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Good luck to you! I hope your day turns out wonderful!! So excited for you!! Hope all goes just as planned )

I'm doing the same thing. Just putting it in a garment bag and hoping they will hang it in first class! We're flying AA too. If they don't, they can watch me cry! LOL

I would just forward the on-site planner the e-mail from Yesenia that says you only need the one day pass. I would also cc Yesenia on the e-mail that you're forwarding to the on-site planner. I'm going to print out all of my e-mails from the beginning of planning to bring with me, so we don't run into any problems.

I found some info on-line about how much of your resort dollars can be used towards the tours and other items. i.e. you can't use all of your resort dollars towards the dolphin swim. Hope this helps. Also, it tells you the cost for each of the tours. TOURS You can use up to all of your vacation dollars on any of these select tours/activities: Chichen Itza ($120 per adult, $67 per child) Wet 'n Wild ($59 per adult, $53 per child) Isla Mujeres ($75 per adult, $40 per child) Coba ($80 per adult, $42 per child) Tulum/Aventura Cove Palace ($100 per adult, $67 per child) Ultimate Dolphin Swim (at Wet 'n Wild. Transportation for this activity is not included. $129 per person) All participants in the Dolphin Swim Program must be at least 8 years old and no less than 48 inches tall. Ultimate Dolphin Swim maximum credit of $200 from 12/19/2011 - 01/02/2012; 03/30/12 - 04/08/12; 06/15/12 - 08/15/12. Tours and activities are provided by the Palace Vacation Planners. GOLF All vacation dollars can be used towards green fees and shared golf carts at the following courses: Moon Spa & Golf Club, Riviera Cancun Golf & Resorts, and Playacar Spa & Golf Club. Vacation dollars are applicable for golf rounds at regular price. Golf rounds include early fee, green fee, twilight fee, and junior fee and exclude all other fees. Transportation to the golf courses is included. ROOM UPGRADE All vacation dollars can be used towards a room upgrade available upon arrival. The cost of room upgrades will be based on the resort's rack rates. Please note you cannot use resort credits to upgrade to a Family Deluxe suite or Presidential Suite. SPA/BEAUTY SALON SERVICES Use up to the following vacation dollars on spa and/or beauty salon services: 3 night stay: 100 vacation dollars 4 night stay: 150 vacation dollars 5-8 night stay: 300 vacation dollars 9-11 night stay: 400 vacation dollars 12+ night stay: 500 vacation dollars Services are subject to availability. ROMANTIC DINNER All vacation dollars are available for use towards a Romantic Lobster Dinner, which includes Moet & Chandon champagne, and surf & turf with lobster and high quality US Beef meat. Adults only ($175 per person). UPGRADED WINE LIST All vacation dollars are available for use towards selected award winning wines.

This whole moving people to other resorts is just nuts! I don't know how they can do that. I will be so upset. I've been looking forward to this vacation and our wedding for so long now. I hope all goes well. Let's cross our fingers ladies!

From what I understand from reading past post on here, you can change the location once you get to the resort.

Welcome to the thread! This thread has kept me sane. You'll find some great pics and advice on here. If it make you feel any better we're scheduled to leave on April 28th, getting married on May 3rd and I'm yet to hear from a WC. Yesenia told me last week that I would hear from my WC but nope, not the case and Yesenia is out this week. The only thing that I did get accomplished was having our spa apts. confirmed. I am so thankful that I ended up going with a package instead of the complimentary so at least I don't have to worry about the ceremony arrangements. Don't be afraid to ask and all questions. I'm sure one of us will know the answer or point you in the right direction.

Bree if you only knew the dreams that I've been having! So I guess that makes me a nerd too:) She's going to press my dress for me and then I can pick it up on Sat. I have another dress that I brought to her to alter for me as well. I was going to wear that one for my welcome get together and my at home reception but now it appears that I have to wear it for my cocktail party and dinner after the ceremony too. She isn't able to bustle my gown I'm so short so if she bustled it I would be sitting on the buttons! OUCH I don't want to worry about having my train dragging on the ground behind me all evening. The other dress is very beautiful too. It was full length bridal gown and a very light material and I had her make it into a cocktail dress. So I have my final fitting for that on Sat when I pick up the other one. I'll probably end up being more comfortable. We have to come up with a time and location to get together while we're there.

