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congrats kerri! beautiful wedding!

yes they are and i actually still have one..hahaha

We had 27 people and got the 20 person floor. If you look at my pics above, it is a small floor. We all barely fit on it and for some reason we did not get lights (probably because there was a chance of rain) but they never said anything. I saw the same size floor earlier in the week and they had lights. You will definitely need a bigger floor if you will have that many people. Hope that helps!

We had our reception at Seaside and we liked it better as well. It looked like to me that Oceana didn't have as much beach area and the restaurant is very close. I also liked the mountains in the distance and the view from seaside better. Here are some pics of our wedding.

what a great photo!

Very hard to pic one!

I posted my review in the review section! Hope it helps future brides.

i watched that ceremony from my room for a bit. it was very different. i loved how the chairs were all in a circle. i was trying to nap so the drums were a bit annoying..it was my breakdown day..lol. do you know where they had their reception? i never saw them that night.

lol..they bring out the cake after your first dance etc. we cut our cake and posed for a few pictures and then it started to sprinkle rain and they took it away! so we didn't have cake but i don't think anyone really noticed since we had dessert with dinner. we found our cake 2 days later after asking fatima many times. it wasn't that good 2 days later..haha..we had cheesecake.

thanks!! we had a blast.

thank you! Cris was amazing.

I think there is plenty of light. We saw a wedding the night before ours and they had at least 5 poles of hanging lanterns with at least 4 lanterns on each pole and their dance floor had the techno lights. I thought it was too bright as it was a full moon when we were there and there is lighting from the resort that reflects down on the beach. Fatima told us that we didn't need any extra lighting and for some reason our dance floor didn't have any lights. I don't know why we didn't get any. The only reason I could think of is if there is any chance of rain, they don't risk putting lights and electricity out there. She didn't tell me this though and our dance floor looked like a little stage with nothing. I was the only one that noticed though and once it got dark, we got lucky because there was a fireworks show from another party. It was amazing. I agree that white lights would look better than the colored lighting on the floor. I think it looked a little cheesy. I think maybe 2 lanterns would be nice. More of an intimate setting. Also remember the sun doesn't set until at least 845-9 depending on when your wedding is. I didn't see the lounge chairs so I can't comment on that. One more strange thing..we had an ipod and there was a "dj" that was there to work the ipod. I didn't pay for that but he let me play what I wanted but at some point he did play celebration. That's funny because I hate that song and why he played that I have no idea...

Congrats Sarah! That is so funny about the cake. We cut our cake for pictures and then it started to rain lightly and they took it away and we didn't find it until 2 days later. What is up with that??? We tasted it and it was ok. We had the cheesecake.

We are back and had the time of our lives!! I will post my review soon! I can't even express how beautiful and amazing our wedding was and to share it with friends and family is priceless. All the future brides you have nothing to worry about. I'll answer what I can below: I agree that Las Palmas is too small for a big wedding. We had ours at Seaside beach and we loved it. I think it is better than Oceana and at this time of the year there is more sand over there. Don't worry about grading the sand, we came after Adrian and left right before Beatrix and the sand was fine. Unless there is an actual hurricane you will be fine. I wasn't happy with Fatima - She is very sweet but very new and messed up quite a few things but it all turned out fine anyway. If you are working with her make sure you have everything down and you have to remind/follow up with her constantly. I absolutely loved our photographer - Cristheel. I hope you can see our video below. I think I posted it right. She is the best and well worth it. She stayed for almost the entire reception and took over 750 photos and we didn't even tell her we would upgrade. If I can help any future brides please let me know. http://180611aimeejason.drepvphoto.adventurephotos.com.mx/#/home-11/

We are leaving tomorrow! I am so excited. I want to thank all past and future brides for all your help. This forum has been invaluable!! I will let you know how it goes and will post a review when I return. Take care everyone. Cheers!