amyschmidt85

I understand how you guys feel. Their communication skills are not the greatest but I do know that they are incredibly busy. We were there for 1 week and they had a wedding everyday except for 1. I didn't get my total cost until a week before the wedding!! It ended up changing once we actually got to the resort and spoke to the wedding coordinator becuase we added a few extra things.

We did pink and orange with a little bit of white in the flowers. Bright, tropical colours. It looked really good.

It took us 2 hours to get group photos and couple shots done so it gave the guests somewhere to relax and be comfortable. Plus it was really hot that day so they got to enjoy the breeze from the ocean.

If anyone is having the bali bed and tiki torch set up here is what it looks like. We used it for the Cocktail party and people also got to enjoy it during the reception once the dancing had started. It was worth the extral $1000!!!! We only had 27 people but if you have a larger group they will set up more lounge chairs and give you another baili bed.

We used Moments That Matter Photography. They are a Canadian couple who moved to Mexico last year for their business. They are based out of Playa Del Carmen but will travel anywhere in the Cancun area. They were absolutely fabulous to work with!! I love our photos and so does everyone else that we have shown them to! The pictures really depict our true emotions from that day. They are very quick to respond to e-mails, I usually receive a response back within a day or two. They had never been to Paradisus before so they showed up at the resort almost an hour early to walk the grounds and choose locations that they thought would make a good setting. They split up after that and Lori came and took pictures of us girls getting ready while Lincoln took pictures of the guys. I didn't even notice them during the ceremony but that's probably because I was a little preoccupied. They are open to any suggestions for your group and couple shots if you have something specific that you want. And if you don't really know what you want, they have a lot of great ideas. My husband and I are not very photogenic people and usually do not like ourselves in pictures but we think that we look pretty good in those pictures. They weren't there for the full reception but they were able to capture all the different events. They were even nice enough to stay an extra 30 mins to capture the dancing. We had our CD's with a slideshow put to music and all 600+ pictures in less then 2 weeks! They have already designed our photo album and we just have to finalize everything before it goes to get printed. I would highly recommend them to anyone. They are very talented and again were amazing to work with! Check them out at MEXICO Destination Wedding Photography, Wedding Photojournalism throughout the Mayan Riviera

That's just 20 of the 620 pictures I have!!!! Good memories!!!!

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We had no issues going through customs. The 1st part of customs you don't have your luggage with you yet so I don't see there being any issues. Once you pick up your luggage from the carousel and go through the final screening process you have to hit a button which will go green to go ahead or red to stop and get searched. We hit a green so we didn't have any issues at all. We never choose the appetizers, we just went with whatever they normally serve. I tried a few and they were absolutely delicious. Very fancy but easy to eat. Ex. Asparagus and cantaloupe wrapped in ham. Everyone got at least 5 or 6. We stuck with the non-alcholic cocktail party because we couldn't justify spending that amount of money for an hour or two of open bar. The servers that were bringing around appetizers also took drink orders. They just ran to the bar next door and brought the drinks over. We got a chocolate cake with a white buttercream filling and white buttercream icing on the outside, no fondant. I sent Adriana a picture of cake that I like and they replicated it. It was a very easy design, 2 tier round cake with pink ribbon on the bottom of each tier and orange tiger lilys on top. The cake was delicious and almost everyone had a piece. We also had a table of mini-desserts that was included in our buffet menu. Adriana asked if we wanted to do a rehersal and dinner but we felt that it wasn't necessary. We were really laid back and just hoped that everything would flow smoothly without the rehersal and it did. Adriana showed us over 100 centerpiece options!! It was a little overwhelming. There are some cheaper options but we paid $90 for each centerpiece. They looked really beautiful but I don't think it was worth $90. Yes, just bring the CD and give it to your wedding coordinator. Make sure you write down the track numbers and what they correspond with, ie. Track 2 Bride walks down isle. They took care of all the music from pressing play to fading it out at the appropriate times. The wedding coordinators also has a bunch of music to pick from in case your CD gets damaged or lost. I hope this helps you a little. The resort is really bad at responding quickly but trust me they do a fantastic job!!! I can't figure out how to post pictures....

