Dreams Cancun - Questions for those married here!

[Kat81]

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Originally Posted by JODEY Thanks for your words of wisdom ! Its just the not knowing of the "end budget" thats quite scary, I'm a very impatient person, I just wish people could give me a desission now and either book or say no we can't, I was even thinking of giving people a dead line for booking eg they need to have booked at least 6 months before we go but I could think of a reason to give LOL ! Has any one else given a dead line for booking ?

I didn't give them a deadline to book but I am sending out RSVP cards with a date to RSVP by.

[dmarie17]

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Originally Posted by Kat81 So with the ultimate package it says you have three hours of an international bar.. after that what happens? You stop getting beers? You have to go get your own? I guess it's not a big deal 'cause we can always go hit one of the bars up right? What site would you all say is the best for the reception? I kinda want the beach but I am afraid of rain. If I pick the beach and it rains and I already book that DJ dude I am kinda screwed Hmmm any ideas?

As far as I knot, you can add an hour to your package for $10/pp or something around that. You can definitely just move your party to one of the bars onsite and avoid that fee.
Our wedding is during the day - around noon or 1 - and Daniella said that the beach and the garden would be too hot. I think that I remember you saying that you're around the same time right? There is no shade so you may have people sweating like crazy if you do it on the beach...So that leaves the ballroom and the terrace. It just depends on what you want... I think that we are going to go with the terrace because it more unique and we really didn't want to have a 'typical' wedding/reception.
Hope that helps!

[PaulaV]

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Originally Posted by Kat81 I didn't give them a deadline to book but I am sending out RSVP cards with a date to RSVP by.

I did that, but didn't get all the responses back and there were people that booked very late.
We followed up with emails and that still didn't get them.
There were a few phone calls as well.

I gave Claudia 50 people for the quote and we ended up with 41 adults and 5 children.

[dc22173]

This might seem like a dumb question but what is the difference between the international bar and a regular bar?

 

Also does anyone have an opinion on the choice between the silver and gold menus? Is one better than the other?

[Kat81]

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Originally Posted by dmarie17 As far as I knot, you can add an hour to your package for $10/pp or something around that. You can definitely just move your party to one of the bars onsite and avoid that fee. Our wedding is during the day - around noon or 1 - and Daniella said that the beach and the garden would be too hot. I think that I remember you saying that you're around the same time right? There is no shade so you may have people sweating like crazy if you do it on the beach...So that leaves the ballroom and the terrace. It just depends on what you want... I think that we are going to go with the terrace because it more unique and we really didn't want to have a 'typical' wedding/reception. Hope that helps!

Oh good point... I was thinking the beach would be amazing to watch the sunset and the waves... but you are right the guests might want airconditioning... good point!

[PaulaV]

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Originally Posted by dc22173 This might seem like a dumb question but what is the difference between the international bar and a regular bar? Also does anyone have an opinion on the choice between the silver and gold menus? Is one better than the other?

International is pretty much everything they have, US, Mexican, etc.
I think regular is just Mexican.

We chose mostly the Silver menu since it came with the package, but there were items we liked from the Gold menu we had.
I don't have it off hand but I think it was the tortilla soup, a couple of the salads we chose from the gold. I'd have to check.

[*JillD*]

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Originally Posted by Kat81 So with the ultimate package it says you have three hours of an international bar.. after that what happens? You stop getting beers? You have to go get your own? I guess it's not a big deal 'cause we can always go hit one of the bars up right? What site would you all say is the best for the reception? I kinda want the beach but I am afraid of rain. If I pick the beach and it rains and I already book that DJ dude I am kinda screwed Hmmm any ideas?

I'm not sure about Paula, but we didn't have any additional bar set up, we just used the bar in the lobby of the tower, maybe because we had a small group we didn't need it? Not sure, but really it wasn't necessary, most of the time the waiters were right there getting you drinks and if they weren't we just ran up to the bar to get something.

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Originally Posted by JODEY Thanks for your words of wisdom ! Its just the not knowing of the "end budget" thats quite scary, I'm a very impatient person, I just wish people could give me a desission now and either book or say no we can't, I was even thinking of giving people a dead line for booking eg they need to have booked at least 6 months before we go but I could think of a reason to give LOL ! Has any one else given a dead line for booking ?

Jodey, when we first sent out the information we had a lot of people saying they were definetly going, wouldn't miss it, so I got nervous we were going to have about 50 people, but then you know people start to realize they don't have the money or a babysitter, or whatever and the list starts to go down. I'm such a planner and like to know right away how many of each item I need for sure, etc... so it really annoyed me waiting for people to book!!

I did send out invitations with RSVP cards, I sent invites out in May for an October wedding, with RSVP deadline in July I think? Most people got back to us by then, but we did have a couple of late bookers.

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Originally Posted by dc22173 This might seem like a dumb question but what is the difference between the international bar and a regular bar? Also does anyone have an opinion on the choice between the silver and gold menus? Is one better than the other?

we ordered from the gold menu because it was included. I liked the meal choices better on the gold menu, the other stuff I think was very similar.

[dc22173]

Does anyone have pictures of the ballroom that they can email me? I have seen some of the ones posted here and I think I got some from Daniella. I just feel like I am not seeing the entire room. Most of the pictures I have are of the decorated tables and the dance floor. Is this a large room? I am trying to decide what kind of decorations other than the centerpieces, I might need.

[Michelle&Steve]

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Originally Posted by dc22173 Does anyone have pictures of the ballroom that they can email me? I have seen some of the ones posted here and I think I got some from Daniella. I just feel like I am not seeing the entire room. Most of the pictures I have are of the decorated tables and the dance floor. Is this a large room? I am trying to decide what kind of decorations other than the centerpieces, I might need.

hey! im having my reception in the ballroom.. dunno what pictures you have and if they are any different than the ones i have, but if you give me your email ill send you the ones i have... ill be there in june for a site visit and make sure to takes tons of pics

[rockbride]

Does anyone have pictures of the setup with the lights under the table that aren't promotional shots from the hotel? Does it really look that good in real life? Anyone definitely going that route?