SheenaMcDonald

We got married on January 5 and used him and he was really good.  We brought our own cd's for music but he worked with them before the wedding and meshed the music together so that there wasn't an akward pause in between songs, it kind of all flowed.  And when our cd's ended and he started playing music, it was great music that I had just forgotten to put on the cd's.  He was also a great MC, he was funny and his english is good.  We used him as well as the lightup dance floor from Dreams and loved it!
 

Originally Posted by KB&JC 

I actually just talked to Claudia about all the DJ nonsense!! She said that Rodrigo Barcelo from AVII SPL  is the new DJ for Dreams. We have been emailing him and he seems nice, he emails back quickly and he says he has 18 years being a DJ for weddings. Hoping for the best!!!

 

 

We had the 2 floor suite for our wedding/honeymoon but be careful because we did pay extra and our voucher said "honeymoon suite" on it and when we got there they stuck us in a regular room.  I had seen pictures as well and knew one of the suites had 2 floors so I kept saying that is what we were supposed to have and they changed it right away.  I as well didn't know there was another honeymoon suite.  But we LOVED the 2 floor suite it was amazing, it had a great view of the gazebo in the pyramid building and so much room to get ready the day of the wedding.  I think our room number was 5241 because I think there are only 4 of those suites on the end of that building.
 

Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust 

I was told 6-10 ppl, based on your preference

 

The Honeymoon Suite is actually more complicated than it seems.  There are two different types.  One is one floor with a bedroom and dining area and I think a little more square footage than the standard ocean front rooms).  The other is two floors, two balconies, two bathrooms, with a bedroom on the bottom and a couch and I think dining area on the top.  Both suites are facing the gazebo in the pyramid building.  I found out about this the hard way.  I had been talking to a bride who stayed there and she sent me pics (which if I can find, I'll send them to you) of the two floor suite.  We fell in love and booked it.  Later on, I was looking at reviews on trip advisor and other places and noticed some brides described the honeymoon suite as one floor.  Then I looked at Dreams website and noticed thier description didn't say two floors either.  Then I looked at sites like expedia and apple and noticed some said one floor and some said two floors.  Finally, I started finding sites that had two honeymoon suite categories, both with the same description but different prices.  Finally I called Dreams and was informed there are two types and you have to request the one you want at booking.  Luckily I contacted my TA and she got them to confirm in writing that I will get the two floor suite.  So if you want the two floor suite, call them ASAP. 

 

I remember one bride here saying she was disappointed in her room and thought she was downgraded (she ordered the honeymoon suite), but I really think they gave her the one floor honeymoon suite instead.  Hope this helps

Hello,

The mini bar is all inclusive we never had any trouble with having to pay for anything in them.  The only thing that was a problem for us is that there were only 2 corona in them which are mini bottles which we loved to drink while getting ready, so we ended up putting a $1 dollar bill in the fridge and note that said more corona please and after that the maid always had more corona then anything else!
 

Originally Posted by briannarae23 

Hi!  OMG i LOVE those shot glasses!! THey are freaking adorable.  how much did you end up paying for them after everything?

 

and, my FI was looking at the dreams website and had a question:  next to Mini bar in the room description it has $$.  Is the mini bar in the room not included in the all inclusive?  But the beer in the fridge is?  LoL i know its  not important but he's a guy and wants to know:) thanks!!!
 

 

Hi Rudebaga!

I just have a question for you about how it is going with Juan's team?  I was married on the 5th of January and bought the higher up package where I get 400 digital pictures and a bunch of other sized ones for the album and left the package that comes with the Dreams ultimate and the 50 pictures for my trash the dress.  Anyways they got the proofs back to me by email right away and then I choose the numbers that I wanted and sent it back to Juan and haven't heard anything back from him for 2 weeks even though I have sent a few emails.  I'm still not even sure how it works, are they going to come in the mail?
 

Originally Posted by rudebaga 

Hola fellow Allure 8705 brides...just wanted to let you know that the dress photographed beautifully in the professional pics! We got an email from the Juan Navarro team yesterday and we are sifting through the over 900 pics they took to pic the 50 we want in the album we get with the Ultimate Wedding Package at Dreams.  I also want to thank all the previous Dreams Cancun/Juan Navarro brides for the info on getting a cd of all the pictures from them.  All the previous brides said they would offer a cd for $400-$500, but that everybody got them down to $300.  Well, they did in fact offer me $400, I countered with $300 and they accepted!  Thanks ladies for the tip!

 

As for those of you with Allure 8705 thinking about altering it to a sweetheart neckline..I have attached a pic that a friend took on her phone at the reception that shows the neckline so you can get an idea of how it looks.  I thought it made a world of difference in the appearance of the dress!

 

@clgriffi7: As for the bathroom issue... I had the alterations dept leave just a hint of room in the hip allowing me to pull the dress up just a bit to be able to sit down for dinner and that also allowed me to shift the dress up enough to use the restroom without having to take the whole thing off. I just needed 2 of my gals to come with me and hold all the ruffles, but it can totally be done...if you're not too shy, haha! 

I was married on January 5,2011 and my review is up under resorts/villas and then cancun and dreams cancun.  Hope this helps!

