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Quote: Originally Posted by angelalanahung Hi Nibsmom, Can I ask how this works? Did you have to fly him over and pay for his accomodation? Thanks Well, it varies by photographer, but yes. I paid for Misti's flight and hotel for three nights. I actually split her with another bride on the forum, so we each paid half the flight.

Quote: Originally Posted by rach220 I'm glad I found this thread....I'm having issues right now with changing my name. We got married in Mexico and for some reason, we didn't get a translated copy. The Social Security Office said it didn't matter, but my job is telling me I will need it in English for other things...has anyone actually used the Spanish copy to change their name? Hey Rach!! We got the translation at the MP, but we haven't had to use it once. I've changed my name - SS, DMV, credit cards, etc etc, and not one place has needed to see the translation. I actually have been wishing I hadn't paid for it! Someone a while back also asked about registering your marriage. It depends on where you live. Before we left, I called my local courthouse and asked if they needed me to register my marriage license when I got back, and they said it wasn't necessary. However, I've heard some states do want you to register your marriage. Just call the courthouse and ask if there's anything special you need to do upon your return.

Quote: Originally Posted by staceysbride Did you get the name tag holders and coil keychains through OTC? I got the coil keychains from Oriental Trading yeah...I got the name tag holders off of amazon.

Quote: Originally Posted by mrssharkey2be Hi Nibsmom Who did your photos? Did you use the hotel? Are they ok? Hey MrsSharkey - I did not use the hotel. However, Tina and Honey did! I had Misti Douglas from Studio Douglas come down from Nashville.

Quote: Originally Posted by angelalanahung Hi guys, I am getting married at the Moon Palace 2010. I have heard that they will not allow you to bring in a photographer from Mexico but you can bring one from outside the country. I am a little confused as on some websites, they have galleries of weddings they worked on at the Moon Palace? Can anyone help me out on this please. Many thanks! As far as I know this is true. I don't know if certain Mexican photographers have relationships with the resorts that allow them to do weddings, but when I was looking for a photographer, I got a lot of flat out "no, didn't you know MP doesn't allow Mexican photographers?"'s back in emails. I think they only way to possibly get around it would be to pay for them to stay a night or two - which some photographers are not really willing to do I guess.

Quote: Originally Posted by slapsappyhappy how much extra do the beach weddings cost? My FI and I are negotiating about this because I want the gazebo and he wants the beach. My concerns are that his parents are old, his sis cannot really stand the sun, and he sweats gallons even in 70 degree weather- so the gazebo has chairs and shade. He wants the beach and says it is our wedding so the guests can sweat a little. If we have a beach wedding in August around 5pm will it still be unbearably hot? Hey! Well...I think it might be quite warm...but I'm not sure about unbearably hot! I can say that I got married in mid-July at 1pm, and I almost fainted 3 times once I got out onto the beach. By 6pm when we started our outdoor reception though, everyone was fine. The fact that you're at 5pm really helps. You might want to ask your WC what she thinks - she'll tell you if she thinks it will be too hot!

Quote: Originally Posted by JSimMCP Eureaka thanks for your post! Do you remember when you reserved your room block? Do you think I need to go through my TA or the lady in Miami from Moon Palace I have been talking to? I just want to make sure I have everything in order. I asked my TA how we would go about making sure everyone was kinda on the same side of the resort (beacuse I have heard it is really big) and she said she would request it when my guest made reservations with her. Is this right? I really appreciate your help. Thanks again. Hey Jenna! You can go through either Miami or your TA to get room blocks. I checked both to see who got the lower price (my TA did). However, if you go through your TA, make sure they are still able to get you all the freebies written into your contract! From what I've heard, some TAs can do it, and others haven't been able to. Check on that for sure!!! My TA was also able to get us all on the Nizuc side, which was what I wanted!

Hey Ladies! Here's a quick update - the following items are pending sales! Name tags GermX Hand Sanitizer Sewing Kits Keychains Sunscreen Spanish Books Shout Wipes Everything else is still available!! Thanks!!!