Thanks for the info! I'm not able to open attachments yet, but thanks for trying! $2.50 per bag is very reasonable to me. I was thinking they were going to charge us about $10 per bag. I guess I should figure to spend at least $126 on a bouquet. Thanks again! I wish you all the best:) Have fun and enjoy the day! I just had my final gown fitting today and it's all done! Yay for me! I just wish I could hear from a WC so we can wrap things up. It's less than a month away for us now. We leave April 28th. So happy for you! Weddings Sales Guide - Palace Resorts.pdf

Bree, can you e-mail the price list when you get it. I can't open attachments yet either! We go to Mexico a couple times a year and I just happened to buy my niece and nephews maracas when we were there in Nov. I paid $1 each but a lot of times you can find them in the resort gift shops for $1.25 or $1.50 each. We're going to buy some this trip too to put in front of the guests dinner plates. I also bought little baby keychain ones to attach to each guest bags.

Bree, can you e-mail the price list when you get it. I can't open attachments yet either! We go to Mexico a couple times a year and I just happened to buy my niece and nephews maracas when we were there in Nov. I paid $1 each but a lot of times you can find them in the resort gift shops for $1.25 or $1.50 each. We're going to buy some this trip too to put in front of the guests dinner plates. I also bought little baby keychain ones to attach to each guest bags.

We chose this location as well thanks to Jess's pics! When I do hear from a WC, I'll let you know what they quote us for decoration set up. I too am bringing all of my decorations for the cocktail party and dinner. We bought the package for the ceremony so all the decorations for the ceremony are included in that. I also need to find out how much they are going to charge to deliver the guest's welcome bags to their rooms. Have any of you received a quote for the price for bridesmaid bouquets? The only person I've heard from is the photographer.

Happy Easter! I hope everyone has a great day!

I can't believe that! You seem amazingly calm. I would totally be losing by now!! I certainly hope that they are compensating you for your loss and the inconvenience. That just wouldn't sit right with me. How could someone buy out a resort. Seriously, something just doesn't make sense. I feel soooooo bad for you! If I were you I would definitely request compensation for this. How could they do that to you. It's beyond me.

Our contract is similar to yours but not quite the same. Congratulations on such great attendance for your special day. Hope all goes well for you! I have my first fitting tomorrow! It's all coming so fast now!

Thanks for the link! I'll be sure to print it out, along with many others!

So happy for you Jess! Have fun making your Babino in Mexico!!! I hope you have a great time! You've been such a great support system on here! Because of you and Amber I'm not stressing at all.

Thanks for the heads up! We're not doing a private reception but we're doing a private cocktail party. With the amount of rooms we have booked, we get it at no additional charge based on our group contract. Did you get a group contract? Didn't feel we were a large enough group to spend the extra money on a private reception. Amber and Jess helped me choose the Mundaca Steakhouse because you can eat outside under the side covered patio. Jess said you get a fair amount of privacy this way. Plus I like the way they set up the table for the dinner. It's a T shape with the bride and groom facing your guests. I figured we could party on at one of the bars or the disco. Was the coordinator the Miami coordinator or the resort coordinator? From reading posts on here it appears you'll have the most luck with the on-site coordinator and more options.

