Ana Cerda

Quote: Originally Posted by Samantha S Congrats Laurine!!! Welcome back, your video is AWESOME and makes me SO EXCITED. Sorry you don't feel good. :-( To all the recent brides-- did they give (or offer to give) you a complimentary room for the groom the night before the wedding? (Kat- thanks for the day pass info! Are you saying on non-wedding days that people came in w/o passes?) Girls, I am back from my wedding two weeks ago. My wedding was spectacular. Claudia is the sweetes girl. One I learn how to post my video I will post it. The room for the groom, it is on the package. I personally did not ask for one. I book a regular room and they upgrade me to a honeymoon suite.

You can take a CANCUN public bus that will take you to Walmart. The bus # 2says WALMART IN THE FRONT. You just ask at the hotel where the bus stop is. It is around the corner. The fare is about 6.50 mexican pesos. Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 Hey...Does anyone know how far the Walmart is from the resort, and how you get there? Can you hop in a cab or get a shuttle from the resort? I am thinking of seeing what the walmart out there has as far as my center pieces and if they don't have anything I like, I can always just use the one's dreams has. I am really dreading haing to drag a million bags down there. I'm already going to have alot with my OOT bags and it's contents. I know I am just being lazy, but what else is new!! LOL So if anyone knows how far it is, i would love some info!! :-) Thanks Girls!

Quote: Originally Posted by [email protected] I'm filling out some information for the wedding minister and I'm having a hard time answering them. One of the question is whether the bride will be escorted by father? Since my father passed away last year, the answer is obvious - no. But my question is who should walk me down the aisle? Of my side of the family who's attending is my old brother, a half older brother, my mom, my daughter (flower girl), my boys ages 2 and 9 who one will be ring bearer. The second question is who gives the bride away? Would this person be the one who walks me down the aisle?? I am having my son walk my down the aisle, and he and my mother will give me away. My father lives out the country so he will not be attending.

Quote: Originally Posted by Angel So I have to give credit and thanks to Bianca for referring me to Tang's Alterations. She is amazing, she has done an awesome job so far. I bought my dress at Filene's at the Bridal run and it was so big on me. I also wanted to change up the style so it could be more fitted. I was afraid she couldn't do it but she pulled it off. She still has to take a couple more inches off the side and hem it. But I go next week for the 3rd. This is the 1st fitting This is the 2nd (this morning) You look so good in that dress. Great shape.

Quote: Originally Posted by animaldoc We are hiring a mariachi band for our reception and can't decide if they should play during the cocktail portion or dinner portion. Any suggestions? I am wondering if it would be too distracting or loud during dinner, but since there will be only 12 of us and no other music I thought it would add something. Any advice is appreciated, thank you! I am hiring a full mariachi band, I will have them play during the ceremony and continue at the cocktail hour.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cattie So I've seen all these little adds for pills to take before, while, after drinking to prevent hang overs. Has anyone actually used these or know of one that actually works? I was thinking of getting some for my OOT bags since we have a few people who like to indulge (including myself, after the wedding!) Any feedback would be great! I am including Hangover Helper in my OOT bags. The spanish name is La Rapidita. These are very good for hangovers. I am originally from Dominican Republic and that is what everyone takes to prevent hangovers.

Beautiful color combination.

I am bringing centerpieces, and favors, ott bags and even the cake.

Beautiful!!!!

I love your picture. It is very romantic.

Thanks for the list. It is very helpful.

Quote: Originally Posted by dmarie17 I only used her for 3 hours... I don't even think that she was there that long. I am truly amazed at the work that she did in such a short time. I sent the link to my mom and she was shocked. She was like, 'it didn't even look like she took that many pics'. Even my brother was impressed, said that it looked like we were sitting in front of a backdrop... Ohh I want you to see them now that I've talked them up so much!! Does this work: Flickr: Photos & Video from dawnandchriswedding When I click it says I don't have access to it. I really want to see Claudia's pictures, she is my photographer.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kat81 Here are all the pictures I have right now.... We had a great time. I will write a review soon. I had a ton of bad stuff happen but whatever we made the best of it!!! Kat Messer's Photos - Our Wedding | Facebook Congratulations Kat. Your pictures are beautiful. I hope you post your pro pictures before I go for my wedding.

Quote: Originally Posted by maria3901 hello DC brides! my name is Maria and i will be married at Dreams April 26, 2009 on the beach! i cant wait!: Congratulations. My wedding is 23 days away. How exciting!!!

Great job Yari.

Beautiful dress and it fits you nicely.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tracy Ok - we sent out 75 invitations in early August, with an RSVP date of September 1. It is not mid-September, and we only have half of them back. Are other people experiencing this? WTF?? How hard is it to make a check mark beside "I'm in", or "REGRETS" and pop it in the mail. I took an informal poll of my friends, to find out why they haven't send it back, and it ranged from "I thought my wife did it", "You knew we are coming", "you already know we aren't coming", or...this is the best one..."I liked your boarding pass invite so much, i didn't want to tear off the post-card". It would be different if I thought that all the people that didn't RSVP are no's - but I've run into a few of them recently, and they said they were still deciding to come. VERY FRUSTRATING!!! I've put a lot of work into the OOT bags...based on what I knew was my count - if that changes....then some of those late rsvp'ers might not be getting koozies, pashmina's and sudoku books..and frankly it serves them right!!!! Are you experiencing this too? I believe we are all experiencing the same. I sent 75 invites. I have only received 6 responses back. I know over 60 people are going. This weekend I will call those that are still not sure if they are going because of the increase in airfare.

