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THANK U for your response I appreciate it.. i thought i had seen some slideshows from them as well and they all look beautiful so yes I will use them also ( just havent heard anything about videographer and i def. want a video!! ) As far as the DJ I am happy to hear that he is good to contact and can play whatever is asked... i will use him as well then also! I am going to have someone from home help make me a playlist that would keep everyone dancing and really make my guests happy and send it to him. I believe itll be worth the time so that there is no question about the music being bad.. i have to assume that people who did not like the music did not contact him and send him a list!! i hope!! Thank you for your help! Is your reception on the deck? Mine is and im wondering if i should do the dancefloor? Im thinking i might as well...

Hi Girls.. does anyone have a review on the DJ that the resort offers and the photographers... i have seen some beautiful posts but im consfused about if everyone hires outside photographers... i think it would be so much easier to use the dj they provide along with their photography and videographers..... anyone have any info on them and know anything about them ? thank you i think someone said the resorts DJ was great but i jsut read a review on trip advisor where a girl says the music was terrible... i have a friend coming to the wedding who is a DJ maybe I should ask him to make us playlists???? ahhh help

the flights for my wedding weekend have already gone down!!!! yaYyyy i was really starting to panic i guess i can keep my date afterall

Yayyyy!! lots of luck im sure everything will be perfect!! dont forget about us, post some pictures when you return!!

Okay i need to be talked off the ledge here..... i just went to our travel agent we were using and found out that the weekend we chose is one of the MOST expensive of all weekends. Presidents weekend is the weekend b4 so we stood clear of it yet somehow it is about 500$ cheaper per person. I already sent out my save the dates & i am soooooooooooooooo upset/nervous now. I didn't want my guests to pay a ridiculous price. my fiance and i went to drc last year for 4 nights & had a preffered club room for 1100$ a person..... for the weekend of our wedding 3 nights is $1600 a person and its a garden view room!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( we are traveling from new york ) WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN MY SHOES? DO I CHANGE THE DATE & SEND EVERYONE LETTERS EXPLAINING WHAT HAPPENED OR DO I JUST SAY O WELL AND HAVE THE WEDDING THAT WEEKEND ANYWAY ? this is a total nightmare.... =( all advice is welcomed!!!!

Hi! I used magnetstreet.com... and chose the names written in the sand magnet... i don't want to overdo the beach theme so im not going to use similar invitations but i thought for the save the dates it was a cute idea becaue it sorta set the tone. on it i have the date obviously.. our names... "dreams riviera cancun" and the free website i made from theknot.com. they came very fast and were very nicely done..

Thank you to everyone who responded .. i appreciate it!! Yamina actually just answered me as well and YES plated dinners are allowed on the deck.. so now i jsut have to decide which I would rather. I emailed her about the "one entree" for everyone deal and told her it would be impossible. I am hoping this isnt true because its ridiculous. ALSO does anyone know if there is in fact a "platinum" dinner menu. I keep asking her to send all the menus and she just keeps sending silver and gold. I see on the brochure it says platinum as well... ( we are doing the ultimate package so i figure I want to see all the options ) and lastly..... i am using a local travel agent but i feel since we are booking so many rooms we should get a nice deal from the hotel.. does anyone have information on this ? How many rooms need to be booked and how does this process take place.. i cant imagine not getting something off with the amount of rooms that will be booked for my wedding... let me know if you know!!! happy planning everyone!!

Hello All, I have another question, I don't like the menu options so we are basically creating our own menus.... Yamina wrote back to me that I dont have to have a buffet and I can do a plated dinner... but we are having the reception on the deck infront of the infinity pool and at first we were told we could only do a buffet... Im just wondering if maybe she is confused or if this is really possible. Im not sure which I would choose anyway but the buffet menus really dont look good to me at all !!! HELP and if any of u designed ur own menus was it difficult or did u just take different things from each menu and from the restaurants at dreams ?? I can tell the food options are going to be the biggest pain in the butt for me because we want our guests to have high quality delicious food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wedding 2.22.13 Thanx

Kelly, Dreams Cancun is a different hotel,. they have the same owners but this thread is for Dreams Riviera Cancun.. its in the Riviera Maya.... just wondering if thats whats you meant or if you are on the wrong thread!! if you type in dreamsresortsandspa you can get their main website with all of the different hotel information

Thank you for your help I appreciate it!

Yay congrats.. we are having a pretty big wedding, not really sure exactly how many people but we are expecting around 50 or so.... its hard to tell until the invitations go out and we get the responses, but we are doing the beach ceremony and pool deck reception I dont have any plans in place really yet except that I have been emailing Yamina back and forth about changing menu options ( none of them are too appealing to us.. but when we were at dreams we loved the food ) and with other questions. Aside from choosing the locations I havent done much else besides send out my save the dates... I plan to get working on it soon! How are your plans coming along ?

Hi Girls, does anyone have a review on the DJ that the resort offers... my guests are the type to dance all night and the music is VERY important. I also want him to have a microphone to be able to maybe announce us and our bridal party... any reviews on him or should we look elsewhere !? Our wedding. 2/22/13 Any other Feb, 2013 brides on here !? I hope we picked a good month!!!!

From my understanding if u are having it outside on the pool deck u have to do a buffet. By pool deck do u mean the deck infront of the main pool or jsut the grounds around the pool? Either way my coordinator told me it is buffet only! Im going with the deck becasue I dont mind the buffet.. i think its more relaxed and lets people choose when they want to eat

I would get a DJ.. i am inviting about 100 ppl to my wedding knowing most will not come but i think a DJ is good anyway because the peopl who do come are expecting to be dancing and partying ( i assume) im going with a DJ no matter what.. so thats my advice

thank you for sharing.. your album just got me sooo excited... everything looked perfect!!!

Finally set a date... 2.22.2013... having my ceremony on the beach and reception on the deck.. i look fwd to reading everyones posts and sharing pictures!!

Hello, im getting married at DRC on 2/22/13. Was wondering if anyone has been there in Feb and has any weather tips. I went here a year ago and really liked it but decided to do me research and after searching hotel after hotel i think DRC is the best option for us. We are having our ceremony on the beach and reception on the pool deck also. I love how they set up for the weddings but im actually going to put a dance floor on the deck also just for the looks of it!