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I love BB! So happy to have found this thread!! Does anyone know who Keesha nominated yet?

Quote: Originally Posted by heather1172 Kristen, I'm so glad you wrote this review, as I'm doing the package as well. Yesica is making me nervous, but I'm also happy to hear she's totally involved in the process. Where did you find your dress? It's gorgeous! Thanks. The dress is from Demetrios Destinations collection. Let me know if you have any questions about Yesica and the wedding packages.

Relaxing is part of the plan for sure

Thanks for all the info!!

Yeah I grew up in NJ, but never went to LBI either. Ha-ha. We always went to Seaside or Wildwood when I was a kid.

We have a flight tonight to Philly and we are attending a wedding in LBI (Long Beach Island) on Saturday. It's an afternoon wedding held at some lighthouse and then the reception is at a restaurant called The Stateroom. Do any Jersey girls have any suggestions of things to do in the LBI area?? Any suggestions are appreciated, we will be there until next Wednesday. Thanks

I love the Fiber One Caramel delight. Fiber One - Cereal

What beautiful scenery! I want to go there

I was 24 when we got engaged and 26 when we got married... he is 5 years older than me....We dated 3 years prior to getting engaged. Everyone is different but that was perfect timing for us. One of my best friends got married right out of high school and is now going thru a divorce. What you want at 18 or even 21 might not be the same when your older.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle08 Thanks Kristen...did you post all of your professional ones? I saw a few in your one thread but I think missed the others...I want to see them! Not yet....I still gotta upload them into an album! I'll send you the link when I get it together.

Michelle, your pictures look great!! Tomas is awesome!

Wow that sucks. Sorry you had to go through all that and I'm glad that you got your deposit back!

Quote: Originally Posted by cndisue58 Did you have your reception at Oceana Terrace? I'm wondering what to do for music. We have 20 guests also, and I think a D.J. might be overkill. I'm thinking of just using an ipod and renting their equipment. Thanks for sharing! No we had it at the Cascade terrace, I wanted the ocean view instead of pool view. We didn't get a DJ because we only had 24 people. I didn't see a need for a DJ with a small group. We put together 2 ipod playlists, one for dinner music and one for dancing and rented the mic too. It worked out for us, and saved alot of money.

Courtney, A good website for cruise planning is Cruise Critic - Cruises, Cruise Reviews, Cruise Lines. They have alot of reviews on there from travelers. I used that website to help us plan our cruise last December. We went on Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas. It was awesome, we cruised out of San Juan, PR and went to St.Thomas, St. Maarten, St.Lucia, and Antigua. The food is great and the ship was gorgeous.

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Quote: Originally Posted by JPhillips64 Kristen - Thanks so much for the awesome review. We are getting married at Dreams in September and using the Ultimate Package too. I have gotten nervous not seeing a lot of other reviews on the Dreams Packages. I may look at getting an outside service for hair and make-up since you had such a bad experience. How were your flowers? I also was wondering how you like the Cascade Terrace? We have ~20 people coming so I wondered if the Oceana Terrace would be too big. Thanks for your advice! I was pleasantly surprised with my flowers. I just told her I wanted light pink flowers for me and 2 bouquets for my BM's. The bouquets had roses and some other tropical flowers. I have pictures of the flowers and will post some later. We had 24 people and the Cascade terrace was perfect. I liked it better than Oceana terrace because it has a better view of the ocean.

