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Quote: Originally Posted by linzappa Hi - I looked through this thread and didn't see any reviews of the Azuls. If some exist, could someone direct me to them? If not, could someone post something? The smaller of the two Azuls appeals to me more I think. Thanks y'all! Happy planning ps. I had a nightmare last night I couldnt' go to my own wedding as I didn't have a dress and I hadn't written my vows or speeches! I literally woke up in a cold sweat. Hey Linzappa This thread is full of girls who were married at azul sensatori and azul beach and you will find small reviews here on this thread and under planning threads/reviews Oh no, not nightmares already, I had them the week of my wedding... I was a hot mess!

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd Hiya ladies!!!!!!!!!! I'm back and we had the MOST AMAZING time!!!! AB could not have been more perfect for our wedding. I can't wait til I get my pictures and can share with you. Oddly enough, being a bride I didn't carry around my camera that day so I'm at the mercy of our families and my photog, LOL. Unfortunately, it rained and rained and rained our first 3 days there. Not just sprinkles or mist but full on side-blowing rain. We had to cancel the sailing trip (no worries for all you gals that have booked with Paradise Catamarans...full refund with no problems) and ended up renting vans to take our guests into town for dinner instead. They were getting a bit stir-crazy with the rain. BUT, somebody was looking out for us because we went to bed the night before the wedding to pouring rain and woke up to blue skies on wedding day!!!!!! The clouds rolled in around ceremony time but the first drop didn't fall until the final blessing. Perfect timing if you're going to have rain on your wedding day! I'll write a full review later with all the details but I just wanted to pop in and say that the whole experience at AB could not have been any better. Superb everything: food, staff, beaches, onsite team. Absolutely perfect! Now I've got a lot of catching up to do!!! WELCOME BACK MRS!!!!!! So happy to see things went awesome, cant wait to hear all about it! Congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by chong Hi. My name is Chong. My fiance Darryl and I are getting marry at Azul Sensatori on October 10, 2010!!! I need some help planning the wedding. I have no idea where to start setup, music, photographer, reception, welcoming bags... there is just too much. anyone would like to share some pointers? greatly appreciate it/ WELCOME CHONG!! Glad you found us!!! I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. I recommend first ready through these threads because chances are their are a few answers from us girls that have already got married or brides to be that are planning the same thing your are.

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Love the hair Amy! very elegant. I have a question for everyone. For those who have planned your processional music, how long are you having a song play for just you to walk down the aisle? For those who have already gotten married, how long did it take you to walk down, and how long did you play a song for? Meghan, I played the over the rainbow song,I downloaded the longest version of the song and artist I wanted. Then when we got to mexico, we timed it out for how many ppl we had and when we started the music. So basically we had everyone line up on the top of the stairs( you have to take stairs down to beach) then had the music begin when Kenny walked his mom down and then everyone else (in the wedding party) followed. I believe with our ppl and myself took a total of almost 4mins or a little over. We stoppped the song after my father gave me away. Then we played a song while we did the sand ceremony also. It was so beautiful, and we didn't even think of all that until the onsite suggested that along with a song for when all 4 witness sign all the paper work. I think they signed 4 pages each and the photographer took pics during this as well... It takes a few minutes.

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Thanks Katie & Amy! I really like the waves, I think it suits my dress and cage tulle veil perfectly! It was done super messy just because my hair after 2 other styles wasn't cooperating but I have no doubt she'll nail it on wedding day! Katie - I heard on the news that Heathrow is flying again, WAAAAHOOOO!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE your style, pin up girl is so you sista!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Hey girl! How's married life? Oh my living room is so embarrassing... I've had to ban friends from coming over! LOL, Married life is fabulous! together for 6 years now and a daughter, it's back to reality for us But I must share, I feel so much more complete now... Things were always complete for us, but NOW I feel awesome. Hard to describe. Long story short, I didn't have a story book life. My mom has not really ever been there for me my whole life, And when i met Kenny, he took on many roles for me, but overall, he is my prince, and I feel he rescued me... I took pics of my house wedding week, it consisted of piles everywhere! I wish I would have been more organized, then I wouldn't have forgot my garter or my daughters wedding shoes LOL..

Hey ladies, just checking in to be excited for you upcoming brides!!! So exciting and AMY i am dying to see a pic of your livingroom lol Katie, YOUR GOING TO MEXICO TO BE MARRIED, sending you no doubts only positive thoughs....

