Beach Palace Cancun Brides

[Nicolew412]

Originally Posted by KristieT 

 

Hi Nicole,

 

This is exactly the setup that I had, and it worked perfectly.

 

Oh great! I'm glad to hear that!

[newlyengaged13]

Can someone please explain the difference between Sky Bar North, Sky Bar South, Palenque Terrace, Infinity Terrace, and Sky Terrace?  I'm confused.

 

Does anyone have photos of these locations?  

[Nicolew412]

I leave on July 9th for Cancun and my wedding in on July 12th! Only 1 month to go.

 

We got to 61 room nights, so we get a welcome/rehearsal dinner at Tequila Restaurant the night before the wedding, and a cocktail hour + 2 hour reception the day of the wedding for free. We only have 23 people (including my fiance and I). I am a bit disappointed that there aren't more people coming, but I guess that's our fault for choosing such an expensive hotel. I think it will end up being perfect.

 

Beach Palace is actually SOLD OUT completely for the week of our wedding. I know it's a smaller hotel, but I'm shocked they are completely sold out. That's a piece of advice I have for future brides- have your guests book early, because this hotel sells out fast!

 

As far as the rehearsal dinner goes- do they run through the actual ceremony with you? Or is it just a dinner? Just wondering if there's a walk through or anything the evening before.

 

I'm still working on getting all my music together, finalizing wedding favors + OOT bags, ordering guest book, and finalizing the wedding program. I still feel like I have a lot to do...I'm such a procrastinator!

 

Any last minute advice?!?

 

I can't wait! I'm getting so excited!! :-)

[ResoluteSaphire]

Hey Ladies. I am new to this site and I am potentially a 2014 bride at Beach Palace if I ever get a response from anyone. I was wondering what TA everyone used? I had a TA, but I want one that is experienced with weddings and is not afraid to give the Palace resorts some sass when they try to get out of hand. Any suggestions?

 

 

You all have been so much help already and I hope to get more questions answered once I think of more!

 

~ Bri
 

[ResoluteSaphire]

Jenni,

 

I am new to this site and I have to say your entire wedding week sounds PERFECT! May I ask, who is Mario because he seemed to really go all out and I can only hope for all the greatness you had. I might be asking you a lot more questions, I have tried to get in contact with someone just to get it started and I haven't heard from anyone just yet. I was shooting for a June 2014 wedding.

 

THANKS

 

Bri Nichole
 

[ResoluteSaphire]

Originally Posted by JenniBassler 

 

Thank you!! Okay - Here's what we did as far as events went... We arrived Tuesday morning and it was just an easy play in the sun day. Every day drank and we just took it easy that night. Had dinner at the steakhouse which is just a few tables outside. It was good, and don't take this to mean it wasn't but of all the meals I had all week it was my least favorite. Tuesday lunch was the only lunch I ate at the buffet bc I was starving from traveling. I just ate random stuff and it was good, but nothing exceptional. At every meal at the buffet theres like a made to order station - waffles or omelets at breakfast and at lunch fajitas or something - he waited for those on Tuesday and said they were great. I was too hungry to wait. Every single day I ate lunch by the pool and it was SOOOO GOOD. Quesadillas, chicken tacos, cheviche, GUACAMOLE. I ate guace and pico with every meal (even breakfast) and now I havent had it in like 72 hours and I am having withdraws, burgers by the pool are also great, but the french fries, not so much! The pool water gets a little warm and by about 2-3 in the afternoon the sun is on the other side of the hotel so we would move to the beach, or I recommend the roof top pools, they are small and there aren't a lot of chairs but it wasn't crowded at all up there and the drink service was faster too! 

 

Wednesday - Dinner girls had a private cocktail hour at 7 and dinner at 8 on the Sky Terrace. When I met with Mario on Tuesday he said for this he had planned one long table with white clothes and turquoise napkins. I didn't know they ever did anything but white so I was happy to have some color. They also add little hurricane lanterns with candles and then my BMs had some bachelorette decor to add too. He also had recommended mojitos as a passes cocktail which I dont much care for, but to have trays of cocktails I thought would be nice so I went with it. Turns out they were different flavors and were a huge hit!!!

Worldwide Hors Doeurves and Italian Menu - Both AMAZING! The Worldwide had this Mushroom au von vent things... it was like a puff pastry with some mouse inside, I don't like mushrooms - but since it wasn't a mushroom really OMG - I want one right now. It was awesome. Then we went to sports bar at 10 when that was done to drink for a little while before we went out in town. 

