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My wedding was at 4P.  Our appointments started at 12:00p...we were out of there by 2:30P, and in the room by 2:45P.  WC comes 15 minutes before the wedding to push you out of the room.  We had a good hour for getting ready photos, and I even put makeup on a flower girl, so go from there.  I tried to move my appointments as close as I could because I didn't want my hair to fall.  My hair is REALLY heavy, and I wanted it to be curly.  I was completely wind blown by the end of cocktail hour, but it made it. 
 

Originally Posted by summer12 

Quick question- if I am getting married at 6:00 do you think 2:00 would be a good time for hair/makeup appointments?  Or is that too late?  I just don't want to get too early and end up messing it up before the wedding

Ok, chicas!  I have posted my review.  I tried to do my best, but wanted to get it up quickly.  Send me a PM if you have any questions.  P.S--my wrist is better.  I don't have to wear anything anymore, but I have to start therapy because I can't move it that well now.    At least you can't really tell my right wrist has been casted for like, 2 months in the pictures.  Enjoy!

We originally were going to be on the beach, but there were conflicts with what Miami told us we could do and not do on the beach.  We changed at the last minute to the gazebo, and I think it was worth it.  It was really pretty, and the ocean is still in the background of all our pictures.  It was also shaded, so everyone wasn't squinting, and that was a plus.  I think the beach weddings are beautiful...I watched one from my balcony at Sun Palace, but the gazebo is just as good.  If you're going to wear an updo, you're probably fine.  My hair was out of control and in my face the entire time, and that was in the gazebo.  It's like 10 times worse on the beach.
 

Originally Posted by stefn1218 

Mrs. Arnote the pics look amazing! Can't wait to read all about it! Quick question for you....if the wind is really as bad as everyone says, should we maybe change our "on the beach" wedding plans? We were hoping to have the ceremony, cocktail reception and dinner recepetion on the beach....!

 

Also, my TA just told me yesterday that she has had a few brides convince the wedding coordinators on location to honor their booked guests, even if it was booked through a different TA.  I have no PERSONAL experience with this...and that would be hoping for a lot at the last minute, but if you are one of the brides that are really close to their nightly room count, just like everything else with the MP, you might as well ask!!! Good luck!

No, you can't share points.
 

Originally Posted by stefn1218 

Also, quick question that I'm hoping someone will know the answer to! I've been to the Palace Resorts twice before and one of the best parts are the free resort credits you get! We are actually going to be using all of ours towards a wedding package, so wont have any to have fun with during the trip....does anyone know if you can "share" points? Like if my parents don't want to go to the spa, can they set up an appointment and gift it to us? I think I remember they actually check the number on your bracelets when you show them your yellow paper, but I can't remember for sure, or if there were any rules again sharing....Thanks!

Maybe it was just an off night or our server was horrible...but Arrecifes was AWFUL when we went there the night before my wedding.  My whole party was extremely disappointed.  We ended up walking out in the middle of dinner.  Personally, I would go for Caribeno.  Plus, Arrecifes has a salad bar that you have to get up to go to.
 

Originally Posted by mrsbruff2b 

Hey ladies!! After reading all threads and reviews, I still can't decide between reception dinner at El Caribeno or Arrecifes.

It would be around 7:30pm.

 

Any recommendations?

Hola, chicas!  Finally back at work after the wedding and honeymoon!  Woohoo!  You may now officially address me as Mrs. Arnote (although it still sounds weird to hear it).  I will write a review as soon as a can get done sorting through all these pictures and uploading for family.  Everything was beautiful, well organized, etc.  I did show Kalena my emails when I met with her, and she told me Miami was incorrect, so plans changed a little once we were down there.  Small things, like we changed from the beach to the gazebo.  Nevertheless, be patient with them and roll with the punches.  As soon as I met Kalena, I loved her, and I did not spend another minute worrying about the wedding after the meeting.  There ended up being a note waiting for me at check-in letting me know when to meet with her.  My advice, don't even worry about trying to get ahold of Miami.  It's a waste of time.  Also, we used Photos in Cancun, and I couldn't be more happy.  They were absolutely wonderful, and gave me 3 DVDs (we did 4 hour wedding packaged and TTD) with about 2,500 pictures total.  It has taken me like, 10 hours to look at them all.  I'm done hogging the page now, but I thought I'd put up a few pictures to tide you girls over.  Keep in mind these haven't been editted, yet.  Oh, and Alberto did my hair and makeup.  I didn't even have to request him.  I think he did an absolutely fabulous job.  And the wind is 5 times worse than everyone says.  My bangs blew into my eyes the entire ceremony.