Quote: Originally Posted by dirtymartini Has anyone heard anything about the two photographer companies that Azul works with, Caribe or Matias Cano? Hey Sara, I used Caribe. Feel free to check out my slideshow my hubby made from the cd that came with our photography package..you'll need quicktime. www.frommert.com/wedding I was very happy with my photographer javier, I myself do some photography on the side as a hobby and I found my photographer very easy and fun to work with. I got what I paid for $500. totally worth it. Hope this helps

Quote: Originally Posted by mzgillis316 Hi.. Can anyone tell me if you guys are getting a honeymoon suite, and if you think it is necessary versus standard suites. For all the brides that have been there, are the standard or premium suites large enough for a bride and her party of 4 to get dressed together? Thanks for your help. The honeymoon suite ROCKS, but it is verrry pricey in my opinion. I only got upgraded because there was a room mix up and i was a unhappy girl. But Im sure the rooms would work just fine? I was in both standard and premium, I did not notice a big difference in size at ALL. Hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd Man, today is just a bummer of a day! FI and I have been fighting since last night, mostly about his Best Man. Loooooong story! Not having to do with the fight, but his BM still doesn't have his outfit yet (!!!!) and they just emailed me pics of the shirt he picked out. IMO it's way too casual. He'll be the odd man out if he wears it. And now I just checked the weather for next week and it's rain every day! with 60% chance on our wedding day. GRRRRRRRRR!!!! One reason we picked April was because it's one of the months with the lowest rainfall. I know I shouldn't worry about weather a week away since it's always changing but still GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I am just generally pissed off today! Just thought I'd shed some light on your wedding plans, Up until day of our wedding, weather was calling for RAIN, i was soo upset. For me, I kept saying, Im not coming all the way to Mexico to be married indoors in a room with no windows lol. So I was horrified when I kept seeing rain.... In fact, it ruined the whole week of my wedding because I was so pissed about it everyday! AND guess what... wedding day, NO RAIN!!! Absolutely perfect weather! So, my positive thoughts are being sent your way and jus sayn this, If it does rain.... make the best of it girl, life is not about finding the shelter in the storm, its about learning to dance in the rain ... sending you bug hugggs!

Quote: Originally Posted by dirtymartini Do they have a steamer that we can use at the resort? No they didn't HOWEVER, my daughters flower girl dressed got ripped, and they fixed it in 30mins and didn't charge me anything. But I think you can grab a steamer from target or whatever for pretty cheap?

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan I hope that it is just for the UK....I do not want to be checking my dress! I've heard mixed reviews on this. If you call the airline they most likey will tell you it has to be checked or wont promise you anything. I also heard they flight attendants are usually very kind and excited for you and will just hang it up for you. MY FLIGHT, well it was a male I had to ask and it was a 100% FULL FLIGHT, he was not nice and he made me fold my dress in half and put it on top of my carry on bag in the over head . ... I was not a happy girl. But it ended up being ok since my dress was made of taffida.

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Were they tea light candles around the table? Or in the middle of the table? Meghan, There were about 3 on each table I believe. Your my facebook buddy right? I believe there are some pics of mexico reception there and if you look at pics from resturants AND from my reception you will see these blue glasses. For the reception they had candles in them. I didn't go all out for anything in mexico because I had a AHR, so these worked perfect for me! My WC in mexico hooked up a lot with extras, they made it look so nice. Hope this helps

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd I'm secretly a Mrs.!! FI and I had such a great time at our legal ceremony today that I wanted to share some pics! We thought it would be no big deal but we both got choked up and teary eyed. We're very happy to have had a trial run...maybe we'll have a bit more composure in Mexico! My sister came with us and then we had a picnic in the park after the ceremony. Please excuse the fact that FI desperately needs a haircut!! We figured we may as well practice with cake! It's been a good day CONGRATS WENDY! You Looked so pretty and happy Funny how your anniversary will be april fools day! How fun!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan What kind of candles did they put on the table? Ill have to look thru my pics, My im pretty sure they were blue?

Quote: Originally Posted by mzgillis316 thats funny we just got off the phone with one of the coordinators and she said we could bring our own DJ .... why are things so all over the place with these resorts LOLOL eh i guess we'll just have to deal LEt me guess... is Tiffany your coordinator? LOL. hahaha, Sorry just thought this was funny!

Quote: Originally Posted by rkf1046 I'm probably the minority, but we're not doing centerpieces. We have four tables and each will have: rose petals, a menu and signature cocktail card, a picture frame honoring one of our grandparents, maracas, and a sprinkle of confetti in our colors (magenta/coral). __________________ Sounds great! So how did you arrange the signature cocktail? Did you give instructions for how to make it and they ask for it at the bar or pre-arrange for some to be made? I am so early in this process...hopefully I'm not getting to far ahead of myself:) I did not have any centerpieces either, we only had 4 tables as well. THey actually put candles on all the tables for us and it looked great!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Hola! Anyone using the Lomas DJ - Tiffany sent me the link to their song list today: http://weddings.lomas-travel.com/pla...music_list.pdf If I remember correctly, I think Amy F said that the DJ had a lot more music than just this list. I am still not sold on my first dance song. Maybe I'll make FI be in charge of that. I just can't find one that I love and fits the mood in mexico. You are correct Amy, we used one of their dj's, because I was told I didn't have any other choice. . I had a great expirence. And yes, When I got to mexico they had a whole lists of music tiffany doesn't even know about called top 40 LOL. And Im not sure how it normally works, but we had requested two songs they didn't have, and the dj and wc just downloaded it from itunes right then and there and "they" paid for it<---- yes you read that right. haha (WOW)

