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they hung the lights on string, all around our cocktail hour on the beach, and from palapas (high up) at the pool side reception i think..

Andrea- They provided string for our lanterns....during our cocktail party at El Mar on the beach...as well as at our pool side reception at the White Sands Main Pool in Akumal...

DJ Bijan was great....www.mayanvibes.com- he has a great sound system (and we had a large party)! Also, we rented extra lights from the resort (you can also pick different colors)- Eugenia coordinated it with the resort!

You can check out just a few of our 1600+ professional pics from Arrecife here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116529762871874452285/albums/5689816182116471953 Diego was amazing!

You can check out just a few of our 1600+ professional pics from Arrecife here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116529762871874452285/albums/5689816182116471953 Diego was amazing!

Hi all! You should be able to see a few of our many amazing pictures on Arrecife's FB page: http://www.facebook.com/arrecife.studio.mexico?sk=photos Click on Dara & Lorne November 19, 2011...

My flowers were included (large gorgeous, orange roses) and my husbands' awesome boutionerre was included (it complimented my bouquet- one simple orange rose with extra greenery behind it)...and the centerpiece for the ceremony table (white long stemmed calla lillies in a glass simple vase with organic colored stones at the bottom of the vase)...were all included in our wedding package (DeLuxe Package at the time when we booked the wedding). Each bridemaid held a bunch of white calla lillies ($35 each) and then I had 15 centerpieces ($40 each, one for each table) of separate bunches (either orange roses, or orange gerbers, or orange birds of paradise) at the White Sands pool dinner and dancing reception...LOVED ALL OF THEM! Very simple, yet so elegant and beautiful!

I held large gorgeous orange roses, gathered in a simple bunch; and my 3 bridemaids held small bunches of white cala lillies- all bouquets were simple bunches with long, green stems...natural looking (with a sheer white ribbon- no bows)! They were beautiful! Since the catalogue is totally outdated- just bring pictures of bouquets/flowers you like.... See attachments:

Diego is one of the Arrecife's photographers! We had 140 guests...so 15 tables and lots of flower arrangements, decor, etc. I hired Melissa Parry (MVP) for hair and make-up which started at 7 am sharp... Our pictures began at 1 (groom/bride first look) at La Hacienda and then at the beach (with a rainbow)!, followed by a Ketubah signing (jewish wedding tradition) under a large palapa located near our villa and the ceremony location, then it poured while everyone was seated and waiting for our processional at 3:30....then they dried off the chairs and the ceremony at the Akumal hammock location started around 4:15 pm, followed by a champagne toast at the ceremony site, then cocktail hour at Bar El Mar on the beach with Mariachi band, ice luge, and appetizers; followed by our dinner and dancing reception at the Main Akumal Pool from 6:45-9:45 with DJ Bijan...IT RAINED around 9:30 again, and lots of guests just jumped in the pool....then we went inside to Bar Pakal and had the cake and brought our extra liquor to the bar with us....then went to the club. AMAZING AND FUN!

try this link, hopefully it works... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100628987830198&set=t.5711726&type=3&theater

I am trying to post some of the 1,620 amazing photos on here- Diego was our photographer- he is absolutely wonderful!

We had an amazing wedding!!!!!!!! Here is my FB link for just SOME of the 1620 photos we purchased!!!! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5711726

Gorgeous Pictures! We leave tomorrow- Good luck to all brides heading down to Mexico!!! Sunny thoughts!!!!

The time has come and we leave tomorrow!!! Best of luck to all brides heading down to Mexico! Now it's time to pack pack pack!

The organizer is such a fabulous idea- THANKS! Anybody traveling to Riviera next week??? Our wedding is the 19th- and the forecast shows lots of rain!!!! Hoping the sun will shine!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all, Anyone traveling to Akumal next week???? Our wedding is next weekend- we leave on Tuesday...and the forecast looks awful.....!!?! Thinking sunny thoughts...

Hi Are any of you traveling to the resort next week?? My wedding is next weekend...we leave next Tuesday- and the forecast looks awful..... Fally, Hope you're feeling better!

We actually asked about availability of like 3-5 weekends for the location we wanted...and then we booked one of them after Paloma got back to us...

Fally, Heard from Eugenia last evening (Friday).... Have you???

Hi all, Hopefully the hurricane will pass by without issues!....AND that this be the LAST hurricane of the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fally, the phone calls are expensive...FYI! Paloma is the manager of all wedding coordinators and group events...We met with her in April after we met with Eugenia. Paloma has an assistant- who may be available to answer emails or some of your questions... Let's just hope we hear from them soon- I am sending my itineraries to the printer tomorrow (and just cut out anything that I thought was on the wishy-washy side!

I haven't heard from Eugenia since the beginning of October.... pretty used to the waitinggggg game by now!!! We leave on Tues. Nov. 15th for our wedding week...so hopefully, I will hear from her before next week (as we have 140 guests coming) and LOTS to organize before our departure!

thanks for sending!

Fally, We are getting married at Akumal on Nov. 19th- where is your reception? You can have the front desk hand out your welcome bags for $2 each... Eugenia told us to meet with the front desk manager at Coba (where all of our guests are staying) to set it up. They wont email a "layout" of our reception (we are having 15 tables) because they do not have a "typical layout"....so my best advice is to make sure you draft/draw the tables and bars you want when you meet with your coordinator the day after you arrive to the resort. We are placing the basket (for cards) on our welcome table when our guests enter the poolside reception from our cocktail hour (which is at Bar El Mar on the beach); the place cards and flameless candles will also be displayed on this welcome table as well. After all the guests are seated, my dad will take the basket and bring it to his table...

Hi oh ok,,,i havent really heard much about that. My lanterns are 10 inches in diameter...and the paper looks really thin. I bought 35 orange and 35 white lanterns...

The lanterns that I bought come folded in the package...each one is flat and packaged in plastic. I have been to the resort twice- so I know what the space/area looks like... I don't have pictures for you... It is a large pool- so the area on one side of it has palapas around (lounge chairs are placed under them during the day); there is the White Sands Bar, the ground is concrete....there are bathrooms beyond the bar. The sand, and beach is beyond (behind the pool)/separated by trees/shrubs.