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Make Your Wedding One Of A Different Kind
A wedding is a blissful and very special event in ones life - and preparing it, such as designing the invitations, choosing the menu, and which colours might create a nice atmosphere, can be an enjoyable task. But still, there are a lot of other things to be organized as well, like the budgeting, hiring a minister, and arranging for entertainment. So the wedding may unavoidably mean a stressful time as well.
Maybe you haven't thought of it yet since it is an extraordinary idea, but a wedding aboard a cruise ship could be very convenient. In case you would like to easily organize a wedding which includes everything, the ceremony, the reception and your honeymoon, while still not exceeding your financial possibilities, setting it on a cruiser is an attractive option. A lot of cruise lines are equipped for organizing a wedding on board and will take care of all the relevant measures. The wedding planner, who is responsible for the organization, can cost around a few thousand dollars, but with a little luck you can find offers for a slightly simpler, but still wonderfully arranged and impressive wedding on board for less for than a thousand dollars. And do not forget that this price includes your honeymoon vacation on a luxury cruise ship as well.
Of course nobody expects that all of your wedding guests will get a cruise ticket and come sailing around the world to celebrate your wedding with you. So the cruise lines let your guests come on board for the ceremony and stay at the reception for a couple of hours afterwards. Sometimes you can choose if you want to stay in the port or go out on the water during the wedding. Still, often the ship will not leave the port since it might get difficulties with the marriage license and the question whether the marriage took place on the country's territory or on international waters.
The cruise lines will do their best to arrange a wedding that you will love to remember. Cruise lines which offer wedding packages at very reasonable prices - especially when you think of what they include - are the Carnival Cruises, Princess Cruises and Disney Cruises. With Princess Cruises you can even get packages that will make the bride and the groom feel like a princess and prince before the wedding and arrange a lot of extras like romantic live music with stringed instruments, flowers and candles to make your wedding truly an event that you, your loved one and all your guests never will forget.
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Carnival Cruise Lines next week will return to sailing from Galveston, Texas, just seven weeks after Hurricane Ike devastated the city. The company’s two Galveston-based ships, the Ecstasy and the Conquest, began using Houston’s port for their ...
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The Miami-based company, formally known as Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., is the world's second largest cruise line behind its neighbor Carnival Cruise Lines. The company reported a net income of $633 million in fiscal 2006. Under the brands Royal ...
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NEW ORLEANS - Carnival Cruise Lines has diverted two of its ships to New Orleans until damage to the Port of Galveston can be assessed. The Carnival Conquest and the Carnival Ecstasy will both disembark passengers in New Orleans instead of Galveston ...
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