TAYLORWD< HOT HOT HOT pics, you girls amaze me! Love all your confidence and so will your hubbys!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by rkf1046 Hello All! I just booked 12/11/10 for our wedding at AS! I have been trying to catch up and read all the posts, but there are so many!!! So very excited!!! COngrats and welcome to happy planning!!! This is a great group of girls and were happy to have you!

Andrea, and girls... Did you or do you plan to send anything special for the guest who attended your wedding after you get back? Im sending out my THANK YOUs to guest for my AHR now and I still haven't sent my official thank you for my guest in Mexico. I went and bought a bunch of Thank you cards( not the bulk kind, big thank you cards) and Kenny, my husband had made a video compiled of all our pics of the wedding with music in the background. So were making copies of the video and sending it all who attended the wedding. Im just wondering if anyone else had any unique ideas on how to thank everyone who comes to mexico?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lecreatifbride Are folks still posting to this tread? I have LOTS of ?'s. I have been booked since January for my date of 9-4-10. Then I read some horrible reviews. I dont want to change my plans because of he said, she said. I want to hear from real brides about their special day at Azul Sensatori! Please let me know: 1. how many people travelled with you 2. how were the rooms (your's & your guests) 3. how was the wedding venue 4. how was the check in process? did you get the room you expected 5. how was the reception? was it private 6. how was the beach 7. if you had it to do over again...... Or just post some info on the experience. I just want to know if I should stay on course or pick another location. Hi there, and congrats on finding real brides and real Love stories! First off, I wanted to say I just got married about a month ago at azul sensatori and as you read through allll these threads, you will see that there are alot of emotions that you go thru when planning a wedding, especially when its going to be in mexico, However you will read all of our success stories and feel much better about your upcoming wedding at AS i promise:) I can't explain why there are bad reviews, I had some guest complaining too, one guest complained about the food at one of the resturants, my husband and I completely disagreed. COMPLETELY. So, i guess when reading bad reviews, remember that everyones different and we all have different expectations. Just read with an open mind. We had approx 25 guest. Check in was soo cool. Greeted with a smile and a cocktail... awesome!!! My travel agent confused our rooms up a bit, but I got upgraded for free to the honeymoon suit for a week... awesome Worked out great for us. Premium section is where the hook up is. worth the little extra trust me! I had a private reception, everything went perfect. Im not kidding, I had nothing at all go wrong and had nothing but compliments about our whole wedding day! The workers there are so amazing, They truly made my day. It was almost embarrasing how on point they are. Treated us like we were royality the entire time. Beach, uhhh... well it was a beach, it was not the greatest but it wasn't horrible either imo. It can get weedy at times, but they rake quit often. And they clean up where your wedding is at before its time too. It's absolutly beautiful back drop for a wedding. If I could do it over again, The ONLY thing I would change was my OFFSITE wedding coordinator. I wanna go back so bad! The resort is so cool. Prob go back for an anniversary im sure!!! Happy Planning, I hope this helps

Katieeeee, awesome pics! Your man is gonna love them girl! xoxoxo, I have alot of favorites, but im pretttttty sure your man is gonna love them booty shots!!! you go girl!!! Us woman go through alot to try and look our best and it takes alot of nerve to get in front of a camera for these kind of shots, some of us its natural, some of us need encouragement, but at the end of the day, be proud and love your body, we are our own worst critics sometimes. Katie, You looked amazing in your pics and your so so beautiful*** your happiness shows in your pics, and it looks great on you!

andrea, great pics!!!!! thanks for sharing!!

hey Ladies I just wanted to give the girls who are choosing to do a legal ceremony in Mexico a heads up.... I got married feb 13th and I ( AND ANDREA) didn't know until we got to mexico that there is no english wedding license. Which means we had to pay $150 for a wedding license that the states would accept. It has to be "professionally" translated and meet your sec of state requirements and guidelines . AND it takes approx 4-6weeks after the wedding. I just got mine last week. THEN, i took it to sec of state to change my name and they told me my translation was not acceptable. SO my reccomendation to you girls is to NOT get or pay for the translation there but to bring it home and it's only approx $50 here and takes 2-3days and you can tell them what requirments it needs to meet.