Jenn's (PhillyBride09) Dreams Cancun Wedding Review (06/24/09)

[sunitam]

Congrats Jenn! so happy your wedding was great!

 

Thanks so much for posting your review so quickly and for all the details! us future dreams brides really, really appreciate it

[**~Jenn~**]

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Originally Posted by Jenn3878 Great review! Congrats!! Can't wait to see your pictures!!

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Originally Posted by mc5363 Where did you post your pics? I would love to see them!!

Here is the link to my Photo Post :-)

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t45063

[BlakleyBrideToBe]

Great Review! Thanks for Sharing! Congrats on your Wedding!

[dc22173]

Congrats on your wedding!!!! I am so glad your experience there was as a good a mine. It makes me want to do it all over again.. without all the planning involved, ha ha. I love my video too!!!

[Michelle613]

Great review! Thanks for sharing. I CANNOT wait to get married there! I hope my day could be as perfect as yours

[foxytv]

Great review and teaser pics! Sounds awesome - and I agree - Stay far away from the time share people, lol.

[breeze616]

Awesome review - the longer the better in my eyes!! Congrats!

[SIMBASIM]

Great review! You look awesome!

[shae]

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Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 WEDDING DAY CONTINUED After my hair & make up it was time to go up to my room and get dressed. My bridesmaids and my mom were waiting for me and we all got ourselves together, took some pics and waited for Claudia to call my room so I could go down. She finally did about 5 minutes after 5:30, but it felt like forever..LOL From that point on, everything went beautifully. The sound guy had my CD and Claudia had a littel headset thing, she told him when to change songs and he did so...Seemlessly...The Officiant was really nice..Although our Wedding certificate had a wrong name, instead of Joseph it said Justin. Joe talked to him about it before I even came down and he crossed it off and added Joe;s name. When it came time to sign, he explained it to me and said he would send a new one to our room, which he did the next day. Side note...The Officiant was REALLY religious. It felt like a catholic ceremony, which was fine by me but ince case you don't want that, be sure to tell Claudia ahead of time. I really liked him. He was nice and full of smiles. Even when My 2 year old flower girl was a holy terror up there with us and I literrally cracked up laughing while he was talking because she was running circles around me & Joe..LOL He never missed a beat. When the ceremony was over and as we walked back down the isle (to the Palm tree is what Claudia told us at Rehearsal) The servers ame out with Champangne glasses for everyone & they gave Joe & I our engraved toasting flutes that we brought with us. I thought that was a really nice touch and so did everyone else. We greated all of our guest by the palm tree and then it was picture time. I am going to do a seperate section for the Photographer and Videographer. When we got back to Cocktail hour it was well over an hour, and we had missed the Mariachi Trio. I figured we would, but I was still bummed. Everyone Loved them and said how great they were. That made me happy. I grabbed a few appetizers and then ran up to the terrace to see the set up. I met with Raul who was our "Head" Waiter and he basically told me, anything i want, He will see to it that it happens. We had three other waiters working our wedding that night. I told him that I wanted more Champagne for another toast before dinner, and he said no problem. I figured we would have to pay at check out..but nothing even came of it and I was glad!! I told him when to serve Dinner (After our Best man toast) and they did. Dinner was served quickly and no one ever had an empty glass. I brought my own iPod docking station & I thought they would set it up off to the side, which is what Claudia told me. When I got up there it was set up on the other side and they had the four round tables set out in a circle, so the dance floor was in the middle...I actually really liked that set up for our first dance ad the mother son dance..But it was hard to do line dances there :-( We managed to do the cupid shuffle ok..LOL I was glad I didn't get a DJ. None of my guests really danced too much, except for line dances..LOL All of my centerpieces were set up great...But they were candles and would not stay lit. I was really bummed, but it was no one's fault and the waiters got burnt more then once trying to light them and make me happy. It just wasn't happening. I should have gotten Submersable Floralights like I originally planned Oh Well..it still looked great! I asked for a knife so we could cut the cake and then we did our cake smashing which was fun. Joe was actually going to not do it until I got him good..LOL Joe bought all of the guys who were at the wedding Cigars, so they were all drunk and lit them up at the end of the night. It went by fast, but I still can't get over how perfect it was. Our waiters always made sure Joe & I were ok and that we didn't need anything. Before I knew it, it was 10:30 and it was time to go :-( I stayed and made sure we grabbed our iPod and Docking stations, and a few other things. I left my shoe there that night and I went back on Saturday before we left to see if they had them. They called the lost & found and sure enough they were there. They brought them up & I was really glad to get them back All in All..My Wedding day was perfect. Claudia and all of the servers did a geat job and I couldn't have had it any more perfect. My guests were really impressed and had a fabulous time!! ONE MORE..I PROMISE!!!....REVIEWS OF PHOTO & VIDEO GUY :-)

AWESOME review PhillyBride! How many guests did you have at your wedding? I'm so confused by the fineprint in the wedding package that says "Subject to availability & double occupancy only". Does it mean that only my guests that have 2 people in 1 room qualify as part of the 20 guests included with the dinner reception? I'm not even sure if that made sense!

Also, I'm hoping to save some mula and not have to pay for the sound system. Was your ipod docking station loud enough to hear over the beach and the wind? And you didn't need a microphone for speeches or anything?

Thanks much!

[baj]

great detailed review, thanks for sharing, loved the pics