2015 Brides!

[MonsterS4R]

Don't worry about the wrinkles on the carryon. Hopefully you'll get lucky like me and have a whole overhead to yourself. As soon as you get on the ship, turn the hot water on high and let your dress hang, the steam from the shower will take care of all of the wrinkles. My dress is satin and wrinkles badly. And let me tell you, the steam did wonders!!

 

Great tip! Thanks so much!

[lissyloo]

Hey, inkykitty, I'm gettting married at sea on the Independence of the Seas on February 2, 19 days from now! If you had asked me day before yesterday, I wouldn't have known the exact date, only that it was sometime during our cruise that leaves on January 31.

 

We signed our contract in May 2014, then didn't hear anything until October 20, when a Royal Romance rep contacted us to start arranging our marriage license from the Bahamas. Once all that was taken care of, we didn't hear anything else until our Wedding Specialist emailed us on November 18 with an information sheet to fill out with choices for the music and other details. We returned that sheet the same day, and were supposed to get a call to go over it, but then we never heard anything back from her! Ever! I got worried just before Christmas and contacted the main Royal Romance number, and the person that answered the phone was really nice, but just referred us back to our specialist who was out of the office.

 

Finally, on January 12, we got an email from our new specialist who said the old one was no longer with Royal Caribbean. Yesterday we had a phone call with her where we chose the venue, wedding date and time, and went over the details on the information sheet we filled out. For someone that doesn't like waiting until the last minute, it was hard waiting, but I figure it will all work out in the end.

 

The details are probably a little different for an embarkation day wedding, but I still wouldn't expect to hear very much until pretty late in the process. Good luck and congratulations!

Hi Lisa73,

 

Just saw this post and wondered how the big day went?

 

We are getting married on 2nd July with royal caribbean and I don't see many people posting about royal caribbean weddings - mostly carnival!

 

It would be great to here how you got on and if you have any advice for us as all we currently know is the date and I'm not sure if we should be worried or not!

 

Did you use the videographer and or on board hair / makeup people?

 

Ps. Congratulations on your wedding :-)

[Jeads323]

Awesome info! I will definitely check with my wedding planner about possibly moving the time up to 2:30, especially since we have a 2 hour photo session. She can start photos at 2:00 and be done by 4...but we for sure would like some beautiful shots in the historic parts of the city/town.

Thank you for the airbrush advise, I was planning on getting it but wasn't sure if it would be worth the extra $. Did you already have in mind how you wanted your hair and make up or did they have some suggestions for you? I was really thinking of having a loose or "messy" updo...if it's a windy day though I may have to rethink that. Excellent tip, thank you!

 

We chose Limetree beach because of the color of the water and the sand, and the side has some rocks for a lot of detail. I'd love to see more of your photos!

What did you do once you got back on the ship? Did you stay in your dress the entire night? How did you manage your dress with the flight to San Juan? Did you have to press or steam your dress the morning of?

OMG I'm sure I will have more questions for you, thank you for taking time to reply and congratulations!

 

 

We got married at lime tree as well. It was very quiet and peaceful. There's plenty of places for photo opportunities and privacy. You don't have to worry about there being another wedding near by or a lot of people. I did a messy curly bun updo and it was perfect. I have 200 pictures to sort thru I'll see if I can find some.

 

As for makeup and hair, the girls did an amazing job. The girl that did my hair pulled up her Pinterest and showed me different styles. I told the makeup girl I want to look natural and "radiant" and she definitely achieved that look.

[Littletravelbug]

Hi guys :) I am doing a wedding at sea aboard the Celebrity Constellation in December of 2015! Planning is in full swing! I wish I could search through all the boards - but if anyone has any tips as our dates get close then thanks for sharing!

 

Cheers!