Congratulations!!! Beautiful pictures.

Nice stuff. Quote: Originally Posted by mexicobride2009 We got our Oriental Trading order in! Yay! Here's what we got for the OOT bags: Travel Sewing Kits Playing Cards Maraca Keychains Flip Flop Keychains Flip Flop Candleholders - We opted for these instead of travel candles. We'll give everyone 3 tealights with them Matchbook Notebooks - We are going to make mini phrase books out of these Natural Starfish to decorate things with

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari I am so excited and happy on how these came out. One of my best friends is a designer and he came up with the design. I took the copy from Ann (thanks so much) and tweaked it a bit. I am so happy with them. I am going to mail them out next Monday to all the guests. OMG, it is getting close. Without further adieu here is my Passport to Love!! Yari great job. I love it. I did passport invites and I am also doing a passport welcome letter, but I love yours. Congratulations.

Quote: Originally Posted by dmarie17 I absolutely loved the resort and recommend it 100%! You can get married on the beach... I have seen pics and it is gorgeous but I don't know where I saw them... maybe someone on here has some. All of the rooms have balconies. Our jacuzzi was ON our balcony! And they are all pretty large. The first floor ones have hammocks which is pretty cool. Here is one from my uncle's room and then the one from mine: Yep, it's on the balcony!! But no one can see you... it's kinda in a corner... hard to explain but if you look to the pic above, it's all the way to the right. We were totally going to do a neked swim but just never got around to it!! There are other DJ options. I think that Kat is bringing her IPOD which is honestly what I wish we would have done. There was a 'MC' at the reception who basically ran the show and if we had just given him our IPOD, I think he would have done a better job. She should be back soon so she can give you her insight on that. I also think that Dreams has a DJ option but I think that it was pretty expensive. Gosh, the time went by SO fast. If I had to guess, I would say that the eating part took around an hour and then the dancing and stuff was the remainder. I really think that they kinda jipped us with the time though because ours started about an hour late and seemed to end about 1/2 hour late only. O-well! We had SO much fun afterwards in the lobby bar that no one really minded moving. I think that if you just tell him NOT to repeat songs you'll be fine. After the third repeat i got a little bridezilla on his ass and it seemed to stop! We didn't have an 'official' welcome dinner or rehearsal. Actually, I would recommend a bit of a rehearsal though because no one really knew what to do!! It turned out fine because everyone basically knows how weddings work but after the ceremony, me and Chris walked back down the aisle and had no idea where were supposed to go!!! We just kinda wandered around!! We did have an unofficial welcome cocktails... aka all 40 of us met in the bar and drank them out of booze! It was awesome!! I went down to concierge with the attached form and highlighted the bottom part where it says that it's complimentary when booking a Honeymoon Suite category for a minimum of 7 nights or if 5 rooms are reserved for a minimum of 3 nights at any room category. We meet both of those requirements and in the Dreams Ultimate Wedding Package description, it lists Honeymoon Package. They really didn't give me a hard time about it. I was very insistent! Yea, we used the jacuzzi in the spa for a bit. It was just so damn hot... She was actually supposed to wait and do the bubbles AFTER the ceremony but they were definitely bubbling during the whole thing! It was really pretty though! I have an AWESOME koozie guy if anyone is interested!! Thanks for the review and the pictures.

Quote: Originally Posted by Samantha S Is this true even at lunch or are these restaurants not open for lunch? Do they have to wear slacks or kahki type pants or are jeans okay? I'm going to have to add this to a pre-wedding e-mail! Seaside grill I believe is open for lunch. Oceana and Himitsu I dont think open for lunch. Jeans is o.k.

Quote: Originally Posted by dmarie17 Okay, so I am still too beat to write a huge review and the thought of posting pictures right now makes me tired. I have been doing nothing but drinking cocktails by the pool, napping, eating and relaxing for the past 10 days. I think I also am having withdrawal from either sugar drinks (mango tangos are the best!) or the rum. At about 11 am this morning I started getting the shakes and eying the bottle of margarita mix as a solution! So, the point of this ramble is this. Since I'm lazy and don't feel like thinking much, does anyone have any specific questions for me about the wedding or the resort or anything? Let me know! Welcome back, Relax and take all the time you need. I can't wait for your review and pictures, since my wedding is almost here.

Congratulations to both of you on your wedding day.

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari That is so awesome! Have a wonderful time. I just got goosebumps, we are seriously getting so close. I am not sure if I told you guys yet, but we scheduled our legal day for October 3rd. We asked two friends to be our witnesses since they are unable to make it to the wedding due to her being 8 months. I am excited about it! OMG girls I am so nervous. Almost everything is done, but I am also getting goosebumps. I don't have that much free time because I am an accountant but I always read your posts and keep up to date with you girls. Congratulations and happy planning!!!!