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Can anyone comment on the Royal and entertainment by the pool?? I don't want it to be boring for my guests

Hi Lucky, Thanks for sharing you pictures of STUFF to come down with you! I'll have to take a picture tonight of one of my bags. Everyday I have a new package of stuff I ordered online...my FI thinks I have issues! We get legally married tomorrow at the courthouse. Nervewrecking and exciting at the same time! This is all really happening! My mom has the remainder of my stuff (aka oot bags), my veil, and three dresses I am bringing down! CRAZiNESS!!! Can't wait to hear about everyones wedding celebration! I kinD of wish I was staying at PLAYA so I could meet some other BDW brides! Also, my MOH is flying from singapore to tokyo to dallas to cancun! Maybe she'll be on your flight Luckygal!!

Hey Lucky, We leave next Thursday as well. I kind of wish I had booked a few more days! Too late now I guess. How many people do you have coming to Mex? We have around 28 and I am hoping that won't be too small for a big dance party with a DJ!! I am lugging SO MUCH STUFF down there! Hopefully it will be all worth it! I really want to do a wedding planning thread on here but half of the stuff I am using is at my Mom's house in FL. I guess I'll have to do one when I get back in July. SO SO SOOOO excited!!!

Yes the reason I wanted Cancun over PDC was because of the resort being smaller, and all of the rooms (even the basic ones) at the Royal in Cancun are Oceanfront. Meaning that every room they have faces the Ocean. I think that was a selling point for Cancun for me over PDC. I wanted everyone to be immediately wowed when they walked into their rooms. Both resorts are phenom I am assuming, but I wanted something that was close to the airport and wasnt as spreadout.

Thanks Kara! That's a great idea! I am very excited for the wedding. I am very excited to just GET AWAY from work as well! I wish there was a new review to read on one of the Royals...i've only walked on the property once (I was staying at another resort) and I remember the pool being very beautiful. I think it was really impress my guests that all the rooms are oceanfront. I don't think I've ever stayed in a room that was so oceanfront! My family always opted for the "gardenviews" at the resorts we stayed at...haha. My aunt has always stayed at Palace hotels. She particularly loved the moon palace. I have seen pictures of the moon palace and it kind of looks motel-ish. Has anyone stayed at both places? The Royal just looks more upscale to me...

Hi Lucky, I guess we have to roll with the punches right? That's the advice I would give to any bride. Our brothers sound kind of similar. I know my parents were worried about him and the all inclusive resort. I mean, the Royals have liquor bars right in the room! It's tough for anyone that has any kind of addiction. I wanted the all inclusive because of the relaxed atmosphere for my guests and didn't really think about my brother. It's been back and forth whether he will come to the wedding or not, but I would have loved to use that money for his room to help out some of my friends who are staying offsite. I know the Royal will be amazing and everything will be ok, but I will feel depressed that he will not be there. Those pictures last forever and he will not be a part of them...

So my parents just called me and said that they don't think my brother is coming to the wedding.My Dad has become physically sick because of all the stress my brother has caused. He has major addiction issues and NOW they think that it isn't a good idea that he comes (we are 12 days out here.) I have paid for his hotel stay already with my cousins and I don't think I can recoop any of that money without changing the entire reservation and fees associated with changing. This is just so upsetting to me! We are already having a small wedding and FI's sister wasn't invited and now my brother has been (un)invited. Normally this wouldn't be bothering me so much but I know my parents aren't going to kick my brother out of the house for long (he lives with them). I am just going to be even more upset if he isn't at the wedding at all and my parents eventually let him move back. This whole "kicking him out of the house for a week, and then allowing him to move back home" cycle has been going on for years and years. I am sorry this is so depressing to me. I had to rant to someone. :-(

I think I was booked for a JSOV-Ocean view? I forget exactly. I booked this 5 months out from the wedding? Even so, the highest I was seeing online was $1800usd MORE than what I was originally paying ( like $410 a night x 5= $2050). Back then I think I was seeing $700 a night for the prez suite. We are switching to another room after the 5 nights :-( Melissa

The Dorremix (Ivan's company) is $950 for the event. This includes cold fireworks. I think the lighted dance floor was $750. Melissa

I have to say that you do not have to pay for the minister if you book a master or presidential suite. For the free wedding package we booked the prez suite for an extra 1000 dollars for 5 days and that includes the minister. There was no way I was paying the hotel 600 dollars for a "minister". I heard they use randoms that work at the hotel!!

Hi! Yes I have the same date as you! I an having the wedding at the royal in cancun! Hoes everything going planning wise?

Beautiful picture! Congrats!

Seriously how can it be called a cocktail hour with only fizzy white wine? They are setting up an open bar 50 feet from my cocktail hour for the reception (an hour after the cocktail hour). The $10 per real guest is only for cold apps not the hot ones. If I wanted hot its an extra $5 per real guest and $10 for non real guest. I am a month out from my wedding (yay!) but an additional $265 dollars for the cocktail party just to make sure people actually have a choice of COCKTAILS is annoying.

