Welcome Sophia! We are also from Louisiana and getting married at Beaches, but in June 2012! I've read all of those reviews also on tripadvisor, but I've heard that you should just take all of the with a grain of salt. Some reviews are great, and some are terrible. We have the owners penthouse booked and I haven't seen any reviews on that, so I'm worried too! LOL I think we will also be going with Brilliant for our photos, they have such beutiful work!