ctcruisergirl

Can you at least tell me a bit more about it. I am planning a secret vow renewal for me and my wife in 2016 on Brilliance. Congratulations by the way !

It was super easy...you need to set it up through Royal Romance department

We paid $1195 --The cruise Program Administrator does the ceremony. It must be on a sea day . It included champaign, choc covered strawberries, flowers, photographer for 1 hr (he took over 100 pics) and we got to pick 20 prints to keep.

We provided music and wrote our vows but you can also choose the standard vows.

It was a great experience. For $99 I also did the bridal hair experience....they did my hair and helped me with makeup and getting dressed. We got so much attention from the ship and other guests we felt like celebrities

Hi Everyone! I just thought I would post to say we just got off the Jewel this past weekend. We renewed our vows to celebrate our 10 year anniversary on board with a Royal Romance package and all I can say is WOW!!!!! RC really stepped up to the plate and exceeded expectations. The ship is beautiful, the ceremony was so emotional and the crew really treated us like Royalty. They went above and beyond! The photpgrapher took over 100 pics and took us all over the ship. It was such an incredible week

I cannot figure out how to attach pictures so I can post a few :confused:

I was looking at booking the All access tour for our upcoming sailing in a few weeks on the Jewel..i was in sticker shock at the $150pp price....has anyone done this? Did you think it was worth it?

Ctcruisergirl (or any ladies please chime in!) -

 

Gathering ideas here..

 

How did you choose your dress color and style? I'm interested to hear - or even see if you possibly have a photo you would be willing to upload your gown/dress.

 

Did you simply choose the most flattering, regardless of color? I think color will narrow decision making for me. The ship will be Emerald, the anniversary will be silver, and the sea is blue... I will try and stay within those three hues. But, does anyone look nice in silver? Ends up looking grey on me. It would need to be silver sequins, to not wash me out.

 

And style? Mermaid (which I would not normally choose)? Elegant? ??

 

Lightinthebox for com really do have me a number of lovely styles to look at - thanks mrstriceasnice! David's Bridal is a good option, as we have 3 just in north Dallas. Surely the store in BIG...as we say here, "Go BIG or go home!". Ctcruisergirl, how did you narrow the final choice down? LaraTiara

I ended up going with a wedding dress....although not a poofy traditional gown like I wore when we were married...more of a sexy, beachy flowing gown..i will post a pic when we get back.....(I don't have one and the dress is at the bridal shop getting alterations!).....it is white...iam so excited! 28 days to go!!!!!!!

I got my dress from Davids Bridal $99 rack ....im afraid of ordering stuff like that online because I always love things that look awful when I put them on. 5 weeks to go!!!

Hi! I am going on the Jewel May 31 We booked the Royal Devotions package and have a scheduled vow renewal on Jun 3 in the Crown Viking Lounge.....I was disappointed that they cannot do it outside but they assured me it would be beautiful and that we would have time to take pics out on deck (we have an hour of photographer)....has anyone done this before ? Just curious how it went! I am so excited! :)

This is one of my problems with the cruise lines. It would be so simple to have a staff member lead a simple ecumenical service. A cappella hymns, scripture and prayer, followed by fellowship. That's all you need. Years ago, RCCL did this and it was fine.

As a Christian woman I agree that church services would be appropriate! I especially think Christmas and Easter! As for the remainder of the year however I think the problem is they would be not showing equality amonst religions.....remember not everyone shares our beliefs and the next thing you know people will complain that there is not other services for other religious beliefs.

So happy to have found this! We are renewing our vows on our upcoming cruise that leaves May 31..we are going on the RCCL Jewel that leaves out of San juan. We did the 1200 Royal Devotions package...it was pricey but its our 10 year and first vacation without our children in quite some time....we have been through a lot so we are splurging for this trip. The renewal will be june 3rd the first sea day!

Oh it also includes 1 hr photographer w 20 pics...which is why we chose this package...its our first child free vacation in years, and we are really going all out and wanted pics!

We are going on the Jewel May 31st and have a vow renewal planned by the ship. The captain doesn't do it. We are paying 1195 -we got the enhanced package, plus an extra $99 for bridal hair appt. Its just the 2 of us and we are celebrating 10 years of marriage this August and also have overcome some of lifes major curveballs and really wanted this to be special. I just finalized everything today so if you have questions i am happy to help. For the 1195 it includes ceremony by CPA (not the captain) , small bouqet and boutenier, 2 glasses of champaign and chocolate petit fours, we are bringing our own music and wrote our own vows.

We tried hosting a Cruise Critic "Couples Only" cruise.

There wasn't enough interest until we changed to a regular group ... ended up with all couples anyway:)

 

Mike and Wendy

We were wondering the same.