Rissa519

This thread is great I loved reading every page of it! I have a question for past brides about lounge furniture I am debating adding this to our beach reception and it hasn't come up on either the "would" or wouldn't" list so far..... I was curious if this is something worth it or if it went unused?

I agree... the pics look amazing and the colors are beautiful.... Congrats!

 

Originally Posted by Bride2B22 

aww thank you!!!! The colors were amazing! I couldn't beleive how gorgeous everything turned out!

 

 

Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 

I did a tasting on my site visit, I don't think they allow you to do it when you get there.  I'm not sure what's on the website currently but when we did hte tasting everything was delicous and everything was great the day of the wedding too.  You really can't go wrong.

 

There are 2 nicer restaurants at the Gran Porto one is mexican and the other Italian.  We ate at the mexican restaurant during our site visit and was not impressed, we tried to eat at the Italian during our site visit and our wedding and there was always a very long wait.  A couple of out guests also tried to go there and ended up leaving because of the wait .

The long tables is something I knew I wanted so I just made sure before going down there that the long tables were available and then went over it with my onsite coordinator when I got there. 

 

The one thing with doing the set-up like this is that you need more centerpieces.  For instance we had 48 guests so could have gotten away with 8 round tables/8 centerpieces but since we did it that way I needed 14 lanterns and 12 centerpieces so it definitly costs more to do it this way.

Thanks for the info.... it really did look beautiful... sometimes the extra cost is worth it!

Congrats to the brides that were just married.... and thank you for posting the pics... they all look amazing!!!!

ChicagoBride2011 - I love the long table on the beach, was this something they gave you as an option or just something you knew you wanted? Was there any criteria that had to be met in order for you to have it that way (i.e a minimum/maximum number of guests)?

Thanks for all your input!

Ok I just found this on tripadvisor.... this makes me feel better about it:

Originally Posted by kellygrrrl 

 

straight from ana perez, my wedding coordinator:

 

Hola Kelly,

I was advised by our Onsite manager that indeed, The Royal in Cancun & The Royal Playa del Carmen have no music in the pool, that is by the standards of the AAA.

 

Thanks for your comprehension, as this is beyond our reach.

Kindly, Ana

 

 

I agree that is awful and it does create the ambiance!!! Does anyone know if they still have an "active" pool? I don't quite understand why this would be implemented since per their own website they have a quiet pool and an active pool....

Geoffnsara - my wedding is not until June 2012, I have a while to go , but I wasn't sure how quickly things get booked!

Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 

 

 

 

 

There is the beach behind the Gazebo, the Central Beach and Pelicano's beach.  Pelicano's beach is the closest to the pier and is behind Pelicano's restaurant.  Pelicano's is the largest area , they are all great but I would say that the area behind the gazebo or Pelicano's would be the best.

 

Hope this helps!

This helps alot... thank you! I now have one more question, do you know how close these areas are? I am curious if there could possibly be 3 beach receptions going on at the same time, and if the activities of other weddings could interfere?

Thanks!

Hi all, I was curious if anyone knows how many sites the royal has available for the beach reception? I noticed that my WC mentioned something about the beach by the gazebo but I saw that there are so many reviews about the beach by Pelicanos. I was wondering if anyone had any info on this such as if one area is nicer than the other? Thanks!

Lisa... thank you I would really appreciate seeing some pics from the resort photographer, I am sure they are great, it just seems so many have used other photographers!

Slin2011 - I booked my wedding for 06/30/2012 with the gazebo ceremony and the beach reception, it wasn't a problem at all, so it does seem odd... who is your WC?

Originally Posted by Lisa DSO 

 

 

 

Thank you! I had no issues; he never brought it up as being a prerequisite.

