Lisa DSO

Quote: Originally Posted by scottishbride Hi, I am debating whether to get married at Gran Caribe or The Royal in Cancun...big decider is privacy and how many onlookers there are! Can you tell me how private/unprivate is the Gazebo at the Gran Caribe? thanks for your help! I believe I read in this thread from someone who had seen both areas, that there is more privacy at Gran Caribe, but either way, you probably won't notice onlookers when it comes time (and you can always photoshop them out of your pictures :-) )

Quote: Originally Posted by jplovesme Hi Lisa: I just booked the gazebo location for that day at the Gran Caribe! One thing down! Wish we had the patience to do the Catholic classes here in our church, but that's what's keeping us from having the wedding at the chapel. We're going to Cancun in a couple months, and The Royal PDC will be one of our pitt stops, if time allows. Can't wait to hear/see more from fellow Royal Resorts brides! Yeah, I know what you mean- that is the only thing that prevented us from booking the chapel (that sounds so awful, but it really is time consuming). The gazebo area there is gorgeous!

Quote: Originally Posted by jplovesme OMG. Cool! I didn't even notice that! We're planning on the Gran Caribe in Cancun... Did u book yours yet Or should I say, did u reserve your spot yet? I'm so glad someone else here is doing New Years Day too! OOh I love the chapel they have there... Yes, we are booked at The Royal PDC for that day :-)

JPLovesme, we are wedding date twins!

I agree, Jess, that dress is beyond amazing!

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Hi Lisa when we were doing our reception at the Royal and went for our food tasting we were told for the Luxury and Ultimate Luxury we got 4 choices. Based on our food tasting the canaloupe with procutto sorry I'm not sure how to spell it was amazing. Also the breaded sesame chicken, the fried shrimp with mint sauce (they say cocnut shrimp but they are just fried no coconut) was really good, and the skewers. They do a wonderful job with presentation. Awesome thanks; all of those selections sounded great anyway, so I think I will just go with those you suggested! lol

For those having Luxury wedding- I was looking at the sheet listed as Cocktail Canapes- do we get a choice from cold and hot canapes, or is it either or? I'm a little confused by this one. Also, is anyone else bringing their own aisle runner? (i'm not digging the red one provided lol)

Quote: Originally Posted by LeslieJohn2010 Hi guys, Just got confirmation from Zulma so wanted to add myself- so excited! Yay! Congrats :-)

Great review, thanks! I am also having a 4pm gazebo reception and have been going back and forth on what time i should do the cocktail reception. You mentioned confusion- do you think I should have cocktails right after the ceremony?

good call Lady Di! and ladies, try to remember to update it from the lastest post, otherwise it won't show updated dates (i'll add mine again :-) -some others might be missing since some of the updates were edited from older posts Woot, so exciting that so many of us are on here! Playa2009 - February 5, 2010 diana&steve0304 - April 3, 2010 kimmy44 - April 21, 2010 jcooper79 - April 22, 2010 aerazo - April 23, 2010 kimmy44 - April 28, 2010 AprilandRyan - May 1, 2010 jennie.lewis - May 7, 2010 SDbeachgirl - May 7, 2010 LynnieS - May 14, 2010 Lexibride - May 15, 2010 tutti1299 - May 15, 2010 astreit - May 16, 2010 boolo318 - May 28, 2010 Denisema00 - May 29, 2010 Lady_Di - May 29, 2010 candicemarie - June 5, 2010 kenlyn8984 - June 10, 2010 ~Stephanie~ - June 11, 2010 super19 - June 21, 2010 cinny726 - June 2010 Pattie - June 2010 Jamk32179- September 18, 2010 smckinney22 - October 9, 2010 Shirley_Ken - October 28, 2010 Celine- November 5, 2010 bmlynch - November 6, 2010 Randi - November 11, 2010 jesmcan - November 12, 2010 giraffexx - November 19, 2010 mslisaaragon - November 22, 2010 Trinas79 - November 2010 Lisa DSO- January 1, 2011 pineapplebride - *maybe* April 2011 vlynnw - May 6, 2011 stevensfiance - 2010 -Royal, Cancun

I just thought of something- We have the Luxury Pkg which includes 1 HR cocktail- what are the location options for this? Do you get to choose (because I don't remember that being a selection on any of the sheets) Oh and Jesmcan, I totally love your website and TOTALLY copied stuff from you and candicemarie (hope you don't mind). **tee hee** it was just so well done!

Quote: Originally Posted by bridetobe1515 I was told Mexico runs on standard US. So no adapters needed. I looked it up online to make sure and it was right. Thanks! :-)

Ladies (and any gents), Do any of you know if you need any kind of ac plug converter at the Royal, or do american plugs (flat irons, hair dryers, etc) work there? Thanks in advance.

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Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsYak Hi Ladies. So I faxed my booking form and deposit today...can anyone tell me what to expect next from them? I have already met with my travel agent and started my file with her, but she doesnt handle and of the wedding stuff... Next you will receive the wedding contract, checklist, and cake/flowers/centerpiece options. :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by poohshek My husband is from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Which part of Canada is your fiancé from? He's from Ottawa, Ontario :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by teshy1 Best of luck, fellow American bride who fell in love with a Canadian! Yep, they are amazing! :-)

I know there are a lot of people on this forum who had/have similar situation, so I would like to hear what they have to say. Any advice? :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by bmlynch I was just on Trip advisor and I heard that the beach at the Gran Porto is under construction and is closed. Does anyone know about this or have any more information and when the construction will be done I was looking at the resort's webcam and you can actually see it going on (well, one day they had the Royal and Gran Porto's webcams backwards)

me too **blushes [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by jamk32179 Hi Ladies, Just called my WC again and was told people quit and they are overwhelmed with phone calls. People quit? uh oh...i wonder who else quit. I don't think it is right that the brides for whom they were working were not informed. You ladies shouldn't have to be informed here, they should have communicated it to you and then given you their resolution and reassurance. This is obviously too much for them to handle and the workload needs to be given to an agency who can handle the high volume.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jules2222 FYI!! Kimberly quit yesterday. Not sure what to do... Oh no! What did they say they would do for you ladies that had her as WC?

Quote: Originally Posted by jamk32179 I found a website that tells you the sunrise and sunset times. It is timeanddate.com. Hope this helps! I searched under Quintana Roo as the City. thanks! that helps

Quote: Originally Posted by jamk32179 So I just called my WC and got a receptionsist who was quick to tell me they are having problems with their email and their phone is ringing off the hook with other people calling. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that they had this "problem" a few posts back. AHHHH!!! Yep, that was the excuse they gave my FI about a week and a half ago

Quote: Originally Posted by mslisaaragon Good afternoon Brides! We are headed to PDC this week for our site inspection, YAY! Send me your questions you'd like me to ask while I have them CAPTIVE! Lisa Hi Lisa, will you try to notice what time the sun goes down? (my wedding will be around this time next year ;-) thanks!