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  1. Prometida: There are several reviews in this thread; try going back a couple of months and you should find what you're looking for. Everyone had a great time and reviews were positive. MissNikki: PM me if you still need photos and I'll send you a link to mine.
  2. Oops, looks like I was wrong about the birth certificates - we brought ours just in case, but I guess we didn't need them. Here's the info copied from the wedding coordinator's Word document about it: WEDDINGS ANS DOCUMENTATION We have two kinds of weddings, the first one is a legal wedding, this is celebrated for a Judge of the peace and we required the follow information: • Valid Passport . • Tourist visa must be filled according to the official document you will present. • Blood test should be in done in medical center of the Grand Sirenis. ( $ 180 usd per couple ) • If the Bride is divorced in Canada and her passport has her ex husband last name, she needs to bring a separate and Original Birth Certificate certified by the Mexican Consulate and translated into Spanish as well as the certification and her Tourist Visa Card MUST be filled according to the Birth Certificate • If the Bride is divorced in United States or United Kingdom and her passport has her ex husband last name, she needs to bring a separate and Original Birth Certificate certified through an APOSTILLE SEAL by the Secretary of State and translated into Spanish as well as the Apostille and her Tourist Visa Card MUST be filled according to the Birth Certificate. The second wedding is just a Symbolic ceremony or a renewal vows , celebrated for a minister of a person from our staff and we don’t required any information for be married by this way.
  3. Re: documentation, we only needed our passports and normal birth certificates. No translations were necessary. I think it only gets more complicated if you've been married before, but I don't know the details for that situation. The blood tests were 180$ USD, and you have to pay at the medical clinic instead of rolling it into the total charge to the room.
  4. Hi LJMedic, The palapa was part of the presidential package. We paid around 5000$ CDN for the package for 10 people, and then 40 or 50/person for each one over that number. With this package, we got the DJ for three hours, four hours in the palapa, the choice of a violinist/saxophonist/mexican trio for the ceremony (instead of a CD player), a really nice dinner, and a bunch of extras for the week, like private transportation back to the airport (which we actually used to take us to our honeymoon resort instead, so make sure to ask for that if you're switching resorts), free laundry, free internet, and so on. I can't remember exactly what the choices were for dinner, but I know we could have done a lobster dinner for a slightly higher price. For the regular price, I think we were able to choose between two different steak options and maybe something with fish. We also were able to have vegetarian meals for those that wanted them. The dinner included a salad, a soup, (or one or the other, if you wanted a real dessert instead of just serving the wedding cake), and the main course, and drinks were available throughout but the frozen drinks were only served once dinner was over for some reason. The menu for the palapa isn't in the file with all the flower, cake, and other options, or I'd just post it here. If you want to see the menus for the a la carte receptions, just send me your email address and I'll send you that and whatever else I have from the resort. Hope that helps!
  5. My husband and I also got married at the Grand Sirenis over the summer. We chose the presidential package but made that decision too late to actually get the proper suite. Instead, they gave us a fantastic room that was the same size as the normal ones but with much nicer amenities and decor. They set up the bar and computer in the room and we had all of the extras that usually come with the presidential package, so it wasn't a problem at all. As many have mentioned, it can be a bit tough to get email answers. I was finding this a bit frustrating, but once we arrived and met with Araceli everything was fine. We met the morning after our arrival and covered all of the possible options, made the decisions, signed some forms, and were done within an hour or so. One of the other wedding coordinators actually came to meet us on arrival and took my wedding dress to have it pressed right away, which was great. It was delivered to my room a day or two later in perfect shape, and it only cost 25 dollars or so (added to our room bill). At our meeting with Araceli, we set up a time for the rehearsal the day before the wedding. The rehearsal was a bit of a joke; we went out to the ceremony site - the beach in front of the palapa - and Araceli showed us where we would walk out, then said she didn't know yet whether the ceremony would be in English or Spanish, translated to English, and wouldn't know until the judge arrived the next day. This wasn't an issue for us, but might be something to request ahead of time if possible. Following that, she showed us the palapa, then took us back to the main resort. We decided then to change the reception time to 5:00 PM instead of 6:00, since there wouldn't be much for the guests to do between the 4:00 PM ceremony and the start of the reception. This worked out fine, as we had some time in the palapa for drinks before dinner actually started so it didn't feel too early. The morning of the wedding, all the women did the water circuit, which was hysterical. I don't think any of us have laughed that hard in years - some of the jets are in a bit of weird spot, so prepare yourself! After that, my MOH and I went for hair and makeup at the spa. It took quite a while, as there's only one woman who does it, but she did a lovely job and we were both quite happy once we made some tiny adjustments ourselves. Araceli came to pick us up for the ceremony once we finished up and the photographer had taken a few getting-ready shots, and everything went really smoothly from there. The ceremony site was perfectly decorated, the ceremony went off without any trouble, and the reception was absolutely gorgeous. They do a fantastic job of setting everything up, and we were all thrilled. In retrospect, we should have paid for an extra hour at the palapa, as we had to wrap up around 10 and the disco was pretty much empty still at that point. We ended up leaving there and heading to the lobby bar for some drinks and having a great time anyway. The marriage certificate was dropped off in our room a day after the wedding. One thing future brides should consider is hiring an external photographer. We hired Sascha Gluck (cancunphotos.net) for two hours and were incredibly happy that we did, especially once we saw the quality of the resort photographer's work. He had taken around 100 shots, and we were able to choose 10 as part of the wedding package. Narrowing it down was NOT a hard job, unfortunately. He did get a few photos worth keeping, but I would have been devastated if that was all we had. Sascha, on the other hand, did fantastic work and actually worked out to be cheaper than buying the resort photographer's basic package. The resort itself was great. We all had a great time, and I would go back to the Grand Sirenis in a heartbeat. I found the BDW thread to be a great resource when I was planning, so I thought I should chip in here. Feel free to message me with questions.
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