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Quote: Originally Posted by LDeeken I would love to see your pictures!! If you emailed them I didn't get anything yet. Let me know if you try again, maybe there is something wrong with my yahoo account. Sorry! Okay I tried to resend them again. You can reply to my email if you get them. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by LDeeken Hi Girls!! I was just wondering how your contact has been lately with the WC. I actually called Mexico last week and talked to Reyna's assistant Karla. She took my name and the date we have chosen for 2010 and said that she put our name down for that date. She then told me to email her to confirm and then she would send info. It has been about a week now and I still haven't heard from her. For those of you who have been working with them for a while now, is this normal? I just want to confirm my date, but I don't want to keep nagging them either. Also, I have been trying to find more pictures of the wedding gazebo at the del/beach to show my family members and Fiancee. I have found a few good ones, but if anyone else has good pictures I would love to see them. My email is [email protected] if you want to email them or post them for everyone else too. Thanks so much!! Good luck to all getting married this weekend...it looks like there's a few of you!! Leah =) Hello Leah- I just emailed you some pics of the gazebo- I was married there on April 20th. It was wonderful! I would have posted them for all but I have no idea how to upload them to this site. Please let me know if you want me to email them direclty to you.

Hello Everyone! I had my wedding at the Del Mar on April 20th at the Gazebo. We rented the Tropical Restaurant for the reception and everything went perfectly. We used DJ bob and I would highly highly recommend him- he was fabulous! I also used Citlallil with Claudia Rodriquez's team and she was wonderful as well. I do not have my pitcures back yet but will post as soon as I do. Also the flowers were gorgeous. Reyna was great as well! She was very detailed and very accommodating. Do not worry she will take care of all your requests. I'm not sure how much help I will be as many of you are not doing your weddings at the Del Mar now with the closing but please email me with any questions you have about anything! [email protected]. As so many reviews have stated the Iberostar team truly does an amazing job at weddings. I will write my full review soon! Good Luck to everyone! Try not to worry/stress too much, your day will be perfect!

Quote: Originally Posted by BBtoB Thanks for all that info ladies. Man, it sounds like so much hassle to do the legal. Sorry for all your pain gals! I am glad we made the decision to do the legal part in Colorado and Blessing in MX. OMG, that is overload with the religious stuff in the blessing ceremony! Eek!! Sorry if I offend anyone, just not very religious, my dad is jewish, FI fam is Catholic...but that is not going to work for us at all! SO I hope they can tone that down or leave it out. Oh and what is DH? Designated hitter it is not, right? haha HI BBtoB- I'm from Colorado as well! I hope we don't get the snow tonight- I'm leaving in the morning for our wedding. Soooooooo excited. I'll write a detailed reveiw for everyone when I get back. Cheers!

Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 jwalkowiak - That picture actually looks like the steakhouse....I'm about 99% sure it is the steakhouse. The Tropical is open air? The reason I think that that picture is of the steakhouse is because it's open air and it's by the blue buildings in the background (which were the buildings DH and I stayed in which are a few feet away from the steakhouse, the rest of the buildings on the beach side are red and orange and the buildings on the del mar side look totally different than that altogether). Edit: Just looked at the rest of those pics, it is definitely, 100% the steakhouse...I see that they served the onion cactus to start ine one of the pics...the exact same starter they served us with. Also further in, the exact same steak/ribs/sides that we had at our reception at the steakhouse. Thanks Paraisobeachbride2009! Sorry about that! I think it still gives a good idea of the tabel size mabye though? I heard the Steak House and the Tropical are simlar in layout, is this true?

Quote: Originally Posted by Gail For past brides- any suggestions for # to put at table at tropical. They are round. first Gabriella suggested 6, now she said 8. I have a odd num- so it would be 8 and one with 10.Or 6 with one with 8. Is 8 to much or will 6 look empty. I AM SECOND GUESSING MYSELF ON EVERYTHING cause as soon as i feel comfortable about something they change what they are saying lol Hi Gail- I am renting the Tropical and we are doing 7 tables of 10 people at each. I have confirmed this with both Gabriella and Renya. They both have said the tables will work for 6,8 or 10 people per table. I think 8 or 10 people is perfect. I have seen a few pitures of other weddings at the Tropical and the tables look like they can seat 8-10 perfectly. Here is a link for pictures at the Tropcial that I found on Mr.Iberostar.com picture #135 us a good pic of the tables. del Sol Photography Wedding Photojournalism I hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 Sorry, just wanted to jump in and ask you what you mean by "promotion". Did Gabriela get a promotion and is no longer doing wedding stuff for the Beach/Del Mar? This makes me nervous as I am anxiously awaiting my apostille (should be any day now...) and I'm concerned that this may affect if/when I get it (if ever...sigh). Please let me know. Thanks! Gabreila's last day is today April 14th she got promoted to wedding cordinator at the Iberostar Tucan. I would not worry, Reyna is taking over for her- you may want to email them.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gail ok now i'm really confused. Yes i am renting tropical I was told it had to be 7-11. So cocktail hr 6-7 and price as i told you. Renting tropical for 800 also, but never told additional 18 pp? THEY ARE STRESSING ME I am also renting the Tropical for $800 plus $18 per person charge beyond 10 people which is already included in the standard wedding package. They told me I had to rent the Tropical from 7-11pm which is what we are doing. And I'm doing a cocktail hour from 6-7 with the extra apps/drinks for $12 per person. I was worried also about Gabriella moving on but I expressed this to them and they said Reyna has a lot of experience and will do a great job- I hope :-)

