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Some more pics: Bouquet: Godiva Chocolates. The starfish I bought on eBay and the Godiva store were sweet enough to tie it for me free of charge. (Of course, we had bought the chocolate box with the ribbon.) DIY Name Tags: More pro photos (from ship):

Wedding Date: March 28, 2010 1:00 pm Wedding Location: Caribbean Princess, San Juan Harbor Ceremony Package: Tie the Knot Harborside Wedding Coordinator: The Wedding Experience Ceremony: Wheelhouse Bar Reception Luncheon: Coral Restaurant @ 2:00 pm Second Reception: Skywalker Disco @ 3:30 pm Wedding Day Photographer: Caribbean Princess Photographer Other Photographers: Family and Friends Hello girls! This is the first discussion I open here, and I hope it serves other brides. The months prior to our wedding were a little desperate, since we couldn’t find pictures or more details on what to expect during our wedding aboard the Caribbean Princess ship. Hopefully my story will help other brides! Well, the story begins with the decision of getting married aboard a Princess Cruise. And I tell you, it was the best decision we ever made! DF was sleeping under a coconut tree the afternoon before the wedding. Talk about stress free! The Wedding Experience – rate: A First, it took me forever to get ahold of someone at The Wedding Experience. But when I finally did, our Wedding Coordinator, Jackie, was so attentive and had such great ideas! Best of all, she has all the patience in the world!! LOL I must be the worst undecided bride in the world, and she was just awesome! Thanks Jackie! About a month prior to the wedding I changed the color scheme to orange and teal one, but it was not a problem. Around that time the ship came back with the cake quote. They said that they could not do the cake I had originally sent them, but they’d have to do a much larger cake. My original request was for 50 people, including us. They replied they could not do a 50 people cake, but they could do a huge cake which would cost over $300. I told them no. I did not want to waste that much food for no reason at all. So, back to the search of a smaller cake I was! We ended up ordering the 14-inch cake, and had them place the 9-inch cake included in the package on top of the 14-inch. This saved us almost $200! I special ordered single roses for my BM’s, corsages for the moms and the grandmas and boutonnieres for the Best Man and my Dad. The bouquet, the groom’s boutonniere and the ceremony flowers were included in the ceremony package. The the aisle runner, the candles and basically all ceremony decorations were included. I had specified peach or orange roses. They told me orange roses would cost more. And since I was already paying $15 per single rose for the BM’s, I decided to go with peach in a small half a dozen hand-tied bouquet. My wedding party – My sisters, my brother, my niece and my BFF the MH. Wedding Day - rate: A Ceremony - rate: A- We were supposed to arrive at the pier at 10:30 am. 1 week before the wedding they call me and tell me that we are to be at the pier at 11:30 am. I rushed to call and send an updated email to all my guests with the new time. The invitations had the 10:30 am time on it, and I didn’t want anyone waiting unnecessarily for over 1 hour. My mom, my sister and I stayed at the San Juan Sheraton Convention Center Hotel, which is less than 1 block away from the pier. I hired a limo-SUV to transport us to the ship from the hotel. Once we arrived at the pier, everything was very rushed. The local WC’s were horribly dressed and were a little rude to us and our guests. The Princess WC , Hugo, rushed us all the way… that part I did not like too much. Also, the local WC had