So writing this review in the few hours before heading out to the honeymoon. Wedding in Vegas was amazing!! Here are my reviews:
1) Rehearsal Dinner - Maggianos - B+
We had the semi private room on the outdoor covered patio. The weather was nice, they had a hookup to play music, and you could see the vegas strip. Food was amazing and the desert was even better. Definitely have the apple crisp for desert as it was quite tasty. Everything went off without a hitch, although my mom did go complain that some of the food was not as warm as it could have been. I'm not sure if they gave her a discount for that or not. Also, although we didn't include drinks in our package, they did offer my DH and I drinks on the house as a congratulations.
2) Pre-wedding Party - Turnt Up Tours - B+
We had 16 people on the party bus with my group for only $40. We stopped at Drais Nightclub, Body English at Hard Rock, and the Chateau at the Paris Hotel. There were discounted drinks at the meetup location and free drinks on the party bus. They also allowed us to select which drinks we wanted on the bus. The only downside is I feel like they overbooked the party bus (and the other large group was trying to sneak additional ppl on the bus but luckily they removed them). Even after removing the additional guests, some ppl had to sit on laps as they probably booked 3-4 ppl too many. At the end of the day, everyone had a blast and was still talking about the Party Bus Days Later.
3) Chapel - Paris Chapelle du Paradis - A
I was irritated at some points by the fact that it was difficult to get a hold of my coordinator. However, once I understood that they all had access to the same files, I just called the main desk and spoke to the person that answered. Everything about the day went off without a hitch and we even got the minister we wanted, Keith. He did such an amazing ceremony that my guests were still talking about it afterwards. My mom even wanted a copy of it. Chapel was beautiful as well.
4) Reception Location - Bellagio Executive Parlor Suite - C
This suite was awesome. 2500 square feet, a bar, pool table, media room, 9 tvs, surround sound throughout, and seating for at least 27 ppl (we had about 35-40 guests). So why did I give this a low rating? I don't know if Bellagio has thin walls/floors, if they really aren't the place to have these types of events, or if we just had some really tightly wound neighbors, but we got two noise complaints. Our reception started at 7pm, there were 35 guests, and we were playing music on the surround sound using an ipod. It really wasn't very loud in my opinion (I mean we had aunts/uncles/grandparents in there ranging from 60-85 so it wasn't like we were having a wild crazy party but we were having a good time). We were surprised at the first noise complaint since it came at 9:00pm on a Saturday night ...I mean who is sleeping at that time in Vegas? We turned the music down so that you could barely hear it and most ppl left by 9:30. There were maybe 5 ppl remaining and we got another noise compliant at 10:00pm. At the end of the day, we only intended for the reception to be 2-3 hours so it didn't ruin our night, but it is too bad that it happened because the suite is an amazing place to have a party or reception. The only other down side is that the surround sound in the media room is separate from that in the pool table area so we weren't able to play the music throughout the entire suite, but that was minor.
5) Reception Food - Bellagio - Taste A+/Cost C
So I knew what I was getting into when I selected Bellagio. It's expensive and they don't allow outside catering. So I bit the bullet and paid for a cocktail reception. I had a fruit tray, cheese tray, veggie tray, and then hot appetizers including spanakopita, beef wellington, veggie spring roles, chicken satay with peanut sauce, and chicken tenders. Food was really good and we had a good amount for everyone. Noone walked away hungry, which was really important to us since our reception was at 7pm.
5) Photography - Imagine Studios Las Vegas - B+
I haven't seen the photos yet so I can't fully review, but I definitely liked what I saw from them. They are very artistic and I enjoyed the way they were creating images for video and photography. They were also very fun and lively. The only down side was that we didn't get a chance to take photos in more locations due to the timing (although I probably had the timing too tight for what I really wanted out of the photography for the day). The guys had great personalities and I enjoyed having them share the day.