SharonMydung

Lindsay, I will be there the 13th thru the 20th. You will miss our wedding by one day. I will be there to see yours

Lindsay, Congratulations on being a MRS. I love the colors of your wedding, one of my color is orange too and I love how the parasols and fans look in your pictures. I was wondering where you got your veil, I really adore it. Your dress is absolutely amazing and you look beautiful in it. Your hair is so perfect, did you get it done at the resort? Once again congrats

Melissa, Your pictures are so beautiful. You guys both look soooo happy. I love your bouquet and your bridemaids as well, it matches with your theme so incredibly well. Your dress is absolutely gorgeous. I love how you have the guests sign your runner, that is definitely an excellent idea. I love it

JD Hall, I adore your pictures, they are gorgeous. You look amazing in your dress and sexy jimmy choo heals. I also love your hair by the way, may I ask who did your hair?

Quote:Originally Posted by SharonMydung JD Hall congratulations on being a Mrs.......... I enjoyed your review, I think you covered all the basis. I was wondering did you and your hubby go on that mayan excursion? Are we able to purchase that at the resort or do we have to buy it online? How many guests did you have in total and how many tables were set up at the reception? How many guests did you have seated per table? Regarding the tech for the ceremony, is there anything you can advise to do so he doesn't messed up? Can we rent the system and have someone in the family work the music? So you recommend a cd huh, did you give him a list of what songs to play and when to play it? Did you guys do your own readings? Did you write your own stuff for the officiant to say during the ceremony? Thank you and congrats

Quote:Originally Posted by Carbaholic Hi Ladies! Congrats Mrs. Hall! Since her review was absolutely perfect, I'll just post a list of things I wish I had done, was glad I had done, etc. Setting: Wedding was May 3, ceremony on the south end of the beach at 5:30pm and the reception at 7pm on the deck. We were 33 people total. - Was glad the ceremony started at 5:30pm (5:15 would have been perfect actually - the sun set at 7:13 that day and for photos, 15 extra minutes of light would have been great). Any earlier may still have been too hot for our guests. As it was, they have you face all of your guests, which is nice except that it means you are standing facing west and the setting sun. Our video is a lot of shots of us squinting! Haha. We got some amazing - Wish we had started our reception at 7:30pm. By the time the ceremony was done (around 6pm) and we made it through all of our pictures, we were running behind and the reception only started at around 7:20pm so we lost 20 precious minutes! Also, our party would have ended at 10:30pm which would have meant that Desires would already be in full swing after. We had to wait 45 minutes for the hockey game to finish - it went into overtime. No big deal! - Was glad we did the sit-down dinner. We chose the sea bass or gigot of lamb menu and everything was delicious and hot! I wish we had known that we needed numbers for each meal, we would have included it in our response cards. I had sent an email to Lisbeth explicitly asking her "Guests will choose their main course AT the wedding reception dinner, correct?" to which she replied "yes". So at our meeting when she said that was incorrect, we had to start guessing who would order what! I ended up guessing numbers then just asking them to serve our table and our parents' tables last because none of us/them are picky eaters. It worked out fine! The only downside to the plated dinner is that it takes longer (3 apps, main course and dessert) so there was less time for dancing. We did all of our speeches during the dinner. - Wish we had made our meeting with Lisbeth for the day we arrived. When we checked in, we were told that Lisbeth may be upgrading us and to discuss it with her, so we had to wait a few days to unpack. In the end, we didn't take the upgrade to a Honeymoon suite. We had booked a plunge pool and really wanted to keep it! So they