CT-Cruisin-82 Posted April 10, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hi everyone! We’re closing in on the big day (7/20 - Carnival Pride) and The more I think about it the LESS I want to do the reception back on the boat. All the guests are sailing so we’ll be with them the entire week and it’s a short port call (Freeport) so I honestly think the time would be better spent meeting up at a local seafood place for drinks then hitting the Lacayan market. Has anyone done this ? Did it work out for or against? FWIW - I’ve spoken to both my sisters and they didn’t expect a reception anyways. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escentialssoycandles Posted April 12, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 12, 2018 How big is your group? I am doing a 1.5 hour reception with open bar and appetizers for 50 people onboard and it was actually quite affordable. I don't want the hassle of coordinating anything with a large group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT-Cruisin-82 Posted April 12, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted April 12, 2018 How big is your group? I am doing a 1.5 hour reception with open bar and appetizers for 50 people onboard and it was actually quite affordable. I don't want the hassle of coordinating anything with a large group. We are looking at less than 25 with everyone cruising together and the wedding is on the 5th day. If it were a bigger group, I would be leaning more towards the formal reception back on the boat, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymbomb Posted May 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted May 9, 2018 We did not do a reception when I had an embarkation day wedding. We did one big group dinner at a specialty restaurant which we (ok, My in laws) paid for, and we did a cocktail party the last afternoon (which was a free perk from our group booking). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudgemann Posted May 10, 2018 #5 Share Posted May 10, 2018 We did not do a reception when I had an embarkation day wedding. We did one big group dinner at a specialty restaurant which we (ok, My in laws) paid for, and we did a cocktail party the last afternoon (which was a free perk from our group booking). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Can you tell me a little about the cocktail party perk? What was included? How many people were in your group booking? I'm looking to having to have a ceremony and reception onboard a Carnival Cruise and the sales agent mentioned this to me but wasn't able to fully explain the perks of group booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanteS Posted May 10, 2018 #6 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Hello everyone!! I'm also getting married while cruising on the Pride. We're leaving June 24th with a group of close to 50 people (which is a lot more than we expected) and will be getting married in Grand Turk on the third day. They've changed the wedding packages around so we switched to the Classic Diamond and will have a 1 hour reception back onboard the ship. I'd love to know more about the cocktail party as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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