advised us not to offer any pastries and refreshments to our guests prior to the ceremony and that they could explore the ship while we were getting ready. I wish we had the pastries and refreshments. Our guests weren't allowed to explore the ship. Once me and DF got on the ship, we were rushed to our cabin to dress. I found out afterward what happened to our guests during that time. They were not allowed to explore the ship (except those brave enough not to listen to them), no bars were opened, so no one could even get a drink of water, and the guests ended up waiting over 1 ½ hours for the bride (me) to show. All the while, they kept telling our guests to stay put, because the ceremony was about to begin. The ceremony was held in the Wheelhouse Bar, as all 52 of us did not fit in the ship’s chapel. The bar was decorated beautifully, and there were seats, ottomans and sofas for all our guests to be very comfortable. On the other hand, it was horribly HOT inside the ship! We were sweating! For the ceremony, we brought our own music CD. This is what was in it: Processional – “From this Moment “(Shania Twain & The Backstreet Boys) YouTube - Shania Twain & The Backstreet Boys - from this moment on ( live ).mpg Vows- “The Love I Found in You” YouTube - the love i found in you Recessional – “Hey Soul Sister” (Train) YouTube - Train - Hey, Soul Sister (Unofficial Video) The WC went to get me to our room and to my horror, the flowers were WHITE AND PINK! Oh well… at least they gave me the whole dozen instead of the 6 flowers I was supposed to get. They were not hand-tied at all! So, I get to the bar and my dad is waiting and everything starts… Oh, so exciting! They had told us no bubbles, but I brought some anyway and the pic turned out super! Luncheon Reception – A+ For the reception I had brought with me the centerpieces, flower petals, place cards, Godiva chocolates , disposable cameras and the wedding favor. The WC’s did a great job putting everything together! Especially the registry table, for which I had some canvases printed one for the sitting chart, and the other one with a collage of photos of us for our guests to sign. Registry Table: Decorated Reception Table: Decorated Coral Restaurant: When we arrived at the restaurant and we see that they had printed the menus with our names, we almost started crying (well, I almost started crying!). The food was DELICIOUS and the desserts were awesome! We had a great time and everyone still keeps talking about how fabulous the food was. Coral Dining Room without decor: The candles were flameless candles which we found in K-mart: http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_1...ype=G21&mv=s2f Second Reception - A After the luncheon we went up to the 18th floor for a disco reception. We did the cake cutting, the garter and bouquet toss and danced some until we all got kicked out! It was amazing! You could see Old San Juan, the Fort and Caribbean Sea from the SkyWalker. We had an amazing time and the only negative thing is that time flew by so fast! The cake topper is a couple of Basset Hounds I had custom made for us by a lady here in Puerto Rico. If you want her number, PM me! I have an 11 yr old Basset, which is responsible for us meeting! All in all, our wedding was awesome, we had the greatest time and everyone keeps talking about it. It was certainly worth it. All of it! And apart from the flower color issue (which in the end didn’t really matter), how hot it was during the ceremony and the WC’s choice of attire for the wedding, everything was perfect and just the way we wanted it! We would do it all over again… More wedding pictures: http://photobucket.com/bodaissysymig...view=slideshow passcode: crucero