Ughh...my lists are super long! I did them both to be around 3 hours just in case we ran long on anything! Ceremony Music Prelude - Butterfly Waltz Processional - Canon in D Bridal Entrance - Bridal March, Jonathan Cain License Signing - Over the Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Recessional - At Last, Etta James Dinner Music The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's Simple As It Should Be - Tristan Prettyman An Old Fashioned Wedding - Annie Get Your Gun Musical Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson Love Song - The Cure Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine You Give Me Something - James Morrison Come On, Come Out - A Fine Frenzy Bubbly - Colbie Caillat Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band All I Want Is You - Barry Louis Polisar 100 Years - Five for Fighting Words Cannot Describe - Mirah Better Together - Jack Johnson I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie Seven Day Fool - Etta James Let's Stay Together - Al Green Destiny - Zero 7 One Sweet Love - Sara Bareilles Cheek To Cheek - Ella Fitzgerald Lucky - Jason Mraz First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes So In Love - Ella Fitzgerald Come Away With Me - Norah Jones Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin Lost Cause - Beck Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys Take A Chance On Me - Julie Walters Yellow - Coldplay Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper Passenger Seat - Death Cab for Cutie Tiny Dancer - Elton John Valentine - The Get Up Kids It's Good to Be in Love - Frou Frou Her Morning Elegance - Oren Lavie I Know - Pat McGee Every Little Thing She Does - The Police Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Love Story - Taylor Swift When I Look To the Sky - Train Dearest - Buddy Holly Dancing Playlist 1st Dance - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life - Debbie Cunningham Mother/Son Dance - Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams Like I Love You - Justin Timberlake Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter Get This Party Started - Remix by Dan Winter Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas Shake It - Metro Station I Know You Want Me - Pitbull *Slow Song* Your Call - Secondhand Serenade Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations Thriller - Michael Jackson Dirrty - Christina Aguilera American Boy - Estelle Just Dance - Lady Gaga Save A Horse/Ride A Cowboy - Big & Rich *Slow Song* Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers Crazy In Love - Beyonce Hey Ya! - Outkast Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti Right Now - Akon Candyman - Christina Aguilera Goodies - Ciara *Slow Song* You Picked Me - A Fine Frenzy The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson Disturbia - Rihanna Love Shack - The B-52's Fergalicious - Fergie Right Round - Flo Rida Paralyzer - Finger Eleven Are You Gonna Be My Girl - JET *Slow Song* Lovely Tonight - Joshua Radin Senorita - Justin Timberlake Poker Face - Lady Gaga Hot in Herre - Nelly When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls Don't Stop the Music - Rihanna Everytime We Touch - Cascada *Slow Song* I'm Yours - Jason Mraz Luv Me, Luv Me - Shaggy That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings Break the Ice - Britney Spears Lollipop - Lil' Wayne Sexy Can I? - Ray J. Beat It - Fall Out Boy cover Viva La Vida - Coldplay (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley Annnnd that's all!! Hopefully that helps a few of you!

JSim - I think I signed two - the one reserving my wedding date and time, and one detailing my rates. I think the one with the rates detailed the free goodies. MrsMoulton - I missed your question about the roses - I think they will let you throw them as long as they are natural and biodegradable. I know they will let you bring your own freeze dried petals, so I don't think it would be a problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by Love3 Hi does your luggage tags come with the ties No, they didn't come with ties - they aren't really luggage tags - they are name tag holders. We put them on the coil keychains for people to carry their room keys around.

18 Packs of tissues - $2.00 Maps of Cancun and the Riviera Maya - $15.00 Guiseppe Zanotti shoes - size 7. Never worn - they are too high for me! Paid $250 - asking $150.00 And I think that's all for now!!! Thanks ladies!!

