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2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
I went with the Italian menu.... it was AMAZING!!!! Best food we ate alllll week. We told our guests ahead of time so they didnt have to waste a night going to the italian restaurant...since there are so many other options. Everyone raved about the food we chose and they were very accommodating... I am a vegetarian and i had 2 other guests who were veggie too. The presentation and taste was a 10 out of 10. Most of our guests went to the Italian restaurant the next night just to have it again! I think we chose the best food menu for our wedding... it was classic and still had that formal but fun wedding dinner menu feel. I would recommend it to anyone looking for the same thing. I have some pictures of the food too..not sure if i uploaded them in my profile but i can add a few later. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hey Ashley... Same thing happend to us and we booked a year and half in advance... we chose the 2pm ceremony time... and even tho it was pretty hot it worked out perfectly. Our guests didnt mind the 2pm time.... they went and cooled off in the pool, had some drinks and hung out in between ceremony and reception.... It was great for us... we went back to our room to cool off and spend a few moments together... then had a solid 2 hours for pictures... which.. at a resort that huge and beautiful...you will need !!! all in all it worked out perfectly with the 2pm ceremony. the only time we ran into another wedding was after our reception when we all went to the lounge above the blue lagoon... we didnt want the sweaty gross club so we went to the lounge and there were 2 other brides up there. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hi kellydawn, we stayed in a honeymoon villa... it was beautiful !!!! woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the ocean every morning.. watching cruie ships in the distance from our bed. the rooms are stunning !! -
YES!!!! Normal makeup will sweat off and run down your face... with airbrush you dont even feel like you're wearing anything at all.. its so lightweight and it lasted ALLLL day and ALLL night. My ceremony was at 2pm and dinner was at 6pm ... it was blistering hot and i had a heavy dress on but my makeup stayed all day and night. Having said that.... my eye makeup/eyeshadow did melt off a little so i re-touched that up between the ceremony and reception with my own makeup .... and you could bring a powder ...my face did get a BIT ... llike a little bit shiny right at the end of the night..after all the dancing. Just a quick dusting of powder would help keep it matte ... but i didnt do that. I literally had to scrub my face for 20 mins to get the makeup off... and I was still scrubbing it off the next morning.
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2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hi Lena, For the ceremony at the gazebo... they initially charged us $500 to rent an ipod dock for the ceremony ONLY. We told them to forget it since we had hired the steel drum band and didnt require the ipod dock. I'm sure if you have your own they will hook that up and use it... not sure though. Otherwise... the minister uses a microphone and they still used the sound system for our vows and the entire ceremony (by entire i mean the whole 20 mins lol). Sound should not be an issue at the gazebo.. i'm pretty sure the whole one side of the resort heard our entire wedding. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hi Michelle, or anyone else wondering about flowers..... I had real-touch flowers made for myself, MOH and 3 bouts for the guys.. and I ended up using the bouquet that came with the wedding package. We went with Waves of Love and the colour of the bouquest was beautiful !!! As soon as the coordinator brought it i forgot all about my stiff and uptight fake bouquet (which the colors were off too) The bouquet was blue hydrangeas and it was beautiful. It matched the flowers at the ceremony as well... the 2 big bouquets infront of the gazebo. They transferred the 2 large arrangements to the reception as well... 1 went on the head table (we did sweetheart style) and 1 went on the cake table. They were MASSIVE and so beautiful and absolutely enough. Unless there is a specific style you want... i wouldnt pay for fake flowers... it was a huge waste of money. The resort bouquets were beaufitul. -
Dont worry happyfamily, They may not have responded to you yet because your wedding is so far away. They literally will not finalize/plan your wedding until you actually get to Jamaica. As long as your date is reserved and your dinner reservation (which restaurant) you want is in place you should be okay... everything else gets done what seems like very last minute for us... but on time for them. I think the only other thing we reserved in advance was the dinner menu 1 month in advance and the steel drum band and zurielamaka show.. which we reserved 2 weeks before we left.
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2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Mel... i am curious tho.... what do u mean regular room? Are you staying on the jamaica or lady hamiltonside? Because allof the rooms at the resort are junior suites. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Mel... i booked 10 months in advance and we were able to reserve 30 rooms no problem. Not everyone was in the same villa...but we were pretty close. The issue might be that you are booking too far in advance. Most travel companies dont even have rates until june for the following year. The only thing i would do is reserve your wedding day/time with the resort.... a 300 fee .... and then checkwith travel companies as it gets closer For april 2014... i dont think rates will even be out until after june 2013. They have a lot of rooms there... i dont think availability....esp in april will be a problem. Just my advice though. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hi chelsea, Poisedon is very nice... uts on the far side of the resort... pretty seckuded and on top of the nicest beach they have. You will see the best sunset views from this restaurant. My reception was at the blue lagoon.... very nice and large.. but not much privacy from other guests. Your wedding will be beautiful. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
I have a seating chart template for the blue lagoon. We did 7 round tables with 8 people...set up lkind of like how the 5 looks on a dice and then 2 more at the top on either side for our parents tables. Worked out perfectly. Most of your planning and finalizing will takeplace when u get there. -
2013 Grand Palladium Jamaica Brides
Alysia85 replied to CourtandMatt's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
Hey everyone... i was married last May at the GPLH ... check out my review and profile for some pictures and info... if you have any questions i dont mind answering them! -
JAMAICA 2012 JAMAICA BRIDES
Alysia85 replied to bride6262's topic in Destination Weddings in Jamaica
The reception was at the Blue Lagoon restaurant. We had a lot of room.. it was very comfortable for the 48 of us.