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Hello! I would really appreciate if someone could send me the price list for 2014! I just came across this venue and it's truly beautiful. Also if anyone has an invoice they would share - I'd love to get an idea of prices! My email is [email protected] . Thanks in advance!

Hi Ladies! I havent seen a role call forum for the Grand Sunset/Riviera Princess yet so I thought I would start one! I'm curious to know how many ladies have booked their date at this resort and when your wedding is I will be getting married on July 2, 2013 and we are staying in the Grand Sunset Princess side of the resort. Any other brides-to-be going to be there around the same time?

Hi AmandaLei! Thanks for your info! After reading all the reviews and crunching numbers I actually think we might be switching to do what you just said! We were also originally booked with the Royalty package but we realized we didnt need most of those things anyways! Thanks for your help and info on the gazebos! Its so great to be able to connect with people here to get the answers you need!! I really appreciate it

I'm going to send you a PM so we dont take over these boards with our messages I'll respond to all of this there!

That is so awesome that your agent was able to do a site visit! Are you able to tell me what made you choose the Sunset Gazebo? I've been going back and forth trying to figure out the best one to have our ceremony in! Its so hard when you are not there or you havent been there to really sort everything out and make the best decisions. We've also been second guessing the dinner at an a la carte restaurant and private beach reception after because we havent been able to find much feedback on the private beach reception. We are thinking we might switch to the chill out lounge as well! Ahh.. I'm so bad at making decisions when I cant wrap my head around all the details in person. We are going to be flying out of Toronto - Pearson International. How about you? We were hesitant on March 15 being the final RSVP date, but at the same time we realized how much will have to get done in the 3 months after we have our final numbers so we decided it was OK. The final payments for our group travel are on April 26th so we figured by March 15 most people will know if they are coming or not (hopefully!) 50 is a great number!! Are you doing the Jr Suites or Swim Up rooms? Have you gone dress shopping yet?

Hi stbKeras! My wedding is July 2 and we currently have the private beach reception with bar/DJ booked after dinner at an a la carte restaurant as well. I've also been hesitant on this because of the same questions you have and its hard to find pictures/feedback on the private beach reception. If you find any answers could you please let me know? And if you go forward with it in April please let me know how it goes! Thanks!

Hi Amanda! Thanks for all your details, its so helpful to hear all of this information since youve been to the resort. Do you mind me asking which package you are choosing with the resort? My fiance and I are also going to go to Toronto City Hall to get our papers signed here and then do the symbolic wedding at the resort. We werent sure which package would be best for us since we were getting married here first! You mentioned that if you have under 40 people for the chill out lounge you have to pay for $40? Did you mean you just pay $40 dollars if you have less than 40 people? We are considering the chill out lounge, but we are not sure if we will have 40 people - we are sitting between 30-40 at the moment. I've never been to the resort, so I guess it is a little hard to imagine everything there without actually seeing it. Could you tell me the if the Riviera Gazebo is very public/on the beach? I had some reservations about booking it because in some photos I've seen you can see the beach loungers right beside the gazebo!

Thanks for posting these Shelbil. You looked gorgeous and your pics are amazing!!

Hi VeronicaS! We wanted to do November, but because I have a teacher who is one of my bridesmaids it was too hard to get the time off in November for her so we chose July instead. Our official date is July 2, 2013! Planning is going well, took a while to figure it all out but we are finally getting there. We've decided on the Riviera Gazebo, dinner at an a la carte restaurant, and a private beach reception after dinner. We are still trying to decide on the restaurant we will pick which we hope to confirm by the end of this week. It looks like we will have a group of around 30-40 for us, our final RSVP date is March 15 so we will know for sure then! We have a great travel agent who is working on our group rates thats been a huge help! She's made our life a lot easier How is planning going for you? Have you made any decisions?

Yes you can! I have done it a few times - no problems at all. You can also use your membership to fill up gas at the cheaper pumps while you're at the US Costco too

Thanks Kelly! I've sent you a PM

newbiebridetobe - These are great! I LOVE the bags you used!! Great job

Hi there! Im getting married July 2, 2013 at the Grand Sunset Princess in Mexico. Anyone else from here planning a wedding there?

