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That would make sense if she got a promotion then. Either way I'd be a lil nervous. I hope they get Melissa taken care of. Wedding stuff just feels so nerve wracking for some reason lol :)

That's insane!!

My call was scheduled today with Desirae at 11AM est. I was getting nervous because I saw your post and worried something similar would happen to me as well. She did call, but was about 10 minutes late. I had a 3 way call going with her, my mom, and myself. Luckily our call went very well. We only talked for probably 20 minutes and that was more than enough.

I wonder what happened to Aislin? Ingrid wasn't a wedding planner for me, she was just a coordinator who got me to sign the wedding package and pay for it. She assigned me to Desirae for the rest of the wedding planning. I hope this gets cleared up soon for you! Maybe you will end up with Desirae too?

As far as our call goes; Desire confirmed our booking and what day we wanted to get married on. She confirmed that we wanted to get married in the chapel and booked us for a 12noon ceremony so that we could do a lunch reception like we wanted. She explained what comes in our package (The Ultimate Love Story) to us and asked if we knew what we wanted to do for our reception. We told her we were interested in Chops Grille, so she is now going to try and book us in there for our reception! There wasn't much else we talked about. She asked if we were planning to buy flowers from them and we said yes. She said all we have to do is send in pictures of what we want and she can get us a quote.

She did explain that once we are on the boat we will meet with our on-board wedding coordinator who will help us with music timing, ceremony rehearsal, decorations, etc.

Other than that, she basically said she will be sending us a large packet where we can pick and choose what we want to add to our ceremony/reception like cake flavors, food, toasts, music, photography, etc. She said there was no rush in sending it back since my wedding is still 400+ days away :). The important thing to hammer out during this phone call was basically the "when and where". She also answered any miscellaneous questions we had in our heads at the time. So far, I am the only bride getting married on our cruise, and they won't schedule any other weddings on my wedding day.

I am super excited and pleased on how our phone call went. Desirae was much easier to talk to than Ingrid, and she seemed genuinely interested in our wedding and making us happy. I hope it stays this way!! Let me know what happens with your wedding planning and who you get assigned to, hope it all works out!

So glad to hear that other brides have had success with RCC as of late. I believe they have revamped their wedding services in the last year, so most of the negative reviews are from before that.

I don't have a full picture yet as far as costs are concerned. We are getting married at sea and picked "the ultimate love story" package. The package alone was 3800 I believe. And then with the marriage license costs added, our total cost so far has come to $4600. This also does not include our cruise costs. We picked one of the "large ocean view rooms" and booked last month during the BOGO event, so I think for my fiance and I we are paying around $1600 for our tickets. That adds up to $6,200 already...and we haven't added beverage packages, excursions, shopping expenses, reception expenses, photography picture packages, etc.

I'm hoping once everything is planned we will still be under our budget for $10,000, but I know we will be cutting it close! We don't know how many people will end up sailing with us yet. We've invited around 60 but only expect maybe 25-30 people to actually book. But the more people that go, the bigger our reception will be!

We just paid for our package and were assigned a wedding planner. We were assigned someone named Desirae...Hopefully she is one of the good ones! Our call is also scheduled for February 16th! At 11:00AM!

And yes we are getting married on the first sea day by the captain :) We didn't want to be stressed out about getting married at a port or on embarkation day. We are so excited!

My fiance and I are getting married on Royal Caribbean. We are doing the Ultimate Love Story package and expect somewhere between 25-40 guests. So far I haven't seen any hidden fees but We haven't started planning our reception yet, so things could change. So far we are paying for our wedding package (3800) and our marriage license fees (850).

I have heard great things about the Oasis of the Seas. It has a beautiful "central park" in the middle of the ship. I wanted to get married on this ship but we ended up booking a cruise on Freedom of the Seas because we liked the itinerary better. I think Oasis is also the biggest cruise ship in the world. It is a lot bigger than Carnival Breeze. Not sure if that matters though :)

We finally got in touch with Ingrid today. She was fairly helpful and answered all of our questions about the venue space. She said she pre-filled Olive or Twist as a place holder and that we can always change the ceremony location after we get in contact with the actual wedding planner. I was a little uncomfortable with this however and requested a list of ceremony choices so that I could pick one before I pay, and it will be reflected on my invoice. Ingrid said no problem, and she listed our options for ceremony sites (Viking Crown Lounge, Cloud Nine, Star Lounge, and the Skylight Chapel).

We picked the Chapel and are waiting for her to update our invoice so we can make payment. So I guess the ball is rolling again :) I hope we get assigned the same wedding planner since you said you have heard good things about Aislin!

Yes that is super insightful! I think I'm leaning toward what you are doing. Id hate to hurt people's feelings if they don't get an invite. The more the merrier :). I am worried about it being a weird mix of people, but like you said, at least it gives us a chance to get to know people better. Thanks for your reply!

