"Dancing with everybody, letting their hair down -- it was so much fun!" says Vazquez, who went stage diving! James, newly signed to the Miami Heat, was the first to hit the floor ('70s and '80s R&B and hip-hop tunes were spun until 4 a.m.), and Ciara did an impromptu rap to her hit "Ride."The 300-plus guests feasted on filet of beef and chocolate and red velvet cake Ron Ben-Israel wedding cake with an edible 22-karat gold monogram!

But even amid the frenzy of the festivities (masterminded by star wedding planner Mindy Weiss and filmed for a five-part reality series starting Sept. 19 on VH1), Vazquez found time to follow the advice of friend Khloe Kardashian (who couldn't be there). "She said, 'Today is your day... Soak it all in,'" Vazquez reported. So when she first saw the party space, complete with a red patent leather canopy bed for lounging, she paused to admire the scene. "I never saw anything like it before!" she marveled. Once they were wed, Vazquez recalls, "I said, 'I love you, and I'm so happy we did this.' He said, "It took us seven years, but we made it!"