We started the process of booking our wedding aboard the Liberty of the Seas 7 months prior. It took alot of convincing for my fiance to have the wedding this way as it was his first and my second. However I knew from the first time talking with Royal Caribbean's "the wedding experience" staff our choice was the right one without a doubt. We chose the Liberty of the Seas because we wanted the biggest and the best for our special day. I have cruised previously with Royal Caribbean on the Grandeur two times and the Navigator one time. My experience on the last three cruises made our decision very easy to have our wedding with Royal. Royal explained all the packages for our wedding which were very reasonable and in the end saved us thousands of dollars having our cruise wedding. We booked the Symphony package and booked our destination. We were excited!! Since we are Canadian we had to have our marriage record that the Wedding Experience fedexed to us 2 months prior to the wedding notarized by our attorney in Ontario. It was one easy step and we had to do absolutely nothing else. Royal took care of everything.

Prior to Departure. We were given the recommendation of the Marriott Biscayne Bay (Miami) by Royal and it was THE best choice. We had 7 guests plus ourselves fly to Miami and they all enjoyed the hotel immensely. The pool area was fabulous as was the service. The ladies and myself had our hair done in the salon at the Marriott the morning of the wedding and I must say..we looked AWESOME. Our limo was part of our wedding package and it arrived exactly on time and was a lovely white stretch limo. Everything thus far was without a hitch! No bridezilla here!!

The Embarkment Process Wow how easy was this..We arrived at the Port of Miami at 10:30 am with our guests. Our wedding coordinators were there to meet us and gave the sailing guests and non sailing guests the instructions required. Our guests and we were through everything in less than 30 minutes!!! My fiancE and I went with the minister to a quiet place before boarding the ship and went through our vows. They were lovely and were exactly what we had in mind. We were in our cabin by 11:30 am and our wedding was at 1 pm. Our guests (9) in total were able to roam the ship and have a good look around and by the end they wished they were sailing. My fiancE's tux was waiting in our cabin..He got dressed and off he went to meet up with the others. I then proceeded to put on my wedding gown with the assistance of my maid of honor and waiting for the knock on the door by the wedding coordinator at 12:45. The knock came and my stomach did summer saults!! Our wedding was in the skylight chapel at the top of the ship and was so beautiful. The flowers were amazing. As most weddings do...it was over in a flash but how beautiful it was. Percy our photographer gave us amazing memories for the rest of our life. We had a very nice reception in the Cloud 9 lounge. Our non sailing guests left the ship around 4 pm and were very very sad to leave! Our wedding went so smoothly, so stress free and we knew we had the very best wedding ever! The Ship Your jaw drops as soon as you pull up to the port and see the ship that is "yours" for a week. The ship was so magnificent in size it was overwhelming. Inside the layout and decor were stunning. We printed out the deck plans beforehand and we were very glad we did. We could navigate quite easily to find everything we were looking for. The first thing you notice inside the ship was how it was absolutely sparkling clean. Everywhere you looked it was spotless and inviting. There were specific smoking lounges and as a non smoker you could easily avoid these areas. The pools were fabulous but very very busy. It was very hot and they were used every hour on the hour. We enjoyed sipping our pina coladas and watching all the activity. My husband was too sunburnt (or so he says..) to try the Flo Rider but it was so much fun watching the wipe outs and the thrill of it all! Read more