GiselaS

Hi Gisela!

 

I am getting married in November 2014 :)

Have you figured out what you will be doing for your centerpieces?

Hi

Sorry I did not respond earlier I Just saw this post.

I just completed my final call. I am renewing my vows and picked the royal devotions package. When I first booked many many months ago, they did not let me confirm the date & time (renewal packages) But in my final call, we were able to book the date I wanted and choose my ceremony & reception location. We are doing both the ceremony and 1 hr reception at Olive or Twist. I did not do any centerpieces for the reception Just hoping the view will be enough decoration. Since its only 1 hr I don't want to spend too much time setting up. Just ordered the cocktail hour and a 8" cake. I am 30 days away so I will take lots of pictures and let you know how it went :)

HI

I am so glad to hear you are doing a review in your upcoming wedding!

Royal Caribbean reviews are hard to find :) I would love to see pics too

Did you go with their flowers? did they show you pics of what they offer?

I booked my renewal 5 months ago and I still have until March 2014. Ahh wish it was here already.

Good Luck!!

Gisela

HI

I am renewing my vows on the Liberty of the Seas March 10,2014 at sea.

I would also like to hear of any wedding/renewal reviews out there ;) I have not found any.

When in 2014 are you getting married?

Gisela

WOW. it is great get some feedback!!

I have personally cruised royal and carnival. I love both. I would like to try more cruise lines in the future! Why not!! we love to cruise.

I went with RCC because they started offering the liquor packages!! Did I mention we like to drink!

Just so happy to know I am not the only one waiting for our renewals!!!

Thanks Guys!!

Gisela

Hi

I am renewing my vows on RCCL March 10th 2014. I am super excited and I got in these boards all the time for ideas and to read reviews. There are not a lot renewal ladies in the boards.

Maybe we can start a thread :)

I would love to hear from other ladies going through the renewal planning. What Cruise line? experiences? dress?

I will start. I chose Royal Caribbean. Me and my husband love to cruise. We like to plan at least 1 cruise a year if possible!! We have 2 kids (4 & 8) and they love to cruise too. Since we got married, we knew we wanted to celebrate with a big bash for our 10 year anniversary. I started looking at venues but then we realized, we wanted our party to last more than 4-5 hours!!! so we decided a cruise is perfect. We can celebrate for 5 days with the ones we love. So far we have 25 people booked.

I contacted Royal Weddings. and I booked my package within the week. I do think the renewal package is overpriced $600 for what you get, which is only a ceremony. We decided to upgrade to Royal Devotion Package which was $1200 but included pictures and flowers. The pictures alone paid for the package (in their overpriced price kind of way) So that is booked. I am thinking about adding a 1 hour reception, but I will wait until closer to make that decision.

What I did find out about Royal is that you cant reserve the specific date for the ceremony. I did not like that too much. However they did tell me it happens on a sea day. Which was a relief, in case anybody in our group wanted to do an excursion or had any plans in port days. We only have 2 sea days in our cruise (day 2 and day 5) I requested Day 2 and they said they will do their best. I don't want it on Day 5 because that is the last day of the cruise and usually it is packing day. I also found out Day 2 is formal day, so that would be perfect since we would already be dressed up.

I got my dress already!! of course that is the first thing I started looking for. I wanted something different, wanted it to look more like a gorgeous red carpet gown, and did not want the white wedding dress. I also did not want to pay the wedding dress price. So browsing the brides magazine, I found the perfect dress. It was a bridesmaid dress but it had the look I pictured in my head. It is a blush tulle mermaid gown.

I would like to include in our ceremony our 2 kids. I have to find out how we can incorporate them. My 2 kids are just as excited about this renewal as we are.

I hope to hear from more renewal ladies in the boards!!! or if you have renewed at sea, I would love to get reviews!!!

Thanks

Gisela

Ok, correction reception will be at Dazzles. Still don't know what it looks like. Anyone know?

HI

I found this great website www.beyondships.com

that has photos/descriptions of all the bars and lounges and anything else you can think of.

Look up your ship, i bet it tells you a little bit more about DAzzles.

Good Luck

Gisela

Hi :p

Thanks for your review! I am so happy everything went well

I cant wait to see the pics.

Instead of a DJ you used the ipod sound system. do you know if it hooks up to iphones too? I am considering doing thatsince the DJ is crazy overpriced :)

Thanks

Gisela

I just sent in my contract so I haven't paid yet so knowing my luck they will give me a hard time. I will definitely try my best to fight for it. I am doing this for pictures as well. Thank you so much for the heads up!

 

Colleen

If they sent you the brochure with the 30 pics/ 15 CD then I think you are ok. I brought it up to my lady via email (written proof) and she assured me they dont name all the things included in the contract but to use the brochure sent. I also asked again via email about the recent change and she told me I fit in the 30 pic package deal. I am printing for the cruise in case they give me any troubles

10 pics are worth $200 !!! just sayin!! (not to mention 15 in CD that you can make your own copies )

It paid off to book extra early with them!!

Good Luck

Gisela

Tnx everybody for helpful information . Do you have any idea abt a 8'' cake and its decoration? Is it just a simple white fondant cake? We are planning to have a

"royal devotion" on board by RCI.

Hi

I am renewing my vows in March 2014. I originally booked the renewed package. But I knew I was going to want lots of pictures so I upgraded to the Royal Devotion package this week. I noticed they recently changed their package on the website (but NOT in the brochure from the website) and took more things out of the package. originally 30 (8x10) and 15 CD images and now it is 20 (8x10) for the same price. I asked and they told me I was grandfathered in the original price not to worry.

I am just hoping you booked the package to get the best deal (more pics)

if not please book ASAP before the change the brochure. Maybe you can argue the brochure pricing. Good luck!

Gisela

Thank you so much for all this information.

This is really helpful. Now I have an idea of what the options are. and I can sort of plan in advance.

Not many options in the flower department. I think I am going to look into silks.

Has anyone received a custom flower quote? are they ridiculously over priced?

Gisela

Hi

I am happy hear good reviews. I am planning my vow renewal for next March on the liberty of the seas.Every time I called I got someone on the phone. the process took 2 days and contract signed and accepted now just waiting.

i am hoping to add a few extras (flowers and photo packages) but they told me I would need to wait to 30-45 days before sailing.

What flower options are available as you get closer? Do they send pictures of the bouquets available for upgrade?

Thanks Gisela