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No problem - let me know if anyone has any questions!! I remember what it feels like before the wedding - tons of questions....

Ok - I'm going to the SS office this afternoon. Do you think I can hit up the DMV after or do I have to wait until I get my new SS card in the mail?

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Congrats & Welcome!! I was just married at ROR a couple months ago. Let me know if you have any questions! Good Luck!

Here is a link to my review & pics!

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...2-8#post363320

Congrats - you look beautiful!! The same thing happened to me on my wedding day - it poured in the morning but cleared up in the afternoon for the ceremony. I'm so glad it worked out for you. Congrats!!

Wow, it sounds like they have a lot going on!!

I would tell her to be honest with her husband and communicate with him about the porn & other issues. I don't think its healthy to just pretend nothing is going on. They need to start opening up and working on their problems.

That is so very sweet of your fi. You got a good man!! I'm happy for your Mom - have fun at the wedding!

Congrats on the new house!! The hard part is done. Now you can decorate & organize everything - how fun!! Pics please.

For future ROR brides!!

Hey everyone,

I'm back from my wedding at ROR in Jamaica and it was awesome!!! We stayed 9 days from 2/12 thru 2/20 and had a group of 51 people. Let me start by saying that the resort is absolutely beautiful!!! So if anyone is worried about this don't - you'll know what I mean when we you get there. It's simply perfect!

Wedding

Chandlyn was awesome!!! We met with her the morning after we arrived. We went over everything I wanted and I gave her all of my favors, etc.. and also gave her a checklist with everything. She arranged my welcome dinner at St. Anne's for 51 and set up my travel mugs & hats at the table. It turned out really nice cuz it was Valentine's day and they had lobster! She did everything exactly the way we wanted. Our ceremony was at the beach gazebo (awesome) with recorded music - she did this perfectly! I picked the tropical flowers and they were beautiful! We took a ton of pictures & guests had rum punch. Cocktails were at the Dunn's River bar at 5 (where Chandlyn set up a nice area with tablecloths just for the wedding guests) (free). Then at 6:30 we went over to the plantation (upstairs) for the private reception. The food was great, the DJ was awesome (we even had the workers dancing with us by the end of the night). Then some of us went to the Disco for a few more dances. It turned out wonderful!!!

Photograhy/Videograhy

Michael was really awesome, very nice & professional! I highly recommend him. We hired him for before the wedding in my room, thru the ceremony, & after. Then we also had him come back to the reception for a couple hours. He ended up taking over 900 photo's! When we went to go view the photos a couple days after it was just taking way too long so we ended up buying about 750 pictures on the CD after deleting about 200. It was a little more than we wanted to spend but honestly did not want to spend the rest of our trip going thru every photo! We got 10 5x7's & the raw cd when we left. He didn't have time to edit all 750 photos before we left so he'll mail the edited CD in a few weeks. The pictures that we looked at (we didn't even go thru them all) were abslutely beautiful. The lighting, scenery is awesome - it looks like a postcard - I am very very pleased with them.

I highly recommend the videographer too. We picked up our DVD in the photoshop a couple days after the wedding and watched it while we waited in the lobby on our last day for the bus. It was so beautiful. I was not expecting it to be that nice. He incorporated our songs, photos with the group after the wedding - it was just fabulous!!!!!! It's so worth it. Definitely do it if its in your budget, $300.

Weather

The weather was great. It was high 80's but there was a strong breeze during the day so you weren't too hot. There was no breeze at night. The only day it really rained was my wedding day, yeah awesome huh. I woke up and the sky was dark and the rain was coming down. I freaked out for awhile but then it cleared up in the afternoon and it was beautiful - all that worrying for nothing. There was a few 5 minute showers a couple of the other days but nothing major.

Hotel

Like I mentioned the hotel is absolutely beautiful. Two huge pools, we were mostly at the suite side pool, a ton of bars, restaurants! The shows at night were pretty good and the beach party was cool! The food overall was good. Obviously after 9 days it's a little repetitive but that's expected. We ate at 2 of the specialty restaurants, Mammee Bay & Sir Richard. They were both good. Everything is very laid back so please remember to just relax as it takes a little longer than were used to. Oh, the chicken at the jerk hut was pretty good too.

