jackibees

Thank you so much for the advice. I am not going to go through Royal Romance because of both the package cost that you're talking about and the fact that I see everyone has had a very rough time working with them. I am hoping to reserve a lounge for two hours after dinner for a reception and then we will just go dance in the nightclub in our wedding formalwear. I figure it's kind of a funny way to end the night. Thanks so much for all of your help. You've all helped a ton!

Wow, that is definitely the most amazing document that I've ever seen when it comes to planning this out! Thank you so much for sharing it with me and for the info. Congrats on your Freedom wedding!

Congratulations on your wedding and thanks so much for the info! I am thinking about doing a cocktail reception at Iggie's Beach Bar, having dinner in the main dining room where we'll pick up the tab for drinks, and then having a cocktail reception in one of the lounges where our guests can do an open bar and we can do the dancing, speeches, etc. Any feedback you guys have on this plan would be amazing! You girls all have your weddings planned so amazingly well!

Hi everyone... I just booked my wedding cruise on the Allure of the Seas and I'm trying to figure out the logistics/budgeting for the wedding/reception. We are having the ceremony in St. Thomas (using Island Bliss), having a little mini reception on the beach, and then I was hoping to do a dinner reception at one of the Specialty restaurants. I looked into buying out Giovanni's or Chops and for the number of guests we're having (60), it just doesn't make sense financially (Giovanni's cover is $15/person but it costs $3,500 to buy out with a "set menu"). Can any other Allure brides share what they are doing for their reception? Any other ideas of how to achieve a nice, semi-private reception on the Allure? Thanks so much in advance! This forum has been super helpful to me as I start planning all of this!