Travel dates May 16-25 Wedding date: May 21 Guests: 20 adults, 4 children Location: Cascade terrace We chose to have our wedding at Dreams Cabo because we had been to 3 Dreams properties before and Cabo was our favorite. Wedding & Reception I used the Dreams Ultimate Wedding package (2,650) and it worked out very nicely and saved us alot of money. It included major things like the flowers, minister services (John Fagan), cocktail hour, food at the reception, cake, hair & makeup, part of the photography package (Tomas Barron) and even some spa services. The only extra's we had to pay for were the bows they tie around the chairs (I think $2 each) and to rent the ipod/speakers and mic ($200). With the ultimate package we were able to chose 5 hot items and 4 cold items for our cocktail hour and there were cocktail servers bringing drinks the whole time. For dinner we were given selections from what they called "The Golden Menu". We chose a blue cheese & pear salad, tomato basil soup, Lobster & Filet, and chocolate mousse with baileys for desert. The food was amazing! Especially the lobster. The staff was on top of their game the night of the wedding. I could tell they take events very seriously to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves. I didn't hire any outside vendors and after reading alot of the reviews on here, it made me really nervous because not alot of brides used the Ultimate package. Yesica assured me in her emails that she would take care of everything and not to worry and even though I did worry the whole time, everything turned out perfect and my guests were so impressed with everything. Dreams Salon & Spa Dreams Salon (D) I was not at all impressed with the service there or the hair, make up, and mani/ pedi I got the day of the wedding. I brought pictures of how I wanted my hair and makeup and the woman who did my hair and make up looked at the pictures and said "Ok no problem" and then did my hair and makeup to look nothing like the pictures. My hair she did an ok job. It was very simple, she put my hair up in a pony tail and curled and pinned all the curls down and then I had a gardenia flower clip pinned to the side. My makeup I brought a picture from a bridal magazine where the model had white & silver eye shadow and black liner (I have very dark hair and eyes and wanted light eye makeup to brighten things up a bit). She did the foundation and blush first and then when she started to do my eye makeup I closed my eyes and after she did one eye I noticed she was using browns. I asked her if we could redo it to make it look more like the picture. She said she had no silvers or white eye makeup! I kinda just tried to remained calm and figured I had no choice and it wasn't worth getting worked up over. When she was done my eye makeup I noticed that it was uneven and I asked her to fix it and she didn't understand me so she handed me the eyeliner she was using and said I could fix it myself. Not impressed!! Also I had a mani/ pedi before hair and makeup began. I paid $78 for that and all I will say is that I could have done a better job and it was a waste of money. They didn't even cut my cuticles and it wasn't good quality nail polish either. Overall I wasn't happy with the services at the Salon and would totally recommend using outside services. I ended up fixing my makeup in my room before the ceremony and my hair was ok, it was just not exactly how I wanted it. Dreams Spa (A) While I didn't love the salon, the spa services were awesome. We booked the honeymoon suite so that included some extras such as a private beachfront dinner, champagne, and 2 spa services. We chose the salt glow scrub for 2 and the tension release massage for 2. The day after are wedding we had the swedish massage for 2 which was included with the Ultimate package. All services at the Spa were awesome. Tomas Barron: Photography & Videography (A) Yesica advised me that with our package one hour of photography was included along with videography services were I would get a 30 minute edited dvd. I contacted Tomas and asked for prices for an upgrade. He told me that for $900 plus tax I would get 3 extra hours of photos which would include a master cd with all copies and 200 prints. Him and his assistant showed up one hour before the ceremony and stayed for 5 hours. About a month after the wedding I got my dvd and photos in the mail. There was 1700 photos on 2 cd's and he made me 3 copies of the dvd. Also the 200 prints were in a really nice leather album. We were very happy with our choice to use Tomas, he was very friendly and worked very hard. I would highly recommend him. Yesica Garcia, Dreams Wedding Planner (A+) I loved working with Yesica. I will admit that there was several times when her emails made me nervous and I would go weeks without getting a response, but once I got to Dreams she made me feel at ease. She met us at the front desk when we checked in and then we had a meeting the same day. She arranged everything for us, and worked very hard. She did the centerpieces (hurricane candles and starfish) and she even typed up menus and did the table number signs. We gave her all our welcome bags and info on when our guests would be checking in and she handled all that. The night of the wedding she decorated our suite with rose pedals and candles, and arranged breakfast in bed for us the next morning. Overall we were very happy with our decision to have a destination wedding at Dreams. Most of our guests had never been to an all inclusive and were so impressed with everything. Everything went by so fast and it was so much fun, an experience of a lifetime to have your closest friends and family on a vacation together for your wedding. It was a dream come true, and I think all Dreams brides would agree!

congrats and welcome to the forum!!

I had the same negative reactions and a few people saying things like "What you think your too good to get married in the U.S?" Don't listen to the negativity and do what you want. In the end you will see who is the most important people in your lives because they will be there to support you.

I only used Yesica @ Dreams as my WC and she was fantastic! I made last minute changes as well and she was fine with it. Feel free to PM if you have any questions about it.

Congrats! Great pictures too.

Mine says: "Along with your name, please write your thoughts and wishes, for the new Mr. and Mrs." I got one of those frames where everyone writes a message on the mat. I like that message. It's short and sweet... I found it on the forum

Thanks girls!!

So ladies... I leave for Cabo tomorrow!! I'm so excited!! I just wanted to post a quick THANK YOU to all the Dreams brides and brides to be. This forum has been so helpful in my wedding planning! I will post pics and a review when I get back!