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Looks amazing! The price they charge for those things is ridiculous, I'm glad you found a way to make one yourself!

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Name: Melissa

FI Name: Steve

Wedding Destination: Dreams Cancun

What made you choose this destination? We visited the resort in July 2008 and just fell in love with it. Up until then we hadn't even talked about getting married. Once we saw the price for the wedding packages, it was basically decided.

Wedding Date: early July 2010. We recently contacted the WC, so we're hoping to book a date pretty soon!

What made you choose this date? I'm working on my PhD and July is probably one of my least busy months.

Have you decided on your wedding colors? If so, what are they? Different shades of blue, brown and orange.

What is something unique about your wedding? No one in my family has ever dreamed of having a destination wedding, so we'll be the first!

Tell us anything else about yourself and/or your wedding: I moved to Minnesota from the east coast 3 years ago and already have the typical Minnesotan accent!

Sexy!! That's awesome that you have a friend in the business. I only have family members, so it'd be pretty awkward to have them do my BD photos!

It looks amazing! Thanks for the tip on istockphoto, I've been searching for cool graphics.

They look great, blurry pictures and all! I love the picture of you guys on the beach!

Congratulations! Have fun planning!

Thanks everyone! You're all so sweet!

I LOVE that idea! I can see my dad really liking that! You're so thoughtful!

While all 3 look amazing, I absolutely love the 1st one! It's clean and simple, yet not plain. You must be so excited!

Looks great! It certainly looks like you spent some time on it!

The wet bikini bags are genius! I didn't know that they existed and now I want one for myself!

Your flowers look amazing! It's crazy how awesome 'fake' flowers can look these days!

I'm considering sewing my own OOT bags, but I'm not sure if it'd actually save me any money. I like the idea that I can choose my own patterns. I found a great, simple pattern from Lazy Girl Designs:

 

Lazy Girl | Blog Make Our 1 Yard, 1 Hour Free Tote Bag Pattern For Last Minute Holiday Gift Bags

 

Has anyone tried this? Was it worth it?

No, we haven't talked to anyone at Dreams yet. Have you? I'm still waiting for the FI to discuss it with his parents. I'm getting so impatient!

Congrats! It's nice to see so many Minnesotans on the forum!

Congrats on your wedding! I'm potentially planning a wedding around the same time as you, so that's exciting! My FI and I were there (Dreams Cancun) from July 5-12 in 2008 and I thought the weather was great! I can only remember it raining one evening and it didn't last long. Yes, it is hot in July, but it is also pretty windy so I didn't mind the heat as much. I tend to enjoy hot weather though, so that may just be me! Hope that helps!

I hope its not in poor taste, we don't want any either. Besides, I need something for my Xmas list, right?

Thanks for the review! I'm planning on getting married at Dreams Cancun as well, and I'm not a big planner either so I'm glad to hear that everything worked out well for you! I was considering using a Bose system as well, but we'll have a few more people, probably 20-25. Do you think yours was loud enough for everyone to hear while dancing?

Congrats! I had to laugh, because I would have done the exact same thing!

I attended my brother's wedding a few weekends ago. I caught the bouquet after my new sister-in-law threw it in my direction and all of the other ladies took a step back. For the garter toss, my brothers were worried that one of their friends would have to touch my leg, so they literally threw my boyfriend (now fiance!) at the garter. They still claim that it wasn't rigged at all! The following Wednesday morning, I got up and let the dog out as usual. I saw a note on the front porch with a trowel next to it that said "Go check your garden. You'll need this." I walked back inside because I had to think about what that note meant and what was in my garden. I was still pretty sleepy! So I went about my usual morning routine, and about 1/2 an hour later decided to go check it out. There was a rose sticking out of my flower garden (I don't own any rose bushes) so I went over and pulled it out of the ground. A container was attached. Inside there was a note that said "Marry me?" and a beautiful ring! It was a good thing I didn't wait any longer to go check it out, it started pouring soon after! But overall, it was a great week! First my big brother got married to an awesome girl, I passed my preliminary exams for my PhD, and got engaged! All within 4 days!

Thanks for the review! I did have a question, what time was your ceremony and reception? I'm potentially planning a July wedding next year and was just wondering how the lighting worked out for your pictures.

Congrats! I'm hoping to get married there in July, too! Maybe we'll meet each other!

Hi everyone! I'm Melissa and I'll be potentially planning a DW at Dreams Cancun. I'm hoping for a late June, early July 2010 wedding but we're still deciding if we should do it in the states or not! I've secretly been looking through the forums for about a year now and all of the information has been great! Now that I'm engaged, I can openly check things out!