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 This is my bridal shower cake!

 Here is our wedding cake.  You cant see it well but I have rhinstone banding around the two layers. 

 I loved our hotel.  I know that some people are complaining right now because of the name change and construction, but we are planning on going back next year!  We got married in May which is the LEAST humid month there.  The prices are better in May than they are in March or April, since that is their busy time.  It starts dying down in May and then June and July are hurricane season, so you may get tropical storms thoes months.  I was able to book my wedding date quicly, but eveythign else took forever. 

Originally Posted by Ambginni 

Your destination looked amazing and beautiful. Did you enjoy the hotel that you got married at? What month did you end up going and did you have a hard time getting a timely response on setting your wedding date with them?

83 room night means that I had a total number of 83 "nights booked" with them.  I think that was most couples going for 5-7 nights.  Each night at the hotel counts for a room night towards your total number of nights booked.  So say there were three couples and they each booked 7 nights, you would have a total of  21 room nights booked.  You need 75 to qualify for unlimited private functions. 

Juan Navarro was one of the cheaper photographers that I found.  I dont understand your second question about how I spend...??

I chose the breeze terrace for our reception.  Both nights!  The rehersal and the wedding.  I think its one of the best locations. 

My dress was a Maggie Adorea!  I wish I could wear it ever day!!  Almost every girl that tries that dress on abolutly loves it!

I put my dress in a carry on bag.  I didnt want to have to carry it around the whole day but wanted to know it was safe.  It was and wasnt wrinkled or anything.  Its so humid there there once you hang out your cloths, most of the wrinkles come out any way. 

My husband got his suit from Nordstroms.  Its BCBG and its actually Kaki (although in some pics it looks grey).  The guys wore Kaki pants and white shirts from Macys.

Originally Posted by melmelly 


And when you say 83 rooms night book.. That mean you booked 83 rooms per ppl?
And juan navarro was is prices reasonable? And about with everthing how you spend?
If you dont mind me asking..
And what area did you chose for your reception?
And i love your dress... Its maggie right?
And how did you do with the carrying the dress on the plane?
And how did you do with bringing all the stuff? And charges? From the airlines? And luggage?
Thanks

Thank you Melmelli!  I had such a hard time getting in touch with anyone to get any answers, time lines, prices etc.  The only way I was able to get in touch with anyone  was go to the FB page and complain there.  Finally I was able to speak to my actual wedding coordinator or else it would have litterally been the Monday I left for mexico, I was getting married on Friday.  I was shocked to get a call, especially just hours before leaving for the air port. 

I only had to put down like 1k or something to reserve everything and then I paid for everything else the day I left mexico.  They had it all printed out and they just charged it all to my room at the end of the stay.  I had no issues when it was all said and done. 

Good luck with everything!  Im sure it will turn out perfectly!

You sould check out my review. 

Originally Posted by mccaskey 

 

I am having so many problems with my Cancun Palace Wedding.  Can I contact you directly somehow?

Originally Posted by China05 

 

Wow everything looks so beautiful!!!! Congrats! Would you be able to share your pictures of the lounge furniture, please?

 I didnt get the lounge furniture.  It was just something I had priced out.  If you contact Zuniga they can send you the info. 

Originally Posted by mccaskey 

 

I am having so many problems with my Cancun Palace Wedding.  Can I contact you directly somehow?

 You can private message me. 

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

So Beautiful! I LOVE your colors! Where did you get chair sashes and table runner? Is it turquoise or aqua? Sorry for all the questions but I will be using you as an inspiration!

  Thank you so much!  It makes me feel good to be an ispiration!  I got the sashes and table runner from Zuniga productions and I believe that they called it Tiffany Organdy.  That is how its stated on my contract.  Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. 

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful words!  Good luck to all future brides!!!

No, we went with the complinentary package and added on. 