[Littletravelbug]

I strategically planned a 3 p.m. beach ceremony so that we could board the ship immediately afterwards, have a cocktail, then dinner and then dance the night away IN MY DRESS. LOL My fiance' will be in comfortable white linen beach pants and a casual button up shirt, so he will definitely be comfy. But I'm going to enjoy being a bride for as long as I can AND get my money's worth for my dress LOL :cool::p:o

 

I love this idea so much that I would honestly consider making the wedding a bit earlier just so I can savor the moments in the dress haha great point!

[theinkykitty]

Hello all!

 

I got married onboard the Liberty of the Seas on April 2 and I just have to say it was perfect. Well, almost perfect. A "friend" of mine decided to just act completely inappropriately because she was pissed she got pregnant and couldn't cruise with us.

 

The wedding coordinators that RCCL uses were amazing and the entire wedding couldn't have been better. We got our choice of venue (The Catacombs) and photos around the ship. Having photos taken on the helipad was awesome.

 

I would recommend using RCCL as I don't have the experience getting married on Carnival, lol. Maybe we'll renew our vows on Carnival.

[lissyloo]

Hello all!

 

I got married onboard the Liberty of the Seas on April 2 and I just have to say it was perfect. Well, almost perfect. A "friend" of mine decided to just act completely inappropriately because she was pissed she got pregnant and couldn't cruise with us.

 

The wedding coordinators that RCCL uses were amazing and the entire wedding couldn't have been better. We got our choice of venue (The Catacombs) and photos around the ship. Having photos taken on the helipad was awesome.

 

I would recommend using RCCL as I don't have the experience getting married on Carnival, lol. Maybe we'll renew our vows on Carnival.

Hello theinkykitty,

 

That's really great to hear! So pleased it all went well for you.

 

What were the photos like? Are you happy with them as have been worrying about that!

 

Also, did you have hair and makeup done on the ship? Xx

[theinkykitty]

Hello theinkykitty,

 

That's really great to hear! So pleased it all went well for you.

 

What were the photos like? Are you happy with them as have been worrying about that!

 

Also, did you have hair and makeup done on the ship? Xx

 

The photos were great. The photographer was simply amazing and I loved ALL of the photos he took. Our package was only for 20 so it was very hard to narrow them down as they were all great.

 

I actually did my hair and makeup on my own, in the hotel before we left. There was only about 20-30 minutes to get boarded on the ship, to our stateroom, dressed, and to the venue.

[lissyloo]

The photos were great. The photographer was simply amazing and I loved ALL of the photos he took. Our package was only for 20 so it was very hard to narrow them down as they were all great.

 

I actually did my hair and makeup on my own, in the hotel before we left. There was only about 20-30 minutes to get boarded on the ship, to our stateroom, dressed, and to the venue.

Brilliant! That has made me feel better.

 

We are getting married on a sea day so not sure what to do about hair and makeup :-( (I don't wear makeup or do a lot with my hair usually so not very clued up!)

 

I'm so glad to hear you had a great experience as we haven't heard much back yet from the company and not sure what's going to happen. Thank you x

[theinkykitty]

Brilliant! That has made me feel better.

 

We are getting married on a sea day so not sure what to do about hair and makeup :-( (I don't wear makeup or do a lot with my hair usually so not very clued up!)

 

I'm so glad to hear you had a great experience as we haven't heard much back yet from the company and not sure what's going to happen. Thank you x

 

We didn't hear much of anything, really, until probably about a month before we were to leave. However, once we did, they were pretty consistent with contact all the way to the morning of the wedding.

[wolfiegirl]

Can I get a copy of the welcome letter as well? trishygirl@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!

[MonsterS4R]

Had my final dress fitting yesterday and I must admit I had a tinge of doubt about my dress. It's not at all the flowy beach dress I went looking for, it's a glamorous mermaid and won't be comfortable to be in all afternoon and evening. But it's the dress I fell in love with and since we are also having photos taken in historic Charlotte Amalie I felt I needed a more glamorous dress. No matter, 18 days away is too late to change now, but I do still love my dress.

Has any other bride experienced the same doubts?

