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On 6/5/2022 at 4:36 PM, runner2013 said:

We did it!!

We had such a wonderful time.  It did seem to fly by but we made a point to stop and take in as much as we could. Now that we're home we want to go back.

Congratluations!!!!! Absolutely stunning!!! So glad you guys had suxh a great time!!!!!!!

13 hours ago, runner2013 said:

It's go time 🙂

We got our negative results yesterday, bags are packed (been up since 130am) and we're waiting on the car to take us to the airport. 

I"ll be sure to post when I get home. !!

Yes definitely post!!! I hope you have the best time and the wedding is everything you dreamed of!!! 

2 hours ago, runner2013 said:

Love, love love  this pic!!! 

Congratulations to you both! 🥂

Did you have the most awesome time ever?. 

I saw your ship docked in Bermuda on Portfever.com.  So glad to read everything (except for the sinus infection) went well. 

We're in the home stretch now. I get my dress tomorrow-Mon- and we do the covid tests Wed. We just did an at home one and came back negative.. hopefully that's a good sign of things to come. 🤞

Thank you!!! Yes we had the best time!!! I hated to see it over today! It was everything I imagined it to be.

Best of luck to you and definitely a good sign of things to come!!! Enjoy the time! It goes by so darn fast!

Just got back today from our wedding cruise! Everything was absolutely perfect! We had the most perfect wedding day in Bermuda. The cruise was also probably the best we've been on even though I've come back with a sinus infection womp womp. Wedding pictures came out absolutely perfect and we had them back the next day! 

Got all of doca set to go, negative test and we will be getting on that ship tomorrow!!!! Will recap when I come back!!

15 hours ago, runner2013 said:

Things are coming along. We're at the 2 week mark. Everything has been paid for, final contracts signed, and now its last minute hair and nail appts, picking up our suit and dress and avoiding people as much as possible.  Our covid test is the 25th. 

Here's hoping for a negative outcome🤞

 Yay! That's exciting! Hair is the last thing I have to do. Can't make that appt until we are on the ship. Stay as safe as you can! Testing in an hour! 

4 hours ago, runner2013 said:

Hey there Poyw,

Just wishing you good luck with your covid test tomorrow.🙂🤞

Thank you!!!!! 

How's everything going for you?

On 4/29/2022 at 3:45 PM, runner2013 said:

Hey there POYW, 

Just checking in to see how you're doing. You're about 2 weeks out now right?  hope all is well and things are coming together for you. 🙂

Hi there runner!!!

Just less than 2 weeks out from cruising! Everything is pretty much all set! I ordered a last minute welcome letter for my guests from zazzle with the itenerary and hopefully it comes in on time! It should. Picking up my dress this coming Saturday and then gotta start packing! I have random things all over the place right now. Also need to put the welcome bags together! 

Now just gotta worry about the covid test the Friday before and getting the pup situated over at his daycare facility where he will be staying. 

How are things coming together for you?

On 4/14/2022 at 6:56 PM, runner2013 said:

Thanks, 

You're getting really close to the end now. What day do you leave and what day is your wedding?

Our cruise leaves on Sunday May 15th and we're getting married on May 18th the first day we are in Bermuda so one month from today! 

How about you? 

I hope you guys have no flight issues. It is INSANE  what is going on right now. 

13 minutes ago, styles27 said:

I just had another thought lol

Our health insurance reimbursed us for the cost of the tests. 
So the people you’re traveling with may want to order their own so they can submit that to their health insurance and you can do the same. 

That's awesome! I did not know that! Thank you! 

5 minutes ago, styles27 said:

That’s how it was for us.

 

I’m not sure if you can go back in and create different profiles. I would ask them that first especially if you guys don’t live together. 

 

My experience was I had to register the names of the people that were taking the tests and then schedule the time. 

Makes sense! 

Thanks again! I'll reach out and ask. Either that the one person who won't take the test with us I will just send him the link to have him get the test. 

