sarahardwick

No it is wonderful!! The casitas are the way to go. We did an individual one and loved it.

We just got married there and no on the salt water. Also, yes you can use your mugs. They are pretty flexible there. We had a wonderful experience!!

Itunes. Weddingwire has good songs too.

sounds fun!! Are you freaking yet? Ha I can't believe we leave in less then 2 wks. I am teaching al the way up to the day we leave too so trying to be productive. We are not getting DJ so working on uploading music to ipod. What are you working on? Any tips for the next week and a half to get prepared? Are you guys doing a day trip? We are to do the Ish Caret one day. I really want to swim with the dolphins!! It is almost here!! Woo hoo!!

Love them.. Where did you get room key holder and personalized playing cards from?

we are wondering that too. We have the individual one booked as of now but may see what it costs to upgrade to swim-up. We keep reading reviews about people raving about the casitas. I think it is going to be a hike to meet our other guests though as they are not staying in the casitas. What are you doing for bouquets/bout.? Photography?

I am not using votives. Sorry!! Thanks for the Ihome idea. Can we bring one? They are charging us twice. We are doing 2 cocktail parties so $300. UGH!!

Yes, true that will work!! Do you girls think the i pod docking station will be enough for our beach cocktail party following the ceremony or do you think we will need sound system too??

I ordered a demetrios replica from china and it was not the same. They can sell for much cheaper because they use cheaper material. I had to go and buy another dress because I was not happy with the outcome. I took my chances.

I am an EDR bride too!! We get married May 6th. Congrats to you!! We still need a photographer too!!

No dance floor at Tucanes?? I wonder why she rec. this place then. We ended up going with 2 cocktail parties since we are getting married at 3 and have less then 30 people. We want to dance though so maybe should not pick Tucanes. What do you think? We leave a month from today. Ahhh!!

love them... Need enough points too so I can open your documents. I leave 30 days from today and need to get something made asap..

where did you order them from?

call your credit card comp. I had an issue with ordering one online and did not like and now they won't give me full refund as stated so not sending it back to them. So I filed a claim with my c. card comp. while they are investigating. They refunded my money for the time being. SO SORRY

Thanks.... I wish we had a photographer to take.. We are debating how long to have ours too because we want to have our photographer for more then the ceremony too. We may do private dinner/reception too. Otherwise not sure how else it will work for what we want. Our plan was cocktail hr by ceremony location, free dinner at el cocotal, then reception at tucanes. But we just wanted dances and cake cutting at reception not food. Don't think that is an option. I think we would have to buy 2 cocktail parties with this plan. I wish there was better communication so I could get this figured out. Thanks for your help!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Laur13 Hola! I am having difficulty with the day of the wedding schedule. If anyone could share what their times are that would help so much! I know things take longer with a large group. This is what I have so far...but I have a hard time thinking dinner will take 1.5 hours and my ceremony will only be 30mins since I am doing a sand ceremony and throwing seashells as wishes after the ceremony is done. ceremony-5:30-6 mexican cocktail party -6:00-7:30 dinner at el cocotal (no dessert)-7:30-9 sweet party/dancing-9-11 please help Thanks! Lauren Lauren, We are having about the same setup that you are having, but we are having trouble how long to have the photographer?? We want them at the cake cutting but how do we do that?

We put 200 down too but goes towards your wedding items. We are getting married May 6th at EDR and still have lots of decisions to make. Communication has been hard. I have so many questions!!

Thanks.... Yes, we are doing the free dinner at El Cocotal but unsure how to do the cocktail hr/reception. Our ideal would be to have our ceremony at 3 pm, have one of the cocktail hrs. from 4-6, then dinner at El Cocotal at 6:30, then finally reception at Tucanes from 8:30-10:30 but with no food. That is what I can not get answered. We do not want food at Tucanes. We were just thinking of it as time to cut the cake, first dances, and dance. Do you know how that works or if we would have to pay for both the cocktail party and Tucanes? Who are you using for photography?? Are you making programs for the ceremony? Anything else Thanks so much!! I have heard from others the EDR is beautiful!!

OMG we did the same exact thing... We are getting married at the EDR next month. Good luck to you!!

Quote: Originally Posted by allisonmpls We booked the casita and gazebo 55! So excited!! :-) Thanks for sharing.. We get married at EDR on May 6th. Any advice is greatly appreciated. We are on crunch time and still not sure on what our plan is.

Thanks for sharing.... We are getting married May 6, 2010 at EDR. Can I ask how much the reception cost? Was it considered private? Did you happen to check out Tucanes? Our plan as of now is: ceremony 3, cocktail hr. of some sort following, free dinner at el cocotal at 6:30 and then not sure.. another cocktail hr? Any suggestions?? Any must dos or haves while we are there? How much was your photo pkg.? We are stumped with that too. Thanks!!

Hi Girls!! We are getting married there May 6th and trying to finalize plans but still unsure about the best way to go... We want a reception for sure but not sure where. Someone suggested Tucanes. Does anyone know anything about that? We also are doing the free package and dinner at El Cocotal. They do make you choose limited items from the menus for your guests. I'm also doing placeholders and cards for the dinner. What is everyones schedule like? ie. We are getting married at 3 and then not sure. Thanks in advance for any helpful advice. Also, not sure about photography? We want longer then an hour for sure!!

Sara Hardwick El Dorado Royale May 6, 2010