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

[jesmcan]

thanks Lady Di the invites were quite the labor of love haahah

[jcooper79]

I got them from Discountmugs.com

[Lisa DSO]

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Originally Posted by jesmcan YAY my invites are finally done!!! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...9/#post1298523

They are too cute! I just ordered mine today but decided to have them made because 1. i'm lazy 2. not that creative lol

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Originally Posted by dianep i'm tan, married, and happy. we have a few days of the honeymoon left to enjoy before heading home. i met julia in the hallway just after her wedding - congrats, and you looked beautiful! keeping an eye out for lynnie s as we were upgraded to the royal (it's soooo much nicer!!). having a wonderful time, but it's going way too fast. about to take a jacuzzi now and listed to the rain...

Yay congrats!! I hope you are having an amazing time :-)

[candicemarie]

I'm gonna post a thread about this in the OOT section, but I wanted to share it w/my fellow Royal/GPR brides first in case any of y'all needed any maracas

Thread will say:

 

"I've been searching for maracas for awhile for wedding favors/place settings for the reception (no assigned seating; just a maraca in front of each seat). I, finally, found this store, Amols.com, located in San Antonio. They had EXACTLY what I was looking for in price (2.95/pair or 1.95/pair if you buy more than 12pairs), quality (from the look of the pic) and size 8" Traditional Large Maracas 8" Cinco de Mayo Favors & Prizes | Amols' Fiesta Party Supplies

 

I was about to place my order for 13 pairs and just get whatever colors they ended up sending to me, when I decided to email customer service to ask if I could get specific colors for my order or if they had any additional colors in the turquoise & yellow family. I wasn't expecting much bc, well, customer service is lacking pretty much everywhere in general these days.

 

Boy, was I wrong! Within a day, I received a response that I could definitely choose my specific colors for my 13 pair order. Yay! They had yellow but were out of the turquoise. He said they would be getting a shipment in that afternoon so they would let me know what they got.

A few hours later, they replied saying they had received a teal color but no turquoise. They said it was closer to green then turquoise so they didn't know if it would work for me and to let them know what I thought. I took a chance that they wouldn't think I was nuts and emailed a pic of my BM's dress and asked if they had a color close to the picture.

They didn't mind at all, I guess, bc a couple hours later they sent a color recommendation and a promise that he would personally pull the colors I needed and make sure they were shipped as such!

 

I know its not much, but it meant the world to me that they cared enough about my measly, little, 13 pair order to take the time and make sure I was super happy w/everything.

 

Anywho, I just wanted to share my little story & a website recommendation w/my fellow Desties! I'll make sure to come back and post pics of the maracas after I get them."

[candicemarie]

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Originally Posted by Lisa DSO They are too cute! I just ordered mine today but decided to have them made because 1. i'm lazy 2. not that creative lol

hahahahaha! I just went through vistaprint for my invites & did cute little postcards bc I'm ridiculously cheap, in addition to lazy & not creative

[jesmcan]

Candicemarie you are awesome!!! I have been looking everywhere to because I don't want the hassle of getting to Playa and running around getting 80 maracas haahah, thank you so much!!!

 

LisaD - you are a smart woman for ordering invites. Although I am happy the way they turned out I think for sanity reasons its better to let the professionals do it lol

[RunningBride24]

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Originally Posted by duprk452 My suggestion for the salad is just to go with the three lettuce salad on the vegetarian menu. That's what I did. I asked my WC the same question about the soup, because honestly none of the soups sounded appealing to me and I know my guests wouldn't have enjoyed them. The Michigan WC pretty much said that there was nothing she could do and that those were my only choices. I've also heard good things about the grilled zuccini salad. As for boring and american as possible, we went with the filet and mashed potatoes. That's about as american as you can get. LOL Anyone else who has Lilli as an on-site coordinator having trouble getting a response from her? I e-mailed her about a week and half ago and still nothing.

Okay the salad from the vegatarian menu does sound good! Thanks for all of your suggestions! I wish we had more options but the filet and mashed potatoes does sound pretty good!!! :)

[RunningBride24]

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Originally Posted by jesmcan Candicemarie you are awesome!!! I have been looking everywhere to because I don't want the hassle of getting to Playa and running around getting 80 maracas haahah, thank you so much!!! LisaD - you are a smart woman for ordering invites. Although I am happy the way they turned out I think for sanity reasons its better to let the professionals do it lol

Jess I have to second everyone else when I say your invites are AWESOME!! WELL worth the time you put into them! So exciting!!!

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Originally Posted by smckinney22 Ours is at 4 at The Royal gazebo & reception is at 5 but I'm hoping to push it back to 5:30. It's at the big beach in front of Pelicanos. Where will yours be and what time? How many guests are u having? My count is hovering around 40, yikes!

Our ceremony is 5pm on the beach @ The Royal and the reception will start at 6:30pm on the beach. We're teetering RIGHT on 35 right now. I hope to keep it below 40. There were some people that I never thought would come that are coming!!!

[jesmcan]

Runningbride you are so sweet thank you. Now I can't wait to see yours

[LynnieS]

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Originally Posted by luna1923 SHould I or not!??!? Do I get the damn dance floor for $700?!?!??!?!?!?!?! It seems like such a wasted expense....BUT... my guests and I are all dancers and the wood floor that the resort provides seems so ghetto! It doesn't even sit on the sand evenly! I feel like I would need the guests to sign a waiver before they dance on it, lol!! Can any previous brides provide any insight on this and whether they think the added expense of the dance floor was worth it?

Hi Luna!!

Ok I just got back from my wedding and all I can say is the dance floor is sooooo worth it!! Everyone commented how cool it was and I got some great pics out of it. I think it just got the mood going, ya know?!

For all brides doing cocktail hour. . . NOT WORTH IT. period. Actually most of my guests left to back to their rooms. None of the food was eaten and they only serve champagne. THis is actually my ONLY complaint of the whole wedding!!! It was so hot outside and they only provide one tiny umbrella.

Review to come. . . I am sooo depressed, I want to go back to mexico