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Ashley, I am getting married here November 12, 2012! Great date! I have all the centerpiece options and will send them to you! Bethany

Hi! Wow! A lot of your guests have booked! We are pretty relaxed with our booking, my TA didn't say anything about by when they need to book by, but I think December is a busier month than November. Let me know when you decide on your final schedule and costs and everything... we're still deciding. I haven't really done anything since I last posted, but I have designed our programs and invitations. The invites are passport themed and the programs are going to be fans with popsicle sticks. Your colors sound gorgeous - I love the vintage idea! Here is the Wedding Coordinator's email: [email protected] Her name is Deyanira. Are you doing a honeymoon after the wedding? We are thinking we will go to a different resort closer to Playa Del Carmen for our last 3 night. Talk soon! Bethany

Hi Jasmine! We are traveling from Los Angeles, California, but have a lot of guests coming from Minnesota and Mexico as well. We are using a travel agent as well and going through Delta Vacations. I think we will try to book the photographer to start photos around 3pm so my fiance and I can do a first look and take some photos then. Then we will do a bunch during the cocktail hour as well - but hopefully not miss the whole thing! After looking at that map I sent you I am actually considering El Alcazar for the reception and El Marina for the Groom's Dinner instead - it seems like it is the farthest restaurant from the hotel. If you do the dinner in a restaurant and then the party on the beach, how much time will you give for dinner and how will you tell everyone to wrap it up and get out to the beach? I bought my dress a few weeks ago, it is full length, lace and V neck in front and back. It won't come in until August! The length was special ordered, because I am quite short. For colors, I am doing light green, light yellow, and burnt orange. It was actually very easy for me to decide on these! I sent out my Save the Dates about 1.5 months ago - they looked like passports and I made them myself. What are you going to do for Invitations? Have your guests started booking? Bethany

Hi Jasmine, I'm glad we got to connect through email. If there are any other El Cid brides out there - join this thread! I just found out that we cannot have a dance in the restaurant We were hoping to do the dinner and dance inside the El Marina restaurant (this is the one with the ocean views). I think this is the wedding day schedule we will do: 4:00 ceremony 4:30 champagne toast 4:30-5:30 cocktail hour at El Scaramanga Beach bar ($20 per person) 5:30-7:30 or longer? dinner at El Marina (the only drawback is that this restaurant looks kind of far away on the resort map) 7:30-10pm dance and cocktails on the beach? I don't really know costs for having the private dinner at the restaurant (I think $40/person instead of $80 you pay for outside), but then I have not checked on the cost of just a dance outside. Maybe we will just end up doing all of it outside, which I heard is $80 per person over 10 ppl. We invited over 200 people but are only expecting 40ish. What are your thoughts on my schedule? Any other questions? I am wondering when all of this will be confirmed. Deyanira told me we just need to know the total number of guests 2 weeks before the wedding.

Hi there! I am getting married at the Marina El Cid on November 12, 2012. I just sent in our 50% deposit on the wedding package. As far as getting info, I have found it best if I email Deyanira (WC) in Spanish by using google translate because my fiance speaks Spanish as well. I have gotten quite a few things from her so I will try to figure out how to attach them. Any specific questions of things you would like to know? I know of another bride doing her wedding there this spring and I am going to ask her to send pics and tell me about it after the wedding. Bethany