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Quote: Originally Posted by cathyandchin i read somewhere that there is a walmart/sams/or costco nearby that sells roses for like $5/dz so you could pull the petals off yourself (great destructive activity for a kid!) great idea!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 I am going with the Love Package and Ana let me substitute the cocktail hour for an additional 20 guests at $20 a guest (so basically $400 extra and no cocktail hour). This certainly beats the extra $1500+ you would pay for an additional dinner and cocktail for $20 more guests. From there, she said any additional guests would be the resort price ($48pp or whatever it is). Hope that helps! We opted to get rid of the cocktail hour and have our guests gather at the Barracuda Bar or Desire's lounge. The drinks are free so you might as well take advantage of that and not pay for a private cocktail hour! WE are doing the same thing.. and Ana offered us the same as well.

Hey guys.. I saw some ??s about the chairs... Is our only option the white chairs- with the chair covers and sashes? Or can we get different chairs, or lounge chairs, benches, etc.....

Quote: Originally Posted by wisconsinbride2010 We got ours form islandimporter.com Maybe they will have what you are looking for. What color did he get? Do you have a picture?

Hey Ladies.... So glad I found this discussion b/c I have been freaking out a little about my groom and groomsmens pants. We wanted to order khaki linen pants from Weddingtropics.com.....but they are out of stock for 2 months... so we need linen pants that are khaki in color. Would you suggest the greek biege color?? Or is that lighter? (anyone who has already recieved them or the color swatches) Thanks SO much

Quote: Originally Posted by EmmaGaussoin I just wanted to say Hi to both of you guys. I am getting married the 23rd but am staying 20th-28th. See you all there in 5 months! So how many of us will be there at the same time?? How fun!! We should meet up for a Celebratory Drink on the beach :) We will be there the 20-25th... then leaving for our honeymoon... and most of our guests will be there for that amount of time too.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 I forgot about my music..... I have a list of songs that I will have played while my guests are being seated (Here Comes the Sun, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Better Together and a few more...). The groomsmen and my fiance will all walk down the aisle and take their places to Zac Brown Bands "Toes". We also have the quote from this song on our programs: "I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand, life is good today". It is very fitting for our personalities. My bridesmaids will walk in to the theme from Forrest Gump. It is absolutely beautiful and one of my favorite compositions ever! It is the song in the movie when the feather is falling . I will then walk into an instrumental version of "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis. I found a piano version on iTunes and I love it. I am not decided on the recessional song yet, we will probably stick with Signed, Sealed, Delivered. For the sand ceremony we are going to do a Dave Matthews song. We are leaning towards You and Me, but are not 100% certain. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT SONG... "I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand, life is good today". And think that is PERFECT... that is something we would love to use somewhere to, as that is our personalities as well!

I am 29 and my fiance is 30... most of our guest (there is about 45 right now) are around our age 25-32.... with the exception of our parents and brother and sister... and we, too are a pretty rowdy group.... after reading about the complaints that some who have already gotten married got... I am already preparing myself that we will get some as well!

Hey ladies! I want my groomsmen (and groom) to wear white button down shirts and khaki linen pants. I tried to order the khaki linen pants online (from weddingtropics.com and they are temporarily out of stock for like 2 months. The only other place I know (which I cannot remember right now - they are not as great)... any help? JCREW maybe?? thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by noonie for the rowdies, you will get complaints. we wernt bad at all, just loud, laughing & having fun. 2 of our friends were rolling each other down the hall on a room service cart & people complained. we had fun in the pool & people complained. you will have security guards watching you on the beach after dark if you choose to drink there. empty ur fridges & mini alcohol bottles every day to get re stocked cuz the bar shuts down at 1am, or order booze by room service. they also stopped serving us shots and took forever to bring drinks when we showed up for lunch. the service changed when they saw we were young & wanted to have fun. there are kids EVERYWHERE so its the parents complaining. when we walked to the pool the first day, i was concerned. TOTAL family resort, not geared for rowdies at all. i wouldnt have chosen a different resort but wish they had been a little nicer towards fun young people. we had about 40 people go out of their way to tell us how fun & funny we were & how they have never seen a group have so much fun & laugh so much. Thanks for the heads up... we will def. get complaints haha I noticed that you took and used paper lanterns and I REALLY want to do that. DO you have any pics that you can show me how you did it? Thanks so much

