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Krystal and Ben met ~five years ago at a small Christian college in Pittsburgh. Ben was a football player and Krystal a cheerleader. :) Ben’s family is from the west coast and Krystal’s is from the east coast. Since half of their guests would have to travel to a wedding regardless, Krystal and Ben decided to make it exciting and have a wedding on the Disney Cruise Line. I think they made the perfect decision, and it was so fun to document their adventure!

The day of their engagement session happened to also be Krystal’s birthday! And I just have to put it out there that Krystal is the one bride I’ve ever bonded with over mutual love for Mary Kate and Ashley’s Holiday in the Sun! It’s because of the movie she wanted to spend her birthday going to Atlantis, and I was totally jealous.

Krystal and I basically spent most of her session discussing how Holiday in the Sun is the most underrated film of our generation. Yep, I went there. ;)

Love all the color in Krystal’s dress! :)

We had to be back at the boat by a certain time so Krystal and Ben could go swim with dolphins, so we hoofed it to this awesome location Krystal found called the Queen’s Staircase.

Glad you found your “he’s what time it is,” Krystal. ;)

The wedding adventure continues tomorrow with our first-ever ceremony at Castaway Cay!

Are you sure you’re ready for this? Make sure you’re all caught up!

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.