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Hi Lindz- thank you!! It was a ton of fun to put together and all inspired by this great forum! We got our shot glasses from discountmugs.com actually. The logo on them was our own design. I think they came out to be ~$1 each but I can't remember exactly. The tulle I got from idearibbon.com I bought one spool of white and one of turquoise. It was the one that's 54 inches. Thanks again and let me know if you have other questions! Quote: Originally Posted by Lindz Amy-I had a few questions for you... Where you got the shot glasses from? I showed my FI your planning thread and he loved every part of your wedding, especially the "Taste Testing Shots!" Also, where did you get the toile for your reception decorations (white) and the blue for the ceremony? How much did you need? My FI and I loved so much from your wedding pics, thank you for sharing everything and inspiring us to plan!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ashjanbro Amy706, Your pics are awesome!!!! I really felt like I was there just by looking at your pics. You looked beautiful in the non-pro pics, but they just really didn't do any justice to how gorgeous you actually were. It looked like you guys were really having a good time. I can just hope and pray that my day is as special as yours seemed to have been. Ashley You're so cute, Ashley. Thank you! Your day will be too! Also, Jenny- our wedding was at 4pm and they Citlalli was in a rush to get all of our pics done before the sun went down. It was very quick between 4:30 and 5ish when it set. Keep in mind if your wedding is in May the sun will set at a different time!

Thank you, Blkatz! IT WILL BE!!!

You guys are so sweet. THANK YOU! Jenny, we did get the whole catamaran to ourselves. We had a boat that could fit 100 people and we ended up only with 50 (we thought we'd have 60). teh same company we used ALSO has a boat that holds a max of 50 people. if YOU rent it out (there's a rental feel and then a per person fee for food/drinks) then YOU get it all to yourself. You could definitely find a smaller boat and still get it all to yourselves. Check out the one i used (details in my review) and also look at some others posted on this site. If you want to do it (and we had an AMAZING time) its definitely doable. Thanks again, All. Nothing gets by you guys. i haven't posted my Citlalli review yet; I just added the link to my signature. I should have known; DT brides are on it like a pig on sh*t! hahah! Love it.

Hey there, we just got our photo album and hard copy pics in the mail this week. They forgot to put the CD in it so they're sending that in the mail now. She also just sent me a link from her site so yes you can see them! I will post a full review this weekend but in the meantime here's the album!! Amy & Michael | December 5 2008 | Tulum, Mexico

Hi Rachel, I left the next day after my wedding as well. We got the DVD mailed to us about a month later. You could probably ask to have that done more quickly. I think if you stay at the resort a few more days, they give it to you in person so I dont see why they couldnt mail it to you sooner. BTW i was VERY happy with what the videographer did for us. GOOD LUCK!

No worries; its on page one of my review but here it is again. They did a GREAT job SUNSET WELCOME CRUISE (post-rehearsal)- Grade: A+ I organized a sunset catamaran cruise through Cancun Discounts. Cancun discounts: Cancun Discounts - Cheap Cancun Tours, Hotels, Activities, More. Email for cancun discounts (Johann was who I worked with): [email protected] Actual boat operator email: (Damien was who I worked with) [email protected] Here was the pricing- now remember this was for a 100 person boat. they have boats for 50 people or less which are less money. Catamaran - $1,800 Package # 1 - $16.25 per person (Includes Open Bar, Snacks, Tip) – we tipped on top of that as well because we had such a great time. Transportation - $7 per person (we left out of Puerto Adventuras- about 30 minutes away)

EVERYTHING LOOKS GORGEOUS!!! Congratulations! I am definitely jealous you had 2 weeks there! GOOD CALL! Absolutely stunning!

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride Amy, how much did those centerpieces cost? It was the standard 2007/2008 guide price. $50 each. I"m sure its more for the 09 pricing!

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride Amy, how much did those centerpieces cost? It was the standard 2007/2008 guide price. $50 each. I"m sure its more for the 09 pricing. Not sure exactly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindz I had a question about centerpieces...do you bring your own? Or do they have options at DT? Will the florist do them? (if so, are they nice? expensive?) what are you girls doing for your centerpieces? Any past brides have pics? Thanks for all the support and help so far.... We used the florist through DT for our centerpieces. I had pics of the bouqets that I wanted and asked them to create something similar for the centerpieces. They weren't huge but we liked them. If i wanted them bigger i'm sure i could have specified and paid more. But i was happy with ours! If you look on my wedding review link (in my siggy) there is a pic of our centerpiece with the sand ceremony stuff. that was the exact ctrpiece they had on each of the tables.

Quote: Originally Posted by Blkatz Hey Amy I have a question. How did you give your OOT bags away at the resort? Did you just give them to the front desk to deal with? I actually decided to hand them out myself. I brought a list of everyone's flight times and delivered them to everyone. The first few days were easy- it was just immeidate family and I made personal deliveries to the room. towards the end a lot of folks came at once but that was pretty easy too because we were hanging out doing various things. There is a per bag charge for them to hand them out and I actually had different things in the bags for certain people so I thought it was better for me to just do it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Marianna Hi Amy!!! Great review and tips from you. You looked so beautiful! I wanted to actually ask you about the firedancers....do you have their direct contact or was done thru your planner at Dreams? Thanks again for all your tips and i cant wait to see your pics! I did not have direct contact with them. It was all through Landy. And the week or so before we got there they had recently changed vendors so the cost went from $200 to $400. It was still worth it though. SO UNIQUE!!

