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Thanks all!

The flowers I used were roses from michaels. If I remember correctly they were from the fall or winter collection because they started disappearing in spring. I would buy them every time a 40% coupon came out. I think stems were around $12 ea with 4 or 5 roses on each stem.

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Our top layer was big! I don't have exact dimensions but my topper was probably 6-8" across & fit with room to spare!

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Here is ours... hope this works from my phone. :)

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Congrats! Sounds like your day was just as you hoped!!!

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My dad sent the pic he took so I resized & think I have it posted correctly here... if you cant see it well enough, I can email it to you.

I just noticed there is one photo in the link where you can see the candy buffet in the background. It's pic 10p203.jpg where my parents joined our first dance.

Okay I have more questions lol

 

Candy buffet?? Please say you have a picture of this?? I asked could I have a candy buffet and I was told no. :( What kind of candy did you have and how much candy did you have?

 

I noticed you had a 3 tier cake. Did you buy the extra tier or did you have over 50 guest?

 

I'm making my own bouquets also, how did you get the rhinestones inside the flowers?

My dad got pics of the candy buffet I hope he will send to me today. As soon as I get them I'll share. As for permission - I didn't ask, I just did. :p I told them I needed one table for my guest book & another for my favors. I had all the containers, candy bags for guests, decorations & unopened bulk candies in bins we carried onboard & I had my crew set it all up. I probably had 40+ lbs of candy for 60 guests... which was way too much. I ended up giving the leftovers to our cabin steward to share with the crew so I didn't have to carry it home. I also used plastic containers so they wouldn't break in transit & that I could leave behind onboard. Some I wrapped ribbon around, some I blinged out with rhinestones so they all tied together.

We had a 3 tier cake because we had 60 guests.

For my bouquet I wired rhinestone buttons that I got from an etsy supplier & wrapped the wires with floral tape to the same length as my stems, then wrapped the bouquet with those & flowers using more floral tape as if they were flowers. I also used some crystal boutonniere pins in the center of some of the roses for extra sparkle (just stuck em in) & then wrapped the handle with rhinestone band that was secured with velcro. I actually got the wrap from another bride on a 'bee' wedding forum.

Hope that helps!

Congrats on Your wedding! You looked beautiful! I love the colors you chose and the songs you chose for your ceremony. I considered dancing to that "A Thousand Years" song, it's so beautiful! I cried when I heard the "Grow Old With You" song, that is from my favorite movie, Wedding Singer. It was a cute touch! Okay on to my questions.....

 

That's awful about your bridesmaid who left her passport. Was she able to get her money back for the cruise?

What photography package did you choose? Were you happy with the photographer?

Did you make your own bouquet?

What song did you dance your first dance to?

Who added the ribbon & rhinestones to your cake? I plan on doing the exact same thing to my wedding cake. Where did you get your ribbon & rhinestones from?

Did you bring any other added decorations on board?

You said you gave your guideline, do you still have that? I'm curious to know how to put mine together. That's all I have lol Thanks for your review!! Congrats again!!

The funniest part about the song from Wedding SInger was that everyone actually thought it was the ships captain on the PA system!

My bridesmaid did have insurance but I have no idea if she will get her money back. I'm guessing she will have to plead illness or something.

We chose the $750 package so we could get the CD with images. I was as happy as one can be with a Carnival photographer. He really tried & did a good job with what he had to work with... though I honestly would have preferred to have backgrounds other than the gold curtain etc... but that was the venue. Do I think he was worth $750? Probably not, but we didn't have an option & I'm generally happy with the pics themselves.

Yes, I made my own bouquet - as well as my bridesmaids purse bouquets, the boutonnieres & corsages, the pomanders in the ceremony, my shoes - lol we DIYed almost everything.

Our first dance was Kenny Chesney Me & You. He had made a photo/video to it for me a few years ago so it was really special to us.

