CaliMermaid
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2014
Trip Report- Day 3 Castaway Cay, Part 1
I woke up to the sound of the phone ringing at 7 a.m. on wedding day. It was Brent, the wedding coordinator. I had left a note about our cake topper which the groom's brother made for was which was not in my possession at our meeting on Day 1. Also, he still needed our CD. Don't forget to bring these items to the legal ceremony or you too will get the 7 a.m. wakeup call. When I hung up the phone, I laid in bed and contemplated who was to be murdered for buying me shots in Evolution the night before. We grabbed breakfast in Enchanted Garden, trying to avoid seeing people knowing how much we had to do. Breakfast was good, but I would recommend not deviating from your cruise morning routine on wedding day. Like training for a triathlon, do nothing new on race day. The newness of it just added to the nerves. Would the waiter ever return with my cranberry juice? Would the family at the next table who saw me receive the cranberry juice stop explaining to their 5-year-old son what a UTI was? None of this would have happened at Cabanas.
After breakfast, we returned to the room to get dressed. There was a knock on the door about once every five minutes, so I put my mother on door duty and sent the groom off with the groomsmen. My sister came in to start taking pictures. The wedding coordinators dropped off the floral and came by at least two additional times to verify details. The flower girl and her mother stopped in. My grandmother stopped in. A little after nine, my bridesmaids returned from their hair appointments. I had extensions so I hadn't needed a hair appointment. They demanded that I put on additional makeup (thank God)--it was so light in the pictures. I'll digitally enter it in later. The wedding coordinators called the room several times to inquire about missing guests (including groom and groomsmen). Some had taken it upon themselves to go down to the gangway. Just realize that a good 20% of those you travel with will ignore all printed information and plan accordingly.
I am including some photos here. All are unedited proofs, but we agreed to do the photoshopping (later), since my sister took the pictures and hubby is an Art Director.
I woke up to the sound of the phone ringing at 7 a.m. on wedding day. It was Brent, the wedding coordinator. I had left a note about our cake topper which the groom's brother made for was which was not in my possession at our meeting on Day 1. Also, he still needed our CD. Don't forget to bring these items to the legal ceremony or you too will get the 7 a.m. wakeup call. When I hung up the phone, I laid in bed and contemplated who was to be murdered for buying me shots in Evolution the night before. We grabbed breakfast in Enchanted Garden, trying to avoid seeing people knowing how much we had to do. Breakfast was good, but I would recommend not deviating from your cruise morning routine on wedding day. Like training for a triathlon, do nothing new on race day. The newness of it just added to the nerves. Would the waiter ever return with my cranberry juice? Would the family at the next table who saw me receive the cranberry juice stop explaining to their 5-year-old son what a UTI was? None of this would have happened at Cabanas.
After breakfast, we returned to the room to get dressed. There was a knock on the door about once every five minutes, so I put my mother on door duty and sent the groom off with the groomsmen. My sister came in to start taking pictures. The wedding coordinators dropped off the floral and came by at least two additional times to verify details. The flower girl and her mother stopped in. My grandmother stopped in. A little after nine, my bridesmaids returned from their hair appointments. I had extensions so I hadn't needed a hair appointment. They demanded that I put on additional makeup (thank God)--it was so light in the pictures. I'll digitally enter it in later. The wedding coordinators called the room several times to inquire about missing guests (including groom and groomsmen). Some had taken it upon themselves to go down to the gangway. Just realize that a good 20% of those you travel with will ignore all printed information and plan accordingly.
I am including some photos here. All are unedited proofs, but we agreed to do the photoshopping (later), since my sister took the pictures and hubby is an Art Director.