I Am Back From Jamaica !!! (pics) **UPDATED w/ REVIEW**

[PrecisePlans]

wow. everything looked perfect!! It looks like you had a big group (like me). Congrats on your beautiful day!

[Taradactyle]

welcome back! you look so pretty!

[JABride]

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Originally Posted by shellb Congratulations! You looked gorgeous. Everything was beautiful. It was nice to see that the guys were actually using the fans at the ceremony. I have the same ones and was worried they wouldn't. Where did you get your bridesmaids dresses? So pretty.

Thanks !!! Everyone like the idea of the fans
The bridesmaid and maid of honor dresses were all bought at Wedding Dresses, Prom Dresses, Wedding Accessories at BestBridalPrices.com (all my girls live in Canada --2 in Montreal 1 in Toronto and they shipped it with no problems there). The bridesmaid dresses are from Davinci and the maid of honor dress is from Impression

[JABride]

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Originally Posted by KHarrod Congrats and welcome back. You guys looked fantastic. I love your dress and the monogrammed parasols, please share where you purchased them from? You were absolutely stunning.

The monogrammed parasols were made by another bride. I loved it. She paints monograms on all kinds of wedding items. Here's her website: Style Down the Aisle - A Bravenet.com Hosted Site I know when I contacted her for my wedding she was expecting a baby and I am not sure if she is available right now but it's worth trying to contact her ....

[JABride]

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Originally Posted by RiuBride2b I ordered monogrammed parasols as well. Try this website it might be the same one she used but they are pretty pricey!! Pamelas Parasols

I almost ordered from them ... but when I found Nicole's website, I quickly changed my mind since Nicole's prices are a good 60% cheaper ...

[Kryztan]

What a pretty wedding. Everything looks beautiful!

[JABride]

Thanks everyone for the nice words !!!

Boy, am I glad this is all over and I can now start thinking about the next phases of my life !!

 

About Rose Hall ...

 

FOOD

I only got great feedback from my guests. I picked the Taste of Jamaica menu and everyone is still talking about it ... as the bride, I really did not get to eat that much but I trust my friends and family. An they also told me that the cocktail hour was great (setting by the ocean, food, drinks) ... I did not get to see it and still waiting on pictures but they said that it was amazing (I was taking pictures on the beach and other places during cocktails)

 

CAKE

I did not know how it would look but my WC kept on saying "don't worry, no problem" ... well, it was a great surprise ... it was a plain white cake with strawberry filling and beautiful floral arrangement ... and the cake tasted REALLY GOOD. I came back with a piece to keep frozen for a year and eat at our first anniversary (don't ask, I am not sure why, this is what everyone told me to do) ... but I am tempted to eat that piece ... that cake was that good

 

ROOMS

The rooms were nice, I had a great view (ocean, golf course, and mountain views from my balcony), the furniture was new (with flat screen TV, IPOD radio, fridge, great bathroom lights)

 

STAFF

Staff again, great. They did everything to help. During the rehearsal I broke down because of stress and they started singing for me, during the wedding the servers were answering our every needs. They even made sure the Masters of Ceremony had their plate of food (one of my MC does a lot of weddings and she said that usually the staff always forget about MC and it was nice to be treated differently there)

 

I however had 3 different WC and this was stressful since I had to start over with each of ther (getting to know them, making sure they know the details, making sure the paperwork is transfered). The first one quit the company and no one told me ... I emailed her one day to ask a question and my email bounced back (I was pretty mad about that). The second one quit a month before my wedding ... this time, at least, she calls and emails me and gives me the contact information of the WC that will be replacing her (still that quite a stress switcing WC one month before the wedding. The third one, I don't think was experienced enough for a large wedding like mine ... but everything went fine and I am happy.

 

PRICE

I lucked out since I signed the contract when their prices were lower (before they completed their 15 Million $$$ in renovations) but now, the prices of their packaged litteraly doubled. One good thing is that I did not need to buy guest passes. I had 150 guests and most stayed at less expensive hotels in Montego Bay. Neither them or I had to pay extra to have external guests at my wedding.

 

CEREMONY

The minister was good. He was friendly. I met him for the first time when I walked down the isle on the wedding day ... and never saw him again after the ceremony ... but the little I saw him, I can't think of something really negative about how he ran the 20 minutes ceremony. The gazebo was near the resort rooms and apparently a lot of people were on their balcony watching, taking pictures and filming my wedding ... my guests said that looking at this, you would think it was Beyonce and Jay-Z's wedding ... (I did not look at the resort and don't know how many "paparazzis" were there but I heard some yells and "whohoo" coming from the building behind me)

 

VIDEO/PHOTOS

It's a good thing I had a lot of guests taking video and pictures. The ones that were provided by the resort were great but way too expensive. My package had 36 pictures included but each additional picture is $20. The video came out nice but he was rushing to leave and missed our first dance, the son/mother dance and the party. Make sure you specify exactly what you expect the videographer to take (I thought that the first dance was a given and I did not specify ... but I guess not for him!! -- don't assume ... have it in writing if you can)

 

IN CASE IT RAINED

The day before the wedding, it forecasted that there would be rain at my wedding ... but it did not!!! yippe!!! ... anyway, the WC showed me the inside location and I was really happy about it... it was nice and my stress went away ... well not completely since my vision was to have the wedding outside ... but the backup inside location looked amazing ... make sure you ask to see pictures of the "in case it rains" locations

 

All in all, it was a great day. Sure there were glitches here and there ... but I would still recommend this resort to any bride ...

[Neema29]

You looked beautiful! I loved the purple bridesmaids dresses. Congratulations!!!!

[sumrdream]

Your dress was very pretty! And the lavendar was very striking! Beautiful!

[chicago88]

Congratulations - you look wonderful!! It looks like everyone had a great time!