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Thank you Joanne! She pretty much summed it all up for you. You are having so much fun and the time goes by so fast BUT no pressure you can change or add things at any time. The wedding coordinators are very accommodation to all of your needs. We added on 1 hr and they charged it to my credit card. The cost for 1 hr is $13 per person. They charge you for the original amount you have set up for your wedding. In my case I had 20 people, even though only 16 people stayed they will still charge you for 20. Even if you want to change any of your locations and it's still available they will accommodate to your needs. I ended up tipping my WC $100 for doing such a fabulous job and the servers were tipped $75. Pictures...I had my son take my wedding pictures for me but I decided at the last minute I wanted to have professional pictures taken so that my son could be in the pictures with me. My son walked me down the aisle. We went to the Kodak photography which is located at the Palace and had talked to them about some packages. It was way more then I wanted to spend at the last minute. SO I negotiated with them. I ended up paying $500 for 100 photos on a DVD for 1 hr with a photographer. He took pictures of just the wedding party out on the beach. I have to say I was disappointed with my photographer. The main thing i wanted him to do was help with the poses for the wedding party. He did a good job with the groom and myself. He was just not great at setting up poses for the group pics. We did end up with good pictures, but I definitely expected better. Good thing he took so many that I was able to choose from. It took us almost 3 hrs to pick 100 pics. We were able to pic up the DVD on that same day. About the music...we chose some classical and some of our favorite top 20 slower songs. We had our music organized into folders on the i pod. 1 had entrance and group dance 2 had dinner 3 had dancing Remember your ceremony is 3 hrs. You choose how it all plays out. We chose to start off with drinks at the dinner table and did the toasting. Some toasting continued in between entrees. It all played out when we were there. Don't forget the WC have great ideas and share with you. Negotiating never hurts to ask. In our case we save a lot of money with pictures and other things through out our trip. Best Wishes to all!

I had my wedding 1/7/12 at the Palace gazebo. We had some guest staying at the Tropical and my WC (Gabriela) did not charge us for the guest to come to the gazebo for the ceremony. She told me since "I" was staying at the Palace that I would not be charged for guest to come to the ceremony. My wedding was at 4:30 at the gazebo and ceremony was not until 7:00. I had 20 guest and 18 of them were staying at the Palace. I decided to have my guest go to the Carey Bar which is upstairs from where the gazebo ceremony was held. Very convenient. At the bar upstairs they have the unlimited premium drinks and snacks (little sandwiches, popcorn, nuts, cookies, fruit). The 2 guests that stayed at the Tropical, had no problems getting drinks. I just recommended them not to go up to the bar. The servers came to them with no problem. My group had been very generous on previous nights with the tips and we were recognized. Then at 6:30 my WC had a shuttle waiting for the guests to go to Playa Azul, where the reception was held in one of the Palapas (which is at the Beach hotel and they have there buffet lunches held). I can tell everyone, I had the most beautiful wedding I could ever of dreamed of having! It truly was amazing! A private, intimate dinner, with a 4 course meal. Open bar with around 6 servers. We brought our own I Pod and had it organized with grand entrance, first song, father daughter and so on. I had one of my friends/guest in charge of announcing and changing music. Just like previous post have stated, the wedding coordinators are absolutely fabulous. This wedding was so stress free for me. Whatever you need, they are there for you. I brought some of my own decorations for the reception and they did all of the decorating for me. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.