Allure Wedding May 12 2013

[ccsci]

Kamusta1, Our selection papers said the microphone is extra cost, do you know if we have the sound technician set up the microphone comes with it then? There is a note that the sound technician is for set up only, not for anything else. So, I am not sure if there is a mic or if there are just good speakers.

[lightskinedgyal]

WOW FLDOG got a great deal its much more now. Here is the price for just the ceremony!!! What is different then carnival is that they include pictures in the prices but no reception at all now. The reception price is below.

 

Paradise Shipboard package

Weddings onboard, while in port

 

Package includes:

At Embarkation (Day 1 weddings only)

• Priority check-in for you and your guests

• Escort for bridal couple from pier

to stateroom

At the Ceremony

• Certified Officiant

• Royal Romance Coordinator

• Recorded Music

• Chocolate covered strawberries and a

bottle of sparkling wine for toasting

• Photography service, including 30 prints

(8x10) and one CD with 15 images

• A keepsake marriage certificate

Flowers

• Beautiful bridal bouquet

• Groom’s boutonniere with single

matching bloom

Starting at $2,695

 

 

Formal Wedding Luncheon

You and your guests enjoy a four-course menu served

in our elegant main dining room*. This is a two-hour

reception for a minimum of 25 guests.

$48 per person

This reception package includes:

A ppetizer: Chilled shrimp cocktail with cocktail sauce

Salad: Traditional Caesar salad with shaved parmesan and

herbed croutons

Entrée: Seafood penne pasta, sesame-crusted salmon, or

beef tenderloin filet mignon

Dessert: Choice of apple pie à la mode or chocolate

mousse cake

Beverages: House red or white wine, water and iced tea

served throughout the luncheon

* M ay not be private. Entertainment and open bar are not available.

Lunch Buffet with Bar Service

You and your guests enjoy an open bar and a buffet

lunch at this one-hour reception held in a private

venue onboard. This package has a 25 guest minimum

and may be booked as a non-alcoholic reception.

$48* per person

This reception package includes:

Bar Service*: Call brands with mixers, house wine, beer,

soft drinks and juice

Hot Buffet: Pepper-coated roasted strip loin, broiled

salmon fillet, grilled herb-marinated chicken breast,

pasta primavera, vegetable stir-fry, rice pilaf, seasonal

vegetables, garlic mashed potatoes

Salad Bar: Greek salad, shellfish salad, asparagus salad,

tomato mozzarella salad, mixed greens

Dessert: Sliced fresh fruit, assorted cheeses and pastries

* A second hour of bar service may be added for $16 per person.

Without alcoholic beverages, the reception is $40 per person.

 

Hors d’Oeuvres Buffet with Bar Service

You and your guests enjoy a selection of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres served buffet style and an open bar.

Booked by the hour, this reception is for a minimum of 16 up to a maximum of 50 guests.

You can add one additional hour of bar service for 16.00 perperson

$32* per person per hour

This reception package includes:

Bar Service: Call brands with mixers, house wine, beer, soft drinks and juice

Hors d’Oeuvres: Choose either the assorted or vegetarian selections (12 pieces per person will be provided).

These options may not be combined.

Option 1: Assorted Hors d’Oeuvres

Hot: Grilled sesame shrimp, sweet & sour chicken,

meatballs, duck terrine with mousseline,

miniature quiche, vegetable pot stickers

Cold: Chilled shrimp with cocktail sauce, tomato

and mozzarella crostini, smoked salmon tartare with

capers

Option 2: Vegetarian Hors d’Oeuvres

Hot: Spiced corn fritters, spinach and cheese

turnover, mushroom tarts, vegetable potstickers,

savory scone with roasted zucchini

Cold: Sun-dried tomato pesto crostini,

grilled vegetables and humm

[lightskinedgyal]

I can not believe I forgot to ask that question. I will let you knwo when I find out.Which might not be til I get on board. On the ipod you can set a playlist and it will play in the right order. We are going to bring ipod and cd for back up

 

Hey,

 

So what's you plan to have a cd running done have someone assigned to make sure ur first dance song comes on when needed? I ask RCCL to send me the paper work they send to people who are 45 days away and they did! Lol

Anyways the microphone is 50 bucks so maybe you can still add it if you want. I think the price for a dj is crazy so try a see what other brides are doing I don't really think it matters except for the first dance. If I plan out the cd/ iPod properly should be fine. I forgot what you said about the iPod does it work with the system they have?

 

Thanks!

[kamusta1]

We were never charged an additional fee. We only paid for a the DJ and sound technician. I was under the impression that the microphone would be included with the sound technician fee. Maybe because we didnt plan our reception through Royal Romance, but with the ship directly, costs are different? If you don't me asking how much are they charging for a DJ per hour?

