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ladies, i need some advice from past or future brides.... Will you be cutting the cake at the end of the night at your reception or right after dinner? I wonder if the cake is going to be sitting out during the entire reception and what if it melts? can others tell me what they are doing? if anyone has a reception timeline, that would be awesome if you could share. Thanks! Adriana

With you moving your reception to the Kool Beach Club, does that mean you need to find all your own vendors such as caterers, cake person, etc... or does Kool Beach CLub provide that? I think that place looks awesome, and there was a point that i thought to myself, darn it, i should have done it at the Kool Beach CLub. congrats you moved it to that place, its super cool! Out of curosity, do they charge you a rental fee for using their space? and till what time can you have your reception until at night? Do you have contact information for them or a website? =) Thanks!

congrats! Your pictures look wonderful!

yes please, if anyone finds an confirmed answer about the room upgrade in the luxory package, please let us know. The luxory package says you supposdely get: Complimentary upgrade of room or suite (to the next level of suite category, subject to availability upon arrival) I would assume this is free too, and they would not charge us any extra! Thanks!

Jesmcan, Do you happen to have in writing or an email the prices they quoted you that you could email to me? [email protected]. If not, no worries at all, but get this, she emails me back with this: Hola Adriana, I’m diving crazy and trying to get the real information. Just to making this clear, I’ve work here for more than three years, the prices for 2009 and next year are the same (attached) I’m trying to give you all the explanations possible only with the interest you would like to join us, please make sure we don’t have any exceptions to anybody, just want to make sure everybody have a nice time. Sorry again and hope to hear from you soon. Alejandra

Not mention Catamaya's pricing for their sunset charters are from 3:30pm-6:30pm, One Hour less than what they are telling you (3:30-7:30pm) And almost double the price.. arrghh!! this is so frustrating

HI Jesmcan, You won't believe this! I emailed catamaya today with the email address you provided. they sent me back prices and they are double the price you received, i cant believe they would do that. send different pricing to different people!! here is what they sent me : Morning Charter with Grilled Burgers From 10am to 2pm The lunch includes: Green salad with Italian and French dressing, Guacamole, Mexican salsa, tortilla chips and an hamburger that our chef grills on our stainless steel grill on the back of the catamaran. Cost: USD 4,000.00 Morning Charter with Lobster or Steak From 10am to 2pm The lunch includes: Green salad with Italian and French dressing, pasta salad, mexican salsa, Guacamole, Tortilla chips and Choice of one Rib Eye Steak or one Lobster tail that our chef grills (with garlic and butter). Cost: USD 5,000.00 You also may consider a Sunset Charter, as follows the prices and options for 50 people: SUNSET Charter with Snacks From 3:00pm to 6:30pm The quoted 'standard' snacks are: Guacamole, Mexican salsa, Tortilla chips and assorted nuts. Cost USD $2,300.00 SUNSET Charter with Hamburgers From 3:00pm to 6:30pm The lunch includes: Green salad with Italian and French dressing, Guacamole, Mexican salsa, tortilla chips and an hamburger that our chef grills on our stainless steel grill on the back of the catamaran. Cost USD$2,600.00 SUNSET Charter with Lobster or Steak From 3:00pm to 6:30pm Green salad with Italian and French dressing, pasta salad, mexican salsa, Guacamole, Tortilla chips and Choice of one Rib Eye Steak or one Lobster tail that our chef grills (with garlic and butter). Cost USD $3,200.00 All the options above include FULL OPEN BAR, which is: unlimited beer (Corona), National rum, vodka, tequila, sodas: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, juices: Orange, Pineapple and Purified water Important notes: •All the snorkel gear is provided. •The tips and transportation are not included. If you need us to provide the round trip transportation, please consider USD 10.00 per person. •A 30% deposit is required order to book the date, and the balance will have to be paid one week before the event. •At the following link you could find more images of Catamaya: YouTube - Catamaya Sailing Cruises CRazy!!

Jesmcan, I sent Catamaya an email in their contact section of their website a month ago and no one ever contacted me back. Is that how you requested their information? Do you happen to have a contact persons email address? Thanks so much! Adriana

hey there! I booked ivan for my wedding, and it was Angie my WC who gave me his email address to contact. She nor did anyone tell me we had to go through the hotel. i am not too worried about this, for the past 11 months in reading these posts, its pretty certain that the people who work for the Royal cannot seem to get their facts straight or insynch! I guess one thing i am curious about - since Ivan is a preferred vendor, do you guys know if this means we have to pay the $100 outside vendor fee for him? has anyone told you this?

Jsmcan- i saw the pic of the hallway you are talking about for the ceremony if it rains. It looks pretty small and if i rememember correctly from our site visit on where this is located, it is a small hallway of an area. Are you worried? I know your having a big wedding too, can you imagine having like 75 people standing in that hallway, Pray it won't rain! lol =)

does anyone know where the ceremony would be held at The Royal if it was to rain, you know Plan B? I know the reception would be moved to one of the ballrooms but i never knew about the ceremony - does anyone have any photos they could send me of that location? Curious to see what it looks like: My email is [email protected] Thanks!