Originally Posted by beatyea 

 

OK does anyone know if Joannis is still working?  She has not replied to my emails and neither is Geraldine.  And I tried to email Susan- Geraldine's manager but apparently she no longer works for Palace Resorts...anyone have someone I can contact??- all i want to do is confirm the rest of my locations and my wedding is in 23 days!!!!

Your onsite will confirm them at your meeting down there.  LOL.  Everything changes once you get down there anyways.  Miami tells you all the wrong information.

So.......I'm taking a break from packing, and thinking to myself "What do I still need to do?".  I'm pretty sure I have everything all ready to go.  I'm doing my eyebrows, going to the bank, yadda yadda on Monday.  Then, I have this thought--I still haven't heard from Kalena to set up an appointment to meet with her when I get down there!!!  We are leaving WEDNESDAY.  My wedding is in less than 7 days.  So now I'm kind of having a panic attack.  I mean, we're going to be on the plane and flying at 6A on Wednesday.  I know I won't hear from her tomorrow. That leaves 2 days to try to get contact her.  Aaahh!!  In other news, my wrist is still not fully healed from breaking it in February.  They have taken off the cast now, but it's in a splint I'm supposed to keep on for 3 more weeks.  They told me I can take it off occasionally now, so I figure I'll just take it off for the wedding and while I'm down at the pool.  Unfortunately, the cast just came off, so there went my plans to work out and get tan.  That stuff is totally not happening.   Luckily, I'm so close to leaving, I kind of don't care anymore.  I just can't wait to go down there.  We are staying for 10 days, and I feel like hubby is going to have to drag me home kicking and screaming.

Thanks everyone on the Congratulations!  It was very informal (I was in my scrubs from work), so it still doesn't feel official, yet.  Here's my update: I got a new wrist cast, which is fabulous.  I can actually bend my elbow (it went all the way up my arm).  We leave for MP exactly 3 weeks from today.  They said they will take my cast completely off 2 weeks from today, as long as I behave myself.  I think I'm going to have to wear a wrist guard around, and just take it off for the wedding.  Either way, I'm excited it will be coming off.  I have all of my wedding stuff bought and packed, except I haven't made paper cones for my petal toss, and I am still working on making our bouquets.  Those will probably come down to the last minute.  I'll post pics when I'm done.  Hang in there, girls!  I know, I was waiting on an email back from Ivis, too.  I guess now I'm going to have to wait until I get down there to finalize things with Kalena.  If she gives me any problems, I'll be mad since the wedding department makes it impossible to organize everything.  Fingers crossed.

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 am just packing small fake one for my MOH. 
 

Originally Posted by airica26 

 

 

Hi Ladies,

 

Need bouquet advice:

 

 

Anyone have any ideas on what to do about bridesmaid bouquets. I do not want to spend $100+ for each one because I have 4 bridesmaids.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

Ooh!  Can I have that, too?  I remember this last year we had a hard time booking some things because of Spring Break.

 

Originally Posted by coconoir1908 

Hey beatyea,  check your PM.  Have a great day
 

 

Yes!  They want it on until 3 days after I am supposed to leave.  I work in an ER, though, so I think I'll try to make them cut it off.  I can't do my workouts anymore, someone has to wash my hair for me, it's a disaster.

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Originally Posted by ChipmunkRN 

O' NO!! Are you in a cast? How stressful!!

 

Hey girls!  So I'm freaking OUT!!!!  I broke my wrist snowboarding on Sunday, and my wedding is in 6 weeks!

I have Ivis, too.  She contacted me at 70 days for phone meeting.  I have also sent her emails since.  I am 48 days out, and I just now got a response back from my emails.  Be patient.  Hang in there.  I was just getting ready to call her today, but I had an email this morning.  Hopefully you'll hear from her soon.

 

Originally Posted by ChipmunkRN 

OK ladies I have Ivis and I am not a happy bride. She contacted me when I was 70 days out and we had our phone meeting since then I have emailed her 4 times (once a week) with NOTHING!

I'm 46 days out and she hasn't answered any of my questions or confirmed my locations. Anyone have an email of a supervisor I could contact for help? I tried emailing my sales coordinator Geraldine but didn't get anything back from her either. I'm starting to panic just a little!!!

 

Thanks

Ok, so I'm pretty sure that I could NOT have come up with a harder way to make a template like this.  I'm not sure how it works, and I've been spending forever dragging things around.  There HAS to be an easier way to do this, but here's what I have so far.  I'm in Excel.  I was thinking about adding some little pictures to it.  I can't do a border in there.  I'm stuck. 

