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Quote: Originally Posted by hat0112 Ha, this thread is great! I wish I seen it sooner! Oh the tackywedding.com site is great! I just can’t believe people would do those things! I don’t have a good wedding story like everyone else, but my FI and I have said that we won’t do the bouquet and garter toss at our wedding. We had a bad experience at a wedding last year when we were screamed at and told we ruined the wedding when we didn’t want to get and stand in front of 300 people for the bouquet and garter toss. Of course we weren’t the only ones they screamed at, there were two other couples they yelled at, one was engaged and the other was dating for 10 years. And one of the 2 women doing the yelling, one was MOG and the other the groom’s sister, the groom’s sister was engaged and she was refusing to stand up there but yelled at everyone else to go up there (even the DJ told the grooms sister she should stand up there and she gave the DJ a face that would have scared the devil)!!! We both don’t like to be the center of attention, hence the 20 person DW and not a 200 person wedding at home. So we now disappear when that part of the wedding comes up. OMG! That is a nutty site. I am going to share with some other "brides to be" in my hometown!

Quote: Originally Posted by yamille that you would never do, or have at your wedding. Not to be mean... I love my cousin but at her GORGEOUS poolside ceremony she had these christmas ornaments on the tables as a favor and they had photocopied a photo of themselves and stuck inside with confetti and it was really awful. It was just really random and a really bad quality photo. It was odd. I like this photo, it has a spanish ambience and i love the shadow play.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs D To Be! hi girls...i'm at mp just now and getting married TOMORROW!! Just wanted to say to everyone HONESTLY the place is AMAZING!! Thats all our guests keep saying. The beach really isn't as bad as people make out, the tractor goes up and down a few times a day, if we had the budget at this stage, i'd change to a beach setup! Wedding co-ordinator Lily has been fab...we were booked for the Bug..gazebo and terrace, but we preferred the tucan once we saw them, and she changed no bother. We have also managed to get a gorgeous terrace area right outside our room (moon grand) right on the beach - couldn't ask for more! The food is crazy amazing - we have been having room service during the day, cheese burgers are soo good - coming from a girl who only eats mcd's burgers generally thats a big deal! Breakfasts in bed - pancakes...and they have these hash browns with cheese in them...OMG...i did intent on eating fruit all week but its just been too hard...hope the dress still fits! Miami Vice cocktails are soo yummy....we had our rehearsal dinner at the arceffices (spelling sorry, i'm too chilled to do a search for correct spelling) and it was sooo good - everyone tried bits of everything, I stuck to the chicken which was AMAZING and i'd happily go there every night for dinner! Occupancy isn't very high, so we're getting spoilt rotten...spending time at nicuz and moon grand...padded sunloungers are the way to go! staff couldn't do anything more for us...we are moving to le blanc on saturday and i'm actually really sad about it....moon palace rocks! I am so glad to hear this! We chose a beach wedding and were a little regretful when we heard the beach wasnt the best. But now this relieves me.

does anyone know where I can get a map of the Moon Palace Resort. Their map on their website isnt working right on my computer.

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock Bonjour et bienvenue Valerie! I wanted to post a few of my favorites here.... BEAUTIFUL DAY IN CANCUN! Wow, what an amazing detail and a beautiful day! I love it when the groom interacts like this, raw emotions! Ok, now this is just TOO perfect, too cute! WOW, that is some serious SPLIT action! i love the set up for your wedding with the flowers hanging! gorgeous