I made & brought the ribbon/rhinestone banding & cake topper (we made that too with the airplane, he's a private pilot & flew out to meet me on our first date). I think the chef put everything on the cake. I ordered rhinestone banding from etsy & used e6000 to attach it to the 2" ribbon. Warning - the layers were bigger than they told me they would be, leave extra ribbon.

We had pomanders, an ipad guest book with a sign, rose petals, a full candy buffet with sign, paper airplanes. Everything for the ceremony & reception decor fit into 3 bins which we carried onboard.

I have the outline I'd be happy to share. It's actually our entire ceremony text. Send me an email cassandra _ cole @ hotmail dot com

Congratulations!!! So glad it seemed that people picked up the things that needed to be taken care of for you, thats awesome!

Not sure if ive clicked something wrong but the link doesnt open for me for pics....wants me to login to an email account?

Strange... I double checked it & you shouldn't have to log in... let me try posting the link again:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1UQ2zVyuPRhOWMyQl82Q3VrNGc&usp=sharing

Your photos are GORGEOUS!!!! YOU looked gorgeous! Thank you for sharing! Glad everything worked out in the end for you both!!!

Thanks so much! The day was amazing! We were very happy with our decision to get married on a ship even with the slight hiccups! The ceremony was everything I dreamed it would be & that's the most important part.

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It was an amazing, fun, crazy weekend full of friends & family. I apologize that my photos are not organized etc... & the video is raw footage (not done by carnival). but I know at least one bride is waiting on them.

Our weekend began on July 4th at the Hilton Long Beach where we would be staying the night before the wedding. We had contracted a great room rate so we had almost all 60 of our guests staying at the hotel with us for the 4th. We had great service,a beautiful upgraded suite with large balcony & enjoyed spending some time with our guests. I highly recommend this hotel for groups sailing out of Long Beach. They even gave us discounted parking for the weekend cruise & volunteered to shuttle all of our guests to the port. They truly went above & beyond.

The morning of July 5th my bridesmaids & I began to get ready at the Hilton around 6:00am. By 9:30 we were all about 'halfway' put together & ready to head to the ship. By the time we gathered our families & luggage, boarded the shuttle & made it to the pier, it was about 10:15. We checked in, found our wedding coordinator & the day suddenly took on a whirlwind pace. One of my bridesmaids had forgotten her passport & would not be allowed to sail. The coordinator tried to help, but in the end she didn't have the authority to speak for Carnival. They did allow her to board for the wedding, but she then had to get off the ship with the non-sailing guests.

Things are a bit hazy & crazy as far as the boarding process... there were misplaced tuxes, unchecked bags, a coordinator who 'led' us onboard but did not look nor wait to ensure people were following her as she cut across the regular boarding lines. Whew. I was blessed to have a non-sailing guest grab & carry my dress onboard & into my room... she took off so fast that I had no idea where it was at this point because I was trying to ensure my family was back from dropping off bags. I honestly believe that had we been left to our own devices, we'd have been better off during this piece of the process.

Whew... Was I ever glad to be in my room. Now we just needed to find the family members who had agreed to watch the small children of two of my bridesmaids! Eventually we tracked them down... but now we had lost so much time between changing flights, changin children etc.. that we had just an hour to finish getting ready. Our ceremony was scheduled for 1:30; the wedding party (aside from me) was to be at the lounge at 1:15 for a rehearsal. No one had come to get my bridesmaids by 1:20 so they went ahead on their own while my hair/makeup was being finished. Evidently there was a wedding in the same lounge just prior to mine which ran late so no one was able to get into the lounge to set up or run through until 1:30. I believe at this point it was almost 2:00 before my wedding started - which really cut my reception time & photographers time close.

Once I got to the wedding, though - everything ran like clockwork. The coordinator had everything worked out exactly as I had it outlined. The music CD I brought was played almost perfectly, the entrances were spot on.

The reception was fun, but WAY too fast. I didn't have a chance to try any food. They whisked us right into our first dance, pictures with the cake, cake cutting & champagne toasts. I don't remember much else from the reception. I may have had 1-2 of the little drinks & said hello to half of our guests.