HI olsontco, Do you know if we need to have recipets inside the fedex boxes when we ship them to mexico? im probably just shipping over the favors, the decorations, etc... (good to know about the seashells!) cant wait to hear your review and congrats!

Tracey- When you say to speak to our WC about how much your guests will have to pay to come to the Royal. Your not talking about the wedding day right? your talking about if they just want to hang out at The Royal during the day?

I think I am going to Fedex a box with my wedding supplies to The Royal , Attention: My wedding coordinator. When i went for my site visit, she gave me her business card and said to ship my items to her, and ship a month prior to ensure it gets delivered. Is anyone else thinking of doing this?

Jesmcan- Did you ever ask The Royal if the food they provided during your tasting was the actual portion size they will be serving during the reception? Thanks!

past and future brides - I was thinking of possibly having The Royal provide some sort of dessert tray, or cookie or tray or some type of goodies they can provide late night during the reception, after the meals.. say around 9 or 9:30pm... I feel like people might get hungry later at night or want more food - is anyone else thinking of doing this or even think it would be worth it? Past brides - were you guests just ready to party after the meal or do you think a cookie or brownie or goodie tray would have been good to do?

Hi Tracey, Thanks so much for your review. I wanted to ask you if you could please explain a bit more regarding the problems you are having with The Gran Porto. We have almost half of our guests staying at the gran. Did you have problems on the wedding day for them to be allowed on the property? what exactly was the problem? I was told by WC Michelle that guests at the Gran need to go to the lobby of Royal, tell them they are there for our wedding and give our names, and then should be able to walk to the Gazebo 30 min before the wedding is to start. Im so scared now all of them will have the problems you had.. any help you can offer would be great! Thanks!

Jesmcan - I saw pictures of La Tortuga Hotel & Spa restaurant and your absolutlely right, the ambiance is amazing! i want my rehearsal dinner there now! LOL. Is it expensive? did they quote you on a per head charge or have any information on pricing? Also, Is the restaurant already set up with the mixture of tables & lounge areas you were speaking of? or did you have to speak with managment to arrange this because all i saw were normal tables in the pictures on the website? Also, The Tapas you will be serving to keep it light, great idea!! is this something off the menu or did you also have to arrange with the management team? Thanks so much, you have been such a help for all of us! Adriana

Jesmcan - Do you have the address for the MAC in playa del carmen, or how did you know where it was and where to go to find the store (sorry my questions marks are not working lol) Do you think you will be getting your makeup done by them, and did their store look like a real mac store with good makeûp artists.. Thanks! Thanks! Adriana

Hi Lady Di, I went in august for a site visit and we too are having our reception at the beach area near Pelicanos. We were given that location because of the size of our wedding, about 60 people. I can honestly say im fine with that location. Yea there are people walking and its an open beach but our cocktail hour starts at 5:30pm (cermeony in gazebo at 5pm), most people begin to get out of the beach area and by dark time, its really almost empty. I think if we do have some "lookers" so be it. I won't be paying attention to them. I just wanted to give you my thoughts about that location because it is the biggest beach area... Adriana

Past and Future Brides: I am having a Symbolic Ceremony and want to have the Sand Ceremony incorporated within the ceremony. Does anyone know if the Officiant can do this for us and read the Sand ceremony wording that we give him? Or do we have to choose someone, like a guest to do this for us? I feel like I read somewhere in a past post that the officiant will only say your vows, but anything else "extra" you want done someone else has to do it and you have to wait for the vows to finish and the officiant to finish. but I could be wrong ( hopefully) Thanks! Adriana

Tracey, Omg, your pictures are soooo beautiful! Your wedding looked so lovely and you were a beautiful bride, congrats! makes me excited for my day in April! i had two questions please i was wondering if you could answer. 1) I loved your lit up dance floor- was that supplied by the resort or by chance your DJ? was your DJ Ivan Gomez? How man poeple do you think fit on that? 2) Lounge furniture and pillows. Who supplied this for you? the resort or an outside vendor? Did you people reallly actually use the lounge furniture or the pillows? Thanks so much! Adriana

Jesmcan- When you go on your site visit, can you find out one thing for me please? When we had our food tasting, the portions they were bringing out to us to taste were pretty small. I had asked the waiter if the portion he was bring to us was a sample size for us because of the tasting, or if it was the real size of what each guest would be recieving during the wedding. Well, i dont think he understood my question so i did not recieve a clear answer. I feel as though he had said the size is what each guest would recieve. Is there anyway you can find out about the portion size and confirm? Thanks so much! Adriana

Has everyone been told the same information that the beach reception can last until 11PM at night. i am curious how strict they are with this rule, or if you are able to extend your party and just pay the charges per person. Thanks!

2mckee - i am using Samuel Luna as my photographer, he is amazing! really high quality photos, check out his website Flash Portfolio | Top Mexico Photographers | Mexico Destination Wedding Photographer Samuel Luna. If you inquire with him, will you please let me know if referred you to him? (Adriana Erazo) I met with him during my site visit and he was super professional, easy to get along with, good pricing and his phots are amazing, he has even won a few awards for them Check him our for yourself! Adriana Erazo