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Some weekend inspiration for those of us getting married in the gazbo from the amazing Elizabeth Medina, and it def woks as an area for the reception to, Happy Weekend!

Quote: Originally Posted by speedy130 Thanks for the advice! The pics would be great, I'll check back tomorrow. We are having around 35, at most 40. Would the terrace work for that size group? Oh ya that would def work! that size is perfect. It is 7 to a table at most you can do 8 but after that I gets really tight. So you would have 6 tables. I think you will really like that spot. Everything is lit up and you could save some money and use the actualy gazebo as the dance floor! You will have the ocean view as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by speedy130 Hi ladies, I have reserved the gazebo for my wedding, and then the gazebo terrace for the reception. Does anyone have pics of the terrace? I am having second thoughts. Perhaps the garden would be better. My FI doesn't want to do the beach, so thats out. Any thoughts, pros and cons, to the locations? Any help from the ladies who did site visits would be great!!! Also, does anyone know the max number of people that can sit inside the gazebo comfortably? Thanks for the help! I tried to email the WC in michigan but you know how that goes... Hi Speedy, How many people are you having? I do have pics but I can't load them right now since I am at work I will uplaod them tomorrow morning. I think the terrace is a really nice spot, where are you doing your ceremony? If you go with the garden I would go with the garden by the gazebo because it is more private. The other one is right in the middle of the resort and all the guests have to walk by to get to the restaurants and the pool and beach. Depending on how many guests you have I think the terrace is a great choice. Plus you can wear heels because in the garden you def have to do flats or wedge (you will sink right into the ground)

Quote: Originally Posted by MaggieandJay Ladies who are getting married in 2011. What are you finding is the avg Price per person you guests are spending on the trip? I am narrowing down resorts and the cost to my guest is one factor. A ballpark would be awesome! Thanks! PS This forum rocks and is so helpful! Hi I am getting in 2010 but when I was looking in 2009 rates did not very that much from 2010. What month are you looking for? January is really expensive compared to other months so some ties rates can really vary depending on the month your looking into.

Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx Agreed. It just all the inconsistencies that truly drive me nuts!! Thank god for this site and all the wonderful brides on here! soooooo true

Everything looks wonderful, can't wait to see your review have a wonderful wedding day!

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Hey, any of your FI's going golfing or anything with the guys, and if they are, where are they golfing at? Oh, has anyone been able to book at Veronicas or have a phone number for them? Hi FI is going fishing for her bach party over to Cozumel and the morning of the wedding he and the guys plan to go golfing. There are foing through the Royal who will book you with a resort that is apprently only 10 minutes away. All Inclusive Real Resorts Golf Packages, Cancun and Playa del Carmen Real Resorts Golf Packages here is the info

Quote: Originally Posted by jenconrad Thank you for saying exactly what I wanted to hear...hahaha :)

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO So I finally made an appointment to try on dresses next Friday ..blah lol. I know I shouldn't discount anything without trying it on, but I have my heart set on a few Maggie Sottero (destinations) options, but I've already called 4 stores and none of them carry them (even though they are listed on the MS site as carrying the line).. :-( Oh no that's a bummer well don't worry I know this is so corny but what is meant to be will be and you will find the perfect dress

Hi Ladies, I know we talked about this back a few posts and I can't remember who posted it but someone is using a honeymoon registry that is free, would you mind posting that site name again? Also what are you ladies doing with the ring bearer during the ceremony? Are going to have him sit or stand up with the other grooms men?

Hi Beachbum - I am using Fernando for hair and makeup, he is in Cancun and travels to PDC and also brings a hair person with him. Here is his e-mail [email protected]. His work is awsome but he is on the pricer side. Here is an exmaple of his work - 11.21.09 Natalia + Justin | Wedding at Aventura Spa Palace | Photos by Sol and Vincent This bride was from this forum and said he was awsome to work with. And here's his website for more examples of this work the-makeup-pros

Quote: Originally Posted by jenconrad Hello ladies! Leaving in less than 2 weeks! its crazy! Still have not found shoes, lol. I was wondering if anyone has any insight on wearing your diamond rings down in Mexico. A little worried the "rock" (haha) will get negative attention. Some people have advised me to leave my ring at home. What are you girls doing? I really want to bring mine down! We got engaged in Playa and I wore my ring everywhere the whole week lol I don't think it will get any negative attention. I saw lots of beautiful bling including at the Tiffany's store which is one block from the Royal I also feel safe since everything is insured. For going to the pool in the beach I would leave it in the safe. That is what I did this last time.