25 minutes ago, styles27 said:

You can order more than 1 test but you book your test appointment at the same time so you would have to know when everyone wants to test. 
For example I ordered the tests for my husband and me and we tested together during the same tele monitored session. The link was sent to my email. 
 

When you buy the test you register the names of the people taking the tests and then schedule the appts. 

Thank you! So if I understood right if I buy them together we all have to test together at the same time? 

This may be a silly question but you can order tests all at once for your entire group even though we aren't all staying in the same room correct? There's 4 of us travelling together. Just easier to order them all at once. Then everyone would schedule individually.

Unfortunately no walgreens or cvs near us do the rapid tests or else I would have gone there. 

On 4/9/2022 at 3:56 PM, cpl100 said:

My son just booked his wedding on the Norwegian Joy for next September.  Any tips from prior brides and grooms?

 As runner2013 said above there is a couple of us! We aren't unfortunately going through Norwegian for our wedding in Bermuda but we will be on the Norwegian Joy to get there! Our wedding cruise is in 33 days! I will be using their services on board for hair, dinner, a cake, and we used Norwegian groups to book our cruise through my travel agent! 

Definitely keep on top of everything they do! 

I'll make sure to report back on things! 

Good luck with everything!

On 4/9/2022 at 6:25 AM, runner2013 said:

Well, we made what we believe is our final payment last night.  It does feel nice having it out of the way now. We got all our items for the welcome bags as well. Everyone is getting pretty much the same items, but since we only have 4 bags to fill-4 couples- we will give one specific item to each couple depending on what they like. That way no one ends up with something he/she doesn't want .

 

Have fun with your dress fitting. Which one is this for you now-second, third? My 3rd and I think final one is May 5?  The seamstress asked if I was trying to lose weight because I had lost a few inches on my hips at the 2nd one.  Nope, just stress and my job taking care of that!! Can't imagine how anyone wouldn't lose a few inches here or there during this process🤣.

But anyway, good luck picking out your activities. I'm sure there's lots of fun things to see and do while there. 

Everyone got pretty much the same thing in our welcome bags as well. And i have enough stuff for ourselves as well 🙂

Thanks! Yes it was my third and final! I'll pick it up May 7th!! I know the feeling! I have actually lose 15 lbs since I first bought my dress last summer. Now I'm stressed to make sure I maintain it until the wedding! Also gotta try not to gain too much muscle either since I've started a lot of strength workouts. Its a crazy balance! 

Good luck with your final dress fitting! 

On 4/7/2022 at 12:22 PM, runner2013 said:

I agree it's probably for the best to just do something with your friends on island. It won't be so hectic and you can all relax. 

I'm sure the cake will come out beautifully. One thing ive noticed on any ship i've sailed is their pastry departments are incredible. We're doing our cake after dinner as well. We had ordered one that feeds 20 thinking we would need it. Now not so much but my fiance' likes cake so we're keeping it. I told him he eating a lot of leftovers for the week:}

Testing is such a drag. I get that its important but it's still such a hassle. Princess allows a 2 day rapid antigen if you're 'up to date' with vaxes and boosters which was nice but we're flying into Florida 2 day before so we have to do the pcr test 3 days out and hope for the best.  No place around my way is doing the rapid tests anymore it seems like. Whatever, at this point we're just trying to roll with it. 

Our planning is going as well as we can hope for. Final payment for the food, dinner, etc is this Friday, after that we just hope we get the venue of choice and there's no curve balls thrown our way. 

We got a new wedding planner a few weeks ago, no idea what happened to the other one, she just disappeared and this new one emailed me to say she was taking over. She's actually better so i'm happy to have her. 

 

Hope all is going will with you as well.!!

That will be great to have everything paid off!!! One less bill to worry about! Haha. When will you find out about your venue? I'll be crossing fingers you guys get what you want!