After the reception, the photographer immediately whisked us off to take photos around the ship. We were pretty over it at this point, but I didn't even realize until today that I didn't get a single photo with my mom. Make a list of what you want & be assertive about it!

Ok - that's all I can think of at the moment. Feel free to ask questions... and here are links to our photos & raw ceremony video.

https://drive.google.com/a/futuritycloud.com/?usp=folder#folders/0B1UQ2zVyuPRhOWMyQl82Q3VrNGc

BEAUTIFUL! You're are an adorable couple... congrats & thanks for sharing!

Thought I would jump in & share another version of a timeline which I actually loosely based on Twin As! :D

I created a booklet style wedding day timeline/program, then printed & will tie the middle with ribbon in our wedding color. It appears a bit out of order because it has to print as a booklet but when printed it all goes together perfectly.

Here is a link to the .pdf. If you'd like the word version you can email me & I will send that along as well. cassandra _ cole at hotmail dot com

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6piz7mH2J54WGdkWVF6OGJTYkU/edit?usp=sharing

If someone could send it my way, too - I'd really appreciate it!

cassandra _ cole at hotmail dot com

Can I please bug ya for a copy of this as well? :) Thanks so much!!!

cassandra _ cole @ hotmail dot com

That looks very similar to the photo they sent with my inquiry. Was the pink bow standard or did you add that?

Could I get them also? Thanks so much!!! :) cassandra _ cole @ hotmail dot com

Shirts we did for our roll call... we had both cami's and t's.

01 CRUZN BUCKEYE - OHIO

02 Icarrythebags - Ohio

03 CrazyAboutCruising- New York

04 bbiggar-Wisconsin

05 Cotton

06 VoyagerFL - Florida (via Indiana)

07 Tom-n-Cheryl - FLORIDA

08 Nautical but Nice - Missouri

09 Elaine515 - Florida

10 LHP - (Linda, David, Josh and DJ) - Memphis

11 Ladyspoilt and family - Tennessee

12 Cruiser64-Florida

13 Beach4me - South Carolina

14 YesitDonna - Massachusetts

15 RICHFRET - Florida

16 JBHCW-Jane-North Carolina

17 BARBARA J.W KENTUCKY

18 MrPete - New York

19 Doug910 - Florida

20 GottaLuvCruising - Florida

21 Mich6674 - Florida

22 Luv's Crusin' BJW North Carolina

23 JJudy-Michigan

24 burtonsgigi - Fort Mill, SC

25 Cruisedogs2 - Yorktown, VA

26 OBX_FIN and obx_fintoo - Virginia

27 ahoys-only one ahoy--Kathy from Florida

28 ILuvCarnival - Cleveland, Ohio

29 crusinsusan - PA

30 gator bait - Florida

31 jlcga - Florida

32 dls - California

33 Blueocean and husband - Ohio

34 Ronath - Louisiana

35 Mosel - Florida

35 MILEMRKR63- HARVEY CEDARS, NJ

37 PeterV - London United Kingdom

38 bthorn1108 - Florida (by way of Massachusetts)

39 Mike/Cheryl - Omaha, NE

40 Suzys - New Jersey

41 PSRCPA - Florida

42 Host Graham - Rochester, NY

43 CoCoNut Willie- Texas

44 Grouchpuss - Arizona

45 pam7553 - Illinois

46 molme-Georgia

47 meltla (Tommy) New Orleans, LA

48 bonniemari - Tennessee

49 cruzinsteve - Texas

50 jy148 - New Jersey

51 cld1225-Virginia

52 Carnivalkim-Georgia

53 rburns44-Ohio

54 Karter - Florida

55 Birdiegirl - Minnesota

56 Emtnmare - Minnesota

57 mamawg- Blue Springs, Missouri

58 Diane F and Jerry - California

59 rpsinnj - New Jersey

60 gymbrat33 - Florida

61 bonstersd - California

62 Bea2002- Florida

63 Sandgnat- Geogia

64 Cjm61 - New York

65 Kstrickman - Maryland

66 rwdtgt - Florida

67 Louisiana Joe and Family

68 earlethepearl

69 Litewait ( plus dd 21, & ds 15) San Diego, Ca

70 Quickrate- Florida

71 sk8rpatty - California

72 shortstop95 (jane & luke) delaware

73 SCUBA Mark - Texas

74 dotshub- Larry & Doris - Florida

75 woodi- Oklahoma

76 volman and kipmom - Tennessee

77 Bases5 Florida

78 Lv2camp&cruise- Chris and Kim, Tennessee

79 KenMo & DH - Missouri

80 smarks & DH oldfart - GA.

