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    Show off your shoes....

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    Hi Shannon! Congrats on choosing the RPRM! You made a GREAT choice! Erika is amazing to work with. She is a sweetheart. Here is a picture of her so you can get a face with a name. She is on the left in the white blouse. We had 65 guests and we did the same scenario. We were married this past April. We had a 4pm civil ceremony, cocktails are Lirico & reception at Chili's. I would just ask Erika about sunsets in the fall. I know it gets darker earlier in the fall so just make sure you will have plenty of sunlight after your 5PM ceremony for beach pictures (if that is what you are planning). The cermony usually takes about 20 minutes or so. At Chili's they offered rectangle tables that seat 10 people. I was not going to do escort cards / assigned seating at first until I went to a wedding that did not have it and it was a nightmare saving a spot at a table. Since I had a bad experience with that, I had escort cards to make it simpler on our guests as oppose to making it a free for all. Erika set up a rectangle table right when you entered Chili's with our Guest Book & our escort cards which held our maraca favors. Here is a picture of ours: Six months will FLY BY so you are doing good here with your planning. How exciting. I wish I could do it all over again!! Best of luck! Elissa xoxo
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    From the album: RIU RM Palace Brides??

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    Welcome to the Forum sammyclicks! Good for you starting your planning process early! You will perfect everything!!! Del Sol Photography is amazing. I believe Shay4966 used them - she just recently got married (on May 11th) so I am sure she will have a lot to share with you. I used the resort photographer, Sergio at Adventure Photos. They were great. Best of luck to you & happy planning! xoxo
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    Jez1111213 - your rreasoning is correct on the Royal verses the Caprice Package. The extra's really aren't worth it if you are not using the Renova Spa. I think the Mezzanine at Chili's is a great spot! And yes, they will section off an area for you for a welcome dinner (part of your package). I know this to be true for the Don Manolo. If you chose to have it at one of the Specialty Restaurants I believe you should let Erika know wekll in advance & make sure you get it confirmed in writing. They do decorate the tables with flowers, etc. I even gave them some decor to use for ours. The B <3 E letters I had found at Michael's. We had it at the Don Manolo. Here's a few pictures. We had 3 rows of long tables in front of our table beautifully decorated for our group. The service was AMAZING!
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    Hi MrsShoreytobe! I am unsure how Botafogo would set up their dance floor/space, however with Chili's, Erika had given me 2 options. I chose to have our dance area parallel to the beach as oppose to the left of the salad/fruit bars in the restaurant. Here are some pics.... Here is Bill & I entering Chili's Here we are passing the first salad/fruit bar station. Our dance floor was straight ahead of us in this picture (parallel to the beach). The other dance floor option was to have it behind us in this pic. I had our head table be just for the 2 of us. It was in front of us here in this photo. It was in one corner of restaurant. They have rectangle tables in Chili's that hold up to 10 people per table. I had 7 tables. So there was Table 7 which was the table in the picture above (my friend Kelly in the purple dress is there). As soon as we passed her, we took a hard right and headed toward our head table. The pic below was tables 3, 4, 5 & 6 (2 tables to the left of us in this photo and 2 tables to the right of us). Our head table Our cake table was to the left of our table Further to the left of the cake table were 2 tables (1 & 2) for family. I do not have a picture to capture (sorry!) The dance floor- the DJ has his back to the beach Anoter picture of the dance floor - a great breeze came through...the bar was set up just in front of me here in the picture below.
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    From the album: RIU RM Palace Brides??

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    From the album: RIU RM Palace Brides??

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    From the album: RIU RM Palace Brides??

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    From the album: RIU RM Palace Brides??

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    Hey Shay! I cannot believe how the time has flown and now it's your turn! HOORAY! Yes, I have seen and eaten in Botafogo. I think it is a matter of preference. Outside verses inside...(Air conditioning verses ocean breeze). Me, I chose Chili's because of the ocean breeze....and it's proximity to the beach. Also, we had 65 people and I felt there was more room to move there. We had the resort DJ (BEATMEN, DJ -HE ROCKED!) and we had plenty of room. Erika will be sweet enough to take you to both places and explain the set up. I am uncertain of the menu at Botafogo for weddings. Do they do their Brazilian Menu? At Chili's we ate off their menu and it was delicious! Botafogo is a little salty for my taste. Again, a matter of preference. Definitelty preview both venues. So excited for you!!!!
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    Thanks for your reply to my questions...and the menu via PM! Questions about the semi private dinner included in the wedding package: (1) Is the per person fee ($50) for a private reception in one of the restaurants (The steakhouse for example) an additional fee for the ENTIRE group or only the amount of people over the number of guest included in the package? (Caprice includes 40 ppl) It's an additional fee for the entire group. So if you have 40 people - it's an additional $2,000. I just received an email full of goodies from Riu with menus and such. It mentioned that a private reception is on 1.5 hours. Is that a typo? It must be a typo. Our private reception was 4 hours. 7 - 11 pm.
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