Originally Posted by Bride2Be2013 

Was that the Colin Cowie Comp Collection- because thats the look i was going for

After much research and comparison in prices with other artists in the Cancun area, I decided to go with Norma Zurama.  Her and her staff were AMAZING.  There were 6 of us who got our hair done and 3 of us got our makeup done.  Norma is the makeup artist and she has hair stylists that work with her to make your hair as perfect as your make up.  I decided to drive to her since my resort wouldn't allow her to come in unless she paid to stay there.The salon is right off the main strip in Cancun and it’s very nice and clean.  It was about a 15 min cab ride.  Her email address is [email protected]  She charged me $250 and for my girls it was $60 for hair and $60 for makeup.

I was concerned with not having a trial run but again, I couldn't’t have been happier.

My make up lasted all night and my hair was still looking pretty good the next morning.  I brought extensions for them to put in my hair and they just executed everything exactly how I imagined it!  I couldn't have asked for anything better! 

To check out our complete wedding, you can go to my profile and find my review of Cancun Palace!

Hello ladies!!!

I have enjoyed so much this group and although i didnt get married at Moon Palace, I did get married at Cancun Palace and wanted to let you all see my review if interested. 

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/80140/cancun-palace-wedding-2012-amazing-long-with-a-lot-of-pictures

Hello fellow brides~

It's been almost 1 month since we got married at Cancun Palace and I wanted to get this review done because I was able to find out so much WONDERFUL information and HELPFUL hints and ideas from this site.  I hope my review is helpful!

Overall Experience:

For ANYONE who loves the ocean and has ever DREAMED of getting married on the beach, I TOTALLY suggest a wedding at Cancun Palace.  The setting could not get any better and they executed everything that I asked of them.  There was not ONE thing I would change about my wedding day!  IT was AMAZING!!!

Planning:

Honestly this was the most stressful part.  Being a DW Bride has stresses of its own.  Everyone will rely on you for info on your resort, spa info, excursion info, flight info, basically anything they want to know, you will be the first person they go to so keep that in mind. 

I learned so much from this website and I am so glad that I found it.  I was able to get more info from past and present brides, than I did with my travel agent and by the wedding department in Miami for Palace Resorts.  I had always been warned that for Mexico weddings, they don’t really speak to you until 3 months prior.  Well guess what, if you don’t take the bull by the horns, they MAY end up calling you the day you leave, like the Miami office did to me, to start planning everything out.  Fortunately, I had done so much research and threw such a fit that I was actually able to work with my onsite coordinator, Paola, at Cancun Palace to set everything up and get all my questions answered.  I still had to wait until the 90 day mark to speak to her and get it all taken care of.  Please remember that response time is SLOW!!

Outside Vendors:

I have heard many different things on this, so I can only tell you my experience.  At first I had and outside vendor for the following: DJ, hair and makeup as well as the photographer. After tons of research and answers back from Paola, they basically told me that if you want outside vendors, you have to pay for them to stay for 2 nights.  I had chosen DJ Mannia after all the reviews that I read about him.  After I contacted him at [email protected] and found out his prices I was going to book him, but ended up going with the DJ from Cancun Palace because I couldn’t afford to pay the 2 night minimum for all my vendors.  The DJ from Cancun Palace was awesome and affordable as well!  I used an outside vendor for my Makeup and Hair, but I traveled off the resort for this, again, so I could save the two night minimum.  I DID however end up paying for the stay for my photographer Juan Navarro.  I felt it was VERY important to have a GREAT photographer and this is the only outside vendor that I ended up paying for to use at our wedding. 