SoonCB - those are AMAZING!! You did a great job

Calibride - do you remember the cost for your BMs hair? I'm just trying to price out for my bridal party! Thank you

Hi Shelbi Would you mind sharing the links again? I clicked on them and received an error establishing database connection. Would love to see your pictures! Thank you

We are also staying on the Sunset side Sorry to hear the wedding you planned in Panama didnt work out, that is so frustrating to have everything planned then cancel! You are right though, everything does happen for a reason and I'm sure your wedding at GSP will be just wonderful! I'll send you an email now and we can chat, I'll help out with any questions you might have on how I planned out our wedding! We are sending our invites out tomorrow - very excited!

Thats great news Emfayed - so exciting! Where are you flying in from? Do you know which side you are staying on Riviera/Sunset? Have you decided any other details yet? Best of luck with your planning as well! Lets stay in touch

Thank you so much for your insight Brandie28! We really liked the setup of the La Fondue restaurant with the large windows, we thought it was really beautiful - but we werent sure how good the food would actually be! Thank you for the info on the vegetarians as well - I hadnt heard back from Emma yet regarding this. I'll absolutely look into the wedding DJ app, that sounds like something that would be a great idea! My fiance and I are big music heads so we want to make sure all our songs will be played Glad to hear you had a good experience with him!

Hi Ladies! After a long process of planning, my fiance and I decided on the Grand Riviera Princess and will be getting married July 2, 2013! We have a group of around 40 (including kids) coming down for 1 week with us (we are all from Toronto). We chose the Royalty Package which includes dinner at one of the a la carte restaurants and then the private cocktail beach reception after. I'm still trying to decide on the restaurant - does anyone have insight or feedback? Also, I know there are set menus with the restaurants - what happens if you choose a set menu that has meat and you have people that are vegetarians? Is it possible to have options for both vegetarians and non vegetarians? Also, I've heard the DJ isnt that great - does the DJ bring his own speakers? Or is it just a dock that he uses? Are we better off bringing our own dock and music? We really enjoy our loud music so I'm wondering if the dock would be loud enough? Lastly - does anyone have pictures of their private beach reception? I hvaent seen very many but I'd really like to. Any other brides going to be around during that time? So excited!!

soonCB – thank you so much for your recommendation! Its great to hear that you can recommend her even when you aren’t based in Toronto. I was really hoping to find someone in the area because I get nervous hearing some of the stories of how long it can take people to reply or how they go MIA once you put a deposit down. So finding someone reliable is very important! (as I’m sure it is for all brides to be!) I will most defenitly reach out to Ophellia and have a chat to see if she’s a good fit for us J Thanks again!!

soonCB – thank you so much for your recommendation! Its great to hear that you can recommend her even when you aren’t based in Toronto. I was really hoping to find someone in the area because I get nervous hearing some of the stories of how long it can take people to reply or how they go MIA once you put a deposit down. So finding someone reliable is very important! (as I’m sure it is for all brides to be!) I will most defenitly reach out to Ophellia and have a chat to see if she’s a good fit for us J Thanks again!!

soonCB – thank you so much for your recommendation! Its great to hear that you can recommend her even when you aren’t based in Toronto. I was really hoping to find someone in the area because I get nervous hearing some of the stories of how long it can take people to reply or how they go MIA once you put a deposit down. So finding someone reliable is very important! (as I’m sure it is for all brides to be!) I will most defenitly reach out to Ophellia and have a chat to see if she’s a good fit for us J Thanks again!!

Kasi22 - thank you so much for your insight. (and also who not to use for this!) I'm so sorry you have to go through such a horrible experience in getting your travel plans arranged Make sure to document all you can so when you write your complaint in the end you can back up everything and they can see how much you had to put up with! I think I've come to the same conclusion you did - I will need a travel agent to arrange the travel for the group and work out the group rates/discounts possible. It will be too hard to coordinate on my own and I've heard I wont be able to negotiate the same rates/discounts as an agent. I am going to work directly with the WC at the resort to sort out the details (so I can at least stay in control of that part!). Fortunately, I only have family from Toronto that will be flying out for our wedding so I dont have to worry about coordinating people around the globe. Now just to find a good travel agent that has experience in booking wedding parties at a resort! If anyone has recommendations, please share

Thanks Tammy! I appreciate your insight I will work on getting the forms filled out to begin