I gave my BM's and MH a Silver (925) necklace and bracelet set I found on eBay. Our theme is starfish, so I looked for something that had to do with the theme so that all of them wear the same jewelry for the wedding. I placed it in a big box, which I had individually wrapped (both the box and the top) with scrapbooking paper that looked vintage. I then wrote a little poem and made a mini-gift booklet and placed atop each box. Here's the end result: Necklace and bracelet set: Finished: For the MOG and the MOB, I am ordering some flowers from the ship's florist. We are getting married harborside aboard the Caribbean Princess at the San Juan harbor!

Hi! Well, I had the same problem (well, almost)... my niece (4) and my baby brother (11) were part of my wedding and the only kids in it! I figured they were going to get BORED after a while, so I made them Goody Bags!! For my Baby Brother, who's 11: For my niece, and Flower Girl, who's 4: These serve as both a Goody Bag and the Ring Bearer and Flower Girl gift! I made a DIY Wedding Coloring Book and bought Crayons and placed a wedding label on them. Beautiful! I hope this helps and gives you some ideas! Good luck and happy planning!

like! Basset Hounds!!!

handsome: father

Quote: Originally Posted by shortnsweet7675 Thanks. I try to make sure I can share as much info as possible, since I have gotten so much useful info from this site. In fact, a lot of the wording I used in my invitiation inserts was "borrowed" from other posts. Well, sorry I didn't post before, but shornsweet saved the day with her info! I just included a "memo" with the information. I copied the Princess Logo and used it on the insert. This is what it said... Please remember it's in Spanish! LOL Page 1: Familiares y amigos, Todos nuestros invitados están requeridos a seguir ciertas regulaciones de Aduana e Inmigración, las cuales esperamos no sean inconveniente alguno. Se requerirá proveer una identificación con foto, ya sea su pasaporte, licencia de conducir o cualquier otra identificación provista por el estado. La línea de cruceros Princess solicita una lista con el nombre completo y número de cabina de todos los invitados que viajan con nosotros y la siguiente información de cada invitado que no viaja con nosotros: •Nombre completo •Fecha de Nacimiento •Número de Licencia de Conducir y el estado que la expide •Fecha de expiración de la Licencia de Conducir o •Número del Pasaporte •Niños menores de 16 años deben presentar su certificado de nacimiento original Esta información la debes proveer al momento de confirmar tu asistencia, en o antes del 10 de febrero del 2010. Esto para asegurarnos que estés incluido en nuestra lista de invitados. No podremos añadir a la lista luego de la fecha límite que Princess nos ha asignado. Cuando llegues al muelle, habrá un personal designado para el grupo de la boda, quien verificará la información en la lista de invitados. En ese momento se te asignará un pase de visitante, el cual debe estar visible en todo momento mientras estés en el barco. Princess mantendrá tu identificación (y el certificado de nacimiento de los niños) mientras estés abordo. El mismo se te devolverá una vez bajes del barco. Si la identificación no concuerda con la información que tiene Princess al momento de abordar, muy probable no se te permitirá acceso al barco. Por tanto, asegúrate de proveernos la información correcta al momento de confirmar tu asistencia, en o antes del 10 de febrero del 2010. Si viajas con nosotros, asegúrate que todos los documentos hayan sido completados antes de llegar al muelle y de tener todos los documentos de abordaje disponibles. Solo una maleta de mano será permitida al momento de abordar y el equipaje restante será registrado en el barco. Si el tiempo permite, tendrás oportunidad de dejar la maleta de mano en tu cabina antes de la boda; por otro lado, el equipaje registrado llegará a la cabina después que el crucero haya zarpado. Asegúrate de empacar todo lo que necesitarás hasta entonces en tu maleta de mano. Si deseas viajar con nosotros, comunícate con blah blah blah, al (787) xxx-xxxx. Más información de la boda y de nuestro agente de viajes la consigues en nuestro website de la boda, Issys & Miguelo - wedding website by mywedding.com Page 2: Información importante para el día de la boda: •Todo invitado debe llegar al muelle en o antes de las 10:30 de la mañana para comenzar el proceso de abordaje. Este proceso puede tomar entre una hora y una hora y media. Recuerda tener tu identificación a la mano. •Todo invitado debe llegar listo para la ceremonia. •Nuestro grupo tiene prioridad de abordaje sobre cualquier otro grupo de pasajeros tan pronto Aduana e Inmigración lo autorice. •Los invitados que no lleguen a tiempo para abordar con el resto de los invitados, corren el riesgo de tener que pasar por el proceso de abordaje con todos los otros pasajeros no relacionados con la boda, y el riesgo de perderse la ceremonia y recepción. Por favor, llegue a tiempo. •No habrá comida o bebida mientras estemos en el muelle esperando abordar, así es que sugerimos que desayunes bien y traigas una botellita de agua. •Una vez hayamos abordado, el séquito y los novios, se prepararán para la ceremonia. Los invitados tendrán entonces la oportunidad de explorar el barco y de disfrutar de los refrigerios que hemos provisto para ustedes. •Princess nos ha pedido que informemos a nuestros invitados que cualquier regalo traido abordo, podrá estar sujeto a impuestos de aduana según regulaciones federales. Si deseas hacernos un obsequio, te agradeceremos que sea en efectivo. •Aunque podrán disfrutar de lo hermoso de este crucero, los invitados deberán salir del barco dos horas antes de zarpar. Por favor, no “Polizontesâ€. As it turned out, most of our guests DID NOT read the insert, so they all started to RSVP without ever knowing/reading that they had to provide some info... Kind of upsetting, but, oh well. We are 37 days away from our wedding, the guest list has been sent to Princess, so we are good to go! Also, whoever didn't call to RSVP (ie: give us the info), is not getting on the ship. Sorry for those that didn't read the insert and will show up at the pier... LOL Thanks again for posting!

