Dreams Riviera Cancun - Brides post here (new thread)

Megan,

I am not sure about the flowers, centerpieces, and cake but Ana did send me dinner menus. I am copying and pasting the Love Package dinner menu. I am not clear on this but I think that you only get to pick ONE entree and if you want to offer 2, you would have to pay extra. Here is the Love menu...

 

 

Dinner a la carteé

(SILVER MENU FOR LOVE PACKAGE)

 

No 1

 

Portobello in a puff pastry shell with balsamic vinaigrette

 

Smoke salmon salad with endive and fresh asparagus

 

Mediterranean fish soup

 

Red snapper filet over ratatouille and beurre blanc sauce

“ORâ€

Individual beef Wellington served with charon sauce

 

Chocolate mousse cake

 

No 2

 

Raviolis filed with spinach served trees cheese sauce

 

Carpaccio of scallop and Salmon served with lime and Shallot vinaigrette

 

Cream of Asparagus with roasted almond

 

Sea bass fillet served over fresh Spinach and Hollandaise sauce

“ORâ€

Gigot of Lamb served with Provenzal sauce

 

Tulip of strawberry with grand Marnier sauce and ice vanilla ice cream[/quote

 

Thanks for posting the menu. I wonder if you can switch out different things for number 1 and number 2. Like the desserts and the soups.

 

Which one are you deciding to go with??

I contacted one of the brides who posted on Trip Advisor. She had a very small wedding. She emailed me and I asked if I could post her email for others to see. She said that she would be happy to have me share it. So here it is:

Email from bride

I know what it's like planning your big day and not having anyone to talk to about it! It was frustrating up until the ceremony day where everything went smoooth. I opted for the basic Dreams in Paradise wedding package @ $769. For 2010 weddings, it's $799. I didn't use any "extra" services for the wedding and I found that what we picked was perfect for us. You'll notice in some of the pictures that I have a fresh orchids in my hair as a "flower" pin. I wanted one from the local David's Bridal which is where my dress if from and they wanted $49 for it. So I had the concierge contact the floral department to see what they had and I ended up paying $5 for it, not bad at all. I did my own hair- the prices start at $70 and up. You'll notice again, in the pictures that my hair isn't curled as much. I had very springy curls before I left the room and within 5 minutes they started to loosen up so get some mega hold hairspray due to the wind and humidity. I had super hold "flexbible" Aussie hairspray and it has never failed me until I hit the weather of Mexico! We were legally married on 9/18/09 at our county building for $10 and had our ""real wedding ceremony" there on 11/2/09. We saved alot of money that way and didn't have to go through the blood test stuff and the waiting period of 4 full business days prior to the ceremony. Our wedding was small, only 4 other guests so we just had dinner at one of the restaurants, it's All-Inclusive, so why not?! We had our dinner at Portofino, the Italian restaurant and it was sooo wonderful! The cake and wine was on the beach wedding table set up. We had a toast on the beach and had the wedding cake brought to the restaurant. We had our cake cutting and first dance in the private wine room which had great jazz music in the background. It was a wonderful night! When we got back to the room, they placed rose petals on the bed and filled our jacuzzi tub and rose petals there too! Also, we weren't going to have a photographer but Adventure Photos is on sight and they asked my husband to let them take pictures and we could decide later if we wanted any of them and there would be no "sitting" fee. We had our family take a bunch of pictures with 3 different cameras. When we saw the photos the next day, we wanted them so we bought 51 pictures all on a CD and a 20 page photobook that I should be receiving any day now.

Also, there was another review today on Trip Advisor from someone who got married there:

Don't hesitate to vacation here - Review of Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa, Puerto Morelos, Mexico - TripAdvisor

Hey girls, I am having 2 photographers come from outside the resort. I would normally have to pay the guest fee for each photographer but she said she would waive that in place of the resort photographer. I don't know if that equals out to the same amount of money (probably not)...but thought I would save where I could since I did not want to use the resort photographer and I did not think having a videographer at the reception was necessary.

Ok, one more thing...

In 48 hours I will be at the resort!!! Yippie! I can't wait