ROYAL PLAYA DEL CARMEN BRIDES: were kids allowed for the day? ...and other questions

[duprk452]

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Originally Posted by Lady_Di The max time for the garden is 10pm and beach 11pm. I think it is $20 for non resort and $10 for resort guests for the extra hours.

I've been going back and forth with this for weeks now. My fiance' thinks that 3 hours will be long enough, but to me I am figuring it will take at least an hour to finish dinner, and that only leaves two hours for dancing. He suggested that we take those who want to keep the party going to the Blue Parrot. Our wedding is on a Friday and they have a nightly beach party here with fire dancers on Friday nights. Supposedly this is the place to go, so we shall see.

[Lady_Di]

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Originally Posted by duprk452 I've been going back and forth with this for weeks now. My fiance' thinks that 3 hours will be long enough, but to me I am figuring it will take at least an hour to finish dinner, and that only leaves two hours for dancing. He suggested that we take those who want to keep the party going to the Blue Parrot. Our wedding is on a Friday and they have a nightly beach party here with fire dancers on Friday nights. Supposedly this is the place to go, so we shall see.

I think you should splurge on the extra hour. Your guests are paying $$ to go to your wedding and it would be nice for the extra hour for them to get more drinks. I believe they would have to pay for drinks at Blue Parrot, right? One hour isn't that long.

[beachbum1285]

This may sound like a REALLY dumb question, but I am assuming the DJ will play music while everyone is eating dinner right? I can just imagine hearing crickets chriping in the background...

 

When are y'all using the Mexican Trio/Mariachi? My WC suggested during the cocktail hour.

[msglave]

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Originally Posted by Lady_Di I have her too! She is a godsend!

I just hopes she doesn't quit before my wedding (it's in December).

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Originally Posted by aerazo ladies- I am using an outside comany for my lounge furnture but i do have to pay $100 vendor fee for this. The reason i am using an outside company and not the royals furniture is because I didnt like the furniture that they use, its like two long sofas... the company i am using is charging $175 per set which includes a table, two ottomans and two sofas... this way its more of a lounge feel rather than two long couches. If anyone wants there information let me know and i'll send it.. it turned out to be cheaper even with the fee to use this outside company. Adriana

This would be cheaper, but I have a 350 vendor fee!

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Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Nice find. I wish i could do this, but my charge is 300 per vendor :-(

When did you book? I have a 350 vendor fee!

[msglave]

Ladies,

 

I was thinking about the florist and the rose petals bag. Lady Di, is your florist close by, like on 5th? If it's just rose petals and a bouquet, couldn't someone walk over, get them and bring them back. This would save on delivery and a vendor fee.

 

Why doesn't The Royal allow a sand ceremony? Maybe we can do it during the reception

 

Does anyone have photos of the lounge furniture that The Royal rents? Being that I have a $350 vendor fee and have to stay on budget, it will probably be best for us.

[msglave]

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Originally Posted by duprk452 I've been going back and forth with this for weeks now. My fiance' thinks that 3 hours will be long enough, but to me I am figuring it will take at least an hour to finish dinner, and that only leaves two hours for dancing. He suggested that we take those who want to keep the party going to the Blue Parrot. Our wedding is on a Friday and they have a nightly beach party here with fire dancers on Friday nights. Supposedly this is the place to go, so we shall see.

Can you keep us posted on this? My wedding is on a Saturday. This Friday night event may be really nice for us to hang out!

[msglave]

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Originally Posted by Lady_Di I am using Marvin from .::: Maya Diseño Floral Profesional :::. Flores y Plantas Exóticas His prices are reasonable so far.

I am going to email him as well. Thanks for sharing!

[duprk452]

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Originally Posted by Lady_Di I think you should splurge on the extra hour. Your guests are paying $$ to go to your wedding and it would be nice for the extra hour for them to get more drinks. I believe they would have to pay for drinks at Blue Parrot, right? One hour isn't that long.

I agree! We have about 3 hours in between our ceremony and reception.Our parents are hosting a cocktail hour at one of the resort bars. I think this is how he gets that people will be okay with going to another club. He figures that they will be tired of hanging around the resort all day. Also, i think that this is one of the few nights some people have planned to leave the resort. I think we will keep the reception at 3 hours for now and then see if we can decide on the extension then. If we're not ready to leave then hopefully we can just fork out the money and they won't make us go anywhere.

[duprk452]

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Originally Posted by beachbum1285 This may sound like a REALLY dumb question, but I am assuming the DJ will play music while everyone is eating dinner right? I can just imagine hearing crickets chriping in the background... When are y'all using the Mexican Trio/Mariachi? My WC suggested during the cocktail hour.

We got these steel drum cd's online that we will play during dinner. It's really relaxing and caribbean style music. They are pretty cheap,too. I think I paid 25$ for both of them. One is actually a cd made for weddings with the bridal march and all on it. Everything is done in steel drums. I will post the link when I get home. I do not have the link on the computer at work

[Lisa DSO]

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Originally Posted by giraffexx We can't do the sand ceremony for a legal ceremony!! WTF! Did they give you a reason why? Do you know if that means we can't add a reading/poem either?

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You can write your own vows if they are not very long, but you cannot do the sand ceremony during the legal wedding with a judge.

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Originally Posted by jesmcan Honestly in my opinion I would not communicate with the Michigan office and wait till the month before for the WC. I think everyone here has all the resources you need without having to contact them. You may still them in order to make some decisions but for the most part not really. So yes if it was me I would not contact them in order to stay sane lol.

I agree!

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Originally Posted by dianep that makes me wonder... how do we know how long the aisle is? it'll make a difference for editing the processional songs, etc!

I think I read somewhere it was 20 meters long?

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Originally Posted by jesmcan . I decided to do assigned seating for the ceremony because I fell in love with the tags that Lisa showed .

YAY!!!

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Originally Posted by msglave This would be cheaper, but I have a 350 vendor fee! When did you book? I have a 350 vendor fee!

I booked in December