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This is my first post but have been reading everyone's input over the past few months. Thanks everyone! We're getting married at the BBGE on March 17th , 2011 and had the chance to visit the resort and meet Patricia while we were there. It's gorgeous!! I still feel frustrated at times when things keep changing. We're having a heck of a time figuring out the plan after dinner from 8-11pm. They keep pushing us to have a private party but that's $10/person per hour! Seems crazy when there are bars everywhere! What is everyone else doing for the after dinner portion of the evening? I'm trying to figure out which 'extras' are worth it and which are a rip off....

Hi everyone! Just joined this blog, I'm getting married at the Blue Bay on March 17th, 2011. So far so good with Nadia and now Patricia. We are having 45 guests, dinner (semi private) in the French restaurant (heard it's great and photos look nice!). We're having a 'welcome' dinner on the 13th in the Italian restaurant ($12/person). I'm struggling to figure out which 'extras' are really worth it. I was thinking of the dance floor ($150), bamboo torches ($15 each), and maybe stereo system ($250) for an after dinner party from 8-11pm (then just join the beach party from 11-1am), but not sure who else has done this or what you suggest. We're thinking of bringing out own ipods with a play list instead of a DJ to save $$ but also to make sure it's the music we like. We just by good speakers for the ipod and use instead since it's not that big of a group... I got a bunch of photos emailed to me on the ceremony set up (extra for everything!!), but looks like the 'basic' set up included in the packages is very nice so not sure I'll add anything to that. We're getting married on the beach at 4:30pm. Any other suggestions much appreciated!!!!