Dreams Riviera Cancun - Brides post here (new thread)

[emmyss]

Does anyone happen to know how many hair stylist are at the hair salon? I was hoping I would be able to get my hair done at the same time as my mom and my little girl

 

Thanks, 

 

Emmy 

[kellynnrose]

Originally Posted by emmyss 

 

Does anyone happen to know how many hair stylist are at the hair salon? I was hoping I would be able to get my hair done at the same time as my mom and my little girl

 

Thanks, 

 

Emmy 

Hi emmy,

contact [email protected] (i made it urgent and they got back to me quickly) and they will send you the spa menu and a reservation form for your party and the services you would like! 

[emmyss]

Hi Kelly,

 

I sent them an email with the form filled out a while ago and they have still not gotten back to me...

 

I will send them a follow up email today.

 

Thank you for your reply :-)

 

Emmy

[Savs1027]

Originally Posted by emmyss 

 

Hi ladies, 

 

Would you recommend getting my hair and make-up done at the spa?

 

Thank you, 

 

Emmy 

I loved my hair and make up! I had Perla do both of mine and I loved it!! All my bridesmaids and both of our moms got theirs done too and everyone was happy!

[Savs1027]

Originally Posted by Jendev 

 

Any opinions about the Desires night club? We were wanting to have the DJ for four hours instead of 3.  We might have to change it back to 3 to stick to our budget. Did anybody go there after your reception? Or would you really recommend keeping the DJ for the extra hour

It really depends on what time your reception is. The music doesn't start until after 10. Our got over about 9:30 and it was Monday night football so they had the football game on instead of music.

[Savs1027]

Originally Posted by emmyss 

 

Does anyone happen to know how many hair stylist are at the hair salon? I was hoping I would be able to get my hair done at the same time as my mom and my little girl

 

Thanks, 

 

Emmy 

I had me, my mom, my MIL, and 2 BM's all getting hair/make up done at the same time.

[Savs1027]

Seems like there are alot of newer brides on here so I wanted to share all of our details for anyone who might need more info! Sorry if you've already seen it all  

 

My husband and I got married on 12/17/12 at DRC.

 

Here's a link to my planning thread: 

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/84658/savanahs-planning-thread-12-17-12-dreams-riviera-cancun

 

Here's a link to my review: 

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/dreams-rivera-cancun-resorts-and-spa/reviews/6785

 

Here's a link to our wedding and TTD slideshow: 

http://171212ryan.dreamsriveriacancun.adventurephotos.com.mx/#/ryan/

 

Here's a link to my facebook album with all of our professional pictures:

https://www.facebook.com/savanahcooper/media_set?set=a.790269831946.2135365.118502317&type=3

 

Here's a link to my facebook album with all of our pictures from the events leading up to the wedding (Fiesta Couples Shower, bachelorette party, legal ceremony at home) and pictures from the week in Mexico plus pictures our guests took. 

https://www.facebook.com/savanahcooper/media_set?set=a.760999869186.2131655.118502317&type=3

 

Here's a link to our wedding video from the resort videographer that we uploaded to vimeo: 

https://vimeo.com/56179407

 

Here's a link to our wedding video trailer that we did through StoryMix:

http://youtu.be/ejH5SYDFrDw

 

I also have a blog where I posted a BUNCH of wedding stuff - our OOT bags, BM gifts, invites... pretty much everything wedding related is on there. Here's a link to all my wedding related posts. There's also a bunch of pics of the resort (not just wedding) on there as well! 

http://www.savanahsmiles.com/p/my-love.html

 

 

If y'all have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

[emmyss]

Thanks Savs!

[loripanori]

Originally Posted by Jendev 

 

Any opinions about the Desires night club? We were wanting to have the DJ for four hours instead of 3.  We might have to change it back to 3 to stick to our budget. Did anybody go there after your reception? Or would you really recommend keeping the DJ for the extra hour

 

One option to keep in mind is that you can rent the sound system and play your own music during the first hour of the reception to save a bit on the cost of the DJ.  We did this because I figured we didn't really need a DJ while we were eating dinner, and it worked out quite well.  Our dinner actually ran quite long - closer to 2 hours - so in the end I was kind of annoyed that we had payed for 3 hours of DJing, when we could have easily played our own music for the full dinner time (2 hours) and had the DJ for 2 hours of dancing.  We had a seated (non-buffet) dinner on the beach, and I'm not sure if that's why ours ran so long, but I did find it awfully slow.  Especially since I had stressed to Lorena in our meeting that I wanted dinner to move as fast as possible, and she said it wouldn't be a problem to do it in an hour.    

 

Desires is very hit or miss depending on the night.  On our wedding night everyone ended up going there afterwards, and there were two other weddings on that same day, so it was quite busy with lots of people drinking and dancing.  But other nights during that week we went in and there was hardly anyone there.  If a group of people from your wedding all decide to go together after the reception, you can kind of make your own party and it should be a good time!

[Jendev]

One option to keep in mind is that you can rent the sound system and play your own music during the first hour of the reception to save a bit on the cost of the DJ.  We did this because I figured we didn't really need a DJ while we were eating dinner, and it worked out quite well.  Our dinner actually ran quite long - closer to 2 hours - so in the end I was kind of annoyed that we had payed for 3 hours of DJing, when we could have easily played our own music for the full dinner time (2 hours) and had the DJ for 2 hours of dancing.  We had a seated (non-buffet) dinner on the beach, and I'm not sure if that's why ours ran so long, but I did find it awfully slow.  Especially since I had stressed to Lorena in our meeting that I wanted dinner to move as fast as possible, and she said it wouldn't be a problem to do it in an hour.     Desires is very hit or miss depending on the night.  On our wedding night everyone ended up going there afterwards, and there were two other weddings on that same day, so it was quite busy with lots of people drinking and dancing.  But other nights during that week we went in and there was hardly anyone there.  If a group of people from your wedding all decide to go together after the reception, you can kind of make your own party and it should be a good time!

Thanks for the advice! Ill look into that