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Bellagio Wedding Reviews Part 3

More reviews, continued....

 

Lounge Furniture Rental – LED Unplugged: A+

The Monet Ballrooms have an awesome outdoor patio where you can have your cocktail hour - - that is, if it isn’t 100 degrees outside.   When you get married in August, it is downright cruel to put shellfish and cheese out in that heat, lest you want food poisoning for all.  So, we decided to create a “lounge area” within the ballroom for the cocktail hour.   I blatantly stole this idea from Elaw12, who had her wedding at the Bellagio a year before me (thanks, Elaw!)   We rented white leather lounge furniture and glowing light up tables from LED.  Rissa coordinated everything regarding delivery and pick up, so I wasn’t really involved.  But the furniture was a hit. 

Hair and Makeup – Harmony Medina :  A+

I really liked Harmony, she is very down to earth and friendly.  I hired her to do my airbrush make up and my hair, as well as my MOH’s hair and air brushed make up.  She also did my mother’s air brushed make up.  She first came by on Friday for my hair and make up trial.  I was on the fence between up, down, half up/half down, etc.  I showed her some pictures and she was more than willing to do a trial of both a down style as well as an “up do.”  We settled pretty quickly on the down style for the wedding, and so then she pulled my hair up into a cute up style for me to wear out on Friday night to our rehearsal dinner.  The up style stayed in place all night, which included a ton of dancing and hot weather.   As for my down style for the wedding, it survived about 5 hours in the heat (running around outside for pictures) before it started to get limp.  It stayed curled all night, but did look a bit flatter at the end of the night. But I figured was to be expected.  My MOH’s up do lasted all night long.

As for makeup, Harmony did a great job.  I wanted a more natural look (I don’t often wear a lot of makeup).   I wear contact lenses and sometimes make up irritates my eyes, but I didn’t really have a problem with her make up.  Also, I am pretty pale and I tend to get “red” when I’m hot, but the airbrushed stayed perfect all night.   If you are getting married in the heat, I would definitely recommend that you try the airbrush makeup.   My mother loved her make up and my MOH’s makeup looked great all night.  I would recommend Harmony Medina. 

Music-   DJ Mike Fox:  A+++

Mike Fox is awesome and totally made the party.  First, from the planning stage, his website is by far the best out of all of the vendors.  He has a very comprehensive website where you log in and select your “must play,” “try to play,” and “do not play” lists for your reception.  It has sections for you to indicate all of the special songs for your first dance, father/daughter dance, etc.  Plus, his music library is huge and he has helpful lists like the “most requested list” so you can see what other people are requesting (good for getting recommendations or just jarring your memory so you don’t forget great songs.)  Mike will let you send him custom music tracks if you want - - we sent him a song that my husband edited down in length using music software for our combined mother/son, father/daughter dance. He was cool with it.  He also did all of the music and microphones for our wedding ceremony.  I think he uses your requested music to gauge your tastes and then the tastes of the crowd.  My husband and I have very different tastes in music, yet he managed to strike a cord between the classic oldies and the new stuff.

Most importantly, Mike is a really funny guy that knows how to get the party going.  He can definitely read the room and get everyone out of their seats dancing.  He cracks jokes and had some props (a blow up air guitar that the one kid at our reception, a 7 year old, LOVED).  He brings his own dance floor lighting, which the Bellagio allows because he is their preferred vendor and he does a lot of events for them.  Honestly, while Scheme Events made our event less stressful, Mike Fox single handedly made our event more FUN.  Everyone was on the dance floor all night long. I cannot recommend him enough.  Book him now.    

Photography-  Todd from Bently & Wilson.  A+

This may sound strange, given his excellent reviews, but I was really nervous about our photography.  You see, my husband and I are both a bit camera shy, and a lot of reviews say that “Todd walks into the room with the camera flashing at you as you open the door,” and this made me very nervous and worried that I had booked the wrong guy for us.  I didn’t want an aggressive photographer.  We didn’t want a lot of getting ready photos (I had my dress on by the time he got there), and we did all of our photos on the Bellagio property (no strip tour, too hot for us!)  I was worried we would receive quantity over quality - - I don’t need 1200 pictures that are just OK; I only need 30 pictures that are FABULOUS.  At least, that was my philosophy.  

As for the taking of the pictures, Todd is actually an A+++.  He was NOT intrusive, very relaxed, definitely picked up on our vibe and went with it.  He found some great locations around the Bellagio’s property and he was good at directing the family during the family photos.  During the reception, he got a lot of great candid photos and he was not intrusive at all.  It’s funny, because his pictures from our reception are brightly lit (so you would think his flash was really bright), but it wasn’t overly bright.  Go figure. 

Our photos were waiting for us when we got home from our honeymoon- - he had mailed them 10 days after our wedding.  We had 2 disks containing a total of over 1700 pictures.  A lot of these are the same shot (or rather, very similar shots - - seconds apart), so we do have to cull through them to find the best versions (in our opinion) of the photos.  He also sent us about 200 prints.  In the end, we got a LOT of great photos of our family and friends.   Overall, I’m really happy with our wedding pictures. I also like having all of the digital rights, so we can make customized photo albums for our parents and family.  And for the price, Bently & Wilson is a great value and I would recommend them.     

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Okay, I hope this helps some future Vegas brides.  I'll try to post some photos as well. 
Thanks! 
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Re: Bellagio Wedding Reviews Part 3

  • woohoooo what was it like to get married on the patio
  • The patio was awesome!  I'm going to post photos tomorrow from my work computer, as my home computer is way too slow (or perhaps the Knot is being difficult).  Either way, I'll share some pictures later, I promise!
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  • Yay! I also booked Todd! Im glad you had a great time and loved your photos! Thanks for the helpful reviews!
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  • did you the guest have to stand during ceremony
  • @southerncutie -  They set up seating for all of our guests for the ceremony.  We were on the Grand Patio, which is behind the Bellagio near the pool area.  I think everyone needs to stand if you have your ceremony on the patio out front with the fountains, on the Terrace that is controlled by the Bellagio Chapel.  But the catering department controls the Grand Patio space and they set up seats for everyone. 
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  • Thank you do much for the reviews I was thinking about booking another photographer for after the ceremony. Cant wait fot pics. I do have questions about your suite which one did you go with and how many people came up?
  • @jaime85120, we had a Penthouse Suite at the Bellagio.  It had a living room, separate bedroom, bar area and 2.5 baths (amazing bathrooms!)  We only had about 10 people up in the room to entertain at any given time over the weekend.  It could probably fit up to 20 if you brought in extra chairs (I'm a bad judge about those things).  However, it was the same room that @Elaw12 had for her wedding and she wrote a great review about it (hope she doesn't mind that I link you to it.)  Here is her review with pictures of the suite:  click here
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