 

-Leo

 

Kamusta1, Our selection papers said the microphone is extra cost, do you know if we have the sound technician set up the microphone comes with it then? There is a note that the sound technician is for set up only, not for anything else. So, I am not sure if there is a mic or if there are just good speakers.

[fldogmassage]

Hey,

 

So what's you plan to have a cd running done have someone assigned to make sure ur first dance song comes on when needed? I ask RCCL to send me the paper work they send to people who are 45 days away and they did! Lol

Anyways the microphone is 50 bucks so maybe you can still add it if you want. I think the price for a dj is crazy so try a see what other brides are doing I don't really think it matters except for the first dance. If I plan out the cd/ iPod properly should be fine. I forgot what you said about the iPod does it work with the system they have?

 

Thanks!

 

I decided not to worry about the announcements there are only 25 of us. It is CRAZY what they want in order to play a CD and I was told bringing a speaker for our ipod is in no way permitted. I was told the ipod works but that is why I am bringing a cd too. I will let you know when I get back.

 

We just thought it was important to have background music going while people ate and if they wanted to dance so it felt like a wedding and not a restaurant.

[fldogmassage]

We were never charged an additional fee. We only paid for a the DJ and sound technician. I was under the impression that the microphone would be included with the sound technician fee. Maybe because we didnt plan our reception through Royal Romance, but with the ship directly, costs are different? If you don't me asking how much are they charging for a DJ per hour?

 

-Leo

 

I will have to look it up and get back to you I am bout to log off but it was a couple hundred dollars for a DJ

[kamusta1]

I will have to look it up and get back to you I am bout to log off but it was a couple hundred dollars for a DJ

 

I just checked my old emails and we were charged $60 an hour for the DJ and $60 an hour for the sound/light technician.

[ccsci]

The DJ is $595 an hour! Its absolutley ridiculous! That is what I would pay here in my home town for an entire wedding evening! How did you get a wedding for the ship without going through Royal romance? Do you work for the cruiseline? How do we contact someone for a $60/hr DJ?

[ccsci]

Thanks for the menu. I think that is different than the one I was given last year. Hor' de Orves is served by the hour and you pay by the hour. That is interesting, but also costly at $32/hour per guest. I think I will stick to the lunch buffet and 1 hour extra bar service. More food for two buck more. I am getting excited only 51 days for me, I guess I better order the rest of my oot stuff!

[ccsci]

Can you tell me where on the Allure is the buffet dining? My family is asking me if there is free buffet dining somewhere. The main dining room is not buffet. We are first time cruisers so I am a bit lost when answering anyone's cruise questions.

[Shatima]

WHATTTTTTTTTTTTT Royal Charges $595 an hour for DJ????? NO way PLEASE tell me I read that Wrong.. U are SOOOOO right.. Thats a at home prices.. Carnival Dj is $75 for an hour, and I Believe $125 or !50 for Two, I have to double Check teh 2nd hour.. BUT My GOD this is HIGH.

 

 

The DJ is $595 an hour! Its absolutley ridiculous! That is what I would pay here in my home town for an entire wedding evening! How did you get a wedding for the ship without going through Royal romance? Do you work for the cruiseline? How do we contact someone for a $60/hr DJ?

[Shatima]

I just have to say THANK YOU to all of yall, that are breaking down the Different Package.. Again it is Really Good to see the Difference between Carnival & Royal. And will Truely help someone. And it Really lets us Compare & Contrast.. BUT after This post fldogmassage im not doing any more comparing.. I dont want to come off as taking over your review.. and IF it has come off that way Pretty PLEASE forgive me :( Pleaseeeeee :)

 

I will say that at the end of the day Im Happy with my pick as im sure U ladies are wih yours :) The RCL Package that lightskinedgyalp Listed Really Broke things down. I C that the Starting Price is W/O the Reception BUT it Does Included Pix (30 of them) for $2,700..With Carnival We dont get the Pix Include AND they Do Cost more ($30 for 8x10) At Carnival, but they are Optional. Please know that I will have plenty of Pix im not worried about that . Also Within our (Carnival) Package Hors d’Oeuvres Buffet with Open Bar Services for the 1 hour Reception... This Starts at $1,6someting. I will even say $1,700.. I Believe thats A Wonderful Rate for all of the Things we get.. The think i thought of was Since Carnival charges those High prices for the 8x10 :( at $30 if You get 30 8x10 for $30 thats $900!!!!!!!! (gossssh) WHICH if added to the Package along with A Dj for that hour turns out to be a Grand Total of $2675.... I wonder what NCL charges are.. Anyways back to your Review :)

 

And I 2nd that with the CD'S Bring Ur Back up, and yeah that will be really nice to have some Music playing while they are eating.. If Not U will be able to here a pin drop

[lightskinedgyal]

Thanks for the menu. I think that is different than the one I was given last year. Hor' de Orves is served by the hour and you pay by the hour. That is interesting, but also costly at $32/hour per guest. I think I will stick to the lunch buffet and 1 hour extra bar service. More food for two buck more. I am getting excited only 51 days for me, I guess I better order the rest of my oot stuff!