Congrats on your engagement! I have a question for you, is there a line that you guys draw for who to invite and who not to invite? My fiance and I are torn on sending out invites to tons of people, or only the people we think will actually go. We have tons of work friends and childhood friends that we would probably invite to a normal wedding, but aren't sure if its appropriate to invite to our cruise wedding since most of them will probably not be comfortable traveling to another state to get on a cruise with us. Your thoughts? I feel like if some of them do end up going it would almost be weird since our group on the ship will mostly likely be small and intimate. Its so hard to gauge these things lol!

Wow, that is great to hear! I'm glad someone can say they are having a good experience. Maybe we can request to change coordinators.

We have have been in contact with Ingrid Gil. We first called asking about booking a wedding and the call was very brief. She e-mailed us the questionnaire and wedding contract, but did not talk at all about venues or details about the wedding. We filled everything out, signed the contract, and sent it back to her. A day later she e-mails me an invoice for the wedding charges. I look at the invoice and under the "venue" section there was Olive or Twist (a lounge on Freedom of the Seas) listed. But we never even talked about venues! We e-mailed and called her early on Friday, and have yet to hear a response. We will be calling back tomorrow if she doesn't call us first.

Is this similar to the process you went through? We're we supposed to pick a venue before signing the contract? Ingrid never spoke a word of it.

On another note, my fiance and I are also getting married on Freedom of the Seas!! Do you have any advice on wedding plans for that particular ship? We are expecting about 25 guests, and are undecided if we want the ceremony in the chapel or somewhere else onboard. We also are going back and forth on having a lunch reception in a lounge or just making a large group reservation at a specialty restaurant for after the ceremony.

Does anyone have experience with Royal Romance from Royal Caribbean? I know people have had horror stories dealing with them in the past. I've seen several reviews on here that weren't that great.

I am planning a cruise wedding for April 10th, 2017 and have just started talking to Royal Romance about a week ago. We are already having a few communication problems. I'm worried about continuing on with our wedding planning with them.....

Does anyone have any helpful advice or know if Royal Romance may have improved? I know Royal Caribbean recently changed their weddings packages so I'm hoping they also have improved their wedding department.

Are you going through Royal Caribbean? I am having similar issues with their royal romance wedding coordinator. We just signed our wedding contract, but have yet to hear about what venues we can pick from, etc. I got my invoice today and it had "Olive or Twist" listed as our venue space. We never even talked about venues with anyone!! I am beyond frustrated. All they did was send us the contract and we signed it and gave it back. They wont return our calls or e-mails. Did you have this issue too? Royal Romance needs to get their crap together!

Thanks for the reply! This makes me relieved. I think as more guests book we will have more people all over the ship, and it wont be a big deal.

Hey everyone! So I have a quick question, have you guys booked your staterooms separate from the rest of the group, for more privacy? I'm planning my cruise wedding right now and I booked a large ocean view stateroom for my fiancé and I on deck 7. However, the rest of my group is doing regular ocean view rooms and they have been booking then on deck 2.

At first I thought this was good because we will have more privacy but now I'm not sure! I feel like we are going to be far away from the group or something.

How did y'all do your cabin placement with your guests? Please let me know!

Hello everyone!

I'm so excited to say that I have finally booked my wedding cruise! My wedding will be on April 10th, 2017 aboard the Freedom of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) ship. We are going on a 6 day cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, with port stops in Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Costa Maya.

Woohoo!

We are still working on ceremony/reception details. Anyone have any experience with Royal Caribbean? This will be our first cruise and we are still figuring things out.

Also, what is everyone doing as far as decorations are concerned. Can you decorate much aboard the ship?

Has anyone gotten married harborside with princess cruises? If so, how was it? My fiance and I are looking at doing a harbor side wedding out of Houston, Texas. Hopefully in the Fall of 2016!! I have a lot of questions about the experience.

I don't really like the wedding chapels on the boat, do they let you get married outside somewhere, on a deck? The lounges don't seem very romantic either, but they would be better than the chapel. Also, what kind of decorating are you allowed to do? I know there isn't a lot of time between when you get on the boat and when your wedding ceremony starts. How do you decorate?

I'm mostly wondering how much time we will have on embarkation day as well. Is the reception going to feel rushed? I suspect we will have anywhere from 25-50 people. (Guest list has't been made yet). And most of our guests will be driving from Dallas, which is 4 hours away. Is it worth the trip down for only a few hours of wedding time? They will probably have to stay the night in houston.

Overall I just want to know if anyone has had a good experience doing the embarkation day wedding with Princess Cruises. I don't want my wedding to feel tacky or cheap (or rushed) and I'm worried that is what its going to be like! Does anyone have pictures to share as well?

Thanks in advance!!!:)