Everything is going great here! Just bought the last of the welcome bag stuff for our little group. Going for another dress fitting tomorrow morning then going to sit down plan some things on the island to do! Can't believe its in just over a month! 

On 4/3/2022 at 5:47 PM, Sept Bride said:

Good information here. Thanks!

 

Not me, but many potential attendees are worried that 2022 is too soon because Covid is not gone yet. I'm thinking it might be easier to just cut those people out.

I would agree and think it's best to count them out already. 

What ship are you thinking or where are you planning to get married?!

On 3/26/2022 at 4:23 PM, runner2013 said:

Well, 

We've had a few people cancel so our head count is down to 9 with the possibility of 3 more needing to bow out for various reasons.  It's all good though, we wanted a small intimate ceremony and it looks as though we may have that after all. 

Sounds like you will be down to 6 people like us! A small ceremony will be great. 

Our couple friend who is pregnant decided to fly down for a few days and enjoy a vaca themselves. I still feel kind of bad that they won't be able to join us for dinner on the ship our wedding night but for just one couple I don't want to drop thousands to do something else. We'll just do something with them on the island. 

In other news I did ask Norwegian to make a cake for us that night! It will be delivered to where we are eating dinner. Sent them a pic for inspiration so hopefully all comes out well! Just over a month now til sailing! Now I'm starting to worry about covid testing. Because Norwegian decided to add a stop in virginia before going to Bermuda we have to have a covid test on board....that will be stressing me out the most. Hopefully all will be fine. I wish they would just remove that stop though! 

Hope the planning and everything is going well still! 

On 3/3/2022 at 10:24 AM, runner2013 said:

Congrats on the new car. That's awesome!

 

I would imagine your wedding planner could help you to find a place for dinner?. There has to be somewhere close by that would fit your needs, especially if it isn't a huge group of people.

 

We have narrowed down our guest list to a firm 10 and 2 possible maybes(chasing down the folks who never RSVP's annoyed me but what can you do right?)

We  have the gift bags but nothing to put in them yet. We're thinking a few small things, ei: magnets for the cabin walls, mini suntan lotion, powdered energy drinks you mix with water( I'm assuming most of us will be a bit dehydrated the day after the wedding), some mints, lip balm. Nothing too large since we're flying. We also have to order the little gift bag tags that we will tie to the bag welcoming guests for coming, and my fiance' is making a 'wedding day timeline' to put inside the bag so folks know when and where everything is taking place. 

I've given some thought to my emergency kit as well but haven't packed anything yet. One thing keeping me from stressing about that is one of my friends is very much a 'girly girl' and I have no doubt if I were to forget something she will have it🤣

We pretty much finalized the music for the ceremony and cocktail hour. We have my walking down the aisle song, (no bridesmaids or groomsmen) our leaving the ceremony as well as entrance into the cocktail hour, first dance, and last song of the night when we leave. 

Its all on my laptop. I"m going to work on moving to a thumb drive today if all goes according to plan. I've got to write a list for the AV coordinator so he knows when to play each song, and do the list for the photographer. We have certain places we want pics and this will make it easier for us knowing he/she has the info ahead of time. 

We just made our preliminary pics for food for the cocktail hour and dinner. We figured out the cake, flowers and the readings/blessings the captain will read during the ceremony. Oh, and finally bought our plane tickets to Florida! Can't forget those. 😁

At this point I think we're both a bit shell shocked. We knew things would be coming fast the closer it came to the wedding, but now that it's happening we're trying to stay focused and keep calm. 

My biggest concern now is the 2 day testing requirement by Princess. Ship leaves on Saturday, we are flying out Thursday so there's no way to do a test before we go. We either need to do a home proctored test very early before the flight leaves which is not really appealing to either of us, we can make an appointment at the F. Lauderdale airport for after we land or try the walk in clinic near the hotel after we check in. I'm not happy about any of our choices and i'm hoping Princess relaxes their rules to 3 days for a vaxed and boostered person as time goes on, but i'll plan for 2 and hope for the best. 

