (just in case). He brought that stuff with him and played our entire playlist for us. I would suggest bringing an iPod with all the music you like on it, and let the PSAV guy work off of that. They can plug it right in and play the music you selected.

Yes, same thing with us. I had booked directly with PSAV. I told our wedding planner that I had. She added the PSAV bill to my MP purchase order, and I paid it in full before we ever arrived. No issues with it at all though. The PSAV guys were great, and we got everything we asked for.

We used PSAV for our wedding. They seemed to be much cheaper than JSAV for some reason. We booked DJ Equipment, LED lighting, and a fog machine. We had our own DJ (one of our guests) but the PSAV guys stuck around the entire time to help hook stuff up, work the lighting, and troubleshoot in case of issues. They were great and very friendly, chatting up our DJ most of the time. We booked them about a month in advance, but you could also wait and do it at your first on-site coordinator meeting I believe.

We just used US dollars the entire time. My suggestion is to bring a bunch in small bills. We tried to tip everyone and it makes a difference. If you are having trouble waiting on drinks, toss a couple $1's on the pool side servers tray, and you will not even have to ask for another drink. American dollars spend just as well in Mexico, probably even better tbh. I think the workers prefer the USD as its exchange rate is always getting better. Word of warning: 1) if you make purchases in Mexico using USD, they are required to provide you will your change in pesos. So bring a lot of smaller bills to avoid acquiring a ton of extra pesos. 2) the ATM machines on the property only give out pesos. We had a bunch of guests who were not able to locate an ATM that dispensed US Dollars. 3) if you get stuck with a bunch of pesos at the end of the week, give them out as tips, or there is a window at the Cancun airport to exchange them. 4) the people at the font desk will sometimes be able to break a $20 bill USD for you if you need it, but don't count on it.

The storm washed out Tuesday, and poured steady rain and gusty winds until Wednesday morning. The weather cleared up on Wednesday and was perfect for the next 6 days. It worked out perfectly.

Yes, everything was left in the safe in the room. Wallets, credit cards, cash, wedding rings, passports, watches, etc. We had over 50 people spread out among 25 rooms and not a single guest had any issue with theft at all. The only complaint I heard about housekeeping was that they didn't bring enough towels/washcloths. That was literally the only complaint from one guest.