ladydi1844

 I really can't thank you guys enough. The pictures are all you have after the day and I am still making canvases and posters and loving every minute of it. My photographer, Israel, was amazing and captured everything and my videographer didn't miss a thing. The job he did on editing my video was awesome.  That was Israel who posed us for the shadows behind the umbrella....one of my faves.

Originally Posted by OceanPhoto 

Thank you so much Ladydi1844 for updating your review, we cant thank you enough for let us be part and capture all your important moments  in such special day in your live, by the way, now to give even more specialized attention to all our future brides, our section of wedding its called Ocean Photo Studio, Smile Market company still exist, we are Ocean Photo Studio by Smile Market.

 

 

Thank you one more time for uploading your pictures, you look so happy and i love the one you are with the umbrella and you can see the shadows of you and your hubby kissing, so lovely!!!

  You are coming up so soon -so exciting I know u are using them also and you are going to be so happy. I saw you were writing about the TTD. I didn't do it and I am a little sad about it. But my hubby was not going for it lol. he was already on overload with the hours of regular pics and we were very simple. You can use the piers and the grounds and they wanted us to do all kinds of beautiful poses but my husband said he was too old and too "big" lol for rolling around and sitting on the floor  but my photographer, Israel, made the best out of what my husband was willing to do and I still got gorgeous photos without it. but if your man is willing I would definitely do the TTD. The pics from it are amazing. Look through photos from the BDW site and print out a few of ur faves or even email them they are sooo accommodating. Best of luck and have the best time xoxo

Originally Posted by AlmostMrsRJF 

You and your hubby look so happy!  You're pictures came out great! Thank you for posting these!

You ladies who have been on for a while know how happy and thrilled I was with smile market. they went above and beyond and because they are the resort photographers they can make anything happen. I also posted this renewing to give u an idea. They were awesome to work with and my pics and video and even the cd case make me so happy lol  http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/78753/smile-market-photos-at-moon-palace

Originally Posted by Renewing32 


Thanks a bunch!

Originally Posted by Renewing32 

Is there anyone that bought the photo package from the resort that can tell me how their experience was? i see a lot of brides used Ivan Luckie, any info on prices?

good looking out girl 

Originally Posted by mrsjdh2b 

You can check out Ladydi's review on Smile Market/Ocean Photo she really liked them and loved her pics. She has a few posted on here and they are also on the studio's facebook page. They have several price packages to choose from too. We are using them so I'll be sure to add that in my review when we get back.

hmmm i don't know if you can see it because I can not play it so if you want you can put this in your browser http://vimeo.com/38444841

Originally Posted by ladydi1844 

Hi girlies I miss all of you. Those of you who had your weddings -you looked absolutely gorgeous and congrats. Now on to married life lol but you miss that planning process big time lol. I have to put all my efforts into a new project- house hunting . I have lots of questions in my inbox about the songs and I had many questions about the songs and when I saw diamongirls gorgeous video on here I thought that it would be helpful if I put up a copy of my video that they had on webcast for me -it is not my real video but you can see exactly how everything goes at the Tucan Gazebo and how long and how many songs they play. The music you hear from the beginning is the actual music and ceremony from the wedding. You can fast forward the ceremony part and you will hear more music and for how long during the sand ceremony and the signing and than when we leave. I wish i would have known this before my wedding because I stressed it so hard and no one even pays attention except me of course. i gave too much music and they wound up mixing up a song at the end but it was really fine and no one noticed. they take your cd and you need to have the tracks labeled and they put those numbers on a little sheet they have so say for instance you want track #4 for the bride entrance her little sheet has:

Groom entrance #1

Carriage Ride  #3

Brides maid &Flower girl entrance #2

Bride Entrance  #4

Signing #6

Sand ceremony  #5

Processional  #7

This is just to give you an idea of how the CD will work - they will use the numbers of the songs you want so the order on the CD doesn't matter. They used my grooms song for the carriage ride also because i didn't specify and that was fine but whatever you tell them they will do but remember it doesn't use up much of the song and you will probably only hear a little bit for the sand and signing. You can see exactly how much of the song and how long you get on my video and how they just cut it off lol .

