We had began our experience with pretty high expectations. Unfortunately, pretty soon after we ran into some problems. Our original contact, Alicia, left the company. We did not... receive any notice from the hotel, rather I received a notice that an email I attempted to send was un-deliverable. I had to call the hotel who put me in contact with someone else until they hired a replacement. Once the replacement was hired, it didn't appear that there was really a knowledge transfer. I found myself having to repeat details over and over again, in person, through email, etc. We also ran into problems with our room block. It was brought to my attention that guests were booking rooms through the Omni directly for $60 less than our room block rate. Aside from the overall organization, on the day of, I arrived to check in at 4pm and was made to wait in the lobby for 45 minutes while they "checked the room". I had to check in with the front-desk several times as I needed to get ready for my rehearsal and had all my wedding stuff (gown, etc.). For the rehearsal itself, Natalie had a family emergency and did not have a back up in place to assist us as she believed that the officiant could handle everything. Our officiant ended up getting rear ended and was unable to attend leaving my 30 person wedding party scrambling in the lobby looking for someone to assist us. After 20 minutes, someone from the Omni came down and directed us to where we needed to go, because the room I had been advised we had, was incorrect. We ended up being rushed and late for our dinner. On the day of, rather than utilize the vendor list and timeline i had provided, the hotel kept calling my room asking if vendors could come up to the suite to deliver goods and services. After our first look photos, Natalie advised me to wait upstairs and she would come back up to get me... at 5pm, we noticed everyone was lining up and nobody had come to get me. Luckily my maid of honor went to check and we made our way downstairs on our own. For photographs during cocktail hour, Natalie was nowhere to be found. She really needed another person to assist in helping the wedding party get organized for photos. Rather, I was kind of left telling people where to be.
What I will say, is the food was amazing, the staff was friendly (for the most part aside from my check-in experience), and the bartenders went out of their way to get me Shipyard Pumpkin even though it wasn't regularly stocked at the bar. The night was amazing despite the hiccups, but I would have expected more from such a great hotel.