Dreams La Romana

[Nursejazz]

It will fly by so fast! So much stuff to do, I am glad it almost here so I can relax again. I have been sooooo stressed out!

[strwbsprkl]

Awwww I'm sure everything will be amazing you have everything down pack girl!!! please share your review when you come back!

 

 

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[neliruz]

@@Nursejazz - you got this girl you're on point, focus and informed. Your day will be spectacular!!!!!!!!!

@@Mandiesue - My reception will be at the beach. I sent my decorator some ideas of what I want (lots of lights around the palm trees). It's the feel I am going for. I will also be renting the parquet flooring so people can dance on instead of dancing on the sand (I'm sure that's not too comfy). I decided not to go for the resort's spa makeup because it seems like its a hit or miss. I've contacted two ladies in the area for availability (they are supposed to be AMAZING. There names are Krystie Ann and Anna Nuet and guess what THEY"RE ALREADY BOOKED 9 months out (so i guess they really are amazing)!!! My decorator lady knows a make up lady who's good (she did my friends make up when she had her wedding at Dreams). I may have to end up doing that. FYI I know sometimes I share info that no one may have asked, but I figure it may answer some questions you may have in the near future

[Mandiesue]

@@Nursejazz - you got this girl you're on point, focus and informed. Your day will be spectacular!!!!!!!!!

@@Mandiesue - My reception will be at the beach. I sent my decorator some ideas of what I want (lots of lights around the palm trees). It's the feel I am going for. I will also be renting the parquet flooring so people can dance on instead of dancing on the sand (I'm sure that's not too comfy). I decided not to go for the resort's spa makeup because it seems like its a hit or miss. I've contacted two ladies in the area for availability (they are supposed to be AMAZING. There names are Krystie Ann and Anna Nuet and guess what THEY"RE ALREADY BOOKED 9 months out (so i guess they really are amazing)!!! My decorator lady knows a make up lady who's good (she did my friends make up when she had her wedding at Dreams). I may have to end up doing that. FYI I know sometimes I share info that no one may have asked, but I figure it may answer some questions you may have in the near future

 

Can I ask for the contact info for the make-up ladies... and will you have to pay the outside vendor fee for them or can you just buy the day pass?

 

[neliruz]

here are their websites - you will find everything you need on here as well as how to contact them...I hope you have better luck than me! Honestly I'm not sure if it's the day pass or vendor fee...I'm confused with all that...I dont see why you should pay $150 fee for someone who's doing your makeup/hair for a couple hours..I havent had much luck getting a response from the WCs...Im just planning what I want and sending them updates so they can have on my file and their notes ahead of time...

 

http://www.krystieann.com/

http://annanuet.wix.com/annanuethair

[Mandiesue]

I'm going with the resort dj it's 900. I think we have to pay a day pass as well with when we hire outside people. So yeah the resort dj it is for me lol I'm already at 11,000 on the wedding yikes

 

 

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I just read a great review of the resort dj.. Please see the copy and paste below.

 

Please see below my

wedding review, if you are having any second thoughts or

doubts please let me assure you, you will have the best day

of your life if you get hitched here!

  It was simply magical...

 

First of all, the wedding

coordinators are brilliant, if you are worried about the

lack of emails please don't be- Yanna is so organised,

everything we wanted and more was done. Yanna made us feel

so relaxed and confident that our wedding plans were in

experienced hands. She and her team made our day so special

and we can't thank her enough.

 

We had the ultimate

luxury package and it was worth every penny. We booked some

extras too... We has requested a 3pm ceremony, but Yanna

advised we move it back because the judge's schedule,

and the heat is insane at that time, so we had a 4:30

ceremony at the wedding gazebo. It was

  stunning - go with their recommended timings, the light and

temperature was perfect - especially as the groom’s party

were in three piece suits! You don't lose any time off

the cocktail or the reception party. The ceremony was

4:30-4:50 then we had photographs and the guests all went to

the pier for cocktail hour after photos from about

5:15-6:30pm whilst we had our couple's photos. We then

joined them on the pier for drinks and food (the canapés

were delicious and there was so much

there!) 

 

Setup/ Ceremony:

We took our own chair

sashes and pom poms for the gazebo:Yanna

and her team did the sashes for us with the corsage pins and

we fluffed up the pom poms ready for her the day

before. The civil ceremony was great, we added

two readings from one of our bridesmaids and my brother, and

chose our own playlist for the entrance of the bridesmaids,

bridal entrance song and our exit song to personalise it.

Yanna translated for us as the judge conducted it on

Spanish. At the end they gave our guests rice to throw which

is environmentally friendly and traditionally good luck,

plus there were pink rose petals to make it look pretty. You

are greeted by a smart, smiling

  waiter as you exit the aisle with glasses of champagne and

we got some great moments on video and photographed

afterwards in the gardens with our family and

friends!  Cocktail

hour: 

The pier was lovely,

it's a great place for the guests to cool off with the

sea breeze, private cocktail bar and take some great photos

so I'd recommend it. It is quite narrow so if you have a

larger party consider the gardens for your cocktail hour

  - there were 20 in our party and the pier worked very well

for us but it might be harder to mingle with a larger group.

The Caribbean music trio were superb, although we missed

most of their set because we were off having photos, the

guests loved them!