Quote: Originally Posted by tsgnatko If you were already married at Dreams Riviera Cancun Can you please tell me what wedding package you chose? Can you please state what extras you had to pay for and list the items? I don't want to be suprised or un pre-pared. if I budget $5,000 for the wedding package and extras I want to make sure it is enough Any and all help is greatly appreciated Great questions... I am in the process of talking with Ana about prices... and of course it will depend on how many people and etc... but I would love to know the same? It is hard to gage how much we are spending

Hey.. what are you gals doing for centerpieces? Ana sent me some options and told me they were $90 each..but I am not sure about them??

Laura do you think you can help?? We are going to have our reception on the pool deck... and I really want to hang paper lanterns out there. Do you think there is a way/place for me to do that? (those that have gotten married already) I am thinking a simple candle setup on the tables and then lanterns (my colors) above...but being outside--not real sure how that could work?? Also-- anyone-- we went to order our guys Linen Suits from WeddingTropics.com and the color we wanted Khaki is temporarily out of stock for 2 MONTHS! Do ya'll know of another place to order? (we cannot go to JCREW or etc b/c one of our groomsmen is 6'7, 300+ lbs) thanks so so so much Robyn

We are going to have our reception on the pool deck... and I really want to hang paper laterns out there. Do you think there is a way/place for me to do that? (those that have gotten married already) I am thinking a simple candle setup on the tables and then laterns (my colors) above...but being outside--not real sure how that could work??

Quote: Originally Posted by Selinabilley Any other October brides, I know I seen some but unsure how to locate them We are October 24

Ours was missing too... Robyn and Chris 10/24/10 Ana WAS in the responding mood this am... back and forth good.. and then it halted- haha.. here's to hoping the rest of my ??s get answered today- yeah

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 Okay so Ana just email me the cake options (I am doing the Ultimate pkg). Under the 1st one it says Wedding cake #2 $450 USD and under the 2nd one it says Wedding cake # 3 $450 USD. Do I have to pay the $450 or is that included in my pkg? anyone know about this!!! Yeh- I wonder this too... I thought the cake was included with the Ult. Package?? So how is it $450? can someone help?

Quote: Originally Posted by lorijfletcher I am wondering about this too. What does it cost to have the rehearsal dinner? She told me $35 per adult... 1/2 per child. If anyone heard any different, please let me know. (that is for 2 hours) Those of you doing it in a restaurant... what is the price and details you are getting?

Are any of you having your rehearsal dinner at Dreams? If so- what locations did she tell you that you could do?

Quote: Originally Posted by Boo Please note, you have to book them thru Ana as these two DJs are the ones that work with Ana and DRC they wont give you a quote or talk to their availability until they have the work request from Ana, or one pending in my case, ha ha Well- she hasn't answered me in over a week- so oh well- I am going straight to them... That is her fault. Maybe they wont answer me?? But it can't hurt in asking.

Quote: Originally Posted by cathyandchin [email protected] / [email protected] Is one better than the other?

Also- can someone please give me the DJs contact info? Thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 This is what Ana sent me for the menu. I don't have anything on the cakes...I was hoping someone else would post these. for the buffet menus... do we get everything under the categories? I am so confused on how the menus work here .

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 I got the bags on Amazon... here is the link Amazon.com: Olive N Figs Plain Vanilla Jute Handbag/Tote: Clothing We did schedule the dinner directly with the restaurant. We did this on Tuesday ( and the dinner was Thursday). However, if you could get the email address for the restaurant manager beforehand, that might be helpful. Laura- thanks for posting that ceremony info. So- did you schedule El Patio reherasal through ana or no? she told me that we could have it on the beach, desire terrace or ballroom?

Thanks Erica for posting that. We added Dress Code at the bottom of our invitations .