UPDATE- feedback on Oscar Video/Resort Videographer Ladies- i wanted to let you all know, I got my DVD from Oscar (the resort videographer) on Friday. We arranged through Landy to have an extra hour with him because we weren't using the photographer that came with the Ultimate package. Then we also paid for another hour, I think. I think it was an extra $150 bucks for this. And boy was it worth it!! We told Landy to tell him that we wanted to hear the words in the ceremony, speech, etc. Some of the samples of his work just had music playing the whole time. That's nice and all but we wanted to remember and capture what was really happening. SO he did a great job mixing a bit of both. We got 2 DVDs - part 1 and part 2. Some of the set up, the entire ceremony, some of our photo shoots, cocktail hour, our introduction, first dance, all the speeches, some of dinner, the mother/son, father/daughter dances and a teeny bit of everyone dancing. it was GREAT. He also included (the first chapter) is a bunch of shots of DReams Tulum. Its funny- he clearly uses that same clip with every DT bride because the shots were defintiely not taken while we were there (for example there is no dolphin statue in the pool in his shot!). Its kind of funny but its just the first chapter (first few minutes) of the first dvd. I have to say I"m pretty happy with the work. I have it on DVD and its well over an hour long. We didnt get any 5 minute short clip. I'm not very computer savvy but I'll try to figure out how to create little clips from it. Anyway, let me know if any one has any questions about it. We still do not have our pro pics from Citalli (from Claudia Rodriguez group). She said around Jan 10th so they should be in this week. HOPEFULLY! Will keep you posted and post when I get them!

Hi JaWeddings- I second what Need said. WE had 70 guests and they easily accommodated us. It was wonderful! OSCAR/VIDEOGRAPHER FROM DT Ladies- i wanted to let you all know, I got my DVD from Oscar (the resort videographer) on Friday. We arranged through Landy to have an extra hour with him because we weren't using the photographer that came with the Ultimate package. Then we also paid for another hour, I think. I think it was an extra $150 bucks for this. And boy was it worth it!! We told Landy to tell him that we wanted to hear the words in the ceremony, speech, etc. Some of the samples of his work just had music playing the whole time. That's nice and all but we wanted to remember and capture what was really happening. SO he did a great job mixing a bit of both. We got 2 DVDs - part 1 and part 2. Some of the set up, the entire ceremony, some of our photo shoots, cocktail hour, our introduction, first dance, all the speeches, some of dinner, the mother/son, father/daughter dances and a teeny bit of everyone dancing. it was GREAT. He also included (the first chapter) is a bunch of shots of DReams Tulum. Its funny- he clearly uses that same clip with every DT bride because the shots were defintiely not taken while we were there (for example there is no dolphin statue in the pool in his shot!). Its kind of funny but its just the first chapter (first few minutes) of the first dvd. I have to say I"m pretty happy with the work. I have it on DVD and its well over an hour long. We didnt get any 5 minute short clip. I'm not very computer savvy but I'll try to figure out how to create little clips from it. Anyway, let me know if any one has any questions about it. We still do not have our pro pics from Citalli (from Claudia Rodriguez group). She said around Jan 10th so they should be in this week. HOPEFULLY! Will keep you posted and post when I get them!

that is take my breath away beautiful. Good God. They did an incredible job! And your wedding looks gorgeous!

we were going to use it when were planned to do the reception on the beach. we ended up changing our minds when we got there so we didnt end up using the floor in the end!

Callie- your pics look GREAT!! Beautiful! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

I think I paid $850 for 4 hours and then $150 for an additional hour. The floor was $600 and $260 for the 4 "cold fireworks".

WELCOME BACK AMESHARPE!! cannot wait for pics and more details. glad everything went well!!

Thanks! It's a Rivini in diamond white.

Quote: Originally Posted by ERnurse Amy, I was just wondering if you still had your inspiration pic for your bouquet, if you do, do you mind posting it? Ha, I'm getting so anxious waiting for you to post your pics, i keep checking almost every day! I can only guess how you are feeling waiting for them to come in the mail!!!!! Here is the document that I sent to landy and printed and brought with me. WE used the first pic as the base and decided to add a few other colors/flowers to it. Claudia said my pics from Citali should arrive by about January 10th... so i'll post the pro pics shortly after I get them. PROMISE!! Merry Christmas everyone! flowers2.doc

ERNurse- I was there the first week in December and didn't have any problems with mosquitos. The ONLY time I noticed them all week was when i was walking in to our cocktail hour from taking pics right after the ceremony and stopped to talk to the DJ who was setting up at the Seaside Grill. I got bitten a teeny bit but they were gone by the time we came to reception there they were gone. We were there for a week and that is literally the only time I saw or felt a mosquito.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH! Great reviews. it sounds wonderful. I am DYING to see pictures! it truly sounds incredible!

I got the paper lanterns from this website: Japanese Kimono, Chinese Paper Lanterns, Chopsticks, Chinese Dresses We ordered 24 or 25 of white round paper lanterns. We got the battery operated ones and then bought AA batteries separately and brought those down as well. They come flat and that's how i packed them and gave them over to Landy. She assembled and hung them (and put the batteries in them, etc). I'm not even sure if they hung all of them up to be honest. I thought the 12 inches were fine but 14 inch would be good too. I wouldnt' recommend going smaller than 12 inches though. It was all pretty easy. THe material was purchased and left by a bride that got married a week before me. Can't Wait. Landy said she'd let me use it and just charge a set up fee but she made it sound like it was a huge favor. My guess is that she'll charge any other brides going forward. Not sure what happens to all of this stuff post-wedding... Definitely ask Landy ahead of time. Your wedding is so soon, Lauren! You must be getting psyched! yay!!! I'm still living on a cloud and stalking my photoshare account for new photos daily! It was such a beautiful place. Your wedding will be awesome!