gave us access to the Preferred Club instead of an actual room upgrade. - Was glad that my parents had a suite on the same side as the ceremony on the beach! We got ready there and luckily, we saw them setting up the chuppah and chairs - they were putting the teal ribbon that was for the reception on the chairs and tying LIME GREEN bows to the chuppah! It looked ridiculous. I called down and they removed the lime green bows and replaced them with white and took the ribbon off the chairs. - Was glad I kept everything simple. Garden chairs for the ceremony, no bows. White cloth on the chuppah, white bows. Multi-coloured floral arrangement on the table and that was it. They put a runner down with starfish and conch shells on it. The view is truly spectacular and you really don't need to doctor it up. - Was glad I kept the reception decorations simple, too! White covered chairs with one stripe of teal ribbon, white tablecloths and napkins with a menu I had printed and glued to teal cardstock tucked in, teal & white candle holders with LED candles and the white bridesmaid bouquets as centerpieces in glass vases I had rented from DRC for $10 each. I got the white flags (3x) and two sets of the hanging white lanterns (I paid for 6 on each and they actually put 16 on each!!). I brought teal ribbon for the cake tiers and fake orchids for them to decorate it. It looked absolutely stunning and highlighted the amazing view perfectly without trying to overtake it. - Wish I would have paid more to keep the photographer (we had Frank) for longer. We had 30 minutes of bridesmaids and I getting ready (which was complimentary with Ultimate package apparently), the ceremony, and 10 minutes of family and group shots and about 30 minutes of the two of us after. It all felt incredibly rushed. It would have been great to have him there for the reception/speeches/dinner and for longer with the group/family shots. He took around 300 pictures and we had to narrow them down to 50! We got it to 56 and just paid the $90US extra for those 6. It was NOT easy! - Wish I would have used some of the package perks earlier! We upgraded to the Ultimate package and we got the eternity honeymoon thing for free (maybe everyone gets that or because we stayed for 2 weeks total, I'm not sure) so we had a 50 minute couples massage, 2 x 25 min facials and 25 min massage, champagne, fancy breakfast in bed, fresh flowers to the room, dinner on the beach, etc. We kind of forgot to use everything so now we have 3 days left here and are doing all of it! It's still nice, especially since everyone else is gone but I would have loved to do the breakfast the morning after, the flowers at the start and the champagne the day of the wedding. Silly us! - Was glad my brother officiated! He did such an amazing job and it was so nice to have someone who knows us so well marry us. We got legally married quietly before we left for mexico (just to make sure it was all easy and legit) but he got officially "ordained" or whatever it is online anyway. It was so touching and beautiful. - Was glad I started getting ready at 1:30pm. I showered in my room at 1:10pm and met my friend/bridesmaid who is a hair and makeup artist at 1:30pm in my parents' room. I was done by 3:30pm which left me time to help a couple of bridesmaids with their hair (kept me busy) while drinking champagne and chatting and snacking before Frank got there at 4:45. I thought it would be way too much time but it was perfect. I didn't feel rushed or bored! - last but not least, WAS GLAD I DIDN'T STRESS! I didn't do a ton of work before coming, I didn't do much while I was here and I didn't spend a fortune on extras I didn't feel I needed. Nothing stressed me out and everything was amazing... the day and night are what you make them and DRC does a great job of pulling it all together! Ok, that's all I can think of for now! I'm sorry if it was still long and boring... Since I've been here I've seen all kinds of beautiful weddings. There are sometimes 2 or 3 a day and each one still ends up looking different, all of them beautiful and perfect in their own way. Congrats to all the recent and future Brides!