Originally Posted by steph2011 

Has anyone recently been married at Dreams Cancun?  I would love to hear feedback from 2010 brides.

 

Thank you

Does anyone know a good website to use to post the video of our wedding?  I have a lot of family who live far away and couldn't make it to the wedding and it would be so much easier just to send them a link to it.  I know I have seen other brides videos on here in the past but I can't remember where they loaded them too?  Thanks!

1. I asked Claudia about the extra people as people kept booking.  Of course it took months to get response regarding that but I printed all of my emails and brought them with me in case she wasn't going to honor that.

2.  for the hair and makeup it took the girls a little over an hour for just their hair and for myself i think i was there for about 2 and a half hours for both hair and makeup.  I started at 9 and left at noon but she was doing another bridesmaid in between and stuff because she applied my makeup and then I took some time to apply my own eyeliner, mascara and I put fake eyelashes on and then when I was ready she came back and finished off my makeup.  There was a little time where I was just standing there hair spraying myself with their hairspray because I found it to be good and I think I did this 5 different times.

3.  she must have been ok with it because I drew her a picture and said this is what I want and she did exactly to my drawing!
 

Originally Posted by NurseM 

Sheena

Great review it was awesome, a couple of questions for you.....

1.) When did you ask claudia about the extra people trading for the cocktail hour and mexican trio???

2.) how much time did it take you to get your hair/makeup done?

3.) i read that there is only a sweetheart table but you had a head table is she ok with that?

 

Thanks!!

i think all reviews need to go under resorts and villas now because i got in trouble today trying to post my review in here and it wouldn't let me do it.  It sent me a notice!

No problem for the review, as for the lights i'm sure it does look really nice especially if they are different colours but the ones I seen were all pink and it was way too many pink tables and the price was really expensive.  The question about the DJ, i'm not too sure we didn't pay any more than what i had broken down and on our contract it just says the 920$ for additional time from 9-11 and for open bar and under the dj it just says 3 hours so i have no idea how claudia broke that down to pay them?  Hope this helps!

ok so sorry! after all of that my review is up under resorts and villas and from there you can find dreams cancun!

ok is it just me or can no one else see my review?  I attached it using the paperclip and i don't think it worked!  Why does this site have to be so complicated?  Can anyone help me find a solution so I can post this and stop spending hours trying to do this?

Hi everyone!  Here is my review part 1.  It is quit long but my pictures take up a lot of space so I had to put it in 3 different documents.  I couldn't put very many pics of our room up because the files were too big so if you are interested in seeing them just send me a message.  The pictures that are in here are all pictures that our friends took because we haven't gotten the pictures from Juan yet except for looking at the ones on his blog and we aren't too sure how that is going to work with him.  Hopefully we will hear from him soon I have sent him an email since it has been 3 weeks since the wedding and we just want to know how this is going to work.  Enjoy!

we brought sparklers with us from the dollar store and lit them and they never said anything to us and Claudia was sitting right there so those must be allowed if you wanted to go with them instead of fireworks!

PS. My review is done and all typed up but I can't load it from my mac for some reason so i will have to figure something else out!

Hi everyone!

So we just got back on sunday, we were married last wednesday january 5th and everything went amazing, Claudia really is great to work with in person!  Juan has put some sample pics of our ttd and wedding day up on his blog but when I actually get the pics from him I will write a review!

Hello,

Yes I did call the resort today, it was actually much easier than I thought, I got a hold of the spa right away and it wasn't that hard to understand her, I think her name was Rocio.  There is one thing I forgot to ask her was pricing for getting bridesmaids her done and what not?  Just thought past brides might be able to help me with this?  Also did past brides get there makeup done there as well or did you do your own?  I wasn't sure if it was worth booking the makeup as well.  Thanks!  Three weeks AHHH!!

I am freaking out about the spa, we are getting married on January 5, 2011 and I have contacted the spa over a month ago to book appointments and still haven't heard anything back. Claudia also emailed me to confirm my wedding date and I asked her about the spa as well, and I haven't heard anything.  What should I do? 

thank you so much for the great review!!!  Your pics are soooo gorgeous we were thinking of going to a cenote as well, just wondering which one you went to and did they have there own photographer at the cenote or you had to bring one in?  Also I know you mentioned tiping a lot and we are so happy to see everyone writing that on here cause now we know to do that but just wondering around how much you were tiping, we just have no idea and don't want to give too much or not too much?  Thanks and congratulations:)

Congratulations everything looked so beautiful!! I just have a few questions is Juan Navarro the resort photographer for weddings or did you hire him yourself? I was just wondering if he comes with our package or not and when I asked Claudia for the DJ does that mean I am going to get Mannia or is that someone who people book outside of the resort as an extra as well?

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has stayed in the honeymoon suites? Is it much different and better and what should I expect? Since we are getting married at a busy time of year our travel agent told us that we should maybe book a suite instead of going there and trying to get an upgrade but the price is kind of crazy. Just wondering if its that much better and worth spending the extra money on?

I just want to let everyone know that I have brought sparklers down south before a few times and no one has ever said anything about them being in our luggage. We also plan on bringing some for our wedding.

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