 

By the time we'd got to the

cocktail hour after photos on the beach, in the gardens and

the ceremony, we were so thirsty, so ask one of your

bridesmaids to give a bottle of water to the photographer to

carry around when you're having your photos, we'd

gone about two and a half hours without a drink by that

point, which was silly of us! 

 

We then went for

photographs on a more natural part of the

  beach for sunset- we couldn't have imagined the

photographs turning out so incredibly beautiful. The

videographers came as well and the do some amazing footage

of you interacting between photos.

 

Photography:

About the photography

packages- the 50 prints included in the package is just the

ceremony and one group shot- no prep photos, no other shots

of the bridal party or the evening is included in this. The

packages are between $500 - $2300 (depending on if you want

trash the dress etc) so put some more money aside in the

wedding budget for pictures! We booked an extra hour and our

photographer was very generous with his time and we ended up

with over 300

  photos.

 

Reception:

We booked the seaside

grill deck for our reception dinner and party and it was

worth the extra money. It was beautifully decked in lights

and the table looked stunning (we brought a lot of things

ourselves, but Yanna added the birdcages which was wonderful

and a complete surprise, the set up was

amazing) 

 

The staff at the seaside grill deck

were phenomenal - they constantly topped up our champagne

glasses and were so attentive and joined in the fun! Special

thanks to Zacaria and Jose Maku for

  being such fantastic company and looking after us so well

at our wedding 

 

We booked the premium DJ service who

was excellent and had high quality equipment. Happy Boy was

our MC- he is a real party guy and got us all singing and

dancing throughout... He really helped with organising the

speeches and introducing everyone. 

 

Extras:

If you can afford it, the

fireworks were fantastic and we'd recommend them - they

cost $600 for over 200 fireworks and they were set off on

the beach just as our first dance was

  finishing- our guests were all in tears, they couldn't

believe it! It was absolutely out of this

world.  Cake:

The cake was huge - we

had to leave half of it there was too much to eat we even

gave loads out to guests beside the pool the next day - we

had chocolate and coconut on one tier and lemon and vanilla

on the other. There are so many flavour choices! We brought

a little cake topper and Yanna added fresh flowers which

  looked gorgeous and it was on a lovely table for the cake

cutting   Dinner: 

The food was delicious-

we has the bayhibe salad from the silver menu, sweet potato

and broccoli soup, rib eye steak and the Parmesan chicken

option, followed by chocolate mousse cake. Everyone enjoyed

their food and the steaks were

  huge!

 

Wet

weather: 

Around 10pm there was a

downpour of rain - fortunately mark and I were back at the

room freshening up (I was reluctant to squeeze into one of

the loo cubicles in my dress!) and when we came out

everything had moved into the seaside grill restaurant and

the music was set up and the party resumed. We didn't

mind this because we got a new setting with some fun

pictures there. The whole team and our guests just grabbed

everything inside and it was all set up in no

time.

 

Videographers:

The videographers are

fantastic. They arrived at my room and filmed me and the

bridesmaids getting ready and then the whole ceremony and

our pictures - we also agreed a price for them to stay for

the evening and we are glad we did, our wedding video is an

hour and 20 minutes long, includes all the ceremony, the

cocktail hour, speeches the party and some beautiful

cutaways at the end of us posing for photos in gorgeous

scenery, the end result is exceptional and such high

quality. They gave us two covered DVDs and a back up HD copy

on a USB stick as well. We have watched it about 6 times

already ha ha! They ask you to write down your special songs

to put over the film too. 

[strwbsprkl]

Lovely review thanks for sharing

 

 

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[strwbsprkl]

Now I'm thinking about hair and makeup at the resort has anyone read reviews or seen pictures?

 

 

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[Mandiesue]

@@Nursejazz - you got this girl you're on point, focus and informed. Your day will be spectacular!!!!!!!!!

@@Mandiesue - My reception will be at the beach. I sent my decorator some ideas of what I want (lots of lights around the palm trees). It's the feel I am going for. I will also be renting the parquet flooring so people can dance on instead of dancing on the sand (I'm sure that's not too comfy). I decided not to go for the resort's spa makeup because it seems like its a hit or miss. I've contacted two ladies in the area for availability (they are supposed to be AMAZING. There names are Krystie Ann and Anna Nuet and guess what THEY"RE ALREADY BOOKED 9 months out (so i guess they really are amazing)!!! My decorator lady knows a make up lady who's good (she did my friends make up when she had her wedding at Dreams). I may have to end up doing that. FYI I know sometimes I share info that no one may have asked, but I figure it may answer some questions you may have in the near future

 

You said that you sent pictures and asked for lights on the palm trees... Are they charging you for the lights around the palm tress? If so, how much?

[neliruz]

You said that you sent pictures and asked for lights on the palm trees... Are they charging you for the lights around the palm tress? If so, how much?

Hey mandiesue I'm working with an outside decorator so I'm sure she's charging I don't know how Much. ..I know the resort has done it for others before but not sure at what charge. .

Now I'm thinking about hair and makeup at the resort has anyone read reviews or seen pictures?

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Hey strawberry sprkl I've read hit or miss reviews. .I've seen good pics.. most ppl recommend u go the day before to do a trial. . That way they get familiar with u and what u want for the next day. .also if u have a hairstyle in mind bring a photo. .I've heard they do well with that