We didn't end up getting our room upgraded. When we checked in the first day the full suite wasn't available and they said come back the next day. Well, we came back & they said something about a mildew smell & the room had to be totally stripped. Kind of a bummer but oh well. We had a jr suite and it worked out fine. They did tell us to come back the day after our wedding but at that point we were already settled and didn't feel like dealing with the hassle of moving.

A couple of our guests had some problems with their key cards but in a resort of 850+ rooms that's to be expected. We used our safe and had no problems with theft. One guest booked a jr suite and received a regular room - not good but they didn't let it ruin their trip.

Excursions

We arranged a bus with Chukka tours for tubing, dunns river, & then margaritaville. My friend organized the trip for 16 of us and we ended up getting a good deal, only $60 person! The tubing was awesome - I highly recommend that. It's not a bunch of rough rapids, its more relaxed but super fun with a group, you also cliff jump too. Dunn's river was a little scary but its worth it to do it once! Margaritaville was cool - they have a water slide in the restaurant. It is kind of expensive though so bring cash! We also did the zipline tour - scary but so worth it. It's $80/ person and just a ton of fun. I screamed all the way through the first 3 but then I got used to it. We also kayaked & did the paddle boats for free thru the resort.

Salon

Jay & I had an ocean harmony massage at sunset on the beach - it was awesome! I recommend doing this. Also, my sister & I had our nails done the day before the wedding (mani & pedi). This took about 21/2 hours so plan accordingly. The salon is really small and they like to take their time!

All in all everything was great! A couple guests even stayed an extra day! Everyone talked about how great everything was & how this was the best wedding they had been at. How cool huh! I do wish we stayed a couple more days but I'm sure everyone does! We drank a lot of cocktails, ate a lot of food, & had a blast!

Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this review helps!!!

Link to Pro pics: (Tons of pics - reception was at the plantation)

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Link to my pictures throughout our stay: (includes scenery shots & pics of the restaurants)

Snapfish: Share:Registration

For all the new ROR brides

Review & pics - first post on page 1.

Congrats Tami!! Hope you had wonderful wedding!!!

Can't wait for pics!!

Ok...I really like the lunch reception!! I think that you should look into other restaurants for lunch after your 11AM ceremony. I think this is a great idea! If you do something like this you are going to cut out all the stress of doing the backyard gathering yourself. Even if you do just appetizers/drinks or drinks/desserts at your in law's your still going to have to get the plates/silverware, set up (you'll need chairs, tables, decor), what if it does rain (do you really want to chance it), etc, etc, etc. Even if you make it simple, it's still a lot of work. I really think the lunch idea is great. If you research to find something in your budget, everything is done for you. All you have to do is show up. I would simply leave it at that.

Good luck - let us know what you decide!

Yes, dh wore flip flops. I wore my dress all day - since I only had 1 day with it on, I wanted to wear it all night!

Those are too cute Heidi - can't wait for more...

Congrats!! Can't wait to see pic's!!

I received my official marriage certificate - yeah!!!!!! Now, the name changing process!

For those of you who changed your name already, do you think I should go to the DMV first or the social security office??

Yes, my hair was definitely frizzy & pretty unmanagable from the humidity (except on my wedding day).

Congratulations & Welcome Back!!! Everything looked beautiful!!! Great job on making your own flowers for the gazebo - it looks like you had a blast!

I loved 90210!!!!!! I'm not too sure what to expect from this new spin off though...Anyone know when it's supposed to start & what channel?

I am so very sorry for your loss. I'll keep you & your family in my thoughts & prayers.

I am so sorry for your friend. My thoughts & prayers are with the family/friends. I know how hard it is to lose someone close to you. I hope they can find peace one day.

I loved this beach on Oahu, North Shore. Waves, beautiful sand - loved it!!!