Flowers:

I chose to use “real touch†flowers.  Meaning, they look REAL, even up close, but they are fake.  I got my flowers from bloom bridal and even to this day, I get compliments on ALL of my flowers and I was able to keep my bouquet and display it at home, which I LOVE since I get to look at it every day!  I would choose to do the same exact thing again if I had to do it all over!  You can find them on Etsy or their email address is [email protected]

I ordered the following items for a total of $650.00

1 Bridal bouquet with rhinestone accents

2 MOH bouquets

5 BM bouquets

11 Boutonnieres

12 hair flowers (3 which were mine, also had rhinestone accents)

10 cake flowers

Ceremony and Reception:

Originally we had chosen to get a wedding package, but after a lot of research, we chose to go with the complimentary package and add on to save on cost.  When originally looking at the packages, I didn’t know that none of the decorations would carry over to the dinner/reception.  So we would have paid $2500 just for the 30 min ceremony.  Also I found that the packages included things that we didn’t really want, like the harpist, fireworks etc.  The complimentary package comes with a bride’s bouquet and since I wanted to bring my own, I asked for them to split my bouquet into two and used them as decorations on the judges table.  For the rest of the decorations I was led to contact Zuniga Productions.  They have chair bows, linens, centerpieces, isle decorations etc.  My contacts email address is [email protected].  The following is what I paid for my chosen decorations or the estimates for decorations that I was thinking about getting:

Chair bows/ Sashes: $4 each

Table runner: $7 each

Upgraded Tiffany chairs: $7 each

Lounge Couch for cocktail hour: $150 each seats 8

Lounge table with 4 seats: $120 each set

Lighted cocktail tables: $75 each

White light palm trees: $55 each

Centerpieces: $110 each

I actually ended up bringing my OWN centerpieces and I’m so glad that I did. We did have to pay a $165 set up fee at the resort though.  Origionally they told me I was going to have to pay a $200 per table fee to set up, but since I was getting most of my decorations from Zuniga, they worked with me and did the one fee of $165.  I found a specific company on etsy.com that makes centerpieces.  She airbrushed each flower for me and made them waterproof so that the die wouldn’t run while under the water.  I bought my own waterproof purple LED lights on ebay for a fraction of the price that I would have paid anywhere else.  I paid $388 for my centerpieces and I had 8 sets of 3, plus $60 for the LED lights.  I packed them all in smaller boxes and in 1 big luggage to take with me.  I wrapped them well and nothing broke, not even coming home.   (I am selling 7 sets of mine if you are interested)  If you would like to purchase ones like these you can contact the maker at 812-797-3574 or visit her website at: (she can make pretty much anything you want) http://www.samsseashellsbytheseashoreweddingshop.com/#Site%20Home

Locations for private functions:

Originally we had chosen for the cocktail hour and dinner take place on the infinity terrace, but after getting there and getting to see how narrow it is, we changed our minds.  I’m happy that we chose to hold it on the 3^rd floor at the breeze terrace, it has its own bar, little pool/ hot tub and it overlooks the infinity pool and the ocean.  IT was AMAZING!!!  We held our rehearsal cocktail hour and dinner there AS WELL as the wedding cocktail hour, dinner and reception.  I don’t think there is a better place to have it!

Hair and Make up:

After much research and number crunching, I decided to go with Norma Zurama.  Her and her staff were AMAZING.  There were 6 of us who got our hair done and 3 of us got our makeup done.  Norma is the makeup artist and then she has hair stylists that she works with.  The salon we drove to is right off the main strip and it’s very nice and clean.  It was about a 15 min cab ride.  Her email address is [email protected]  She charged me $250 and for my girls it was $60 for hair and $60 for makeup.  I was concerned with not having a trial run but again, couldn’t have been happier.  And I’m SUPER PICKY!

Symbolic vs. Civil:

Originally we didn’t like the thought of getting married in the states first then having the actual ceremony in Cancun after.  Then after months of thought and consideration we decided that it wasn’t worth the extra time, effort, money, pregnancy tests, blood tests, translations, not to mention the lack of knowledge that the minister has for you and your relationship, so we chose to do a symbolic ceremony.  We had one of our friends act as our minister.  We put the whole ceremony together and again, I wouldn’t have done it different.  To have someone who knows you, loves you and is a part of your life, to officiate your ceremony, it is sooooo special.   