PARADISUS/NOW SAPPHIRE REVIEW I had my wedding at Paradisus/Now Sapphire May 5, 2010. We arrived May 1 the day it switched from Paradisus to Now Sapphire and knew nothing about the change. At first we were a little bit worried but there was no problems at all; nothing really changed except that we didn't have to wear wrist bands and didn't have to make dinner reservations. All the staff were still the same. Arrival -We arrived in Cancun on Sat May 1st in the evening. There was 27 people in our group and when we got off the plane and walked downstairs to the customs area we could hear people yelling and screaming, it sounded as if there was a party going on. We guessed wrong......there was about 1000 people crowded into several different lineups waiting to get through Customs. Anytime another Customs window was opended up or shut down the crowd would start yelling. It was chaos. We waited in line for 3 1/2 hours!!!! When we finally left the airport the trip to the resort was fairly quick, 25mins. Check-In - Check In went pretty quick but by the time we got settled in it was about 10pm. We were starved but no restaurants were open. Most of the group ordered room services that night and it was really slow, 50-60mins per order. Resort - The resort is absolutely beautiful! The gardens are always being worked on by staff, they are immaculate! The lobby area is stunning, it's a great place to sit down and relax. There are a few pools throughout the resort but we only ever used the main pool. It was the perfect temperature but the bottom was very sandy from the wind constantly blowing the sand up from the beach. The beach was always kept very clean, no garbage. The sand is very soft and very few rocks. When we were there it was very windy so the beach had a lot of thatching on it from the Palapas. The buffet was good but not the best i've seen at an all-inclusive resort. It always had a variety of food to choose from but I didn't find that it changed much from day to day. All the restaurants were fabulous, I think our favorite was Teppanyaki. Wedding - Originally Cecilia was my wedding coordinator and I found her to be very slow. It usually took 3 weeks to get a response back from her. When I had one month to go and still hadn't finalized anything with Cecilia I got a bit worried. I e-mailed her one day and within minutes I had received an e-mail from Adriana saying that she was taking over my wedding and would be helping me with the rest of the planning. Adriana was fantastic!!! She was quick at responding to e-mails and always answered all my questions. I e-mailed her pictures of what I liked and wanted and she made it happen. When we got to the resort we met with Adriana and she had everything under control. She was absolutely wonderful to work with and truly made my wedding perfect!! Timeline 4:30-5:00 - Ceremony (Beach) 5:00-7:00 - Toast/Cocktail Party (Beach) 5:00-7:15 - Wedding party photos & Couple Photos (Beach & around resort) 7:00-8:00 - Dinner (Tequila Terrace) 8:00-8:10 - First Dance & Father/Daughter Dance (Tequila Terrace) 8:10-9:00 - Speeches, Cake Cutting, Bouquet Toss, Garter Toss (Tequila Terrace) 9:00-11:00 - Dancing (Tequila Terrace) It was absolutely gorgeous the day of our wedding, sunny and next to no clouds but just enough of a breeze to keep you from dying. We did the Fantasy package and added a few extra things to it. The golf cart was suppose to come and pick us girls up from our room at 4:15. At 4:20 it still wasn't there so we just walked over to the ceremony location through the backway. Turns out, she doesn't send the cart until the boys show up at the ceremony and they were late. So it wasn't Adriana's fault. The ceremony went off without a hitch. Right after the ceremony we had a toast and then while we were off getting picutres done everyone else was enjoying the Cocktail party. We had the cocktail party on the beach and paid extra money to get the bali beds and tiki torches set up. It was fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone. For our reception we chose the Italian Buffet. I think it's the best food that I have ever had. There was so much to choose from and there was enough to feed at least double the amount of people we had. The staff was outstanding!!! As soon as you finished dishing up they would offer to take your plate and walk it back to your table!! As soon as you got up for seconds they cleared your plate, your drink was never empty for more than a couple seconds becasue a second one was already on the way out. We played all of our music off our iPod because we didn't want to pay the money for a DJ. The resort charged us $250 to use their sound equipment and speakers. They had all the cords on site to plug the iPod into the stereo. We were expecting that we would have to get my brother to take control of the music for the reception but we were pleasently surprised when they had someone to do that for us. He was fantastic!! He made sure that the music was running all night and would scan through the iPod for songs that people requested. After the reception most people went to the Fun Pub which is located in the Hotel Lobby. It's open from 11pm-2am everynight and has music and dancing. Photographer We did not use any of the photographers that the resort suggested as I didn't know what the quality of their work would be like. After looking at some photographers on the internet we decided to go with Moments That Matter Photography. They didn't come recommended to us by anyone, I just fell in love with their photographs that were posted on their website. They are a company based out of Playa Del Carmen and do weddings in the Cancun/Mayan Riviera area. MTMP were absolutely wonderful to work with! They had never been to Paradisus/Now Sapphire before. They arrived 45 mins ahead of time to tour the resort to pick out spots they thought would be a great place to take pictures. The photos are stunning, they look they belong in a magazine. We look like models and trust me, we are not very photogenic people. I would highly recommend them to anyone going to the Cancun area. You will not be dissappointed!! Overall, I have no complaints about our wedding. It was everything I had visualized and more. Everyone at the resort did a fantastic job at pulling it all together and making our wedding perfect. If you have any questions please ask. I can e-mail pictures if anyone wants to see. Best of luck to all you ladies that are still planning!!!