Whew, never realized how tiring planning a wedding was. 

 

Phew! That's alot! Seems like you have it all figured out though!!! Seems like the airport or the hotel checkin for a test will be the best bet for you guys. 

I have to contact my wedding planner about it. Our friends haven't finalized what they are doing yet so it's kind of frustrating but trying not to fret too much about it. Norwegians policy right now is the same with the tests and they haven't released what they are doing with Bermuda yet so trying not to look until like a month away...which we are already at almost two months so it's coming fast!!! 

On 2/9/2022 at 7:05 AM, runner2013 said:

Hey there P. 

 

My fitting went well. It was a little scary watching the seamstress chalk the bottom of the dress to see where she needs to cut it  for length. But she assured me I won't lose the decorative lace on the bottom which made me feel better. 

 

Final payment for our cruise is Feb 19th, we pretty much are assuming those who've already booked are the ones going. Everyone else hasn't said much to us so we figure they are all no's.  We have 10 definite and 2 singles who need to decide. So probably 12 -14 including us. 

Truth be told, we're fine with that. Makes it easier to keep track of everyone before we get on the ship. 😎

 

I can't remember if you said you are flying to the port or driving?  It should be easy enough to pack your gift bag items if you're flying and just assemble them when you land.  Have you decided what your wedding favors will be? 

Good luck with your dress fitting. It's strange to see yourself all dressed up, I sort of felt like It was anyway,  but once you think about how beautiful your groom will think you look it makes all the preparation worth it:)

P. 

 

That's awesome!!! My first dress fitting went well too! Supposed to go back Saturday but I will have to reschedule since I have to go pick up a new car! 🙂

Anyways we'll be driving to port so plenty of room for favors everything is pretty small. Not putting the date on anything though! Just the month and year. Still need to get bags, magnets, and figure out a few other odds and ends. But putting together a smal oh s* kit with some meds and things. Might get some custom made m&ms to throw in there. Ive gotten cups for the girls and my mom with their names on it and might do like a bottle opener or something for the guys. How about you? 

I'm starting to get a bit nervous because one of the girls cant cruise since she became pregnant and will be just a couple of weeks past the week allowance norwegian has. She is planning on flying while her hubby goes with us but now I'll have to figure in a dinner on land in bermuda so she can still join in on the fun. Waiting for final answer from them so i can figure all that out. Just over two months to go! 

Happy norwegian got rid of their mask mandate too! And hope it stays that way! 

On 1/3/2022 at 5:23 PM, runner2013 said:

Hey there,

Happy New Year to you as well!

 

Things are in a bit of a holding pattern for us right now too. We have the final payment in February, then the RSVP's are due beginning of March. Once we have those we can start making some final decisions about the reception, cake etc. We've got a good playlist of music on the laptop, the next step is putting it on a thumb drive and polishing it up. Princess provides and AV tech on board for us which is great, but we will have the playlist on our phones as well. Just in case. 

I go for my first wedding dress fitting Jan 15th. Excited but a little nervous too. 

Things are starting to get real now😱

How did the dress fitting go?! Mine is this coming weekend the 12th. Getting excited now! 

We had one couple cancel the cruise before final payment so it will only be 7 of us which includes the 2 of us! That's okay though. We'll still have so much fun!!! 

Now I really have to start getting welcome bag stuff together. Have been picking up a few things here and there when I see things. 

Hope everything is going well! 

On 12/6/2021 at 5:07 PM, runner2013 said:

That sound so cool getting Married in Bermuda. I bet it will be beautiful. 

How is your wedding planning coming along, do you have a head count yet. Are you doing a cocktail reception after your ceremony and all the fun stuff that 'usually' goes with it? 

We're having a cocktail hour right after the service and then just going to a specialty restaurant for dinner with all our guests. We're figuring between 12-18 at the most which is perfect. Intimate enough we can spend time with everyone but large enough for a bit of a party. 