JD Hall congratulations on being a Mrs.......... I enjoyed your review, I think you covered all the basis. I was wondering did you and your hubby go on that mayan excursion? Are we able to purchase that at the resort or do we have to buy it online? How many guests did you have in total and how many tables were set up at the reception? How many guests did you have seated per table? Regarding the tech for the ceremony, is there anything you can advise to do so he doesn't messed up? Can we rent the system and have someone in the family work the music? So you recommend a cd huh, did you give him a list of what songs to play and when to play it? Did you guys do your own readings? Did you write your own stuff for the officiant to say during the ceremony? Thank you and congrats

Hello Brooke, So far we have about 62 adults and 8 kids booked. There might be a few last minute people but we would like to keep it under 75 if possible. So Linda is an officiant at the resort? Does she speak English well? I might ask Veronica to use Linda as well if she is a good officiant. Wow 13 years together huh, that is a long time. I thought our five years is a long time but not compared to you guys. Yea the only thing I am worried now is it running smoothly. I am pretty much done with all my wedding stuff, so excited. I have to send Veronica the reading since my gf will not be there to conduct the ceremony for us. I still cannot believe it's almost here for us.

Brooke, You're getting really close, I am very excited for you. I can't believe how fast time flies. Ours is in 2 months and 11 days. I am pretty much almost done with all my planning. Everything is coming along just great. I sent my invitations out and most of the stuff I ordered for the wedding has arrived. I am going back to California end of May to pick up my dress, yay. Now I need to get a song list together for the DJ, gotta do that soon. Are you having a symbolic wedding? Are you having someone you know conduct the ceremony or willl you have their officiant do it? I was having my girlfriend doing the reading for me but she called me the other day and said that she might not be able to make it b/c her newborn is so young. Now I am totally bummed. Are you getting any wedding jitters since your wedding is only 5 weeks away? I am trying hard to diet and lose some of that extra weight, so hard. Originally Posted by brookeh68 @Sharon - I spoke with Lisbeth a couple of days ago for about an hour- Shes really nice! It was a little hard understanding her but that was OK. She seems to have it down. We went over all the basics, also flower selections and things of that nature. I have 2 questionaires that she emailed me over the past several months and she wants me to fill out both of them and email back. I thought it was a little strange because they were almost the same exact questions on each, but the one had a little more on it. I think they need to just choose one so it doesn't confuse both us and them. She emailed me the pictures of the confirmed flowers that we spoke about so I have that in my file. Only 5 weeks left! I'm starting to not stress as much as things are starting to come together! My shower's next weekend so I'm pretty pumped for that!

July 30 that's right around the corner. How many people will you have? What kind of details did you discuss with her? Thanks

Hello Brooke, How did the call go with Liseth? We went on the zip lining tour with the cenote two years ago and it's the most amazing experience ever. It's definitely worth every penny. The pashimi's I got from through this wholesale company for 2.25 a piece which is really cheap. They are extremely comfortable and it feels really good for the price.

My Pashimis and maracas came in today and they look absolutely purrfect.

Brooke, We are waiting until we get down there b/c ppl will change their minds as soon as they get down there and get Wasted lol. I would like to take everyone on the Ziplining tour, I did it two years ago and I loved it. I am going to ask all the guests to pay their own way, I hope that's not rude.

Good Luck Lisa, Can't wait to read your reviews and see your pictures.

I love your picture and your dog is soooo adorable. Love the Sevia coloring. Congrats on getting your date down.

Congrats I am sooo excited for you. Everything will be wonderful and beautiful

Brooke, There is a Costco as a Walmart in Cancun so you will find everything you need down there.

Hello Brooke, Ohhh I am not going to bring the wine bottles down there lol that's too much work. There is a Costco in Cancun so I will purchase the wine there. I am coming there early enough where I can take care of all these little things before the guests arrive. As for the other things like parasols, scarves, maracas, and candies; I will have my sisters help me bring those. I have four sisters and one brother so they can each carry a little for me

Youre pictures are beautiful and I love your Maggie Sotero dress, it looks amazing on you. What time did you have your reception at? Did you skip the cocktail hour? Thank you

I am doing a wine and sweets White Welcome Party at Desires lounge on Friday. Since we are not making it private, we are not being charged for it. We are planning to go to Costco and get some decent wines to serve to the guests. We're also buying a bunch of candies and nuts at OHNuts.com and setting up a sweets bar. Was thinking about doing Cataraman but we have 70ppl so too costly.

I am not quite sure if Deco Cancun is out of the picture yet. Veronica said they are not approved anymore but I am still waiting for her to let me know if I can still use them since I already a contract with them. Will let you know as soon as I find out.

Missy, Did DJ Mauricio speak English well? Did he announce the wedding party? How about party favors like balloons, cold fireworks, neon lights and the light up dance floor. Did you get all of these for free since you were using DJ Mauricio? How many guests did you have? Thank you and can't wait to see your pictures.

Hey you know what they say, after you my love, ladies always first

That's probably correct b/c each tower has 6 lanterns and each lantern cost 10 each. By the way, l just found out today that Deco Cancun is not approved with Dreams any longer. I have a contract with Deco now I am not sure what to do. Freakin so inconsistent at the Resort.

We haven't done this for a while so for those that are not on this list, go ahead and add yourself and pass it on. L'Oreal & Mike 4/26/11 Dawn & Jimmy - 4/30/2011 Leah & Jamie - 5/3/2011 Lisa & Andrew - 5/6/11 Ursula & Matt - 5/7/2011 Melissa & Nathanael 5/8/11 Lindsay & Greg 05/09/2011 Winter & Steven - 5/10/2011 Leanne & Adam 5/14/2011 Lauren & Brian 05/25/2011 BROOKE &MIKE 06/18/2011 Deanna & Christopher 7/6/2011 Sharon & Josh 07/17/2011 Colleen & Clint 7/19/11 Lindsay & Frank 7/23/11 Ivelisse & Steve 10/28/11