81 Floatway and Hubby - Friendswood, Texas

82 Luv2cruz44 - Redding, CA

83 Stircrzy - Texas

84 irishgirl - Michigan

85 Candigirl41 - So. CA

86 luv2cruise777l - So Ca.

87 Cruise from NY

88 Joel (Cruzman), LA (Lower Alabama)

89 Amanda, also from Lower Alabama

90 75Vette - Missouri

91 Yogi2929 - San Bernardino County, CA

92 JaguarGirl - Jacksonville, Florida

93 vettebuf - Elaine and Frank and Jon, Sicklerville, NJ

94 airmanship - Arkansas

95 *Luv2Cruise*- New York

96 pnjkeith - Oklahoma

97 cruisergirl2002 - Indiana

98. Deaf Dude - New Orlean

99. Dan40&Barb-Florida

100. G'ma-Voorhees NJ

101. JMW / MJW MB SC

102. MelBCroozer - Covington, LA

103 Shawnie - Canada

104. Mikel1733 & Sally - Nebraska

105. DarthGrady- Florida

106. Southbayer - So Calif

107. pmc7704 - Florida

108. MarylandLady - Maryland

109. Smoofdaddy and Mama Linda - Tennessee

110. FunShipFan - New York

111. mek - Ohio

112.S.S. Oceanlover - PA

113. Cbcruiser - San Diego, CA

114. CWcruisers - San Diego, CA

115. MDR Cali Cruisers - SoCal

116. DGP1111 - Florida

117. Crazycath - SoCal

118.M&J-Florida

119 keene state mom New Hampshire

120. Bigboataddict - E. TX

121. nowendy - Marrero, LA

122. Chigirlcruzin - Chicago

123. Georgiagolfer & DW - Augusta, Georgia

124. "Copvet" Wayne & Debbie, Jax.Bch., Fl

125. Manmachine & DW - Melbourne, FL

126. Julienatul - FL

127. Alberta_Cruiser & DW & DD(19) - Calgary, Alberta

128. sjones0920 Virginia 129. GTVCRUISER - San Diego

130. scperk-Collierville,Tennessee

131. PatfromPa - Pennsylvania

132. grey's girl - Pennsylvania

133. jerrymac - Florida

134. LPLRN76& DH -Florida

135. Cruises42 - Virginia

136. imacruiser2 - Washington State

137. funcruzck1 - Atlanta, GA

138. cruisng4fun- Boston, Ma

139. gfsmith- Oklahoma

140. Gracie65 & family, North Myrtle Beach, SC

141. kicia (& George) - Indiana to Florida

142. bots99 - Florida

143. Bobby & Mary-South Carolina

144. CheerBelleMom-Texas

145. gottacruise - Not currentLY from anywhere - full time RV'er

146. Victory2020 - Los Angeles

147. Bill & Leila - Georgetown, KY

148. Kaseyoz- Sydney Australia__________________

149. Fun, fun 44 (& Bryan)- Oklahoma

150. Little - Atlanta, GA

151. Linda Lu (&Jerry & Sandra) Texas

152. Lisa0719 & JoeMc0919 - Levittown, PA

153. Mike and Pat, San Clememte CA

154. Harlekuin & Dcon, Sacramento, CA

155. Salty Dawg (Ken & Nancy) - Michigan

156. cheepwrent - Oklahoma

157. Gatorman - Florida

158. Susan (vidimom) & Scott - Gainesville, Florida

159. Charlotte (Charbill) & Bill - OHIO

160. Host Terry

