Wedding Aboard

[Kati]

Has anyone attended or actually been a bride or groom at a wedding on board? My fiance and I are considering getting married aboard the Carnival Glory and we're trying to find and con's there might be. We can't seem to find any and I just wanted to know if anyone has experienced this first and could tell me about it=)

[Oggy Boy]

Wow, sorry for the lack of response. I hope you let us kow how it went.

Tom

[Scout]

I am also interested in this, as my daughter wants to get married on a cruise. I have been checking prices on weddings in our ports of call = Jamaica. The prices I have found are similar to the cruise wedding and I would think the settings would be better. But don't know if this is possible because of the time limit.

[NancyN]

From the wedding parties I have witnessed on board, there don't seem to be many cons - other than they have to be performed while the ship is docked in port and then all the guests have to leave before the ship sets sail. I have seen (and heard) many a guest reluctantly leave the ship, wishing that they could stay. Of course if the Bride and Groom invite every one on the honeymoon cruise - then that's another story.

[Karen Knowlton]

I have seen a wedding onboard on a sea day, on Princess. I don't know if the captain was performing the ceremony, but some ship's officer was. As we didn't know anyone in the wedding party, I didn't get any details. I believe Princess is one of very few - perhaps the only - major cruise lines that allow this.

One problem with marrying in one of the ports of call is that anything can happen - weather, mechanical problems, medical emergencies, etc. - that could cause the ship to skip that port. No port - no wedding. For that reason, doing it like Nancy described probably works best.

Unless you hold the wedding at the port of embarkation. Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, New Orleans would be beautiful settings.

David Landry