 

Good luck ladies and i loved all your pics- engagement and wedding- so gorgeous!!!

 

Originally Posted by mrsjdh2b 

 

I have a question about the ceremony music. I can't really get a straight answer from Zaray on what songs will be played for what. She said we need 5 songs for a symbolic ceremony. Can anyone shed some light on if there's one for bridesmaids, bride, etc? And for how long they play each song?

Hi girlies I miss all of you. Those of you who had your weddings -you looked absolutely gorgeous and congrats. Now on to married life lol but you miss that planning process big time lol. I have to put all my efforts into a new project- house hunting . I have lots of questions in my inbox about the songs and I had many questions about the songs and when I saw diamongirls gorgeous video on here I thought that it would be helpful if I put up a copy of my video that they had on webcast for me -it is not my real video but you can see exactly how everything goes at the Tucan Gazebo and how long and how many songs they play. The music you hear from the beginning is the actual music and ceremony from the wedding. You can fast forward the ceremony part and you will hear more music and for how long during the sand ceremony and the signing and than when we leave. I wish i would have known this before my wedding because I stressed it so hard and no one even pays attention except me of course. i gave too much music and they wound up mixing up a song at the end but it was really fine and no one noticed. they take your cd and you need to have the tracks labeled and they put those numbers on a little sheet they have so say for instance you want track #4 for the bride entrance her little sheet has:

Groom entrance #1

Carriage Ride  #3

Brides maid &Flower girl entrance #2

Bride Entrance  #4

Signing #6

Sand ceremony  #5

Processional  #7

This is just to give you an idea of how the CD will work - they will use the numbers of the songs you want so the order on the CD doesn't matter. They used my grooms song for the carriage ride also because i didn't specify and that was fine but whatever you tell them they will do but remember it doesn't use up much of the song and you will probably only hear a little bit for the sand and signing. You can see exactly how much of the song and how long you get on my video and how they just cut it off lol .

Good luck ladies and i loved all your pics- engagement and wedding- so gorgeous!!!

I wouldn't worry all u have to do is dispute the charge and u will be credited immediately. i ordered from them three times and i got my order so fast within 2 days and never had a payment issue. i am sure it will work out fine Antigua.

That is true the front desk is very accommodating. My 3 year old niece couldn't go to the kiddie camp without a bracelet and after some persuasion by my brother they just gave her a bracelet. And the truth is after they cut off our bracelets we never even put them back on and just handed them in when we checked out 2 days later and my stepdaughter took hers off for half of the week because it was purple and she was 10 days from being 18 and they wouldn't let her drink so she walked around with no bracelet also and there was no charge to get another one. So I wouldn't even worry about it. These things work themselves out when you get there. the Moon palace people are so much nicer and better to deal with than Miami.

  FYI check if you can book it anyway because some of my guests that didn't book under the membership still booked this tour with the resort credits. ask that guy from the email and just tell him that you want to book that tour using the credits and don't mention the membership issue and see what happens.

Originally Posted by shan0487 

Awesome, thank you!!! You can never have too many contact people!!! Thanks for the fonts, I'll have to DL them this weekend!

 

 

Boo- I didn't book under a membership- the jungle tour sounds fun! I wonder how much it is without the membership!

 

 

Thanks Diane!!! I will be booking before I go if I can! I'll start bugging people in Sept/Oct to see what everyone wants to do! I wonder if I can get the room numbers for everyone before we go if I am booking through a Travel agent and how that works if people decide to upgrade their rooms when they arrive with resort credits.  If not I will just use our room number.

 

Does the dolphin swim only go on certain days?

 

 

  it has the days on the email I sent you -there are certain times but it's how many people that is the problem if you want to get everyone together. i know u will work it out girl!

Originally Posted by shan0487 

Awesome, thank you!!! You can never have too many contact people!!! Thanks for the fonts, I'll have to DL them this weekend!

