Newlywedz16

We are sailing on May 6th on the getaway. Did they have lagunita or goose island which Is on that menu posted. I’m hoping they had at least one!

It's not allowing me to post pics. If you leave me your email I can send them to you.

Michelle

Hi Katie! We just got back yesterday from the oasis eastern Caribbean. We got married at sea the third day in. It was just the two of us. We chose Dazzles which I highly recommend. It's a beautiful two story lounge. Instead of walking down the aisle, I walked down the stairs which was beautiful and made for some great pics. Our photographer was Vaniva. She was great! I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of our pics. Very professional. She told us exactly how to pose etc. she had us all over the ship! Very happy with our pics. The captain, Rob married us. Very nice and soft spoken. He was really nice and even stayed afterwards to talk to us. Very personable. I chose the 12 rose ivory bouquet which was very nice and fresh. I only got 11 though. The wedding planner Rose was a young girl from Florida. Very sweet but inexperienced. When I asked her which leg the garter went on, she said I'm not sure. She seemed very nervous. It took 5 min to pin the boutenire on and she broke it. She then said to the photographer oh we can just take it out of the brides bouquet. I was already short one rose! We chose the piano player. That was worth it. They decorate the room with two pillars And very large white floral arrangements which were pretty and not tacky.

Ok the royal wedding dept in Miami....ugh where do I start. An absolute nightmare! Super unorganized and unprofessional. You are assigned one wedding planner. Well, we were passed around to 3 different ones. They lost our info and we had to do one phone call all over again. They would set up a scheduled call and never call. That happened twice. They sent me the wrong couples info. It does take a week for them to get back to you. A couple times I had to resend the email. They would always apologize, which after a while that got annoying. I mean a couple of mess ups is fine but over and over and over?? Not good. I told her I wanted to get my makeup done. She said they don't do that. I spent a lot of money on makeup and watched you tube videos for Weeks to learn how to do it. When I got on the cruise I went to the spa. They asked me why I wasn't getting my make up done. Lol. They recommended it. So I booked for hair and makeup. Russel was my hair and makeup guy and he was pretty good. It was 200 bucks for both. Took 1.5 hours. A little pricey but it's a cruise. They also told me on the phone that I could put my dress in my room as soon as I got on the ship. Yeah that was a lie also. Just remember the people In Miami know nothing!!! Keep that in mind. You have to keep the dress and tux with you until 1:30pm. We walked around w 15 lb dress for 2 hours. The one thing they fail to tell you is that you have VIP access to all the shows except the comedy show. Get there 15 min early and you can get in. We had dinner in 150 Central Park and it was great. Nice romantic restaurant and the food was incredible. Not a huge main entree but we were stuffed at the end. The food in the main dining room is fair. It was my tenth cruise and it was the worst food out of any cruise. We aren't picky either.

When we reviewed the pics, she did try to Upsell like 6 times. It's all about making extra money on this ship. Even russel the hair guy. He tried selling me a 150 dollar face cream. He set his own prices and I feel he overcharged me but I wasn't worried about. Afterall I was getting married in an hour!! I will post pics for you. Please ask me anything. I am happy to help you!! Try to have fun with the planning.

Oh yeah the day of wedding the wedding planner came to my room to help me get dressed. Then the photographer came to the room to start pics in the room and she walked me down to Dazzles. That was nice. Ok I hope this helped!!