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Take your own fabric. You can get enough for the Gazebo, chairs and tables. It packs well in your suitcase and then you can get whatever color you want! Fabric, Tulle, Organza, Shimmering, Sparkle, Glimmering, Rolls, Bolts, and Circles Colored Tulle: Orange Tulle Netting 6" wide 75'/ 25 yards for $2.88 Fabrics.net Fabric Store Wedding Decorations, Church Wedding Decorations & Wedding Table from WeddingBeDazzle.com

It cost me $15.00 for flowers for my hair. Natalia came to the spa during my hair appt and brought me like 6 flowers to choose from. I just gave the rest to others who wanted to use them. If you want to solve the whole cost of speakers for ceremony and wedding so what I did. I purchased an Ipod/CD karoake machine from best buy for 50.00. It fit into my roll on/carry . It came with a microphone so it worked for the ceremony, toasts as well as reception music. For the Bride to be who asked about carrying back decorations from Mexico- I had no problem- I brought everything back- even the glass vases the flower arrangements they gave me in the wedding package.

I sent similair items. Paid 245 dollars to send- it got to Mexico and would not clear customs- I had to pay another 215 to send back. They opened it up and since items were from China, India they said I woud have to pay taxes on it. $1400.00 in taxes. I suggest you put it all in a suitcase. If your wanting your guests to have the stuff before they arrive do what I did. I just sent each guest their bag by fed ex and they brought all their goodies along.

There are 3 photographers- Ruben, Philemon and Andrea. They take pictures of all the daily activities at the resort, nightime activities as well as weddings. I had Ruben- you can check on page 164 to see his work.

Thank YOU jerzygirl

OH and I also got the DVD of the Ceremony. It was not cheesy at all. I got to see parts of the ceremony I didn't see cause I was behind Seaside Grill waiting. I also got to really see the expressions of how my Hubby looked when I came down the aisle- as well as my guests. I think if you do decide to do the Ultimate Package dont trade the videographer for something else. Keep it. It is a memory of your vows and you can hear the waves in the background!! I also got to show it to family and grandparents who could not make it. Oscar also asked me what music I wanted and he used our first dance song and another I really liked. Anyhoo just my opinion

I stillhave not been able to do my review- work calls! Here are some of the pics taken by the resort photographer in the meantime. Adobe Sign in to Adobe

Yes I did but not a private one and I didn't have to pay the $750.00 for a private dinner space and the additional 20.00 per person for buffet. Since you can make decisions last minute at Dreams I arrived on a Thursday and called that wednesday night before to see what Thursday Evenings Activities were. It was the Mexican Theme night- they did an outside Buffet so we all met up at 7pm and ate at three seperate tables I then arranged for a bonfire(60.00) on the beach later in the evening for my guests and had 1 on 1 time with my guests(by 8:00pm the beach is quiet) and gave out special gifts, welcomed everyone, etc. We roasted marshmellows and waiters from the Bar next to the Chapel were more then willing to bring out cocktails to us on the beach. It gets chilly at about 7pm so it was perfect!

I did not purchase all 450 pictures. I was very happy with the 50 I chose. Especially since you can go to Kinkos or shutterfly and get copies made super cheap to send topeople. I also had every family member there with a camera taking pictures as well.

Sorry I am confusing you! The photographer took 450 pictures. I was allowed to choose 50 of them which they printed out and had ready for me the day after the ceremony. I was also given a CD of those 50 pictures. For all 450 pictures it costed $350.00- which they printed out as well as gave the CD.

I didnt need to purchase the digital files - they gave me a copy of the CD of all the pics free- It is a read only disc so I have to copy it on my pc to be able to share the photos. If you wanted all the pics printed it costs 350.00

I didnt need to purchase the digital files - they gave me a copy of the CD of all the pics free- It is a read only disc so I have to copy it on my pc to be able to share the photos.

I will post a full review this week sometime but I dont mind questions. I had 23 people. While I was their I saw 7 weddings. Anywhere from 4 people to 120 people. If you have the reception on the beach they will setup a full bar down there and you can have music as loud as you want! That is what I really wanted but it sprinkled for like 10 minutes before my 4:30pm ceremony and then stopped and the sun came right back out- they had not setup yet but once they make the decision at the ceremony time for the reception they wont change it- in case it rains again. I was the only bride that day.

The resort photographer had my pictures ready the next am at 10am. We chose what we liked- we got 50- included in the Ultimate and if we wanted all of them we could pay $350.00- he took 450 pictures. We got the video the day we left and Oscar did a great job. The photogrphers hang out at the hotel all day long- you will notice them wearing red and whie outfits that say photo on the shirts. I would ask who is scheduled for you(if your using) and you can go right up and introduce yourself. We had Ruben and I met Philomen. Andrea was there but in charge of taking pics of all the kids activities. She fell in love with my niece and we saw their everyday at the baby pool taking pics of my niece. I will scan in the resort photogrpaher pics tonight. The 1 pic with my fiance and I by the palm trees was a resort photographer picture. I scanned it in last night as I used it to create a cover for all the cd's/video that Oscar took- I am sending out to my family who missed the wedding .

Yes our room was right in the middle of the action which was actually nice with the pool and the guests(they would all swing by and we were able to spend time with each guest and I didnt feel compelled to have to go to their rooms or meet up for dinner each night. Its close to impossible to get more than 6 people seated together at any of the restaurants other than World Cafe. And our room was the best on our Wedding day- I walked right out to the beach from our room. At night the resort gets super quiet by the pool so we had planty of privacy. It was nice to wake up each am and order in room service and open up the 4 door glass to our room to the sunset.