We have 64 people coming to our wedding at the Del Mar/Beach. We are having a welcome/Reception dinner for 64 people at the Japanese Resturant and they are not charging us extra. They only required that we make it for 8:30pm. We did pay extra to have a cocktail hour before the dinner and we are renting out the Aqua bar with drinks and apps. My wedding is 1 week from today we leave this Friday!! I'm sooooooo excited. I will make sure to post full details when we return. Thank you all- this site has been a huge help!

Same here I emailed the Beach/Del Mar and my email got returned also. I sent it again today and will let you know if it goes through. I wouldn't worry, I'm sure it was just down for a bit and will be back up soon!

Quote: Originally Posted by Stina168 Mine starts at 4:30 and I was wondering the same thing! Gabriela was pretty vague with me about what the guests will do in between the ceremony and cocktail hour. She said she would take care of it. Not sure what that means! I assumed she would direct them to one of the nearby bars. She also told me that alcohol is included at the Tropical Restaurant, but I'm also curious about how it is set up. Do we just order whatever drinks we want and the waiters bring them, or is there an actual bar set up where we would get our own drinks. I'd love to know! Gabriela told me the same thing! She did mention there are bars that our guests can go to in between or she did say some people wander to the beach to watch you take pictures. I don't think we should worry- I'm sure everyone will be fine and just grab a drink somewhere. As far at the Tropical Restaurant I was told it is open bar as well. Yes there is an actual bar that is set up right inside the Tropical Restaurant but I'm not sure if the waiters server drinks as well. I have seen past pictures of other weddings receptions in the Tropical where people are standing at the bar taking shots:-) and there is a batender behind the bar. As for alcohol this is the list I was provided by Gabreilla: *Martini, Campari, Dubonet, Pernod *Tequila EL Cuervo, Jimador, Don Julio, Cofradía, Pura Sangre, Sauza *Rum Habana añejo, Bacardi Solera, Bacardi Añejo, Appletton *Gin Gordons, Beefater, Tanqueray *Vodka Gordons, Smirnoff, Eristoff *Whisky Passport, Ballantines, J. Walker red label, Bourbon *Brandy Veterano, Magno, Torres 10 Años *Different kinds of liqueurs (coffee, mint, peach, banana, coconut, triple sec, Curacao, etc) She did mention if I have special requests let her know. I hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by Stina168 For those of you who had their cocktail our at the Tropical Restaurant, what did you do for music? Reyna just told me there are no outlets to plug in the iPod dock., and that I could use the DJ if I wanted. I'm using DJ Bob for the reception, so I figured I'd just play tropical music during the cocktail hour. Just curious, what did you guys do? I might get the mariachi instead, but of course that's more money! I also am having a cocktail hour- I hired DJ bob from 7-11. I hired the Mariachi band for the cocktail hour 6-7. You may want to call DJ bob and see what he recommends. I know he did a site visit so he may be able to tell you if he can arrange his speakers so your guests can hear during the coctail hour?

Quote: Originally Posted by BBtoB Congratualtions on your day that is coming so quick! Your plans sound great! So are you doing a hair trial before the big day? My plan for now is not to do a trial- I was just going pray it turned out okay on the day of the wedding! I have heard pretty good things about the salon. I guess I'm rolling the dice a bit but I did not want to send the extra money:-)

Quote: Originally Posted by BBtoB Hi ladies, So what time are you all getting your hair done, for those using the salon, or for those already married. We are getting married at 4:00pm, so waht would be a good time to make the salon appt? Thanks, Bess! Hello! I am getting married in 2 1/2 weeks, April 20th at the Iberostar Beach. We are getting married at 4:00pm also and I set up my hair appointment at the salon for noon. This may be a bit early but I wanted plenty of time to mess with it just incase I didn't love it! :-) We have 62 people coming and I feel pretty good about most things. We rented the Tropical Restaurant for 7pm and are doing an hour of cocktails and apps starting at 6pm. We hired DJ bob for the night and I also am having an outside photographer coming in- I'm using Claudia Rodriguez Photographer. If anyone has questions please let me know. As soon as we return I will post a review. The count down is on!

