Goodwood Park Hotel - What Do You Get From Your Wedding Package

Just the other day, I was browsing through my wedding photos and realised (to my horror) how little attention I paid to the wedding decoration on that day. I mean, after months of planning and deciding on the nitty gritty you'd think that you'd be fussing over the decoration on that day right? Nope that didn't happen. I guess I had more important things to attend to, as I should have rightly been.

So anyway, just want to share all these little nitty gritty detail that was part of the wedding evening. Good luck to all future brides-to-be :)

This is how the hotel looks like in the day. Do you see the entrance over there in the middle? That's the entrance to the Tudor Ballroom. It's not the hotel's main entrance to the reception, so there's a sense of exclusivity for guests headed to the Tudor Ballroom.

Up close picture of the entrance leading to the Tudor Ballroom. It's a nice spot for photo taking.

Inside of the hotel, right outside the reception area. Your guests can mingle here too if it gets too crowded in the reception area.

The sign board outside the ballroom

Entrance to the reception

Flower stand at the reception area. The theme we went with was Romance, hence you'll see decorations of white and pink roses with candles all over the dining area. Frankly I wasn't paying much attention to the flowers or theme because the choices we were offered were blah to say the least. But on that night, I thought all the decorations were quite tastefully done up.

This is the reception area. It's a good size area to let your guests mingle before they adjourn to the ballroom. The hotel even manage to squeeze a 2 piece jazz band in this area. But it got too crowded at one point and people started entering the ballroom. 

The 2 piece jazz band was part of the bridal package

The couch at the end of the reception room

The reception table

The high table decoration at the reception area

The giftbox was complimentary from the hotel

A photo stand was also provided

This is where you wait to enter the ballroom

Our party favor was a cutesy little bell. All party favors are useless anyway, might as well choose something pretty right?

Menu

Centrepiece for the dining tables

Stage decoration - The theme was Romance

VIP chair decoration

General look of the ballroom. Does not come with guitarist.

General decoration along the aisle. You can see the consistency in the theme throughout the ballroom. 

Something to note - they can't really accomodate a projector screen on stage because of all the decoration. So the only other option is to have it at the back of the hall. This is where we showed our video montage. Livestudio also used the same screen to project pictures of guests throughout the night. I am glad I hired them; they were a great hit!

Our "wedding cake". Okay the top layer is real (I think). I still don't get the whole cake cutting ceremony thing. Can someone enlighten me please? 

Champagne glass for the champagne popping ceremony. 

The rostrum where great (and inappropriate) speeches are made

The ballroom is not huge but you can still squeeze in a band. 3 piece would be the max I suggest. Also do hire a sound guy with good sound system. I don't think the hotel sound system is good enough, and the last thing you need is muffled singing.

That's all I think. Did I miss anything? Drop me an email at sanball at gmail dot com. 

Photo credit goes to Kent Wong, Livestudio and Valpixels.

Honeymoon

The honeymoon planning was way easier than the wedding, and much more fun too. We were initially debating heading to Hawaii but dropped the plan as we got increasingly exhausted with the wedding plan and didn't want to travel the distance. With the wedding approaching and the stress mounting, we were pretty set on a place to just relax and chill out post-wedding. And what better place than the beautiful island of Maldives.

We were spoilt for choice in terms or resorts I had to take a couple of days to read up before deciding, which is a pretty long time in PuiSan's world. I normally decide at the snap of the fingers. The hubs was indifferent as long as we don't overspend. So we finally chose Cocoa Island by Como Hotel. It's a quaint little boutique resort consisting of 30 over-the-water dhoni-style villas. Very secluded, quiet and no screaming kids running around - perfect. It's also featured in Mr. And Mrs. Smith travel website, check it out HERE for more info --> 

As we flew across the Indian Ocean, we were astonished by the beauty. Patches of aqua green, clean sea water are scattered all over, It's amazing just watching from above, even more amazing when you're on the ground. God's work of art never ceases to amaze me.

We arrived at the resort by boat ( hubs was disappointed it was not a sea plane) and were greeted with the usual welcome drinks and introduction of the island. It's a pretty self sufficient little resort with a restaurant, bar, infinity pool, diving/scuba school, library and most importantly a spa! Having a massage facing the Indian Ocean was unforgettable! Too bad the hubs doesn't do massages.

We spent 5 days there, not doing much. We wake up, have brekkie, swim, make babies, eat, sleep, scuba, get a little bit of tan, watch the stars at night, sleep. Perfect! Well,would be better if its not so hot but otherwise can't ask for more. Here are some pictures.