Congrats!! Did you have an open bar for the cocktail hour? I thought open bar is included with the cocktail hour price, but its actually $5 more per real resort guest, and $15 per non real resort guest. I know they are trying to make money but COME ON. It's an all-inclusive resort! Paying extra for a cocktail hour is one thing, but to have to pay again for booze that everyone already paid for is just annoying. haha sorry rant over.

I think we all go through this as DW wedding brides. Bottom line: family or friend , people are going to look out for their best interests (some circumstances- rightfully so!). We have plenty of friends who could definately afford the wedding, but aren't coming. They just don't feel like going to Mexico in June...whatever. We have friends who are coming and found a way to make it work (staying at another resort that is like $70 dollars a night down the street). There are ALWAYS options to be there, but people are going to do what they want no matter what. I am just SO FREAKING GLAD I am not spending $120+ a head to feed these people close by so that it would be easier for THEM to make OUR wedding. Seriously???? This event is about what you and your fiance want. I know you want people there, but whoever comes just know that you will at least have your best friend by your side.

cant wait to see more pictures! I am having a very similar size wedding and using the same colors!! Congrats!@

Hey Kelly Do you remember around what time it's started to cool down? My ceremony is at 5pm and I am afraid my guests are going to be dying in the heat. Thanks

Does anyone know if the hotel provides electric fans for outdoor private receptions? My mom is worried that at the end of June it will be so hot and stuffy. Thanks!!

THIS IS TOOOOO FUNNY! I bought these bags too for my OOT bags because they were so cute and only $1! I just stumbled upon this thread today! Glad you ladies like them too!

I totally hear you on all of this. If its too expensive for you, then don't go! That's it! I have a feeling some of my fiance's family and friends have been making comments about the price. Well guess what? I sent out save the dates in December. Prices were pretty much half of what they are now. It's not my fault that you are waiting until the last minute to book (2.5 months before). I really can't remember a time where I booked a vacation out of the country less than three months beforehand. I have people who are blaming me for the prices going up?! Like I have any control over that... GRRR

I am trying to do the same as you! Please post pictures! I'd love to see how everything turned out! Congrats and welcome back!

As people have said, once you get to your resort...none of this crap will matter. My fiance is totally hiding his pain. From his "side" he has a grand total of 4 people coming. I have around 20+. I pray everyday that some of his friends and family can make it. I want him to be happy with this whole process, but I think it is mostly stressing him out. His very very good friend from college and beyond has not RSVP'd yet and the end date is this Saturday the 7th. My fiance was this guy's best man in his wedding, and his wife told me back in February that of course they would be there....without me even asking about it. She even inquired if I thought his other (immature) buddies would be coming, and assured me that they would all be there. Honestly, I don't think we have heard from them since they got the invitations. The hotels are almost sold out for that weekend, and the price of airfare has doubled in the last two months (well, almost). My fiance doesn't want to "pressure" his friends by asking them about the wedding (I get that), but I think hes actually more scared of their response. Waiting till the last minute to RSVP is super annoying. I have a feeling that I won't be getting all of my RSVP cards back before the deadline.

These are two pictures I snuck at the Alfred Angelo store. I needs a trumpet slip underneath to poof it out, but I absolutely love it. I had some doubts because it took nearly 6 months to get to me, but I am really happy with how it makes me look and the price :-). The color on these pictures is awful. The dress is a diamond white, and not yellowy. I plan on wearing my Mom's lace veil from her wedding in 1979. Just thought I would share!

I have a bunch of teacher friends and so does my Mom, so we decided that the wedding date should be around their summer break. This was to make sure that people would at least be available to go. My one friend is a teacher and keeps saying that she really really wants to go...mmmk. I have offered to pay for her hotel and accomedations for 5 days, and she (I believe) is still on the fence about going. Back in January she was like, "oooh I need to make sure we don't have any snow days that push back the last day of school". That was fine with me, but we are at the end of March, and we have had 70-80 degree weather for the last two weeks. I would like to think that winter is officially over...hello spring! I still havent heard if she is coming yet. I told her in Feb that the prices of airfare keep going up (about $200 in the last couple of weeks), and she knows the deal. I feel like she is going to wait until the last day to RSVP (April 7th) and then tell me that the airfare is just too expensive and won't be able to make it. At that point I am going to be pissed. This has been the warmest winter in history for the northeast and mid-atlantic. Saying that the airfare is just "too expensive" now is really not an excuse.

I just got an RSVP from my "friend" who was in DC last weekend...and did not call me. Just as I suspected, a decline RSVP. I am bummed, but I assume I will be invited to her wedding a few weeks later? I would still like to go if possible, or if invited. Is that pathetic of me?