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[DustinandStacy2015]

WOW! We had an AMAZING adventure ladies and gents. We just got back home after a two week vacation. It was seriously amazing. There were a few little things here and there but NOTHING got in the way of our wedding. Here is my review fwew...might take awhile:

 

We (the hubby and I) flew into Orlando airport on Thursday, April 9th with my sister in law and one of our groomsmen. We checked one big suitcase and had two carry on suitcases and my dress. I was originally told that my dress was considered a carry on but no one gave me troubles when I walked on with that and my little suitcase and purse. The flight attendant saw my struggle lugging that huge thing around the airport and took it off my hands and hung it in a closet. She told me we were lucky to have a new plane because most don't have closets. So don't bank on having one, otherwise we were told we would have had to just lay it across luggage in the carry on space. Luckily one of our groomsmen cares a lot about his clothes so he brought a steamer!!! (which turned out to be a perfect thing after carrying that thing around for days) We rented a van for us for the two days prior to the wedding and drove to check in at our hotel in Orlando. We stayed at the Avanti Resort by Universal and it was a nice middle of the road hotel. We spent some time at the pool and went to Universal Islands of Adventure on Friday. (the Harry Potter ride was AWESOME!) Anyway, I'll try not to trail off too much but we did A LOT in two weeks.

Saturday morning we drove out to Cocoa Beach where we stayed at the International Palms right on the beach. This was a middle of the road hotel as well. Not too cheap, not to expensive. The reviews weren't great but we found it to be perfect for a one night stay. The brides room and a separate grooms room were two story lofts (they were really nice) The only negative things were that our block of rooms, (12 total) were all really far apart and this was a huge resort so it kind of stunk walking back and forth a lot. But other than that, they had a restaurant/bar on site which kept our guests busy and it was close to everything (including a Walmart, Michaels and a mall about 8 miles away) While the family and friends partied (28 guests in Florida, 21 crusing) I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off grabbing last minute details. I picked up water bottles (which I had bought labels for on a cheap china wholesale site) and flowers from the store for the ceremony which turned out to work amazing!!! (we decided not to buy flowers from our vendor because it was very expensive and we weren't going to have them long enough for it to be worth it.) Luckily my aunt does flowers and all I had to do was buy fresh flowers and accessories and she made them look beautiful! (picture will be below) saved a bunch of money that way and they were better then some flower shops I've seen! We made sure everything was finished the night before and by midnight it was storming...URGH! We were nervous to say the least for the next day's weather.

 

Soooooo Sunday (WEDDING DAY) The girls drove to the salon: Cocoa Beach Spa in Cocoa Beach. They had two ladies working on our hair. Both very nice girls but one had more experience then the other so she ended up doing most of our hair. Everything turned out really great. Initially I went in wanting my hair to be down....um NOPE! Not in Florida. Way too humid and hot. I ended up really loving my hair and thought everyone turned out very nice looking! Oww Oww! The way they did pricing was a little ridiculous though. They said every updo started around 55.00 but then each girls hair was "judged" by how long it took and how hard it was (none of which were difficult) then price was just given via email how much the cards were charged. The cheapest with gratuity was 75 then mine was 105 and mine was not much more difficult then any other but I digress because honestly it needed to be done and everyone turned out beautiful so it wasn't much of an issue. Just be aware if you use them that pricing is a little strange. We did love their space, they had a place to make your own mimosas, snacks and bring in whatever you want. We all did our own make up and they didn't mind us doing it in their salon even though they offered make up services which I thought was really nice of them.

 

After we got our hair done we all went back, sat around for about an hour and finally it was TIME! The wedding went by so fast!

