by Molly Tully

January 7, 2009

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Expert tips on how to manage your cruise ship weddings.

Departing from Bayonne:

Celebrity cruises features deck weddings, where you can get married al fresco under white wedding canopies. Their Test the Waters package allows you to tour the ship prior to your wedding. Packages, which include ceremony, coordinator, flowers, cake, champagne, and photo services for up to 150 nonsailing guests, start at $32 per person. Additional perks include invitations, wedding parasols, couple’s massages, and flower petals sprinkled on your bed at turndown. 866-535-2352; celebritycruises.com.

royal caribbean’s wedding ceremony packages start at $1,995 for a ceremony, complete with officiant, coordinator, flowers, music, wine, chocolate-covered strawberries, and photo services. Receptions start at $32 per person, with a maximum of 75 nonsailing guests. Extras include video packages, hair and makeup, stationery, favors, ice carvings, and tuxedos. Add adventure to your vows with their Explorer Weddings by getting married at a rock wall or ice rink. 888-933-7225; royalcaribbean.com.

Departing from new york: carnival cruises Packages, starting at $1,850, include officiant, bouquet and matching boutonniere, wedding cake, champagne toast, and photography services. They can arrange everything from a simple open bar and hors d’oeuvres reception to a formal sit-down dinner in one of the ship’s formal restaurants, with a maximum of 50 nonsailing guests per wedding. 800-933-4968; carnival.com

princess cruises For $1,600, you’ll get get married with an officiant, flowers, music, cake, and champagne. Extras include invitations, spa services, video, tuxedos, and ice sculptures. Receptions start at $21 per person. Live wedding cams in shipboard chapels share your day with friends and family members who couldn’t make it. 866-444-8820; princess.com.

norwegian cruise lines offers a wedding coordinator, music, white rose bouquet, matching boutonniere, private website, cake, champagne, and spa services. Cocktail receptions start at $24 per person, and sit-down receptions start at $48 per person, for up to 75 nonsailing guests. 800-392-3472; ncl.com.
 

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