161. LindaJSteele and DH - Jacksonville, FL

162. Jim & Claudete - TEXAS

163. we're sailing away - Jacksonville, FL

164. SHOLLY (Steve)- Kansas

165. Tertog(Joe and Terry)- Kennesaw, GA

166. mom2girls-Orlando, FL

167. Loisann - South Carolina

168. legalmom and Ben - Jacksonville, FL

169. Beth - Bob and Beth - Georgia

170. Bruce & Pam - Midland, TX

171. cantw82cruise - Michigan

172. Crdtrnr - Shreveport, Louisiana (hubby will be on next cruise)

173. CwuzCwazy & DW - Florida

174. Uncle Doug, Dayton, TX

175. UncleDougsDonna, Dayton, TX

176. allenee-Mary Ann & David, Cheifland,Fl.

177. Bandman - Larry & Melinda - Franklin, TN

178. Tess2cruz - Teri - Houston Texas

179. MszKitty - SoCal

180. Doug & Pat, Wichita Falls, Tx.

181. Michael and Michele, Vermont

182. LornaT (and Mom Olga & DD Jessica) Van Nuys, CA (SoCal)

183. Jessemon-Tampa

184. Navarrecruiser - Bob & Lynda Navarre, FL

185. sa7776 - Mississippi

186. PA Dutchman- PA

187. breenw (Bill and Marsha), New Palestine, IN

188. Beezalar (skip and trisha) gastonia nc

189. bp traveler - MN

190. umwife11--South Florida

191. jmss1950 - Simpsons - Georgia

192. rbrb1951-north Alabama

193. CalifCruiser1 - California

194. Donna n Francis - Nova Scotia, Canada

195. familyof4cruising - NY

196. Spikester- Alexandria VA

197. DEL67 - NJ

198. ScootsMom - Florida

199. MickMac100- Scotland UK

200. rm4778- Auburn, AL

201. Catrin (Cathy and Steve) - Rhode Island

202. Beverlyf - Pittsburgh PA

203. Cruiser@Heart - Illinois

204. Natk - New York (13 done, 14 and 15 booked..looking for 16-20)

205. Flynlo - Oklahoma Go Sooners!!

206. Villagers70 - The Villages, Florida

207. jess2245 - Leesburg, Florida

208. lp343-Woodbury, MN

209. c&d -Ohio

210. CruiseSpecialist03- Miami, Florida

211. cruisecop2006

212. scfcruiser - Steve & Cheryl - Trenton, Ohio

213. Jaxonboy - Ft Smith, Arkansas

214. augie - Melbourne, Florida

215. winddawn - Tennessee

216. Chris64 - Bama....Rollll Tide!

217. OKGIRL - Dallas, TX

218. OKGIRLs Sister - Dallas, TX

219. Au48 - Auburn, AL -- War Damn Eagle!

220. Luckycruzer

221. Funship Freddy - USVI

222. duck512 - Ohio

223. gazingm42 - Stuck in the South

224. yesaCCasey - Go Gators, Florida

225. Rocky123 - NJ

226. Sweetnell and Oldmedic- Texas

227. BuggyStuff - Brad, Iowa

228. LynneL (and family) - Long Island, NY

229. Louisiana Joe (The Original) Geaux Tigers!!

230. Ship Addict - Katy Texas -- Go Tigers

231. CathysCruisin' - Cathy & Dan, San Antonio, TX

232. Denville Dave - NJ

233, MSQPON - Jo - NJ

234. cruizer4662 - Merritt Island, FL-- "GO BLUE, Michigan"

