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We just went on our first cruise and had a poster for our door and had a pen so people could leave us notes and no one messed with it or rote anything mean or inappropriate. We also had one made for our parents and in-laws doors and no one messed with theirs either. I saw a few other peoples doors that were decorated as well and i thought it was great because it helped me find my way around lol I do not have the best sense of detection and get lost a lot lol So I could use others peoples decorations as "land marks" I also enjoying looking at them! My advice is if it will bring you even a little bit of joy Just do it!! If not then don't, it is that simple:).

First thing I want to warn every one about it “SHIP TIME” I was told the Magic is the only ship that has this but I don’t know for sure because this was our first cruise. The ship stays on the time of Galveaton TX. So when they say you will arrive at your port at 8 am, that is the ships time not the islands time. So no one told us about this and thinking I had to be off the ship at 10am ( it is a 45 min drive to orange hill beach) for my wedding at 11am it turned out I had to be ready to be off at 9 ship time, and the hair salon didn’t open until 8am. The salon manager worked it out with one of the stylist to come in early at 7 so I had time to put my dress on after. The day of the wedding she did not show up we had to run around trying to find someone to help us. The stylist finally showed up 45min late. Well it rained on my wedding day, and actually both days we were in the Bahamas. That was no one’s fault and I understand it is the luck of the draw. The problem was our “wedding hostess” was a joke. She had no idea what was going on. The day before the wedding I asked her what would happen if it rained and her response was "im sure they have a plan" and that was it. I thought I was her job to know what the plan was. Well the next day it rained, no one came to talk to me about another option because it was raining and we were going to be married on the beach. I was hopping my family or soon to be husband had stuff figured out while I was getting ready but 5 min before we were supposed to leave I head down and everyone is just standing around and the “wedding hostess” had handed every one rain ponchos and was getting ready to ship them off to who know what. That’s when I stepped in, I asked her what the plan was and she was just going to ship us off to the location, which is just a beach, no hotel no cover, nothing. I told her I needed to know what they had planned and that we were not going to get married drenched in the rain wearing ponchos and I was not leaving until she figured out what they had planned for us on the beach. I just did not want to ship shipped off not knowing what was going on. Long story not as long she had no idea, I was pissed because I went through Carnival so they would take care of any problems, now I wish I just went through an outside vendor for the beach wedding, would have saved me lots of money and problems. Finally I got a manager to come over to try to help, It was a mess Carnival did not communicate with the local vendor they use and at the end I was told we had to married on the ship because the vendor did not have anything good enough to protect us from the rain. (Which after being home and talking with the vendor found out that was not the truth and they had dealt with rain and had a cover big enough for us) So everyone is dressed up running around the ship looking for a place to hold the wedding. My mom went with one lady and I went with another. We were rushed because the officiant had been waiting the whole time for us. I personally did not want to get married in a room on the ship, I do not understand what brides see in this, the rooms are dark with no windows and not that nice. I could find a room to get married in back home that are 100 times nicer. I was so upset. I wanted to be married on the beach that is why we went on the cruise. Any how so we ended up doing it in the ocean plaza because it was the only place that had windows. It was not private and other cruise guests were walking around during the ceremony but at this point I did not care. They put up a green screen to hide the bands equipment and band it looked as nice as they could in 10 min. I hid in the red frog pub and walked out from there. It was all a joke, I am not mad about the rain, I am mad that Carnival did not have things together, they should have been planning for rain the night before for this and not making me run around the ship in my wedding dress looking for a place to do it. If I was running it I would have talked to the bride the night before, walked around and looked at ship options then contacted the local vendor & found out for sure what they had planned, Our wedding hostess had no idea what they had there. That is her job to know this stuff. It did stop raining for 30 mins and we went to the doc and took some pictures, witch I'm grateful for because our ceremony pictures were awful. I know that my experience was probably not common but I had heard others bad comments from past brides and I just told myself “oh they must have been bridezilla or it was just a onetime thing” until it happened to relax roll with the punches me, and my wedding day became a nightmare, I still try to keep a good attitude about it and the most important thing is we are married but after spending so much time and soooo much money for our day to be ruined is still heartbreaking. I wish I did not do a cruise wedding and I would never recommend it. I do hope all of you have a better experience, but my advice is prepare for the worst and hope for the best it is a risk when you put people you never have seen or talked to in charge of holding for wedding together. Carnival really could care less that my wedding was ruined at their hands. We spent sooo much money, for the price of all of our guest to cruise with us and the wedding its self we would have had a $10,000 + wedding at home. We will never cruise with Carnival again and just hope the wedding hostess is fired so this will never happened to anyone again.Just wanted to shire our experience:(

Just got back from my wedding … =( and it was awful. Long review to fallow :(

I went on their website. Which of the size categories did you use?

I went to “General purpose signs- browse templates” then I went to “All-purpose signs” and they were both in there. The “Team bride” one was 16x24 and the wedding one was 24x36. I have to used them yet we cruise on 5/13 i will let you know how they work!:p

This our first cruise and we will me married while on it! We are decorating our door because it seems fun and we are just fun people! Both his and my parents are cruising with us so we made a sign for both of their doors as well. :D We used www.makesigns.com it was fast and affordable.

I am getting married on 5/17/12 in Nassau. Just paid the fee for the marriage license and all the extras to Royal Oceans Events lol eeek only a arm and a leg lol but hey is my day. I have not seen the ship yet but it does not really matter, we are going to be married on Orange Hill Beach and having dinner at the steak house that night. We are only having 4 guests attending the wedding but we have a huge reception planned for 6/9 back home. I finally got to find out the time we will be married (11 am). They did not tell me until a few days ago lol that drove me nuts not knowing lol. We are also paying 55$ extra for a separate taxi for me to ride in alone to the wedding site so I do not see my hubby to be! We did not want to drive the 30 min to the location in the same car, we just thought it would take away the magic.:rolleyes: anyhow just wanted to say hello. If anyone has been married already on the magic I would love to hear all about it. And I will post all about how mine went after I get back!!! Good luck to everyone!

I have booked a wedding on Carnival Magic 5-20-12. We are getting married the day of embarkation in Galveston.

I was wondering if anyone has been married yet on Carnival Magic or if anyone is booked yet? I am a little nervous with it being such a new ship. It will only have been sailing for a year when we get married so I'm not sure if I will be able to read many reviews... If any at all. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have read many of the carnival reviews and have learned a lot. It gives me an idea of what to expect. It also helps me know what I need to do... Thanks in advance for all yor advice!

Hi Bridetobe52012! I am getting married on 5-17-12 we will be on the Magic as well. From everything I have read we should be fine.I did find some reviews and most were good. I booked way back in Sept. Congrats and good luck it will be fine!:D

I have a few questions…. As far as heals goes should I trade them in for flip flops? I was thinking I might wear then at the casino or if we go dancing on the ship or to formal night… or is the even too much? Also how “formal” is formal night for women, would I look silly in a cocktail/ short prom looking dress? And do people get “dressed up” to go the bar/clubs on the ship? Also we are sailing on Carnival and they said gratuity is included 10 buck a day per guest.. Should I still tip on top of that? Do they check your bags for wine? We are not flying so i am going to bring some. I know its ok but just wondering,:) Last one … so we are sailing with 2 other couples and booking separately will we be able to eat together , can we be seated together or do we have to make plans in advance or can we changes it up every night? LoL that’s all for now and thanks to every one for all ur helpful tips!!