Ya by 4pm they all the crows start to move away to get ready for dinner. 6pm there won't be a soul there in fact by 5pm when we were there in November there was no one there. So you girls are fine.

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep i hope the orange candle is an option for me - i got the same pic yesterday as msglave but would LOVE the orange one! let's hope! i'm having the ceremony right on the beach, too. when i initially pictured a beach wedding, the vision in my head had us standing right in front of the waves with a white decorated arch, so that's what we're sticking with. bring on the sand in our toes (and on my dress, ha!). more progress, ladies! i received my final payment invoice last evening. it was, of course, all wrong (package price was higher than it's supposed to be and they included a minister that we never requested) but it's a step in the right direction! can't wait to be transferred to a mexico coordinator and really get all the details done! i requested a map of the gran porto resort. i also asked about the length of the aisle, so if anyon'es interested (and if i actually receive the info), let me know and i'll post it! we leave a month from today and i'm so excited! we worked on the ceremony script, got some of the ceremony music planned, made playlists for the reception (both dinner and dance music, but who knows if people will dance!?). it's all becoming so real! If I was to do the beach ceremony I would totally do it at the Gran Porto. Their beach was better and more private actually. It will be beautiful regardless. And Lady Di I just saw some really funny pictures with some guys in speedos at a ceremony and you know what it was funny. It is all part of being married in Mexico. IF we all just gow ith the flow we will ahve our perfect days. And as longas we are marrying the man of our dreams no speedo can ruin that lol

msglave - is the included center piece image that you got the one of the glass hurricane? Because that one is included to and it is really nice. It has a nice simple. You get an option of either or I just only have a picture of the luminary candle.

wow those look great!!!!!!!! I did the same thing and insisted on the metallic pocket folders and a textured card stock that is hard to print on. Still working on the final product - it gives me hope that yours came out so good!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 I use tinypic.com to upload pics and it gives you the codes to each type of website you can upload them to... just copy the code for forums and paste it here.. its pretty simple Thank You! Here is the pic of the basic set up,

Quote: Originally Posted by luna1923 Jescman, another question for ya, when you went down on the site visit, you didn't perhaps ask what the basic centre piece is, did you? I am wondering if we don't purchase centrepieces from the Royal, and if we don't bring anything down, do they put anythinig? Also, did you see any examples of the centrepieces you can buy? Hi Luna, I actually did ask this very question. They give you a candle as a centerpiece with the basic package. I actually think it looks very beautiful. I mean your in a setting where you really do not need much for decoration. You get a choice of a big wax luminary candle or a glass hurricane with a candle in it. The issue I had was with the luminary candle they told me it only comes in orange and not white (I found that hard to believe). I loved the hurricane. I wanted to add the image but I still can't figure it out. Can someone help? I put in the URL from Shutterfly and put around it but the image is still not showing up within my post. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing, beautiful pictures!

Quote: Originally Posted by luna1923 What??!! 150??!! No way! They must have built a new gazebo since I was there in 2007 Is that 150 guests sitting INSIDE the gazebo?! ohhh I'm sorry lol no that is outside. Yes the inside is much smaller.The wedding we saw has the bride and groom in the gazebo and all the chairs outside of it. But looking at pictures I would say you can probably get 15-20 on the inside on the gazebo. Not 100 percent sure though.

Quote: Originally Posted by luna1923 Yeah, it's just such a toss up...beach would be better setting, but want to rock the heels and maybe can establish a little more privacy in the gazebo. Does anyone know how many guests the gazebo can seat? ulma told us the largest wedding they had at the gazebo was 150

We chose the gazebo because my opinion it was the most private. When we went on our site visit there was a wedding and they had people blocking it off so no one with their bathing suits could walk through. They also grew these big bushes around it so no one could look in from the beach. Most people are hanging out by the pool and the restaurants and we noticed there was not much activity where the gazebo was. You do have on lookers from their balconies but our not facing them so non of your guests or you will really notice them. Also I am a heels girl so since this is a stone rock way I could rock them .

Quote: Originally Posted by msglave Did you ladies see this? The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Recognizes Two Real Resorts With Its... -- NEW YORK and CANCUN, Mexico, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sorta makes all of the stress worth it! :-) wow that is awsome!!! but on the other hand I guess this is why the price increases have been so frequent and so high

Quote: Originally Posted by luna1923 Ladies, I've been trying to email Samuel Luna on his website but it keeps getting rejected saying "error". His email is not listed. Does anyone have his direct email? Hi here is Samuels e-mail, [email protected]