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Hi All! I have been reading a lot of posts on various websites and they have helped me out a lot with decisions of where and how I should plan my wedding. We are going on the Carnival Valor for a week starting October 26th. I was pretty sure I did not want to be married on the ship but at one of the ports. Because of the places we are cruising the only ones I could get married legally where Cayman Island and Cozumel. Well I went with the Cayman because its beautiful. I understand though that it can be dicey if there is weather. Someone said on a post well you have to set it in your head that if you do not make it there its ok and you have a plan B. So, I have made that decision that for some reason we do not make it then we will just get married back home. The next decision is do I go through Carnival(the wedding experience) or do I find my own coordinator or venue. While reading posts from others it was mixed but more people were having bad experiences with the Wedding Experience. i was under the impression that if you went through the ship to even get married on the island if weather would happen you would then still get married or get your money back. Well this is not the case. Because Carnival and other ships for the most part do not have people on board to marry you they rely on the island offciant to come and do it. So if you don't get to that port your still not getting married. Well the wedding experience wanted 2150.00 up front just to say the date. That means we would loose that money if we didn't end up there. Also that would only cover me and my fiance and us getting married. that did not include anyone of our 30 guests. Also that was us getting married on a beach. If we wanted guests it was going to be $10 a person to stand on the beach. I was shocked. I then kept hearing about The Grand Old House and the wedding coordinator there Desiree. Well i looked at the place and its georgous. They have been written up in all the wedding magazines and the NY times. I decided I would go with them. They only ask for a $500.00 deposit. The rest is paid when you are there. You have three packages to pick from. You can have as many add ons as you wish. Desiree has been wonderful communicating with me back and forth. If for some reason we do make it to the Cayman we get 70% of our money back. So to me its a no brainer. Well this was my quick two cents. I am not sure how it will pan out considering I still have 4 months till it happens but I feel comfortable and good about it and that is what is nice.

I am so happy you have a nice things to say about the Grand Cayman. I was there a long time ago for a day stop from a Cruise Ship. We have just book a cruise for Octpber 2008 and we will be getting married in the Grand Cayman at the Grand Old House. I am just thrilled!

Hi you all!!! I will be a cruise bride in October 2008. We have booked a cruise with 30 of our family members to set sail on October 26, 2008. We are cruising on the Carnival Valor. We will be married at the Grand Cayman Restaurants, Cayman Fine Dining, Wedding in Cayman on the grand cayman islands. I am so looking forward to this time. I love cruising and who is not excited to get married.

Hi there! My name is Cynthia! I have just booked a weddding cruise on the Carnival Valor. We sail on October 26th 2008. We get to the Grand Cayman where we will be married at the Grand Old House. I am so looking forward to this....only 4 months away!

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