 

 

Boo- I didn't book under a membership- the jungle tour sounds fun! I wonder how much it is without the membership!

 

 

Thanks Diane!!! I will be booking before I go if I can! I'll start bugging people in Sept/Oct to see what everyone wants to do! I wonder if I can get the room numbers for everyone before we go if I am booking through a Travel agent and how that works if people decide to upgrade their rooms when they arrive with resort credits.  If not I will just use our room number.

 

Does the dolphin swim only go on certain days?

 

 

yep I agree this was the best tour and we also rented one van for $180 for 22 of us and had the absolute best time of our trip. I think it is a waverunner. here are 2 pics of the waverunner which you go on a half hour ride to a reef where they tie all the skis together and you go snorkeling for a half hour and there is one pic of the twister ride that was great fun and fit all of my 22 people.

Originally Posted by beatyea 

Its shaped like a jetski but has a propeller motor on the back

 

 

hey girl. I am going to email you my emails with the tour guy so you can see what you can book in advance. You should definitely book the dolphin swim before you go but you need to know exactly who is doing what. I did not book beforehand because everyone was giving me different answers and than I booked it when we first got there because it gets booked up fast and i wanted all of us to go together and I had to use my room for a few of the people that weren't there because you must have a room number for them to make the reservations. So I gave them my credits for that but it was worth having all of us together and the truth is I was too busy to use all my credits anyway. You can make all of you tour arrangements when you get there for everyone but have everyone's room numbers written down because that is how they assess the points. Try to do what you can before you go so you definitely get what you want. And the aquajungle was the most fun we had also. def do that. I am emailing you the info now. here is the guy :Xochitl Esquivel Solis  email: [email protected]

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Originally Posted by shan0487 

Do you recent brides recommend booking tours (like the dolphin swim) right when you get there?  We will be arriving on Monday and most of our guests won't be arriving until Wednesday, but I think a lot of people will want to do the dolphin swim.  Can we book tours for other people?  Or should we try to book our tours before?  I know there is an email address somewhere on this thread for booking tours ( I think I recently saw one, lol). 

168101 and 168103 sorry antigua I don't get on here much. i also didn't think too many people would wear the fuschia and pink so I got the cream and black and put them in their OOT bags and it was the biggest hit because my guests used them all week long every night and i was so glad i did black and cream. It would have been adorable in my colors at the reception but my reception wasn't until Friday and we were already there since sunday so it would have been a waste and i felt no one would wear the pinks again. best thing i gave.

Thanks so much I am still looking at my pics everyday lol Steal away lol

Originally Posted by cindy2013 

You looked absolutely stunning! May have to steal your pashmina idea...Dress was unreal and looked fabulous on you!

Thanks

Originally Posted by shanloveslexi 

Amazing job! Loved all the details!

The typical one everyone uses lol  

Originally Posted by AD2012 

Would you mind telling me what you wrote on your maracas, I’m having a hard time coming up with wording I liked.

 

Thanks!!

 

 

maracca_badge_tag.docx

 Thanks so much. I am so glad you got stuff you needed

Originally Posted by nsg4729 

Your planning thread was amazing...and you looked beautiful.  Glad everything worked out for the wedding and it was the perfect day for you.  I got some great vendor resources for things I was looking for from your planning thread, so thanks so much for sharing!
 

 

Your pictures are beautiful as well. Beautiful wedding and you look radiant

Thanks ladies. The pictures are so important it has been one month and I still look at them constantly lol and make books and books and books lol. don't know what I am doing with all these books but there are so many fabulous pics . How about you JayKay feeling deflated now lol. Without all the planning and planning lol.

Originally Posted by JayKay 

Stunning photos! Congrats!

Originally Posted by negritadr 

beautiful photos!!!

congrats u looked absolutely beautiful.

Originally Posted by alaharri 

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.

 

Thanks so much. Anything I can do to help just let me know . This was the simplest project and the most wow. Raffia is from nashville wraps and it was so easy to put together. Happy DIYing!!
 