Quote: Originally Posted by cruiseconfused Yeah, the requirements don't sound fun at all. I'll figure out which option we'll go with when it's gets closer... We chose PR because of the hours the ship is in port. This way we can have our sunset ceremony, and a dinner reception. The ship makes you have a morning or an early wedding, and a 90 min. lunch reception, because the ships leave most ports at 4pm. That's not what I want AT ALL, so I did some research and found the ships pretty much only stay in PR, and Bermuda late. I was just curious if anyone would have any recs on sites, or vendors or anything. I have my eye on the Ritz (some pics below)... but if anyone knows of a gorgeous place I should look into, let me know! If you have anything to say about PR, or Carnival cruises (specifically the Liberty) please share!!! Thanks, ladies! Here's my bio if you're intersted in looking Home (SGnBM's DW Ideas) I am from PR and you do have several options. You could do a shorside wedding, but you'll have to go through the Wedding Experience, especially if you need help getting the marriage license. You do need blood tests and a clean bill of health from a physician if getting married on the island. No online option on this one! I am getting married in March 2010 and I have to go through the whole process as well... On the other hand, the Old San Juan is the perfect place for any wedding. It is vintage, and romantic and you get the sunset and the ocean. You could check with some WCs here on the island, which you could probably find more info on by visiting Bodas Puerto Rico You could also call the hotels around Old San Juan: El Convento Hotel, Sheraton Old San Juan, Caribe Hilton and the Normandie Hotel. But maybe talking to a WC might help you out more, as there are many, many places where the wedding could be held at (ie - Fort El Morro, San Cristobal, Cathedral...) Hope this has helped you some. Have fun planning your wedding, and if you need more help, feel free to IM me!

Quote: Originally Posted by marullos Hi, I'm planning my wedding for 2011 in Puerto Rico. Right now, I'm thinking of having the wedding and reception at either a beachfront house or small inn. I have found a few on the internet, in the area of Rincon and Isabela, and will go check them out next week. Any advice and suggestions are very apprecciated! Hey! Congratulations on your wedding! Well, I am from Puerto Rico, and although Rincon and Isabela are gorgeous (the whole island is), you should also check out Luquillo, Fajardo, Cabo Rojo and Humacao. These are beach towns that have beautiful venues for a gorgeous wedding. Of course, you also have Old San Juan and Metro Area hotels that could be your venue. I don't know if you speak spanish, but there's a site called Bodas Puerto Rico which could help you out a lot! Happy planning! Feel free to PM me!

Hey girlies! I am from Puerto Rico. We do have AI and they are Copamarina, in Guanica, and Gran Melia in Rio Grande. They do have beautiful beaches, although they are far from Old San Juan. You also have the option of the Hilton, which although not AI, does have its own beautiful beach. Also the Conquistador Hotel could be another option. One of the best parts of coming over is you do not need passport to travel over. And the plane ride it's fairly simple. Enjoy all your planning and feel free to PM me if you want more info! Congratulations on your wedding!!!

Thanks and the same to you all! It has been hard finding info on "Tie the Knot" Harborside weddings... both here and online. If any of you know of any threads or sites that have more info, I'll appreciate it if you share them with me! I want to know a little of what to expect! Thanks girls!

Thanks so much shortnsweet! That is very useful information. Thanks for posting it. I will review it and translate it. I will post the spanish version here if you guys want after I'm done. Thanks again for such useful info!

Hi!! We are getting married in March 2010 on a Harborside Wedding aboard the Caribbean Princess. I am wondering if I should send some additional information along with my invitation? I will be mailing them this weekend, and I still have doubts if I should include special instructions. If I should, I don't know the proper way to include it! A little card like the RSVP insert? A piece of paper with the Princess logo? I don't know! Please help!

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 Welcome to the forum!! Congrats on your upcoming wedding and happy planning!! Congratulations to you too!!

For some reason my STD picture is not showing... So, I'll post the link again. Keep in mind they are in Spanish!