 

 

 

Rissa, I'll post some pics from the resort photographer that came free with my package later 

 

 

Originally Posted by slin2011 

 

Hi Ladies!  I booked our date at the Royal. We are having the ceremony at the gazebo, but when I tried to tell the WC I wanted to have my reception on the beach, she told me I couldn't reserve a beach site until closer to the wedding date (which is May 2012).  Is this the case for you other ladies that are having beach receptions?  It just seemed a little weird so I thought I would ask...thanks in advance!

Thanks Lisa, I would really appreciated seeing some pics from the resort photographer, it just seems that so many have used others so I was unsure if I needed to reserve an outside vendor.

slin2011 - I booked my ceremony at the gazebo and the beach for my reception, and it wasn't a problem at all mine is set for 06/30/2012.

Hi all... I have a question, did anybody just use the resort photographer? If so were you happy with the pictures? I am wondering if I should also look into booking a photographer as well, and I also saw mentioned on here that there is an outside vendor fee? My WC Angie mentioned that they can make several arrangements for vendors such as the DJ, but she never mentioned anything about an outside vendor fee.

Thanks!

Jharris.... Thanks. For the information I would likemy guests to have both options...I will try and have them block both hotels. Marissa

Jharris and Heidi82..........thanks fror all the great info I have already been in contact with them and they have been super helpful so far I have been working with Missy and she is really responsive. That is a great idea to have the TA login into the base camp acct so they can communicate directly with the WC. Heidi82.....when you blocked the rooms did you just block the royal? Or did your block also include the gran Porto? I am curious because we have some guest bringing children and would like them to have the same advantages available Thanks for all of your help!

Originally Posted by SweetLe 

 

Sara,

        Our wedding is not until June 24, 2011- but we are using Beach Bum Vacations (TA-Steve) for all of our arrangements. They allow guests to make payments up until 61 days before the trip. Our experience has been great so far, with quick responses to e-mails and phone calls Hope this helps! Congrats on the recent engagement!

Hi SweetLe

I just took a look at the Beach Bum Vacations website, and it seems sooooo helpful... thanks for putting the information on here. I was concerned because we have people coming from all over and I wasn't sure if a local travel agent would suffice. Beach Bum Vacations seems to make it more manageable I just sent a request in for more information.

Thanks again...Marissa

Jharris.... thanks for the advice, i was leaning towards finding a good travel agent for everyone to use, I thought it made sense as well, I was just curious if their discount when you called them was worth it they have been very vague about what the discount would be. Also... the WC at the royal told me that they arrange the vendors, even the DJ? I wanted to get the pricing for DJ Doremixx that so many have used and gave great reviews, and the WC told me they make the arrangements with them, I was wondering if anyone else had the resort do this? Is it more expensive to have the resort plan it? I had sent an email to the DJ directly for pricing and package options but haven't had a response from them.

Thanks

Chicagobride2011....Thanks so much for the information, I guess I can just send out the information they give and guests can decide if that is something they want to go with....I was just curious if you think the discount is worth booking it separately (flight and vacation package) or if maybe a travel agent would be a better idea?

HI all... I have just officially booked my date for June 2012 which is very exciting!!! However I now have many more questions! Did anyone use them as the "travel agent" the wedding specialist Angie explained they could be used as our travel agent and the guests would call her directly to receive discounts associated with the stay for our wedding, but this wouldn't include a package as they would still have to get  the airfare on their own. I was just curious as to how others handled this? Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks!

Hi Kate112.....we booked for June 30 2012......still so much to do and think about. I thought I would send out the save the dates a year in advance and not really too sure when to send out the invites yet. I am still not sure about the package yet have u decided on a package yet?

Hi all... I am recently engaged and thanks to the reviews and pics on this site, we have settled on the Royal PDC for June 2012.

I am sure that I will have TONS of questions about all the planning that is involved with a DW but so many posts have been really helpful so far!

Hi all, I have been searching this site for a while, we are planning for a wedding in June 2012 at the Royal PDC. This site has been great there are so many details that I wouldn't have thought about. I was wondering if anyone thinks that a travel agent is necessary or is okay to just have guests book on their own?