 

Thursday - Private cocktail hour at 7 and dinner at 8 also on Sky Terrace as a Welcome Dinner. For this Mario had planned white long cloths on the big round tables and orange cloths on top. Worked for me because I had brought maracas to decorate with so it looked really mexican (he suggested the passed cocktail be margaritas) and they had those candle lantern things for this too! (non of that did i pay for - they just did it) for this I had International Hors Doeurves and BBQ menu. I loved the potato skins on the BBQ and all the guys loved the wings appetizer! Every one kept saying how good the food was both nights!

 

Friday - This day for lunch I missed poolside and ordered my trustee quesadillas room service and my little sister ordered sliders. I took one bite of her sliders and told her it was my day and she had to have quesadillas because those were soooo good I wanted them. HAHAHA. I wasn't bridezilla, I was joking but she didn't care and let me have them. What a sweet baby sis! Friday we had our ceremony on the Sky Wedding Deck at 5:30 - I did hair at 1 and I felt like it was a perfect slow paced day. We did not do any first look photos though. The cocktail hour after was on the Infinity Terrace (passed cocktail different flavored martinis) and the Reception was on the Beach. People went ON and ON and ON about how good the Hors Doeurves were at the cocktail hour on Friday which was Superior. I literally didn't get to taste ONE. We had some trouble getting my dress to bustle so that took a bit, then we did pictures and then they had already removed them from they warmers but by far those must have been the best because I kept hearing how amazing different things were. Something about these shrimp and pineapple skewers and beef medallions. We had the International Buffet at dinner and it was excellent also. The snapper was great and so was the roast beef. I HATE chicken cordon bleu so I wish I would have swapped that out for something. We did tres leches cake with butter cream icing and did not pay for a bigger cake even though we had 60 people. We have MORE THAN ENOUGH CAKE! Plus, there is other desserts! I wouldn't bother upgrading cake. The cake is way prettier in person then in the photos too!! Much more elaborate. 

 

It never rained one time. It was beautiful always. The only time the wind was an issue was Thursday night's dinner. It was really annoyed that night - but I think it picks up later. The ceremony at 5:30 was fine. I did not wear a veil though - for that very reason. I anticipated it blowing out of smearing lipstick all over my face so I just wore flower in the hair. 

 

Yes, my dress was big. I was really worried about being hot too and I wasnt at all. By night it is mid 70s and the breeze kept me comfortable. My mom kept trying to talk me into a reception dress and I was like NO I know I will not want to take off my dress even if I am in misery. I want to wear it to the grocery store, I AM WEARING IT AS LONG AS I CAN!!!! We had a VERY full dance floor and I never thought about being hot once. We moved to the sports bar after and ordered late night pizzas and continued the party and I kept it on all night. Until about 5 AM. No issue!

 

We stayed in room 610. It was right in the center with a perfect view! We had a little issue checking in  - they tried to put us on the first floor and not upgrade us to the concierge level and I am not very good at confrontation so my MOH, who speaks fluent Spanish had to lay down the law and got it taken care of. They were saying there was nothing they could do because the hotel was full. So checking it was a bit of a mess but it all got straighten out. The bride and groom had the same wristbands as everyone else. Our group had different wristbands from others, I heard someone say it has to do with who you book through?

 

Oh yeah, restaurants - steakhouse we covered, husband and I never ate at Wok but my family did and said they ordered a bunch of appetizers and all were excellent and that they really enjoyed dinner (even sushi, said they had about 12 different rolls) and my mom was really skeptical of asian in MX, but was very pleasantly surprised, I LOVED breakfast buffet everyday, everything there was really good. I ate a huge breakfast in there every morning, then just snacked at the pool until dinner, the Italian restaurant (where men must were pants) we delicious also, I had a fettuccine with pesto and asked if they would add shrimp for me - sooo good and husband got salmon with a goat cheese and honey sauce which is WAY outside the box for him - he loved it! Most the other guys with us got the filet there which was far superior to the steaks from the steak restaurant outside! Our last 2 nights there we went outside the resort for dinner. We decided we werent wasting all inclusive money since our stay was free. We went to a place called La Habachuelas (means The Stringbean) which was a beautiful restaurant and we both had lobster (I also had some shrimp and grouper), husband's was cooked flambé table side - it was really fun and great! And our last night we went to Harry's (pretty expensive) but THE BEST MEAL I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!!! Since we had lobster the night before we both got surf and turf (it's a prime steak house) so we had filets and king crab legs! If you splurge on a nice dinner out GO THERE! I had to close my eyes eating the garlic mashed potatoes. It's right on the lagoon so request a table outside. I took my ipad with me and would goodle these places and make reservations online using open table via the hotel's wifi. I can't tell you how great this meal was!!! I don't have any photographers pictures yet, but if any of you have instagram there are some on there my name is jennibjohnson or you can search #johnsonweddingfiesta