We hired Elite Beach Weddings out of Florida. Pam did an AWESOME job making sure everything was just right. (music, timing, ceremony agenda) We LOVED having our wedding on the beach near Port Canaveral, it was so worth it. The only downside is ALL Florida beaches are public so you can't guarantee no one in the backgrounds of your pictures. But this seemed obvious to me and we just hoped the best. Turns out it was a busy beach day but oh well! I have a few friends who can edit the backgrounds. Other then that everything went really smooth. IT DIDN'T RAIN! The skies were beautiful but VERY HOT! Lol. We were sweaty.... :/

Once we were done with the ceremony we went back to the hotel, checked out and got on a shuttle (Happy Hour Shuttle Service) It was 6 bucks per person. We were whisked away to Port Canaveral to board the Carnival Valor!

We stayed in our wedding attire because it made it way more fun. We actually wore them the whole night! Once on the ship we went up to the Lido deck for the party right away and the lovely DJ (which we end up getting close to) announced us as we walked in! It was like our very own huge reception! Everyone cheered and congratulated us, it was awesome! We danced on the deck for awhile and met up with our family and friends (21 people) at 5:15pm near the restaurant. We did the YOUR TIME dining with everyone which made it easier to sit by each other. The first night we all sat together and we made our own head table with one of the tables being the wedding party and we ate dinner and of course people were doing the glass tapping thing to make us kiss when all of the sudden the whole restaurant started doing it and it felt like one huge reception just for us. We felt famous. ;) and actually the rest of the cruise we were stopped many times by people saying, "there's the cute wedding couple!"

We ended up gambling at the casino and going to a few bars after dinner. We bought our wedding party drinks and that was a far better option for us then getting a package through Carnival (they wanted to tell us what times we had to do and charged us 900 for just drinks so we decided to just go with the flow and hope for the best) We only spent about 300 on the people who wanted to drink so it worked out well for us. We ended the night at the nightclub with everyone else, no private party. DJ Electra (Erica) was amazing. She really knew how to make our night. She played a few song requests for us during the whole night when we realized we never had a "first dance" she stopped the nightclub to play us a slow song so we could have a first dance. It was romantic, sweet and most of all genuine. We knew that if we wanted this we should have booked her and paid her but we didn't end up booking a reception through Carnival so we knew we were just taking chances but she ended up making us feel SOOOO special. I tried to give her a tip the next day but she wouldn't take it. Our night was magical. Everything we had hoped it would be. I know that we ended up doing it kind of out of order or not what we had originally thought but the reason why I am being so specific is that when I started this thread I knew that there were possibilities of doing different options when it comes to your wedding. But we never thought we would be able to fully do it on our own. Carnival just wasn't working with us in certain things (I'm picky and wanted it perfect) and since we were traveling far it just wasn't worth risking it. So you can be specific in your needs and wants and do NOT have to do it all through the cruise lines to make it happen. If you are the type of Bride who wants to give up most of the control then a complete cruise wedding might be for you. If you are the kind of gal who wants to make most of the decisions yourself, then hopefully my review will help you get an idea of what you can do. With that though, I ran into a lot of stress. I wanted to make sure that I didn't forget anything. (Which made me realize after I should have hired an assistant. LOL) So there are definite ups and downs to doing it either way. We were blessed with many friends and family members there to help us and everything went pretty smooth. The major complaint (which some of you will think I'm just a whiner but this really made me mad)

My husby and I went down to the Love Game (newlywed show) about 30 minutes early to sit up front and be ready to get chosen because we were married a day prior. If you don't know what this is, it's basically the newlywed game but they pick a couple who's been married the longest, a middle of the road couple and a newlywed couple within the last three days.

Well our Cruise Director was not very nice. He asked the audience who was married within the last three days and our hands went right up, he looked at the couple right in front of him (he talked to them earlier in the evening because the girl was ditsy and giggling about her proposal story in Disney World) and the ditsy blond was like we were married on Saturday!!!! So he says well dear that was 4 days ago but its ok COME ON UP! I was shocked. First of all we were the ONLY couple who had our hands raised and he obviously didn't follow his own rules. I was VERY upset. This was the one event we wanted to participate in and half of our guests came down just to watch it. How bogus. We also dealt with some major issues on our honeymoon with the rental car and random stuff but that has nothing to do with the cruise so I'll spare you. LOL. As for the cruise itself, we had an amazing time. I'm glad we did our own thing because it seemed more relaxed. Either way you do it, just find what works best for you and your future husband/wife because honestly that's really all that matters at the end of the day. The only thing we forgot was to tell people to blow our bubbles at the ceremony so I think we did an awesome job remembering almost everything. It was magical, perfect and we cannot wait to get on another cruise and celebrate as husband and wife!