Quote: Originally Posted by mlynnea Flowers I used the flowers included in the wedding package, and only purchased an additional bouquet for my Maid of Honor. Cecilia sent me photos of the different bouquet options for me to choose from, and I ended up asking her to combine a few elements from a couple different bouquets on the list. I ended up with an all white bouquet with White Roses, Hydrangea and Lisianthus. It turned out beautifully! I loved it! Cecilia delivered my flowers to my room at 1:30pm as I requested, to ensure that I had them in time for photos at 2pm. Also included in the package were 2 centerpieces; one for the Ceremony table and one for the Bride/Groom Reception table. Cecilia suggested matching these to the bridal bouquet, which I thought was a great idea, and they were beautiful. They were exactly the same, and I had her move the ceremony bouquet to the reception table after the ceremony. The Groom, Best Man, and Maid of Honor’s flowers were excellent as well. They made them exactly as I asked. Legal Ceremony We decided to have a legal ceremony. I requested the script from Cecilia so that we could plan our additions to it. What is written for the judge is very basic and would probably only last about 5 minutes. However, if you do the legal ceremony, there is quite a bit of document signing that takes place during the ceremony. If I would’ve known, I probably would’ve added another song to play during this time. The Groom and I had to sign AND thumb print on 5 documents. Our 4 witnesses also had to come up during the ceremony and sign 5 pages as well. Probably took about 5-7 minutes total. In addition to the standard legal ceremony text, we added on a Sand Ceremony and a reading. If anyone is interested in doing a Sand Ceremony, you can Google it and find tons of text on suggested things to say. I did that and combined a few different versions, and added some things to personalize to include my family and friends as well. After the ceremony, I scheduled it to allow for 1 hour of photos with the whole group prior to beginning the cocktail hour. (Ceremony over at 4:30, cocktails started at 5:30). Group photos only took about 30 minutes, so Dumas suggested that the groom and I take some additional photos around the resort, since the lighting was so amazing right before sunset. We left to take photos and asked everyone to meet us back at the beach at 5:30 for cocktail hour. Cocktail Hour We arrived at Cocktail Hour at 5:30pm. The Caribbean Trio (actually a quartet) was there waiting for us, and started playing as soon as we arrived. They were awesome!! I think if you select a different type of music like the Mexican Trio or something, you’d get the same band; they’d just play different music and have different instruments. They setup the cocktail hour next to the lifeguard stand and volleyball court right in the middle of the beach. It worked out great, and there was no one else around at that time, since the sun was going down, so it was quite private. The setup included 3 high top tables covered in white linens. Large Ivory colored Votive holders in the center of each table, tiki torches (which they couldn’t light because it was too windy), and some other post lights that had the cords buried under the sand. There were also a few normal chairs (about 4) placed nearby in case anyone wanted to sit down. I thought there would’ve been a bar where everyone would go up and order a drink, but instead they had 3-4 servers come out with trays of various cocktails, margaritas, and beer. It worked out great, and no one was ever left empty-handed. We did have a few guests make drink requests that they weren’t bringing out on the cocktail trays, and they were accommodated swiftly, so you’re obviously not limited to what they bring out. I’m sure you could even ask them ahead of time to make a “specialty†cocktail to bring out if you wanted. We selected the Mexican tapas for the appetizers and it was a combination of veggies, chicken, fish, chips/salsa/guac, etc. Everything was very good and there was never a shortage of food. The service was amazing and very prompt, and I was impressed at the number of servers we had for our small group. Reception After the Caribbean Trio was finished, we headed up to the main building for the reception. I chose to have my reception in the Marble Room located next to the ballroom. It was plenty big for our small group, and was protected from the elements. I was originally going to have the reception outdoors by the gazebo, but after having spent a few evenings there, decided that it was too chilly to keep it outside. I’m glad I did it that way, because it was especially windy on our wedding day too. The marble room was decorated beautifully. They had two large heart shaped candelabras on one end of the room, they had the speaker setup for the dinner and dancing music (we used iPod for this too), We put two large rectangular tables together so that our group of 13 could all sit together, and that was decorated with white linens, the same ivory candleholders as by the cocktail hour, our two flower centerpieces, and white chair covers. They had a table setup next to the candelabras with the wedding cake on it. (We didn’t do any extra decorations besides what included in the package, and I don’t regret that one bit. It wasn’t needed, and it was nice not to have to haul decorations to Mexico) Since our package photographer was only there for 1.5 hours, we did the cake cutting and first dances before sitting down for dinner. We selected the Tres Leche cake (which didn’t taste like Tres Leche I’ve had before, but it was still delicious). The cake is very simple, with white fondant and small white flower on top. I could’ve cared less what the cake looked like, so if you want anything special, you’ll have to upgrade. For dinner we selected the Secrets Salad, Tortilla Soup, Grouper with Poblano Chilly Sauce & Veggies, and Chocolate/Coconut Bread Pudding for our meal. Everything was delicious! Our package came with the Gold Menu items, but I actually “downgraded†with the Tortilla Soup from the Silver menu, because I didn’t like my other choices and wanted to keep the meal “Mexican†in nature. The Tortilla Soup was a hit!! So delicious, as was everything else! They also included small printed menus on each of my guest’s plates with what I had selected for dinner. That was a nice touch that I was surprised by. People may say that the serving sizes are small, but after all of the food and drinks at the cocktail hour, and with the 4 course meal, most people couldn’t finish what they were served. I promise your guests won’t go hungry for lack of food. One thing to remember (which I didn’t pay attention to on the contract), there are only 3 hours of service included for the reception. So, for us, our reception was from 6:30-9:30. If you wish to extend your reception to a later hour so that you can have more drinks and dancing, you have to pay an additional cost of $15.00 per person plus tax & gratuity for every additional hour. I was torn as to whether to extend our reception or not, because I thought 9:30 was an early ending to the party, but we decided it wasn’t worth the money and that if we wanted to keep going we could go to the lobby bar and/or disco. I’m glad we kept it to only 3 hours, because by 9:30 my groom and I were exhausted and everyone wasn’t as interested in dancing anymore… Overall, everything went very smoothly. I did have a list of things that I wanted to make sure Cecilia got done, but I'm not sure if she actually used it or not, but everything that I asked for was taken care of. I also had one of my guests assist with some of the ceremony stuff...making sure everything was setup correctly, etc, so I didn't have to deal with that at all. Cecilia Reyes (the wedding coordinator) was really nice and did a really good job with our wedding. I was honestly surprised at how easy everything was on our wedding day. It was very low stress and so beautiful. The staff and service were amazing and I would recommend this resort and this experience to everyone! I hope all of this helps. I probably went into more detail than necessary, but reading other people’s reviews really helped me in my planning, so I’m hoping this will help everyone else too. Feel free to post or message me with any questions, I’m happy to help. ~Lynnea i LOVE the flowers and the cake! very nice!

Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 Cocktail Hour - ?? We weren’t there, but everyone said the food was good and the drinks were flowing. So that’s a plus. There were cold and hot appetizers, cheeses, salads and fruits. We played our iPod for that hour and apparently it was on repeat for a while, so designate someone to check on that if you are out taking pictures (which we were). Dinner Reception – A- We had our dinner at the Italian Restaurant (used to be the Tropical) – open air (but covered). It was a private reception, we rented the restaurant for $800 on top of what we paid extra per head. The options were steak or grouper. I had the grouper and it was delicious. My husband had the steak and he said it was really good. So two thumbs up for dinner. The area was well lit and nicely decorated. We opted for the white wedding, so white table linens, chair covers and bows, and white silk bows through the columns with ivy. It was really nice. You can see in the background… A Table Shot Cake – A We had a three tier cake. Top - cheesecake, middle - vanilla and bottom – chocolate. I didn’t eat any (other than feeding each other) and it was good…and I don’t eat cheesecake. But everyone said it was yummy and moist. It was the starting to tilt (with the humidity) but we pulled it off. We almost forgot the cake, we were having such a good time, at 10:30 my photographer comes over and says “Do you want to cut the cakeâ€, I was shocked with how late it was…the night just flew. DJ – A+ If you get married in the Riviera Maya…get DOREMIXX. The DJ we had from this company was absolutely awesome. He met with us a few days prior to the wedding and got our entrance names and songs and was really on point. Our entrance was for the Bridal Party to come into “Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Night†by the Black Eyed Peas and then mix in IMMABE, Boom Boom Pow, and Let’s Get it Started for us and he did BETTER than GREAT! He really got the party moving. He played our suggested songs for dinner and then got it started again for dancing. He needed some guidance regarding timing but I had no problem helping him along. We were dancing all night. It was so hot, but no one cared…we were just having so much fun! Cigar Roller – A We hired the hotel cigar roller for an hour. We set a price of $150 worth of cigars that ranged from $4 - $9. He was very nice, quiet and just did his job. The boys appreciated the cigars and my husband walked away with about 5-7 of the leftovers. It was a good $150 spent. Photography – A+++ Our photographer was Claudia Rodriguez and I cannot recommend her enough. Not only was she the photographer, she acted as wedding coordinator. She really took the reins and told us exactly what to do and where to go. She was so easy to work with, that although I had the tips already sorted and in envelopes, we opened hers up and threw in an extra $50, she really was great. I cannot wait for the pictures in 4-6 weeks. Book with Claudia…she is GREAT!!!!!! Overall this was the most excited day of my life and the best vacation EVER! Everyone is getting together for drinks tonight (at home) to talk about it and we all want to go back for an annual trip =) Do you have sample photos of the photography from Claudia? We booked her. We hope she is great!