 

Its 32 dollars for the first hour and 16 dollars for the second hour!!! equals to 48 hours for the two hours.

[kamusta1]

The DJ is $595 an hour! Its absolutley ridiculous! That is what I would pay here in my home town for an entire wedding evening! How did you get a wedding for the ship without going through Royal romance? Do you work for the cruiseline? How do we contact someone for a $60/hr DJ?

 

That is insane. There is no way they should be charging that much. No we dont work for the cruiseline, but a lot of guests and some crew think we do. lol.Our ceremony, 2 hour photography, cake, flowers was planned through Royal Romance. Our wedding reception at Chops, DJ, photographer for the night and throughout the cruise, lighting, dance floor, projector and screen was all through the ship itself. Our travel agent who we used to book everyones cabin got in contact with the ships event planner and they handled everything. If you booked your cabins through the RCCL groups department they would follow the same process. I think because we had our reception not immediately after the ceremony but later in the evening after the ship left port maybe that is why I was able to work with the ship directly and bypass Royal Romance.

 

-Leo

[fldogmassage]

Can you tell me where on the Allure is the buffet dining? My family is asking me if there is free buffet dining somewhere. The main dining room is not buffet. We are first time cruisers so I am a bit lost when answering anyone's cruise questions.

 

yes the windjammer has buffet for breakfast lunch and dinner. here is the link for dinning options

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/experiencetypes/category.do?pagename=onboard_cat_dining_options

[fldogmassage]

I just have to say THANK YOU to all of yall, that are breaking down the Different Package.. Again it is Really Good to see the Difference between Carnival & Royal. And will Truely help someone. And it Really lets us Compare & Contrast.. BUT after This post fldogmassage im not doing any more comparing.. I dont want to come off as taking over your review.. and IF it has come off that way Pretty PLEASE forgive me :( Pleaseeeeee :)

 

I will say that at the end of the day Im Happy with my pick as im sure U ladies are wih yours :) The RCL Package that lightskinedgyalp Listed Really Broke things down. I C that the Starting Price is W/O the Reception BUT it Does Included Pix (30 of them) for $2,700..With Carnival We dont get the Pix Include AND they Do Cost more ($30 for 8x10) At Carnival, but they are Optional. Please know that I will have plenty of Pix im not worried about that . Also Within our (Carnival) Package Hors d’Oeuvres Buffet with Open Bar Services for the 1 hour Reception... This Starts at $1,6someting. I will even say $1,700.. I Believe thats A Wonderful Rate for all of the Things we get.. The think i thought of was Since Carnival charges those High prices for the 8x10 :( at $30 if You get 30 8x10 for $30 thats $900!!!!!!!! (gossssh) WHICH if added to the Package along with A Dj for that hour turns out to be a Grand Total of $2675.... I wonder what NCL charges are.. Anyways back to your Review :)

 

And I 2nd that with the CD'S Bring Ur Back up, and yeah that will be really nice to have some Music playing while they are eating.. If Not U will be able to here a pin drop

 

You are not taking over at all. Once I pay for the reception, I am waiting for my final quote I will post all my cost fro brides to see.

[Shatima]

U are such a Sweet heart :) Im glad U have such a Wonderful and Open Personality.. Im sure Im not done with my Grand Total yet neither, but I cant wait to here the rest of yours..

 

 

You are not taking over at all. Once I pay for the reception, I am waiting for my final quote I will post all my cost fro brides to see.

[fldogmassage]

U are such a Sweet heart :) Im glad U have such a Wonderful and Open Personality.. Im sure Im not done with my Grand Total yet neither, but I cant wait to here the rest of yours..

 

Thank you

[fldogmassage]

Last week I started to get a while new kind of nervous. Writing list after list of what still needs to be done.

 

3 days before wedding I will be getting my eyebrows thread(found a coupon 0n groupon)

 

2 days before bikini wax. Now I have had a bikini wax but I decided to go brazilian and I am EXTREMELY scared they offered a discount for first time people with a FL drivers license.