39 Travel Sewing Kits - $20.00 for all - or ask me about splitting up One tiered chapel length veil - white shimmer fabric. I bought this for my ttd, but forgot it, so it's never been used! $10.00 Notecards - blank inside. I used a few, so there are 20 left. $5.00 White hair flower - it's on a comb. I ended up using a feather fascinator instead. $10.00 Kiddie maracas. They don't make a lot of noise. There are 7 pairs - 3 yellow, 3 pink, and 1 blue. Some are a little dented, but most are pretty good! $7.00 for all. Wooden Maracas. These are big ones! The ones I used I repainted and glued ribbon on for my wedding. These are easily repainted with some primer and spraypaint! I have 20 Maracas (10 pairs) - 10 red, 2 pink, 2 purple, 2 yellow and 2 blue. $25.00 for all. 14 maraca keychains. These are about 2 inches, they don't make much noise. $5.00 for all. 12 Coil Keychains $3.00 And a few more things...

Hey Ladies! Well, I've finally sorted through all this wedding stuff that's been clogging up my apartment and figured out what I need to get rid of. There's a lot of it, so bear with me. All items are plus shipping! Please PM me and I'll get a shipping quote! Alright, here we go. 26 plastic nametag holders. They are business card size, and are top loading. $5.00 4 Spanish Phrases for Dummies. $3.00 34 Individually Packaged Shout Wipes $3.00 14 GermX Individually Packaged Wipes $2.00 2 White Flower Girl Headpieces. I got these from Oriental Trading - $2.50 each 17 Trial Size bottles of sunscreen - $10.00 16 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer - Travel Size $7.00 Continued in next post...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs D To Be! hey peeps - looking for some advice from past brides. we have about 20 guests travelling with us, and although most of them are staying at mp with us, there are a few guests booked up to stay at another hotel - dreams. We did say to them that they would need to either get a room for the night at mp, or use a day pass. But my question is, with the day pass they say on the website they can only stay in til 11pm - are they strict on this?? Hey MrsD! I'm not really sure because none of my guests stayed off the resort, so I don't know how strict they are about it. I can tell you that they were VERY strict with my group that our events MUST end by 10pm. So, unless you were planning something after your reception, it might not really matter that the deadline is 11. Really, the DJ like cut us off mid-song. LOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMsMoulton Did anyone get married on the beach? I need my feet in the sand when I say I do! The hotel said that they could do this and I will be SOOOOO upset if they try to give me a gazebo! I would love to see photos of the ceremony preformed on the beach if anyone has them! Thanks so much. Hmm...I know there were a few brides who did weddings on the beach...I believe one or two wrote reviews. I think one of them was cutierosie - try searching for MP reviews, you should find some pics! I remember the reviews being good!!

Quote: Originally Posted by TinaM2b I am going to post this a couple places but did any of you prior brides have any problems with the items promised in your contract? Our contract read if we had 20 rooms times 3 nights OR 60 room night, the hotel would provide a complimentary private function (our reception) plus 4 complimentary nights. It also read if we had 25 rooms times 3 nights or 75 room nights and the hotel would provide unlimited private functions plus 7 complimentary nights. We had 62 room nights and are having a problem getting the refund for the complimentary nights. Palace is telling us if they comp our rooms we no longer have the 60 nights. Did anyone else have this problem? Well, I didn't - because I didn't have that many nights - but that's crappy Tina!!! If it wasn't written into your contract like that - I would argue it! Can your TA help

Quote: Originally Posted by TinaM2b Good to hear Nina!! Did you get you custom ring bowl back? Yessss!! For some reason it was delivered to Matt's parent's room - they brought it back to Louisiana with them!

Quote: Originally Posted by TinaM2b Rach, This is just my opinion and an interesting question. It will be interesting to hear from other brides on this. I think you get better service from the WCs if you have a package that you pay for. In a couple reviews from people that had the free packages, it seemed that their wedding coordinators didn't pay them as much attention for the entire day. That's interesting Tina, I never thought of it that way! I was one of the brides whose WC seemed to be MIA, and my stuff went missing. Claudia was great up until the day of the wedding. I'm not sure what happened. It may have been because I got married on a Saturday, and I know there were several other weddings the day I got married. I did add about $2,000 worth of add-ons though - so it was essentially like I purchased a package!!! WC present or not, it was still a great time and everything was organized for the most part. I did eventually get all my stuff back!