My idea is that everyone will fill these out while they are waiting for us to show up at the restaurant (we're not having a reception).  We have a lot of smarty pants going with us, so these should be pretty hilarious to read later on.  I figure I'll take them, and add them to a photobook.  Let me know what you think.  What should I add?

I'm taking a brief sanity break while I try to figure out how to format this stupid madlib thing I'm going to do as a guestbook.  I think I'm going to freak out!!  I can't get it to work the way I want!!    Hopefully, I'll get it done soon and post some pics

I'm so excited!!!!  I can't wait!!!! 
 

Originally Posted by kris10kay 

Hola Ladies! We are officially back in the US and MARRIED, Cancun was perfect! I will put a review up as soon as I can! Feel free to ask me any questions though!! You will all love it, that's all I can say for now Here are a few photos..our photog already put some pictures up if anyone is interested. www.ismaelpachecoblog.com

 

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ndividul--Yes!  I will have to post a pic when I get motivated to try the paper cones out.  I'm hoping to go supply shopping this weekend.

ndividul--Yes!  I will have to post a pic when I get motivated to try the paper cones out.  I'm hoping to go supply shopping this weekend.

Yay!! I'm so excited for you!  It's going to be wonderful!  You look great!

 

Originally Posted by kris10kay 

 

Ok ladies! I had a fabkend, picked up my finished dress, hair colored, eyelashes done! and now it's just waiting to leave on Wednesday & get MARRIED saturday! Here are a few pictures!  Thank you to everyone who helped this website has been AMAZING!!!

These are the program fans that flip open!

My soon to be last name! <3

I was planning on making paper funnels for flower petals, as well.  Yours looks great!  What did you use to secure it--staples, double-sided tape??  I was getting ready to start messing with it, but hadn't figured out what method would be the best.

 

Originally Posted by ndvidul 

So, the DIY Lab has indeed been "smoking" hot, haha!  Love that phrase!

 

Here are some little goodies I've been working on:

 

These will hold our blue and white petals in, which guests will toss at the end of the ceremony, and will go in the sand in front of each chair on the beach.  The heart tag says "Love."

 

I had these stamps already for other projects and thought --- why not buy napkins for $2.50 and stamp them quickly for an added personal touch for the cocktail hour?

I am sorry to hear this.  We all have been issues like these.  I have been fighting with my MOH for days now over her unwillingness to pack her bouquet of 6 flowers in her own luggage.    Haha.  Well, maybe I'm not quite to voodoo dolls, yet.  She's not even throwing me a bachelorette party or a bridal shower.  Geez.   I feel like with all the pressure of this wedding stuff down in Mexico and work combined, my sanity might shatter.  The funny thing is, people say the whole point of destination weddings is the simplicity, but I think it's actually harder to coordinate something in another country.  This is definitely a very strong trend towards the people we care about letting us down on this thread.  It is sad. 

 

Originally Posted by ChipmunkRN 

OMG! After hearing story after story of brides having difficulties with family and the wedding party I was so glad we kept our list small and only our very close friends and family. Now 65 days out my FI bestman just TEXTED he wont be coming. I am so pissed. How do you agree to be a bestman, not the grooms man, not a guest but a BESTMAN and not follow through! My FI is trying to be understanding but I just don't get it. Nothing would keep me from my bestfriends wedding! WTF!

I guess they changed the structure around a little for weddings.  I was emailing Iliana, and then she dropped off the face of the earth.  Now I am talking to Ivis, who is working on booking locations and going over my selections with me.  Ivis is not the onsite, though.  They only give you your onsite coordinator 2 weeks before the wedding to schedule your consultation after you arrive down there.  Ivis seems to be able to answer all the questions and take care of everything, but she's still in Miami.  Geez!  They're crazy!  Good luck trying to figure all of that out.

Originally Posted by ChipmunkRN 

 

Does anyone know if my guest book under the member wedding link what perks they get? Its not clear on the details of the resort credit and such. I have a guest that wants to book 5 days not 7 so I think they wont get the mani/pedi/massage/tours but they should still get the resort credit but it doesn't say anything about it on the reservation page.

 

Everyone gets the resort credits, regardless of if they are using memberships or not.  They do have to stay 7 nights to get the mani/pedi/etc.  They will still get $1500 if they stay 5 nights, and can use up to $300 of that getting hair/makeup/mani/pedis.