I just wanted to thank all the knotties for all the great planning information and pass on my reviews...
Flamingo Hotel (B) ~ The regular rooms look just as they do in the pictures on their web page. They are not fancy, but all we did is sleep in them. The location of the
Flamingo is GREAT and the POOL and grounds are beautiful. We also had friends stay at the Imperial and they all came over to use the Flamingo pool. They had bull riding and limbo contest by the pool. We blocked off rooms by using total rewards. Total rewards (Ryan) was very helpful. They would not let us upgrade our room since we had the room block and we ended up with a not so great view. Our guest loved the pool and location.
DD Bus (A+) meet and greet~This was the best part of the week:) Our guest LOVED it. We had it for 2 hours. Our guest had a little to much fun and got yeld at a few times for standing on the seats and mooning people (this was a wild group). We bought alcohol for the bus at Sam's and Lee's ($300 for 45 people) and it almost all went. We also passed out our welcome bags on the bus. Everyone raved about the bus and how much fun they had. In welcome bags (water, Advil, hand sani, Vegas photo album, glow bracelets, cheese crackers, map, Vegas book.
Glamsquad (A)~ Me and my new sister in law got our hair and makeup air brushed. Our hair turned out exactly like the pictures we showed! Esther did a great job on our hair. James did the airbrushing. The only thing I did not like were the fake eyelashes. One corner kept coming up so I just pulled them off mid reception. The makeup did stay on all day and took well to the heat.
Flamingo Garden Gazebo (A+)~ We loved the Flamingo grounds. The grounds and gazebo was better then expected! Our ceremony was beautiful and went smooth. There are so many great photo options on the grounds. Our coordinator Kris was fine. I really didn't talk with her much. The garden gazebo is off in a secluded area and is next to the family pool (noise level from the pool was fine and the habitat smell was not near the gazebo) they also block off area to hotel quest during ceremony.
Sin City Brewery Bar (B+)~We used this as our meeting place for the week. It has a out door seating area and indoor small bar. It was perfect for guest to wait and have a drink before getting on the DD bus and limos after ceremony. Only one bar tender so slow service. Beer is ok, but margaritas were GREAT.
Cashman Photography (A)~Our pictures turned out very nice. We got 15 in our package and ended up buying a few extras. Yes the princes are ridiculous! They asked us to sign a release form to use some of our photos in their office.
Mike L Photos (A++++++)What can I say Courtney is the BEST! We had Courtney for 3 hours pre ceremony. Mike was not with her (we knew this in advance). She had an assistant Elise and she was also great. We hit it off with Courtney so well, we didn't want to leave her. If you want to feel relaxed with your photographer then choose them! I cant wait to see our pictures, we had so many fun pics, our faces hurt from laughing so hard during the pictures. We had great communication from day one. Courtney made our day
Presidential Limo (B+)I gave them a B+ because after the ceremony they called me and told me their part bus limo bus broke down
They were very professional and VERY apologetic and sent us 2 stretch hummer limos to replace the limo bus. This worked out fine and they were even 30 min early. We just wanted the bus since it is easier to get on and off with dresses and for our uncle with MS. We also use them for our strip photo tour and got a 6 passenger limo and the driver was VERY nice and helpful.
Retro Bakery (B+)~ Communication went smooth from day one! We ordered cup cakes 4 dozen reg size and 2 dozen mini. We ended up with way to many cupcakes and tossed 2+ dozen away. The tasted great (key lime, cherry cheese cake, pucker up, coconut). The only complaint I have is the color of the frosting. I requested it to be lime green and they were yellow. Oh well, they still turned out fine. They also delivered on time and called with a time frame.
Master Piece Cusine (B+)Scott was great to work with from day one! We ordered...Chicken bruschetta (A), chipotle steak squers (C steak was dry), jack Daniels meatballs (A), coconut fried prawns (B), shrimp (A), gourmet beef sliders (C beef was very dry). We had so much food left over! Not sure if we just didn't get to the meat in time, it was just very dry and most of it went to waste. I know other brides say the beef sliders were a hit, so might have just had a bad batch. Over all the food was good and guest liked it.
We also picked up fruit and veggie trays at sams club.
reception liquor, pop, water, mixers also from Sam's club: $400 worth for 50 guests. This time we had SO much left over. Everyone was flying out the next am and did not want to drink like they did on the bus.
Mandalay Bay Vista Suite (C)~Ok so we were lucky and got the VIsta suite. Our suite had GREAT views (pool, strip and mountains). The down side was... There was some big jewelry convention and they had high security at the hotel. You had to show room keys to get on the elevators to the rooms. Well after dealing with the front desk staff and security for 2 hours, they agreed to give us 50 dead door keys so our guest could get up to the room. They wanted us to have someone sit by the elevator all night with a guest list and escort people up (um NO!!!). When we arrived at Mandalay after the ceremony it took us 30 minutes for just myself and 6 bridesmaids to get on an elevator (so I missed some of our reception). The convention just let out and you could not fit one person on the elevators, After we finally arrived at the vista suite for the reception we had security come to the room and tell us to keep it down. The person next to us called and complained (the security officer was very nice and apologised. She was just doing her job. We were told that after 2 complaints they kick out all guests. Needless to say after that complaint I worried about every peep and ended everything early. We had 50 guest and everyone fit great. We had people come and go so I'm sure there was not 50 quests at once in the room. We got the last vista suite and checked in at 2pm Friday. They gave us the handicap suite (so I had to bend down to shower and the tub was just standard). The suite it self was nice (GREAT VIEW), carpets very stained, furniture worn and halls were filled with pot smoke, only 1 bar stool and 3 dinning table chairs. So if your looking for a very classy affaire theses are things to consider. They didn't bother me, just wanted to let others know. I was just glad we got the suite after some of the past brides getting turned away.
If I had to do it over...I would not have had my reception in the suite. The day before our wedding we switched from the flamingo to the vista. Ran errands and packed/unpacked all day Friday. We missed so much with our guests
In the end we would have saved money doing a restaurant reception like Magginos. Paying for taxis, bell hops, valet, tip tips tips and more tips. I would have loved to spend more time with our guest and not have stressed about getting kicked out for noise complaints. If you are doing an in suite I recommend having a bar tender bring the booze and ice (getting ice sucked and they charge $25 for a small bag at Mandalay) also get a person to let in the caterer, cake delivery and to set it all up / clean it all up! Our moms also missed out on a lot because they were so busy helping us. I just felt like we worked the first few days in Vegas and missed out on a lot of the fun.
Other recommendations...Rent a car and plan to bring a ton of $ for tipping (bell hops, maids, taxi drivers, valet. My mother in law drove to Vegas. We used her car for a few errands but still tipping valet and bellhops cost a lot. We spent around $500 between taxis, bell hops, maids and valet. Just our cab ride to get the marriage licences was $65. Take some time out of all the hustle and bustle and spend it with your groom. When it was just him and I in the limo we had a great time no worries. We also had a cry fest in the bathroom during the reception together (he would kill me if he knew I posted this, he never cries) We were just so happy to be married and spend that few minutes together alone.
In the end everything was fine and all that really mattered was we GOT MARRIED 
Or guest loved how it was not a typical wedding and had so much fun.
I hope these reviews help someone...