Food and Cake:

The food was AMAZING!!  Since we got to have two nights of free private functions (thanks to 83 room nights booked) we got to try out lots of the options.  For the rehearsal cocktail hour we did the Mexican appetizers.  I almost wish we would have done this again for the wedding night it was so good.  For dinner that night we chose the BBQ buffet.  For the wedding night we had the Superior appetizers and the Mexican Buffet.  The chicken Mole that was served with the Mexican buffet and the Fish was a TOTAL hit.  We had to request more several times.

Our cake turned out beautifully.  I suggest not doing any sort of upgrade on the cake as usually it’s a waste of money.  We brought our own crystal bake banding, the silk flowers and cake topper.  I told Paola how I would like it done and it was perfect!  We only ate the one piece that we cut for pictures.  The rest of the guests were too full from our wonderful dinner. 

RE CAP:

We would choose to have our dream wedding at Cancun Palace again for sure.  The resort was beautiful, the staff was nice, the rooms were amazing and our wedding was EXACLY what we had dreamt of.  Thank you Cancun Palace for all of our memories!  We will be going back next May for our 1 year anniversary. 

Wow Coco!  Everything was fantastic!!!  You looked georgous! 

We are so excited!  We are leaving Monday and getting married on Friday at Cancun Palace! 

I cant believe its finally here!   I will be back with a full report! 

Im getting married at Cancun Palace in 13 days.  My family has stayed there before and has nothing but good things to say.  I know it is deffinatly family friendly and will give a full report when I get back!   I feel confindent that although the name is changing, the service and hotel will still be wonderful!

Good luck!

 

Originally Posted by nursebrooke 

I am looking for an all inclusive resort to have my wedding May 2013 in Cancun. I will be traveling with my 2 children who will be 11 and 14 at the time. They are at an in between time where they don't need a lot of kids activities but are still kids so we are limited in the sense of the adults only resorts. I am looking at Cancun Palace, RIU palace las americas (which I can't find many reviews on), Dreams Cancun (which I am worried is a little older than I would prefer) and ME (which I am worried won't be good for parents and my kiddos. Any suggestions??? Also I am reading Cancun Palace is changing to be a Hard Rock. Any info on that? Is it going to stay the same and be a palace resort still or completely different? Thanks!!!!

I got this one from http://www.dressilyme.com/

They have this cute one on ebay too!  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-made-Sweetheart-A-line-One-Shoulder-Short-mini-Cocktail-Porm-Party-Dress-/370586092155?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D390392150419%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7004630952746320007

Originally Posted by Speckles121 

ahhh love this!!! wheres it from??
 

 

 Here is my short dress!  Im so excited! Some of the girls at my work bought it for me. I feel so loved! It should be here any day!  I hope it looks good on me!

I have the same dress!!!!  I bought one first and then couldnt get my mind off the Adorea!!!  It looks like Ladydi has the same dress too!!  So does Jamie!!!  And this girl I work with, she got it too!  The wonderfull thing about that dress is that it looks good on EVEYRONE that puts it on!  It is MAGICAL!!!! 

Im down to 50 something days and CAN NOT wait!  My bridal shower/ Bachlorette party is NEXT weekend! IM SOOO EXCITED!  Oh and i got my rings sized last weekend, so now my ring wont slip off my finger!

Love this tread and all the information on it! 

Originally Posted by Krystabab143 

Wow I've missed so much!!
Ladydi: CONGRATS!! You looked amazing ! I would LOVE to see the video if you will pm me!
I've been keeping busy over here. I have 6 girlfriends getting married this year so it's full of bridal showers nights of diys with OTHER brides brunches jack and jills and everything else u an think of.. The best part is the topic always goes back to my destination wedding and how excited everyone is!
I've even had people ask for an invite!!! So it looks like well have a GREAT turnout!
We have 10 guests booked as of now as well as us.. With plenty of time to go with is fantastic!
And I ordered my DRESSSS!!!! I'm so excited!!
Unfortunately the dress I was waiting on was not what I expected.. A lot more less then bling and I'm without a doubt a bling girl! I actually went with the original dress I fell in love with at kleinfields .. Which seems to be a very popular dress on here the adorea! Which my consultant Debbie called the magic dress lol! I'll post a pic later when I'm on my comp..
I also started my brooch bouquet which is coming out AMAZING!
Love seeing everyone's progress even when it means I have to read 50 pages to catch up lol!!