Originally Posted by Josie Fiorda 

Congratulations! I'm so inspired by your pictures. Thanks so much for sharing. I just absolutely love the starfish in your bouquet and with the rafia. Gorgeous!

I also just wanted to say what a success this was and put a few pics up of how great a time everyone had with it:

Thanks so much. Good luck your day is so sooon.
 

Originally Posted by YWS2012 

Ladydi

 

you did amazing job with all the details in your planning thread...AMAZING !!!!

Thank so much. I loved that dress didn't want to take it off lol. good luck

Originally Posted by JayKay 

Congrats!!  Your wedding looked beautiful!!  Love your dress!

Thanks good luck.
 

Originally Posted by to be mrs scuba 

love all the details. thanks for sharing

Thanks so much. I sent u an email with the music but I didn't see this until now. It was so simple but I cut the raffia in equal strips and made the loop using a folding chair for best height and than i tied a ribbon around the loop and made them all uniform. I brought my glue gun to mexico and I hot glued the starfish after I got there. i was figuring they would come apart anyway and I wanted to wrap the starfish in bubble wrap because they are so damn fragile lol. But yes I just hot glued them right to the middle where the ribbon was and they were so cute..one of my favorite projects. Good luck and have an amazing wedding.

Originally Posted by breeburns 

Congrats! Your wedding was just stunning! The starfish chair hangers are amazing! I'm doing these also, did you just glue the starfish directly to the raffia? That's what I'm doing but I just wanted to know if that's the best way!
Your party looked like a blast! Great thread!

I am so glad that is why we do it. I couldn't find any all pink weddings except for Janine's and got a lot of ideas from hers. I never gave my husband an option but surprisingly he went with it lol. I love me some pink..obviously haha Good luck. 

Originally Posted by ChocoTaco7568 

Kudos to you for coordinating a beautiful and perfectly pink wedding. I definitely got a couple of good ideas from reading your thread. Thanks for sharing.

It is funny you should ask that. I tried to find an answer to that and I wound up carrying the film separately in a bag in my overnight bag and I asked them to hand check it when going through security. it was not a problem in US or mexico. They totally understood. I didn't want to take a chance. Probably overkill. But the box says no xray.

Originally Posted by deniden 

Ok, this may be a dumb question - but is the film ok going through the x-ray machine at the airport? Any ladies have an issue with this?

Hey girl the dinner is for 35 if u have more than that than they want u to do a private dinner or that is how it was. They are indoors and arrecifies has an outdoor patio that you could have it on. I had my rehearsal dinner there and it was a very nice set up. You can decide if you want it inside or out after you get there and go take a look before u have your meeting with the coordinator just reserve the restaurant. The Caribeno was beautiful and right by the water with a great view and I think that is only indoors but you should check- they have a sushi bar and bar right upstairs if there are no private events up there at that time. It was a beautiful restaurant but i didn't eat there so I am not sure about the food.

Just checking in to see how my girls are doing and getting ready for their big days
 

Originally Posted by mrsbruff2b 

May I ask how many people you booked for?  (Or if you know the max capacity?)

 Hi I replied to your PM. will let you know tomorrow

Originally Posted by Val Filipkowski 

Sent you a pm!

sorry i thought you wanted the brooches and i sold those. i sent you a PM. I have the umbrella also
 

Originally Posted by Gin Bootles 

i thought you said you didnt have the destination planner book... well if you do i would love it.

 I didn't have envelopes but that would probably be nice. I wasn't sure how much I would want to give them in case we didn't like service or it was something we really thought was well done . like the videographer- i wanted to give him $50 before i met him but then he was so great I gave him $75. You might want to change things so bring a few envelopes and just have cash on hand.
 

Originally Posted by shan0487 

Thank you very much!!

 

Ok that makes sense! Thank you! I will be great to my photographer as we are flying her and her assistant down and she will be with us for 3 days!

 

Did you have the money all in envelopes and ready to go?  I think I will do that so I don't forget anyone!