Thanks so much! I'm going to contact the planning folks to see if I can find out about the cake and I'll definitely check out that link. I also so come really cute ideas on Etsy!
OMG so many cute ideas on Etsy. The mickey bride and groom state room door magnates are so cute. Unfortunately I am 100% not crafty so I'm sure ill be patronizing a bunch of those shops
I answered your questions below in bold I hope that helps I was married on a seven night fantasy cruise on the ship so if you need more detail check out my PJ/TR
- After reading about the pro’s and con’s of on the ship vs. castaway cay.. I think on the ship would work better of us.. it seems more convenient and we’d rather have the whole day at Castaway to enjoy the beach! When do we get to choose the time for the wedding? I've read that there are a few time slots - do all of these get filled with different brides? I'm looking at a 7 night cruise on the fantasy.
- I agree I love that we did a ship wedding we had all day at Castaway with a seven day cruise they want your wedding on a port day so the boat is less empty we had our ceremony in the atrium and our reception in the d-lounge which I loved because it felt like a real wedding with my ceremony in one location and reception in a different one, also there are max 3 brides per ship 2 on board and 1 castaway I was on a ship with three brides and I was able to get the time and day I wanted just make sure to stay in constant contact with your planner and my wedding was mid day we couldn't get night which was a bummer but the atrium was worth it!
- Can you make a reservation for your entire party to dine at Remy or Palo the night of your wedding? Obviously to do this, you’d have to know what day you ceremony would be.. can you pick a “sea day” for this? And if you can’t pick your ceremony day, how to you make dining reservations for that night?
- So we opted for our regular dining time because we had a big party and with remy or Palo you have to have under 15 or so we requested our dining rotation so that way our wedding night would fall or the night we ate at royal court and we had the big table in the middle
- Does anyone have examples of invitations for this kind of wedding? And how far ahead do you notify guests? How did you decide on the guest list?
- I made my invitations by hand ( all steps listed on my PJ) I tole everyone word of mouth to book when the sail dates were released and then sent out formal save the dates and invitations
- How do you know which night will be fireworks night?
- Its on pirates night you can call and ask if they have the schedule they should know ahead of time we did photos that night
- I have some special dietary needs - no dairy, no eggs. Do you know if these kind of things can be accommodated for the wedding cake? I sounds like there’s not a lot of flexibility.. and I would want to be able to eat my wedding cake!
- I opted to do a wedding cake and an additional creme brulee for me and the groom because I don't eat cake so they will work with you just ask and the planner will give you different options if they don't ask on the ship I found my ship planners much more accommodating
- how much extra photo time can you arrange with a photographer on the ship? It sounds like some brides have taken a photographer along with them on the cruise - how do you find a photographer who would be willing to do this??
- If you going to do any extra I HIGHLY recommend bringing a photographer that way you have no time restraints and they are with you the whole day my photographer Collette Mruk she does the pictures I have her info if you want that?
- Has anyone done a Magic Kingdom Bridal Portrait session? what is the fee for this?
Hope that helps
- I didn't do it because i was an extra 2500 and we brought our photographer but if you email your planner they will give you the details!
Thanks in advance for any help or advice you can offer!
Ok yea I'll have to try and call and see. I haven't really heard either way. If it ends up being on Nassau day that's fine as long as I get a little time to spend on the island (my fiance is a die hard pirate fanatic and really wants to go to the pirate museum and do a little running around) but we didn't find anything much else we wanted to do on Nassau other than roam around lol. Maybe I'll just have to request it end up being as late as possible so we still have time to get ready and do pictures and stuff. We will see.
I am doing a planning journal in a different forum, but I wanted to check out this forum too for tips, so if you have questions, feel free to ask.
I am just kind of hoping I can get a meal and a drink at the Fish Fry!!
Awesome. Yea we really aren't planning on "doing" much because I really want this cruise to be about relaxing and getting married but I love to wander around a little in new places. Hopefully we can get in for like a 3pm which would give us the morning on the island lunch and getting ready time.Yes, I've heard that there are a few options for ceremony times: 12pm, 3pm and then like, 4 or 5pm...the planner that you work with before you board your ship won't be able to do much in the way of nailing down details and all that, but once you get on the ship, the story changes and the onsite coordinator can do much more for you! Either way, whether you have an earlier or later spot, your fiance should have time to check out the museum
Yea the more I think about it the more I would be ok it being on Nassau day. I really would like to end up having a sea day as just a kind of relax and hang out with everyone day tooIts a lot harder to get a sea day wedding on such a short cruise because thats the day the boat is full they like to do when people can get off the boat but with that being said I know you can sometimes get weird things I was able to get it approved to get married in the atrium which is not typical
I would just really let your coordinator know you want it on the sea day she will probably book you on a sea day but my experience is with the onboard coordinators they are very helpful they may be able to make a last minute change but thats not for sure
Good luck with your planning
. Oh well we will see how things work out. I figure I'll just talk to the coordinator and let them know my concerns and see what they come up with.