I sent Cecilia an e-mail on January 2nd and I hadn't heard anything from her so on Jan 9 I sent her a follow-up e-mail. She responded that day and said she was busy but she would be answering all my questions and getting back to me on Jan 10. It's the morning of the 11th and I haven't heard from her yet.

Thanks for the info, I checked out her website and she seems like she does a really good job!!

I'm looking to get Boudoir photos done as a gift to my fiance. I live near Vancouver, can anyone recommend a photographer to use?

I understand completely what you are going through. My mother in-law to be doesn't like the fact that we are getting married in Mexico because my fiance's half sister doesn't have the money to go. My fiance and I both want to get married in Mexico and there is no convincing us otherwise. We gave everyone 15months notice, if they don't have the money saved by then, not our fault.

Dress #2. It hugs your body in all the right spots and is definitely figure flattering and sexy on you! I like the beading and detail on the front. I think the 1st one is too simple. Number 2 is my pick, i'm sure it will look amazing when you get the right size.

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve&Julia hi all i have a serious question...if i get married (in the courts) in NY do i still have to go early to mexico to do the blood test? I am wondering if i still need to go 4 days before to do the blood test if i just have a cermony. Does anyone know? if this is the case then how early in advance do i need to get married out here before the DW No you don't have to go early to get the blood tests done if you are getting married at home. The blood tests are only if you are legally getting married in mexico.

I had no clue about wedding insurance. It's something I'm definitely going to consider escpecially with the H1N1 virus suppose to be coming back this fall and affecting 1/3 of the population. Thank you so much for the info!

I love the background of number 1 but I find that pattern is almost too much and it makes the ticket hard to read. I would choose number 2 because it's clearer and easier to read.

Congratulations and welcome!

We are also having our wedding May 5 2010, live near Vancouver but are staying at Paradisus. I've looked at several different flights options for flying out on May 1st. We haven't booked anything yet but it looks like it's cheaper to fly from Seattle if your willing to drive down there. For 7 nights flying from Vancouver with our resort we are looking at $2000-2300 CAD. For 7 nights flying from Seattle it starts as low as $1300 USD. The only thing....I can't seem to find any direct flights from Seattle.

1. I have no idea what I want. Haven't even thought about it. 2. I'm getting him boudoir photos. Something personal, intimate, I know he'll love it and I'm sure it will be a surprise to him.

Congratulations and welcome!!

I did luggage tags too, they look awesome. I like your fans!

I'm going barefoot for my ceremony and will probably wear flip flops during the reception. I want to be comfortable and I know if I wear heels they'll probably come off in an hour or 2 anyways.

I sent luggage tags out for our Save the Dates. I went to Staples (office supplies store) and bought clear luggage tag-sized laminating pouches. They were perfect. They come with the luggage loop and they are prepunched for it. I borrowed my mom's lamintor but Staples will laminate them for you. I searched everywhere as well for clear luggage tags and this is the best I could find. They worked really well for our Save the Dates.