Quote: Originally Posted by mrssharkey2be Here's a quick one for anyone!!!! Is it worth upgrading to the different packages for the wedding or just stick with the complimentary one - and then upgrade a few needed items!!!! I am looking at using the tucan gazebo if possible as I think that looks lovely - is this the best choice or is another one better!!!! I just dont want it to look too bare I went with the free package and just purchased what we needed. ALL the gazebos are lovely - you really can't go wrong. If you want a super long walkway, go with the Tucan. If not, go with Bugambilla (okay, I massacred that spelling), and it also has a pretty water fountain next to it. Tucan does not. The Chapel Gazebo is very pretty, and it has pews and a cross in it. Chapel has fountains, and I believe the walkway has a little bridge over water between fountains as well. The views are all excellent. I didn't get any flowers or decorations for the gazebo, and it was still gorgeous. The view is really enough that it doesn't look bare. We had our sand ceremony on the altar, and that was it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jodimichelle Jsim- Welcome!! Nina.. thanks again for your information. I am still trying to figure out a great honeymoon place! To the rest of the girls who posted their reviews recently thank you. When did you start really planning your weddings?? What do you start with? Actual wedding stuff.. I am getting a littl stressed out.. and my fiance is like just relax everything will work out.. But shouldn't i have somewhat of an idea?? ahhh Jodi Hey Jodi! Don't get stressed out! The MP moves a little slow - lots of the wedding stuff you can't really plan with them until you are much closer. I think I started with Save the Dates and Invitations, then I started collecting things for OOT bags. I also spent time designing informational brochures for my guests (free through vistaprint!! woot!) and reminder postcards about deposits (also through vistaprint!). I spent a lot of time online just browsing for ideas for colors, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, etc. We started planning I think around 8 months before. I know it's tough, because you feel like you should be planning a lot, but remember that the MP is going to do most of the legwork for you. I think we all get programmed into thinking you need to be super stressed out and busy all the time because for a traditional wedding you have to do a ton more planning. We don't! I would start with OOT bags if you plan on doing them and putting together an idea board!

Hey Rach! I posted this a few pages back too, but when I went, you needed five pieces of music - the processional, the bridal entrance, the paper signing, the kiss, and the recessional. I also had them play a prelude song. You'll definitely want to find something about 4 or 5 minutes for your paper signing - it takes a bit! Hopefully all that info will be the same when your turn rolls around!!

I love #1 and #6! 1 is so elegant and beautiful on you. I didn't even look at the other pictures and I thought - that's got to be the best one! 6 is edgy and unique - I love that one just as much! I guess it really depends on what look you're going for!!! They both make you look bangin!

Well, I agree with everyone about the Galina dress - it's gorgeous on you! I also liked #7 - it's so unique! With your two new pics - I also love #10! I ended up buying two dresses - lol. It can be frustrating to find the right dress. Remember you can always take a break and think about it, and then go back later and try the dresses you've thought more about back on. When I was shopping for my dress - I was torn between two dresses. Everyone I brought with me really liked this one tiered dress, but I ended up going with the other one of the two. You'll get a feeling about it! And you should be proud of yourself for quitting smoking!!! That is a huge accomplishment and think of how much healthier you are now!

I did the french manicure on both my fingers and toes - I got it done the morning of the wedding. Amazingly, my toes STILL look awesome - my fingers...not so much. At least they waited to chip until the day after! I've seen the I Do toes too and I really like them. I seriously considered getting them, but decided to just stick with plain! I liked the way it looked at the woman at the salon had a bit of a hard time getting my french done - she said my toes were so tiny! LOL...I don't really think so!