Mine are VERY similar to these ones and the ones above.  I get them hopefully at the end of this month!  I cant wait!!  I love the peacock feather!!  I tried to get my FI to go with that and he wouldnt!  LOL  Its beautiful! 

You girls shoud post your centerpieces on the centerpiece thread.  There arent a lot of this style. 

So excited for you girls! 

 

Originally Posted by kellykanester 

I dont think I have posted this in this thread yet but here is my mock centerpiece, the vase will be much bigger and the string of orchids will be as well (these ones are going to be used for the guys boutonnieres) But you get the idea

 

YEAHHH!!!!  THats a great idea!  I want to go do it now! 

 

Originally Posted by alaharri 

Well ladies, we decided to get legally married at the last minute this afternoon because my man got off work early today.  He thought the idea of having our legal/fake wedding was fun to do on Leap Year, so we scrambled to go get our marriage license, and Ta-Da!  We're married.

I LOVE the first one!

Yes, im going to take a cab. I guess the hair stylist has a salon there, so we are all going there! 

Both of our weddings are right around the corner! HOORAY!!!

 

Originally Posted by coconoir1908 

I had Norma booked for a whileshe's doing my make-up only since I have natural hair.  However; she's also doing my bridesmaids, Mom etc.. 

 

Will you take a cab?
 

 

[email protected]

She is doing my hair and make up too!  But i have to drive to her since the resort now makes you stay there for 2 nights to be a vendor....  She said she is only 10 min away though! 

Cant WAIT!
 

Originally Posted by coconoir1908 

Did you ever get Norma's info?

Originally Posted by samnicolerangel 

How can I get in contact with Norma from MAC?

[email protected]  I think this is for cancun palace but im sure you can get where you need to go with this... His name is Daniel.
 

Originally Posted by Jamie5280 

Hi Ladies,

 

I tried to e-mail PSAV or JSAV whatever they are called and the e-mail bounced back to me.  Does anyone have an e-mail for them?

I am FINALLY in contact with someone from Cancun Palace directly and she has been a GREAT help!  The first thing she told me was that it was $200 to set up the ceremony if you bring your own decorations and $100 a table for the set up of dinner.  Although, she did tell me that included doing everything from name tags, wedding favors, centerpieces, chair bows etc.... Since I was just going to bring my own linens and centerpieces, I asked her if there was a way to discount that price OR if I can just have my own people set up.... She didn’t answer me on us setting up ourselves but she did say she would see if we could get a lower set up fee.  I feel for you girls that bought your own stuff already, as I did, cause now I think I’m going to HAVE to let Zuniga do it all for me. 

I’m doing the complementary package for the ceremony .  Remember ladies, they charge you like $2,300 JUST for the ceremony.  None of that stuff goes into the dinner/reception, so I ask you, is it worth that much money for maybe 30min!? 

I also found out that the Dj they use is jsav productions.... The ipod/speaker set up for 2 hours is $395.  This does not come with anyone to do announcements etc.  The next step up is Dj service for 2 hours for $1,00 OR $1,495 for 4 hours. 

Personally what we are doing is Mariachi for the cocktail hour, $480 and then the ipod set up for the dinner, which is 2 hours.....  Since they don’t allow the party to go past 11, we aren’t doing a "reception" at the resort, but going to a club after dinner!  Should be fun!

Any ways, just wanted to let you guys know what I found out.  I’m in direct contact getting all the details ironed out so if anyone has a question, feel free to let me know and I’ll try to help!

Happy FRIDAY!

