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Cassie & John : Wedding Part 1
Cassie & John : Wedding Part 2
Instead of a typical reception, Cassie and John treated their guests (and us!) to a Disney Cruise. Why? Because they are awesome. This may surprise you, but even though I’ve spent my life being a Disney geek, I’d never gone on the Disney Cruise Line!
Our adventure started with this building- Note to 1st timers on the Disney Cruise- If you still have your suitcases by the time you get to this point, go find a cast member! No one took our bags, so we stood out lugging all of our gear and what not through the security check point & then all the way to our room! Now we know. :)
Once we got to the boat and started to explore (my favorite part of the whole cruise experience!), we spotted Shelley from Impressions channeling her inner Kate Winslet. :)
We met up in Cassie and John’s suite for the life vest drill. Nope, you won’t see photos of me in my life vest! ;)
As I mentioned above, Shelley from Impressions was also on the cruise with us. She played wedding coordinator on the trip and worked her tail off arranging group events and dropping off things to the guests’ rooms, like these adorable welcome bags! Each bag had Cassie and John’s wedding logo on the outside and held matching beach towels and water bottles inside. :)
Then we hit the top deck to shoot the bon voyage party. It was freezing and windy, but still super exciting. :)
Seriously… How cute is that photo on the left?!
I didn’t know until our first dinner that we would have the same wait staff every night. Lucky for us, we loved our waiter! :)
The next morning, since we were docked in Nassau, Cassie and John invited their guests to play a straw market game! Everyone met in their suite to draw a name of another wedding guest, kinda like secret Santa.
From there, we all headed out to the Straw Market, where everyone had a $2 budget to shop for the person they were assigned. The tricky thing is you can’t find anything there under $2, so everyone had to haggle with the vendors like champs. Or cheat. ;)
I, in the meantime, did some shopping for my little sister. :)
The newlyweds shared their ginormous suite with some of the wedding party. All of the wedding guests got magnets with their names on it for their door, as shown below, and cute message boards. Kinda made it feel like a grown up summer camp (and let me tell you- I loooooved writing on that message board!) :)
Here are some photos from the gift exchange- Someone got John a hot pink bracelet. :)
On our next cruise, I’ll definitely be hitting Atlantis. For no other reason than the fact that one of my all time favorite movies, Holiday in the Sun, was filmed there. Yes, the Mary Kate and Ashley movie. Shut up.
Nathanial, I love you. <3
This was by far my favorite restaurant on the ship, Animator’s Palate.
After dinner, we caught Toy Story the Musical, which of course, I loved.
The sets were amazing! :)
The only thing that bugs me more than child actors are when adults are cast as children. Like this. No thank you, sir.
Lol this rocked. My favorite might have been the picture of Nate with the birds…birds scare me…they WILL peck your eyes out!! LOVING IT! Makes me wanna cruise!
I’ve been afraid of birds ever since I saw the Alfred Hitchcock movie. :) Have you done a cruise? We wanna do another, this time to just enjoy it!
We just had dinner at a restaurant where the Alfred hitchcock movie, The Birds, was filmed :-) I HATE birds too…once was attacked by a bird who grabbed right onto my hair. Awful. LOVE the photos by the way. I need to find someone who will pay for me to go on a cruise to photograph it!!
That is so fun!! I love that they did a production of Toy Story! I seriously wanna do a Disney cruise now. Oh, and your waiter totally looks like Gilbert Gottfried! Awesome photos as always you two :)
Aww, thanks, Ashley! He could have been Gilbert’s brother- But with a much more pleasing voice! :)
Fantastic pictures!! I loved the freezing one of you and the one of Nate with the birds. Of course the mirror picture is always amazing.
What a great way to celebrate a wedding and the start of your life together. I can’t wait to see more pictures!!
Thank you as always, Tracy! Much more to come this week. :)
Jensey, I love that Mary Kate and Ashley movie as well, every since seeing it that’s always been my honeymoon spot (for when I get married of course)! These pictures are great, I love the work of The Root’s, I feel like I’m living a second life through you. :) Hehe.
I know almost every word of that movie! I don’t know why I love it so much, but I do! So glad you love the photos… It’d make for a wonderful honeymoon! :)
Wow! *Goosebumps!* Thanks for sharing these! Cassie’s idea for the shopping trip was SO thoughtful! How wonderful for her guests. :-) (How do you luck out with amazing clients like this over and over again?!)
I have nooooo idea how we get so lucky! We’re thankful for ALL of our amazing clients. ;)
Oh great! So now, not only do I have to save up for a Disney cruise, I have to save enough to drag you guys along with us (PLEASE!!)!
We’re SO there, Anita!! I’m dying to go on another! :)
How lucky is this couple!? I wish my reception had lasted days and days and days on a cruise ship… with the Roots of course. :)
I knoooooooow! But how lucky were *we* to be the photographers?!
Have to 2nd the Mary Kate and Ashley movie! I’m dying to go to the Atlantis thanks to Holiday in the Sun! Let’s go bust some artefact-smuggling dude! :)
Yes! But only if Nate can be there to serenade me with “Shades of Love!” *cheesy swoooooon!* And we *have* to ride scooters. And throw around phrases like, “He’s what time it is!” ;)
Jensey! Atlantis is one Giant aquarium! Are you sure you want to go??
I knooooow, but it’s from one of my favorite movies! I could at least walk around outside. And visit the lobby. :D
When you want to go to Atlantis, just let me know. My name’s Brianna Wallace, as in the Wallace department store Wallace, and you can totally be my guests.
gah.. I die! Best wedding ever!
wow this looks like so much fun! i am so jealous and it looks like an amazing time. YOU HAVE SO MUCH TALENT! Wish I had an ounce of your photography skills!
Love these pictures! I know this is a super old post but it is so hard to find DCL wedding pics, especially ones as beautiful as yours. I’m getting married on the Disney Dream February 2016 and this just got me so excited!!!