 

 

 

I have to post multiple picture posts I guess!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[DustinandStacy2015]

I forgot to add:

Once we got on the ship for the muster drill we stood by our station and one of the staff members saw me in distress over standing by a bunch of people in my dress so they let us stand by them until everyone filed in then they let us file in at the end. So just ASK!

[laycj18]

Stacy!! So freaking awesome! It looks like you had a blast (I too will be getting' my groove on at the club in my dress!)! I'm SO glad that everything went perfectly for you. Love all of the pics!!

[MonsterS4R]

beautiful pictures and a gorgeous bride! Love that you danced in your dress all night, I will be doing the same on Liberty in exactly 2 weeks!

 

Love the "anchor" details, I have chosen the same.

 

Congratulations!

[spazzy216]

Amazing Pictures!!! Congrats!!!

[mrstriceasnice]

Can I get a copy of the welcome letter as well? trishygirl@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!

 

Sent

[mrstriceasnice]

Hello everyone!!! We are back from our wonderful wedding/honeymoon!

 

I know a few of you are going on the Liberty from San Juan and getting married in St Thomas. I can give you all the info you need! My wedding planner to photographer everything was amazing!!! [ATTACH]346927[/ATTACH][ATTACH]346928[/ATTACH][ATTACH]346929[/ATTACH][ATTACH]346930[/ATTACH]

 

Beautiful

[DustinandStacy2015]

beautiful pictures and a gorgeous bride! Love that you danced in your dress all night, I will be doing the same on Liberty in exactly 2 weeks!

 

Love the "anchor" details, I have chosen the same.

 

Congratulations!

 

Thank you! We found that anchor ribbon at Michael's the day before for only a dollar! I loved it. Good luck on your wedding day! It really does go by way too fast.

[DustinandStacy2015]

Stacy!! So freaking awesome! It looks like you had a blast (I too will be getting' my groove on at the club in my dress!)! I'm SO glad that everything went perfectly for you. Love all of the pics!!

 

Thanks girl! :) It was so much fun wearing the dress the whole day, people remembered us through-out the whole cruise and wanted to party with the wedding party! We had a great time. It went by all too fast. :(

[DustinandStacy2015]

There is truth in the "funk" feeling when you come back home. :( I have felt super sad about everything ending so quickly. It's like you plan for this for a year or more and then in two weeks, it's over just like that.

Luckily we have our at home reception in September so it helps I can lengthen everything out that way but still not the same.

 

So the question of the day is:

Where will we be cruising to next?!

 

Our flight coming home was delayed 6 hours so the two of us each received a flight voucher for 100.00. So now we have the excuse we HAVE to take another cruise because they expire within a year. We have done Carnival now twice so I think we are looking into Royal Carribbean. We don't even know where to start with them. Any tips on what to look for?

[mrstriceasnice]

There is truth in the "funk" feeling when you come back home. :( I have felt super sad about everything ending so quickly. It's like you plan for this for a year or more and then in two weeks, it's over just like that.

Luckily we have our at home reception in September so it helps I can lengthen everything out that way but still not the same.

 

So the question of the day is:

Where will we be cruising to next?!

 

Our flight coming home was delayed 6 hours so the two of us each received a flight voucher for 100.00. So now we have the excuse we HAVE to take another cruise because they expire within a year. We have done Carnival now twice so I think we are looking into Royal Carribbean. We don't even know where to start with them. Any tips on what to look for?

 

 

Needing something to plan is precisely why we are sailing on the Vista next year for her European cruises. lol