We were recently married on the Queen Mary, May 12, 2007. I have to start with saying the ship does provide a BEAUTIFUL and UNIQUE setting for a ceremony and reception. We had tons and tons of compliments on it. But if our guests knew what we had to endure over the course of a year to make that ceremony happen..... I don't even know where to begin. Let's start with a direct quote from the Manager of Catering and Weddings "The ship has had such a high turn over of coordinators due to incompetence, your wedding file has been mismanaged and is upside down."
In their defense, they did give us a 5% discount after I went completely berzerk and demanded a discount due to the fact we were trapped since we couldn't make changes 2 months before the wedding and felt their incompetence wasn't worth their full fee. An example: Literally 2 minutes before the ceremony I found out this so called Manager of Catering and Weddings didn't even know I had a cd with instructions on what the wedding party and I (the bride) were walking down the aisle too. I had to send my Matron-of-Honor frantically to find the cd and give it to the sound technician. seconds before we were to walk down the aisle. She was at our rehearsal. There was no excuse for her to not know that or had that taken care of. I still can't believe I, the bride, was frantically wedding planning before I walked down the aisle. My groom even had to give her directions shortly before the ceremony on how to get the groomsmen and ring bearers down the aisle when we had just rehearsed it 2 days prior. She didn't write down a thing. And to top things all off, she called my minister (who was a friend with dread-locks and a ceremony I wrote who only became ordained to marry us) the following Saturday at 4:00 begging him to come do a ceremony at 5:00 because she "forgot to tell the Captain of the ship he had a ceremony that day, the captain wasn't there & she had no one to marry the couple). Something to consider.
Pros: Gorgeous, unique setting, good food
Cons: incompetent wedding planners & expensive parking
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