 

 

The only thing I wish I would have done differently is done the champagne toast AT DINNER and not AT THE CEREMONY. They have you wait to walk back down the aisle after the kiss while they pass out champagne and it was really awkward to just stand there waiting when the natural thing is to run down the aisle. Maybe I will feel different because I am sure its great pictures, but our MOHs and Best Men did their toasts at dinner at the reception so I feel like we should have just saved the champagne for that.

 

 

Sorry this was LONG!!!! But fun to relive!! I'm glad I can finally answer questions, I know what it was like to have SO MANY!!!

 

This sounds PERFECT!! I just joined this thread and I still have yet to hear back from anyone at Palace Resorts. I am shooting for a June 2014 wedding. Who is Mario? Was he your coordinator, it seems he has his stuff together!! I am sure I will have more questions for you once I actually get started, but I just loved everything that you did!

 

Bri Nichole

[cheryllau]

I leave on July 9th for Cancun and my wedding in on July 12th! Only 1 month to go. We got to 61 room nights, so we get a welcome/rehearsal dinner at Tequila Restaurant the night before the wedding, and a cocktail hour + 2 hour reception the day of the wedding for free. We only have 23 people (including my fiance and I). I am a bit disappointed that there aren't more people coming, but I guess that's our fault for choosing such an expensive hotel. I think it will end up being perfect. Beach Palace is actually SOLD OUT completely for the week of our wedding. I know it's a smaller hotel, but I'm shocked they are completely sold out. That's a piece of advice I have for future brides- have your guests book early, because this hotel sells out fast! As far as the rehearsal dinner goes- do they run through the actual ceremony with you? Or is it just a dinner? Just wondering if there's a walk through or anything the evening before. I'm still working on getting all my music together, finalizing wedding favors + OOT bags, ordering guest book, and finalizing the wedding program. I still feel like I have a lot to do...I'm such a procrastinator! Any last minute advice?!? I can't wait! I'm getting so excited!! :-)

Hi Nicole! It's good to know that you still get all the rehearsal/cocktail/reception for free with only 61 room nights!! Is this something you asked for or did BP offer you? Because I read you need 75 room nights to get all of those? I think I'm at about 63 nights right now and it'd be great if I can get what you are getting too!!! Thanks in advance!! Cheryl

[cheryllau]

Hi Kristie! Congrats and your wedding looked absolutely amazing! I have a question for you about the monogram gobo - where was it being projected? For $80, I'd absolutely do it! How does it work?? Did you design it yourself? Sorry for all the questions!! Cheryl

[Nicolew412]

Originally Posted by cheryllau 

 

 

Hi Nicole!

 

It's good to know that you still get all the rehearsal/cocktail/reception for free with only 61 room nights!! Is this something you asked for or did BP offer you? Because I read you need 75 room nights to get all of those? I think I'm at about 63 nights right now and it'd be great if I can get what you are getting too!!!

 

Thanks in advance!!

Cheryl

 

At 60 room nights you get a 2 hour reception free + the cocktail hour. I had one more person book today, so we got to 65 room nights total, 24 guests.

 

I think my planner told me since I wasn't using the "private dinner" that the Pearl Shimmer Package came with, that I could use that as my rehearsal dinner. So it's not an actual "private event" (which you get at 75 room nights) but it's just a private dinner at the restaurant. What's nice about getting to 75 room nights, is you can do a welcome dinner on the beach or another terrace the day your arrive, + a rehearsal dinner on another terrace and have your reception and cocktail hour.

[Chacie B]

Hello ladies!!! Two questions:

 

1)     What is everyone walking down aisle to? I’m torn between something classic or a song that has meaning.

 

2)     For the past BP brides (or anyone that’s stayed at BP), are their dinner menus online somewhere for the restaurants at BP? Just curious what they have.