 

the day before....upper lip wax and hair cut and ready to go for the next day. Mani and pedi is scheduled along with all my girls. We are going to a small place that only has 4 nail workers but I love it because we will have the place to ourseleves. It will be my mom and MIL, 4 SIL, sister and 2 niece's. I am going to bring cheese and crackers, fruit tray and maybe wraps along with wine and sparking apple juice for kids and prego SIL. So while one is getting worked on the rest can talk and eat and drink.

 

While we are doing this all the guys are going to go out for lunch and play games at Dave and Busters. Location can change but this is what I though of so far. I am open to suggestions. there will be 3 kids involved. (11, 13, 14)

 

I still need to hit about 3 stores one being the mall. And that includes bra and jewlery shopping. I have tried 2 pieces of jewelry with the dress and I did not like them. I still need lipstick (anyone have a favorite for lasting all day?)

[fldogmassage]

If it did not involve my 9 month old daughter I was not interested and I am not a party girl or games type of girl. I was not going to do anything but my friends kept asking. As it got closer I decided I do want to celebrate with my friends. So the Sat before the wedding I am hosting a chocolate party at my house. A Rep comes and I picked out 6 diferent items and she does her thing. It was different and at home so I can have my baby.

 

Then the day after I will pull out the suitcases and start throwing in items I will not need during the week.

[ccsci]

Fldomassage, thanks for the list of things to do! Kamatsta1, thanks for the info, now I remember your information about Chops, wish that info was out before I planned and had given out the invites, I might have made that arrangment instead. Shatima, you are so right, this dialog will definitely will help future brides help that we did not have when making decisions between the two cruiselines. Lightskingal, your package gives you photos and ours does NOT, at the end of the day, your package is actually better and your bouquet is much larger! Our bouquet is three small orchids your bouquet is 9 roses! Fldogmassage and I are from the original contracts when RCCL was in the middle of the switch between a contracted company and bringing it in-house. So, we are a getting the short end of the stick! Do I like, NO! But it is what it is. We do have the opportunity to upgrade to the new contract, but as you can see that will now cost us more money, and who is to say that there will actually be 30 photos that I will like. I am using that extra money for the extra hour of bar service. But for future brides, here is what makes the difference, the ships. My fiance said, if we are going to get married on a ship, it should be the biggest ship on the seas with the most amount of shows and amenities. He actually picked the ship. He said people with either want to join us or not. Who could argue with that logic. Its all in what is important to you.

[lightskinedgyal]

Fldomassage, thanks for the list of things to do! Kamatsta1, thanks for the info, now I remember your information about Chops, wish that info was out before I planned and had given out the invites, I might have made that arrangment instead. Shatima, you are so right, this dialog will definitely will help future brides help that we did not have when making decisions between the two cruiselines. Lightskingal, your package gives you photos and ours does NOT, at the end of the day, your package is actually better and your bouquet is much larger! Our bouquet is three small orchids your bouquet is 9 roses! Fldogmassage and I are from the original contracts when RCCL was in the middle of the switch between a contracted company and bringing it in-house. So, we are a getting the short end of the stick! Do I like, NO! But it is what it is. We do have the opportunity to upgrade to the new contract, but as you can see that will now cost us more money, and who is to say that there will actually be 30 photos that I will like. I am using that extra money for the extra hour of bar service. But for future brides, here is what makes the difference, the ships. My fiance said, if we are going to get married on a ship, it should be the biggest ship on the seas with the most amount of shows and amenities. He actually picked the ship. He said people with either want to join us or not. Who could argue with that logic. Its all in what is important to you.

 

So tru! So excited for you and fldog!

[Shatima]

Very True Yall.. ccsci I totally Get what Ur saying.. Im Very happy with My Package..and I will have Friends with GREAT Camaras taking pix, so I will be fine :p

The Wax.. I would Do it, esp since U are gettign a Discount for being the First time :) (just make sure U know about the place, OR someone that has been there.. if its UR norm place.. I say GO for it.. Yes Waxing them Eye Brows, and Even Face for Most is a MUST.. NO hairy face throught the Makeup..

Love the Choc Party.. That's Different.. I Went to a Bridal Show and they had somethings set up. like Rice Crispy Treat, strawberries, etc Yummy... and The Nail spot with snacks is great:D U are on top of it honey..

[AnaKam]

Tnx everybody for helpful information . Do you have any idea abt a 8'' cake and its decoration? Is it just a simple white fondant cake? We are planning to have a

"royal devotion" on board by RCI.

Edited April 25, 2013 by AnaKam

[cns5302]

When are you planning on having a royal devotions ceremony? I am also planning one for October 2014 on the Explorer of the Seas.