Quote: Originally Posted by alison15 1. La Trattoria, if you like Italian it is very good. Kind of a romantic feel to it as well, imo. It would probably be my choice, plus most people like Italian so its easier to please everyone 2. I was at Aventura Spa Palace in Nov of this past year, same weekend and it was completely full, Concierge level get their own private padded beach chairs overlooking the ocean and your own waitstaff which gives you the best view of the ocean. Well we were able to just wander up there and use the chairs since the resort wasn't very full. It was nice. I don't know if MP will be the same way. However, if you want to hang out with your guests and they all are not Concierge level, you won't be able to enjoy those type of perks so unless everyone is doing it, it may not be worth it. If you are concierge level, your rooms will be nicer as well but how much time do you want to spend in your room? Does anyone know how "los corporales" is like and if its a good ambience for a wedding reception dinner?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jodimichelle You have 62 guests booked? I have about 60 coming! I heard we will be TAKEN care of! You are packing? lol. Good start. I am still trying to figure out how much sand for my sand photobox. No idea. good luck. wow! thats awesome! when in july is your wedding? ours is july 25.

Quote: Originally Posted by asbarret snoopash gets married this weekend! Exciting! Congratulations! Your wedding website is gorgeous!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sita&Nate We got married just about 2 weeks ago at La Zebra (in Tulum, on our favorite beach in the world) and we absolutely lucky to have Sol Tomargo and Rodrigo from Del Sol come capture our day. They exceeded any inklings of expectations we had and were a pleasure to work with up til the day of the wedding. I can see why everyone says Sol is a total sweetheart--with my kind of personality I was feeling stressed on our day and she said all the right things to help me chillax a little. My brother is a photographer as well and it was great to see them banter back and forth. Major kudos to her and Rodrigo who ran around to get the perfect pictures in when our family and guests were busy trying to get their own pictures. They went above and beyond, and even stayed longer than our previous agreement to capture the story of our day as things were running late. Even better, while we were on our second week in Mexico after everyone had gone home, we get this email saying they had a "supresa" for us. Low and behold, it was our wedding slideshow!! I didn't expect to see anything for at least a month or two. The funny thing is that we couldn't even view it in its entirety until we got back home on Monday. 05.05.10 Christine + Anthony | Wedding at La Zebra, Tulum | Photos by Sol Tamargo I am in love with Del Sol I will be following up with a wedding review (hopefully sooner than later!), but I wanted to give a shout out to Marion Vaglio our Tulum wedding coordinator, the wonderful staff at La Zebra, including Lina the manager there, Fernando Fuentes and his hair partner Gama, and the awesome and beautiful firedancer pair who I wish I knew the names of! We also did a trash the dress session with Rachel Schrank from Playa Weddings the week after which was major fun. I will post when I get some pictures. I LOVE your photos! so gorgeous! Was there a resort here?

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs D To Be! so what would stop them from marrying a couple? if the girl is pregnant? but what if one of them is infertile? or am i picking up this thread wrong?! wow, that is irony to think about! cancel wedding if you are pregnant. or cancel wedding cuz you cant have kids. I mean cant one continue the wedding even if one fails the test as long as the other person accepts the issue?