There is a lady who started a page on face book that is  "Palace resort brides past present and futute"... I have heard some of this info off that page.  For the most part I get all the info from you girls, which is very helpful and thats why I post just making sure that what I understand to be correct, is....  Im not going to worry about the additional charge for the ceremony being for more than 35 people....

As far as the room goes... Did you book with Palace Resorts directly?  My TA didnt tell me anythign about paying for the room up front.  She just recieved an email on this... So we will see what she says. 

 

Originally Posted by coconoir1908 

I qualify & have NOT been told about $$ per chair for anything over. 35 people. Not sure where your getting this information from. Also, if you have a group contract and qualify for free events you DO NOT have to pay for your free events (I posted this a while back stated from a MP contact) you do pay for your room and that is what gets reimbursed about a month later. Hope this help

Thank you!

 

Originally Posted by mpweddingplan 

@palacebride27...

 

There is not a 35 guest limit for the ceremony. They will not charge you for guests over 35. Most of the ceremony locations can easily handle 120 guests or more. No extra charges. 

 

As far as the free private events for 75+ room nights goes, you should not have to pay for the events ahead of time. Many of us had this question/concern and it has been confirmed by a wedding coordinator and posted in this thread, you will NOT have to pay for the events ahead of time and wait for a refund. If you qualify for the free private events by getting 75+ room nights, you can book events without paying ahead of time.

 

If you have your room booked through the resort, and not a 3rd party TA, you will most likely need to pay for your room in full, and then will get refunded the free 7 nights post travel. It usually takes a few weeks or more. 

 

I would too be frustrated about having little to no contact 70 days out. I specifically flew to MP 15 months before our wedding date in order to meet with a coordinator in person and lock in our locations right then and there. 

 

I would not be worried about an extra seating charge for more than 35 guests. That 35 persons limit only applies to the dinner reservation, which is not even needed if you qualify for unlimited free events. 

Yes, I origionally wanted the upgraded chivarri chairs but after seeing that they were going to charge me not only for the chairs at the ceremony with a total of  $350, but also charge me the $350 AGAIN for the dinner, I decided that I would just stick to the chairs that are FREE!!!  LOL

Who doesnt love FREE!!!

 

Originally Posted by sophia56 

I think the $6-7 dollars per chair you may have read about is in regards to the upgrades (e.g., tiffany chairs or bamboo chairs). If you stick with the white folding chairs, it should all be included, regardless of number of guests. 

And Jamie.....  Thank you for your response too!!!

As always thank you all for your posts and i cant wait to see how all your weddings turn out!!!  Im getting close myself!  All last night I dreampt about my wedding!!!  Im getting soooo excited! 
 

I was wondering this for the cermony,  I got my 75 nights finally so I will have free private functions and the person number doesnt matter.  BUT.... Although ill be getting married on the beach and there is deffinatley pleanty of room, im still concerned that they are going to charge me per chair over 35.

I also heard that they make you pay for the full price of the wedding and private functions FIRST and then REFUND you  a month later....

I dont know!  Im so confused!  A little over 70 days out and still dont have a budget OR  the cocktail hour/dinner area reserved athough I requested them at about 100 days out.

I called to day to speak to the manager and of course was sent to voice mail. 
Im really trying to be patient but come on.....  a budget would be nice. 
 

Originally Posted by mpweddingplan 

For which function are you talking about? 

 

For the ceremony, some locations like the Gazebos can accommodate 150 guests...where as the beach wedding locations do not technically have a limit on guest capacity.

 

The only place that quoted 35 people max was for the dinner reservation.  I imagine that is what you are talking about.  We are planning on having about 70 guests, but with our room nights, should easily qualify for free events.  We will use the dinner reservation for 35 for our rehearsal dinner, and only invite immediate family and bridal party (totaling about 30-35 people). 

 

I personally have not heard of MP charging $6-7 a chair for any over 35, but again, I'm not sure which function you are talking about?