235. Cuizman1 - FL

236. Tallcruiser - CA

237. Stepbrod-MD

238. JoeSmooga and Wife of JoeS - Sioux City, IA

239. Kids of JoeS (2... went Plat. at ages 5 and 7!) - Sioux City, IA

240. ahoys- Dave and Kathy- Tampa, FL

241. can'twaittacruise - Lynn and Dave - Hollister, FL

242. demos-GA

243. Fofita01 - Miami, FL

244. GOTTA CRUISE NOW - Lancaster, PA

245. Volzcruiser - Tn Go Vols

246. Cruizier4662 - Merritt Island, Fl.

247. Jetskier-Lumberton, Mississippi

248. Barbados1999 - Maryland (DC suburbs)

249. glrounds - So Cal

250. Julie McCoy - Fairhope, AL

251. TTz - Tony & Karrie - Mesa, AZ.

252. ADATL & DH both - Angie & Doug - Atlanta, GA

253. KatSt - Kathy & Bill (Both Platinum) - Gilbert, Az

254. Dell08-Adelle - Fort Lauderdale, FL

255. Donan54 - Columbus, GA

256. djacobson - Baton Rouge, La.

257. Mammama - Don and Carolyn - Tennessee

258. Cincy Gal - Cincinnati, Ohio

259. Rosefloater - Los Angeles, CA

260. Ascott318 Newburgh,NY

261. beetle9 - Tim and Tammy, OH.

262. rellersi - Apex, NC

263. LUV'S Crusin - Winston Salem, NC

264. lindanick - Florida

265. DolfanNY

266. maurick Hackettstown, NJ

267. Travel girl23 - Texas

268. Simpleman - Virginia

269. Ccruzer - Chicago, Il

270. Jhale - Houston, Texas

271. rhorhorho - Palm Bay, Florda

272. SeaUonboard - Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

273. Meowsmurphy - John & M-E, Columbus, OH

274. alberta_cruiser and family - Alberta, Canada

275. Wants to be rich - Massachusetts

276. LRene - Hattiesburg, MS

277. Lifestylecruzer - Hattiesburg, MS

278. popsec - Fair Haven, Vermont

279. thecarnivalkid - Ryan- Windsor, Ontario

280. brcris75 - Arkansas

281. cruising3times - Ohio

282. lidoplease - SC

283. Cruisetobeaches-IL

284. Cruzenagain - South Carolina

285. Shipdogred - Mississippi

286. Jdfireman - New Jersey

287. 007007 - North Carolina

288. SantanaTto - New Jersey

289. KevinKelli - St. Petersburg, FL

290. KelliKevin - St. Petersburg, FL

291. Txsluvscruising-Sanger, TX

292. Cascole - San Diego, CA

Wow, that's terrible! In all of my cruises, I have never had anything go missing!

I responded to this on the Carnival board, but thought I'd post it here for you as well since it looks like there's more than one of you interested...

Although while on a land based vacation, I've done the flight between Belize City & Ambergris Caye - among many of those cessna airplane trips around Belize. The views are incredible! I've also been snorkeling in Shark Ray Alley - - - you'll have a blast! If you have time in San Pedro on Ambergris, enjoy a cocktail at Fidos... or Wet Willy's (on the end of a pier just a bit north of Fidos). Both lots of fun! ... I miss Belize - must be time to go again!

A side note - for a young child - if the sharks are too scary for him to be in the water with them - he can & will be able to see them from the boat as well. Most of the guides I met are great with kids, too!

Golden Princess in June...

Fri

Fly from San Diego to Seattle

Explore the city, Pike Market

Sat

Board Golden Princess

Sun At Sea

Mon

Juneau, Alaska

Taku Glacier flight & Feast through ship tour

Tue

Skagway, Alaska

half of group: Whitepass train to Laughton Glacier stop, self hike

other half of group: 4 hr Salmon fishing

Wed

At Sea, Cruise Tracy Arm

Thu

Ketchikan, Alaska

Charter Halibut fishing boat

Fri

Victoria, British Columbia

Visit local pubs & waterfront

Sat

Seattle, Washington

Fly home

I've not been on Princess yet, but I'm guessing if you tell them how to make it they would. (Mango daquari with a shot of peach schnapps & a grenadine floater!)

I've booked the Embassy Suites Convention center (near Channelside) for our upcomming Legend cruise (July 1) for the night prior. If you don't book something between now & then, I'll let you know how it was!