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| - The hotel, overall, was beautiful. It was really difficult to find the chapel though. Not only is it a 15 minute walk from the hotel room; there aren't many signs directing you where to go. Follow the signs for Shark Reef or Convention Center.
I think the decorations in the chapels could be updated a little. I like that it was neutral, but it seemed a little sad in there. All in all, not terrible though. It still looked ok in the photos.
The wedding packages are decently priced; they have a wide range of options and upgrades available to accommodate just about anyone. I was very pleased with the ease of choosing a package.
I'm not at all thrilled with the photography options (or the quality of the photos). I wanted one thing out of the photo session...the CD/DVD of the photos. I didn't care about canvas print, or fancy slideshows. I can do some of that myself. You're forced to use their photographer inside the chapel, and of course you will want the photos because they're the only photos taken of the vows and the first kiss, etc. It is so expensive though and the photos really weren't that great. Money aside, I wouldn't go to their company for anything related to photography. The lady who assisted me during the viewing, though, did what she could. We were able to work a deal from $2500 for a package of stuff that I really didn't want, to $600 for the disc and a 4x6 print of each photo. Still more than I wanted to spend, by far...luckily I had a little extra money from a decrease in cost of the hotel suite so I used that to cover the extra cost of the photos.
Definitely hire your own photographer to meet you outside the chapel when the ceremony is over. Unless you don't mind picking the handful of photos that are included in the chapel package.
All in all it was a great day and everything worked out. We have great memories and we didn't have to pay a fortune to get them.
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