Hi Gail- What did Gabriella repond when you ask the cost for the Gazebo to be fully decorated like the picture? Did they give you a cost? Thanks!

paraisobeachbride2009- Love your pictures! Did you use their salon for your hair? I really liked the way it turned out! How long did it take them to do it if you went with the resort's salon?

Quote: Originally Posted by Stina168 jwalkowiak - Oh, I'm so happy to hear that we have similar plans! I'm having a hair and makeup artist come to the hotel. I've heard the hair stylist is pretty good at the resort, but the makeup artist was not good. I was going to get everything done at the resort, but I couldn't afford to get hair/makeup done for the BMs which I was bummed about. I really wanted to treat them to something. But then I found Alexandro Zavala on the forum, so he's going to do our hair and makeup. He was actually less expensive than the resort for the bridesmaids so they're all going to have their makeup done. Here's his site in case you're interested, Alexandro Zavala - Makeup Artist Hairstylist - Cancn, Mxico. And yes, I am using DJ Bob too! I'm so glad he's going to meet with Gabriela! He hadn't mentioned that to me. Are you picking a lot of songs you want played or are you leaving it to him? He told me to send 10 songs and he would take care of the rest, which kinda freaked me out a bit in case we didn't like his music. But he said I can send as many songs as I want, but he does need the flexibility to play some of his songs to keep the crowd going. He sent me a list of some typical songs he plays, and honestly, I wasn't a big fan of them, so I'm trying to think of as many songs as possible! What are your guests going to do in between the ceremony and cocktail hour? Gabriela told me she would take care of it, so I'm not sure exactly what that means. I think there's a bar near the beach that the guests can go to to kill some time before the cocktail hour. That is a great question about what the plan is for the guests between the wedding and the cocktail hour, I was thinking they would all just kill some time at a bar as well. I just emailed Gabriela to see what she will do to help facilitate this. I will let you know what she says. As far as DJ Bob I am still working on my 15 or so songs to send over to him. He told me the same thing as he did to you about wanting to have flexibility. I also emailed him asking if he would have a large library so that if my guests want to request a song he would have a large number of songs to select from? I will let you know on that as well. That is great you are paying for your girls to get their make-up and hair done- very nice of you! I heard the same feedback on the make-up so I do not plan to use them for that only just my hair. Do you have a large group coming? I think I am close to 55 guests that are comfirmed. Can't wait!

Stina168- I am getting married April 20th at the Del Mar as well at 4pm and we are doing the cocktail hour at 6-7 outside of the Tropical Restaurant and then will move inside for dinner at 7:00pm. I am going to join my guests for the cocktail hour and then will have the DJ introduce us as well once we move into the resturant. We hired DJ bob ( I think you may have hired him as well?) and FYI- I introduced him to Gabriella and he is going to the resort today to meet her and check out the location, so that is great he will be prepared! Sounds like we are have similar plans for our weddings. What are you doing for your hair? I plan to use the Salon at the resort but I am a little worried still about them?

Hi Sunandrun- I just sent two pictutes of the Aqua bar to you! Have fun planning!

Danielle- This is what Gabriela wrote back to me when I was inquiring: "As per the cocktail party as a private event, we rent only the Aqua Bar "La Perla" (groups smaller than 30 pax) or the Icea cream bar "El Puente" (groups larger 30 pax), the time available its 6:30-11:00pm (the Aqua Bar) & 7:00-11:00pm (the Ice cream bar)" She also sent me pictures of both locations that I can email you or I'm happy to upload them for everyone but I'm not sure how to upload files :-) I hope this helps!

I am getting Married at the Del Mar at 4pm as well but we are renting out the Tropical Resturant and having our cocktail hour right outside of the Tropcial Resturant. I am doing a cocktial hour before my rehursal dinner as well and Gabriela suggested we could rent the Aqua or the Ice Cream shop- the Ice Cream shop might be an option for you to look into.

Thank you for sharing! I'm sorry I'm a bit late but would you mind forwarding to me as well. Thanks again! [email protected]

Thanks for the info Lyssa- I was wondering if you had the DJ or someone else be your MC- the one who keeps the night moving; when to start dinner, announces the first dance, cake cutting, ect? Did Gabriela stick around the whole night?

Lyssa Congrats! Everything you did for your wedding sounds exactly how I plan to have mine set up for April 20th at the del Mar! I am also considering a catamaran trip. Would you mind telling me the cost per person for the catamaran trip, including the food, drinks, catamaran and then the bus ride down. Also would you recommend building 15 or 16 again- is this in a good location at the resort? I can't wait to see your pictures!!

I really like this idea for the vases! Are they very big? Are you picking a smaller bouquet of flowers, its hard to tell online :-)? Would you mind if I ask how much they are charging you per flower centerpiece