 

I did the Norwegian Pearl to Alaska a few years ago and had a fantastic time! That is the next cruise line my guy wants to try. As of now he's only been on Royal Caribbean. (he's just getting into cruising since he met me) He really enjoys Royal but wants to try out different lines to see what they have to offer. 

 

Patty

Happy New Year! 

Haven't done too much in the way of planning, need to still do quite a bit but waiting til pay in full in a week or so and will be working more with the wedding planner more now that its 2022. Have gotten a few things bookmarked for welcome bags at least!

Right now I'm not sure what we will do after the ceremony. I know we will at least do a specialty restaurant with everyone. Depending on the time of the ceremony maybe a cocktail hour or i think it would be fun to do an excursion together like a catamaran cruise. But not necessarily on the wedding day. I think we may do some sort of gathering on board. 

Right now our headcount is 10 including the two of us. We're not expecting anymore though there may be some additions last minute. 

The number of guests you have sound perfect!!! 

And someday I'd love to try Royal! I've only been on Disney and Norwegian and my guy has only been on Norwegian with me. I want to try the new Virgin Scarlet Lady someday too! 

Hows your wedding planning coming along? 

On 12/2/2021 at 5:24 PM, runner2013 said:

Hello there PoYW!

Yes, it is getting closer, but I like to think i'm in somewhat good shape, at least for right now. 

 

What ship are you getting married on? Is it a legal marriage or a ceremonial  service? 

We're on Princess cruise lines, the Caribbean Princess. It will be a legal marriage done by the Captain on the first sea day. (its a 7 day trip Sat to Sat)

 

I have a bunch of items in my shopping cart on Amazon for the out of town bags. Don't want to buy anything until we have a better idea of a head count. We're figuring between 12-18 all total if everyone who said they were a yes still goes. We're not doing anything too big or too heavy. We don't want to have to fly with it to Florida before the cruise, or make our friends worry about anything breaking on the way home. 

P.

Hi there! 

We are actually getting married on Bermuda in a legal ceremony just using the ship as a means to get there on and have fun with our guests! We'll be on the Norwegian Joy! 

Putting stuff on an amazon list is a good idea! We'll wait until everyone is paid in full at least. Stinks you have to fly! Luckily we're driving to port since it leaves out of NYC. 3-4 hr drive. 

On 8/28/2021 at 7:50 AM, runner2013 said:

Congratulations on getting married. A wedding in Bermuda sounds beautiful. I'm also getting married in May 2022 on the 30th. What is your date?. 

Time seems to by flying by, I can't believe its only 9 months away now. 😀

And now its less than 6 months away! Eeeek! Sorry I'm terrible at checking these things! Our wedding date will be May 18th 🙂

Still slightly worried about the state of the world so hoping everything still goes well through to May! 

I read you were holding out on stuff for the out of town bags...I am too! I have ideas pinned on pinterest. I really want to send out some sort of passport once everyone is paid is full. Though I don't think anyone will back out. 

Hope the planning is going well!

Been a long time lurker on the cruise critic board and this is my first post! I felt compelled to really reply to this one since someone else had similar thoughts to us! My fiancé and I are currently booked on a May 2022 cruise to Bermuda through Norwegian and are planning to get married on the island (not booked through Norwegian). It's still 9 months out and I'm already worried about it! It's a pretty small wedding so we're hoping by the time everyone has to pay in full we'll have a little bit more clear direction on where everything is going (though doubt it). I think as a backup we may look at just flying out there instead, but trying to be hopeful on a cruise with our friends and family 🙂. Luckily no save the dates to deal with as we just started a private facebook group with those that were invited. 

My dress is currently hanging in the closet just waiting to be altered once it is closer of course!

We are also from Massachusetts btw 🙂

Crossing fingers for everyone here planning to get married!!!