Cayman islands?? sounds super romantic! congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by JamesCarson Hi Girls, I hope its OK for a guy to chime in here, but I thought that you should all know that some of us guys have waited as well. Both my wife and I were each others first and our wedding night was our first time together. As most of you have said, it is a personal choice for everyone, but I am so glad that I waited. Best wishes to all of you. This is good to hear! I am glad there are people who still hold these values. I wasnt that good at waiting, but maybe we will hold off for a month before the wedding to make it more exciting! Congrats to all of you!

Quote: Originally Posted by beckyandbrian We were together the night we got engaged and then we decided (mostly I decided and he agreed) to wait again until our wedding night. Awww! thats nice and special! Make it more exciting!

Doesnt palace resorts have a disco? Can one hold an event there?

ummm, you can go to microsoft office online and try to get extra fonts there. What are you trying to make? I suggest using Microsoft publisher for any invitations, programs, etc. Its loaded with usable templates and tends to have a good of "invitation" worthy fonts and properties. Another option is using a MAC computer and its version of an MS Word program. MACs has an extensive amount of fonts.

is July a good time to get married in Cancun. I am always afraid of hurricanes. What the months hurricanes have hit that area. I am also afraid because of the giant oil spill in Louisiana.

Quote: Originally Posted by erinnjosh I'm getting married at Aventura Spa Palace next week!! =) I'm not much of a poster, but I read a lot of your posts! I'll post pictures, and you'll also be able to see our pictures in a few weeks at Elizabeth Medina Photography Elizabeth Medina Photography is gorgeous. I am sure the photos look beautiful! Congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by Archie510 Im getting married there on nov. 20th! so I will give you all the low down on that. I was also very concerned with the dj/disco thing! I will take lots of pics and post them...when i get back!!! OMG thats a gorgeous dress! and i loveeeeeee the photo! so romantic.

Quote: Originally Posted by trayce2222 Hi there....I am also going to be wearing a maggie gown (well a Sottero Midgley to be exact)....anyway, I love ALL of her gowns! I saw a photo of one online last summer and I called every single shop/boutique in the entire Dallas, TX and Oklahoma City area and not one of them had that gown. They said it was from the new line and they wouldn't be able to get a sample until October or Novermber. I was so worried, especially since it takes so long to get them once it's ordered....anyway, after days of deliberating on what I should do (I am very picky on how things look on me and especially my wedding gown!) I finally decided to order it and hope for the best! A local boutique ordered it for me in August and said I would have it by the 1st week of December. I finally received it the 3rd week of January! I have to say, it was definitely worth the wait.....I loved it as soon as I saw it and it fit perfectly (except the length....I ordered a petite and still had to have 3 inches cut off!).....I should be getting a pic of me in it from my 1st fitting and I will post as soon as I do. Here is the link to see what it looks like: ASM3143 - by Sottero & Midgley I love this wedding set up. where was it at?

Quote: Originally Posted by vdaybride 15- small white mesh bags with votive candles inside-$.50 each/$6.00 for all 15!-planning thread 1- brand new/never used still in box cake cutting set with beach theme (by Beverly Clark!)-$40-planning thread 5- red luggage tags-$5.00 24-ivory hanging lanterns Brand new in the box! (for reception area) 12 for $27.00 24- lanyards with retractable chord (for key/tip holders) sold 12 for $6.00 12- zip key/tip holder cases- $5.00 24 sets of 4- Heart place card holders W/cards! Sold as 1 set of 4 for $1.50 (never used!) These favors look nice! We are still debating on ours. We are afraid customs will take everything.

Quote: Originally Posted by Thomasjsgirl Hi Nadine2010. Can you confirm your PC? The first "e" should be a number. I love the starfish. Where did you get them? Very cute!

WOW! very nicely done! Congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by gkashmira We walked right through but we did have my friend bring through one of the bags. Honestly we didnt' have that much stuff and since both of us were carrying a dress/suit I think it was obvious that it was our wedding... do they have problems with bringing wedding dresses? how did that part go?