We're going to try and fit most of everything in our carry on bags. And some in our check bags. If we have to we'll pay the extra $50 for an additional bag. I figure even if we have to pay for an extra check bags it's still a lot less than paying the resort for their decorations. I've really tried to keep in mind when purchasing items, what can be packed flat and what can I take that won't be bulky. I've made about 100 paper tissue flowers for the table centerpieces for the dinner table. We'll buy some mexican pottery when we get there to put them in. With the flowers, I made them and put them on the wire but didn't puff them out so they'll travel flat. There's a great shop on 5th ave in Playa del Carmen that you can buy stuff on the cheap. And I mean cheap! We always hit that store when we go to Playa. There's also a Walmart in Playa del Carmen near 5th ave. So if there's some last minute things you need to purchase, it may be worth it for you to rent a car for the day. When I get some extra time, I'll post some pics of the decorations that I've made and purchased to take. We just started planning our at home reception over the weekend! It never stops:) ! It's going to cost more for that than our wedding in Mexico!

I'll let you know. Yesenia told me that I would be hearing from the Miami WC in March, but uh she's running out of time! I've pretty much picked out my wedding event locations, I just need to let them know where I want to have everything. Yesenia told me that I'm the only bride on my day so I don't think I'll have a problem. As for the ceremony, I bought a package so I think I'm okay there. I'm bringing the decorations for my cocktail party and my dinner. I pretty much figured out what I wanted and needed based on past brides that I've chatted with on this thread. If it wasn't for their help I think I would be freaking out. The last few post about the cake and bouquets helped me figure out what I needed with that. I've diy almost everything for our wedding and I'm so thankful for all the help from this site and the other brides. And I purchased my own table runners and napkins on e-bay. When I get a chance I'll have to post all of my diy pics! I've been very busy!! I did however, book all of the spa/salon services and received a confirmation e-mail. I read somewhere that the spa/salon books up quick because of the resort dollars. You can book your appointments with this e-mail. Martha Ponce: e-mail: [email protected] I just finished doing my OOT bags over the weekend

Again great info! Thanks so much. We purchased the Emerald package and I'm not crazy about all of the brown on our cake in the pic. I was going to ask them to change the brown to pink. Nice to know that it's not going to be a problem Good to know about the bridal bouquet as well. I was going to ask them to add some pink in mine. A couple less things to worry about! Your cake was simple and beautiful. We only have 12 people so a 3 layer cake will totally be wasted. Maybe I'll have them deliver wedding cake to everyone eating at the restaurant! LOL We chose the steakhouse as well. From looking at your pics and Jess's it seems that you get the most privacy this way. I haven't heard from the WC, but I'm not upset yet. I think if I don't hear from them by the 1st or 2nd week in April I may get a little pissy! Quote Originally Posted by amberm390 I forgot to mention that you can change the look of the cake that comes with your wedding package too. We had the Amber package and the cake that was supposed to come with ours was bright orange and I didn't want that. So I just asked if it could be white with some fresh flowers on it...they used the same color roses that I had in my bouquet on the cake as well, so it worked out perfectly! I also chose not to have the bouquet that came with the Amber package because I didn't like any of them. If you can describe or bring a picture of what you are looking for, they are willing to try it (unless its a more expensive flower and then you would have to pay more). I wanted roses so there was no addtl charge for that.

Thanks for the info! I was wandering if they would let you do different flavors with the layers! I really want red velvet, but Jeff would like something more like carrot or plain vanilla! Can you remind me what the tres leches is?

I hope I don't sound like a moron, but what is the difference between the fondant and chantilly? I've heard of fondant but not chantilly. Did they offer you a choice of flavors for the cake? My package the "emerald" comes with a cake. In the picture the decoration is in brown chocolate. I'm hoping they can make the brown a pink. I'm still waiting to hear from a WC. Thanks so much for sharing! It definitely helps us brides that haven't had any communication yet. I did however, get our salon apts booked. At least I know my hair will look pretty

Thanks so much for your input! Everything helps so much. Especially when you haven't heard boo from the resort. I've been looking through photos of hairstyles and want to be realistic in my expectations.

What a great video! Thanks so much for sharing I guess it is pretty windy. Was the video done by the resort? I know our wedding package comes with one. How long was your ceremony? I think you said before that they take about 1 1/2 hours after the ceremony to take photos. Is this correct? Just trying to figure out what time to have our cocktail party start. We'd like to be there for it.