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Congrats Taryn! I hope you made it home safe and we can't wait to see your pictures. That Palace Resort deal with the resort credits sounds awesome.

Jenny - Just one more week - so exciting! I hope everything works out wonderfully and we would all love to see pictures when you get back.

NP - if any of you ladies can think of any questions, feel free to ask away. I plan on sticking around the forum for a while, so just ask as you think of things.

No matter what, your wedding will be wonderful. And your vacation will be fantastic too. We had our AHR this past weekend and all I can so is thank goodness we didn't have a traditional wedding and reception. The AHR was 4 hours long and had ~100 guests and I was so exhausted from having to walk around and talk to everyone. I can say that I didn't touch any of the food we had catered (until we took the left-overs home when I crammed down 2 cupcakes at 2am) and I only consumed a single glass of wine. I think I started having fun and dancing for the last 1/2 hour or so when enough guests had already left that I didn't have to continue to mingle. After the AHR, I thought to myself how crappy it would be for a traditional bride such that you couldn't have fun because you spend your whole reception walking around thanking people for coming and likely meeting some new people for the first time. That experience truly made me appreciate my DW reception where I was able to sit and eat my meal and then spend the entire rest of the time on the dance floor because I had already spent 1-2 days with all of my guests.

I am right there with you. If I could go back and change anything about my wedding I would still have it at Dreams Cancun, but I wouldn't have chosen November because there were just too many weddings going on. Ahead of time, I had no idea that November & December were the busiest wedding months. I hope it gives future brides comfort that even with the things that went wrong on my wedding day, I would still choose Dreams Cancun again. Also, I am sure a weekday wedding would have been less hectic. However, I needed to choose a weekend so guests wouldn't have to take as many days off of work. For those ladies that have their whole group coming for an entire week - selecting a weekday will probably minimize the chance of another wedding on your day.

I found the following picture in my resort's centerpiece examples and asked that all of my flowers be based on that arrangement. My wedding colors were a light blue and navy blue, so I could have bold flower colors. And here is how my bouquet turned out: Though the arrangements aren't identical, I loved what I ended up with.

Congratulations Mrs B - on the marriage and the baby. I can't imagine trying to plan for a wedding and a baby at the same time - I am impressed. Like Pucca said - we are looking forward to seeing pictures. Pucca - I am right there with you on wanting to find a way to pass on the dress so someone else can enjoy it. If you find out any good info on donating your dress, please let me know.

I finally wrote and posted my wedding review. One problem - apparently each username is only allowed to write one review per resort, so I had to combine my wedding and resort reviews. I think there must be a size limit to your review because I couldn't add the pictures to the wedding review portion. However, I did upload the pictures to my BDW profile albums and put links to them in the review. If you want to see more wedding photos, click on the link in my signature. Courtney

Thanks ladies. The cake topper came from ebay - here is a link to the seller I used. However, there are several sellers on ebay doing the same type of work. http://myworld.ebay.com/saller_micky2008/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

Ashley - Why is it that men have to grab the booty when doing the dip kiss?! That is what my husband did too right after the ceremony. All 3 of the pictures you posted make it obvious that you two are able to smile and laugh together - which is a great start to a long happy marriage.

I have been back from my wedding for a more than a week now, and I wanted to share some pictures of how my planning turned out. First, here is a pic of my outfit. And a pic of the groom and groomsmen. My bouquet based on the centerpiece inspiration picture I gave the wedding coordinator. The gazebo décor/centerpieces. So, I didn’t get exactly what I had planned for the centerpieces but that is because the wedding coordinator gave me a suggestion to save money. As I got 4 sprays for the gazebo décor and I had 4 reception tables, she said they would just move the gazebo sprays and make them centerpieces. The sprays were done in the colors I liked and with a lot of the roses I like, but the resort always has the lilies as well to help make them look full. I will say the sprays were bigger than the centerpieces (in a vase) that I wanted, so it helped to make the table look full. A picture of the gazebo before the ceremony. A picture of the sand ceremony frame after being moved from the gazebo to the reception. The two vases did not hold enough sand to fill the entire frame, so I needed to have brought extra to fill the frame the next day. As I didn’t bring extra, I transported the frame home as is in my hand held carry-on (making sure to keep it upright). Had it been full there would have been no need for that. A picture of a place setting (after the white charger plate had been removed). A picture of the reception location from a distance. I loved the lights of the distant resorts in the background (across the water). A picture of the wedding cake and cake topper. A couple of pictures of the excursion. First is a picture from the Tulum ruins. The second picture is while snorkeling at a lagoon in Akumal. There happened to be large schools of sardines in the lagoon and it was AMAZING to snorkel with thousands upon thousands of the tiny fish (which are forming a wall behind me in this picture). The school of sardines would part as you swam toward it such that you could stop and find yourself completely surrounded by the school. The best snorkeling experience I have ever had. I have more pictures from the wedding in my profile – and there is a link in my signature.

Then there are the sunrise Trash the Dress photos.

Finally November 5, 2011 was our Wedding Day in Cancun.

Just a couple of days later in October 2011 was our Legal Wedding.

Next were Bridal Portraits (though unconventional ones) taken October 2011.

I know I love looking at other bride's wedding pictures both out of curiosity and sometimes for inspiration - so I thought I would post some of my different pictures in case it other brides are like me. I am going to post a few pictures from each event in this thread, but I have more in albums under my profile. The first pro pictures we had taken were Engagement Pictures in November 2010.