Wedding Dress on Western Magic??

[sgt. jeff]

My wife and I are renewing our vows and having our two kids in the wedding on Friday night August 27th. We leave for 7 days on the Magic on the 28th. My wife wants to take her wedding dress on the cruise to wear on formal night.....get pictures....and to be able to wear it more than once. Anyone ever done this before?? She also wants my daughter to wear hers. I am trying to talk her out of this....Any advice????

 

[natdencro]

Dont you dare talk her out of it! What better place to have lovely photos taken. We attended a wedding in St. Thomas in March, and have MAGICAL photos of the bride and groom (CM's) on board the ship/tender.

Good luck to you both.Enjoy your special day. Dont forget to have a special meal in Palo: I will tell DD to look out for you, and keep the champagne on ice!Nat

 

[winnyis]

that sounds like an awesome idea...... you should come over to the cruise meets board.. we have a great bunch of people going on the 8/28 Magic.

Here's the link:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=384562&perpage=15&pagenumber=61

Ginny

 

[bridegirl]

We are also doing a VR on the 7 day magic!

Please PM me if you want to talk about it.

Your wife will be gorgoeus in her wedding dress - think of the photos! I would encourage her (and your daughter) to dress up and enjoy the pixie dust.

Susy

 

[TootyJane]

Originally posted by sgt. jeff
My wife and I are renewing our vows ....My wife wants to take her wedding dress on the cruise to wear on formal night.....get pictures....and to be able to wear it more than once. ......I am trying to talk her out of this....Any advice????

I think this is an awesome idea -- don't even think about talking her out of it!! The pictures will be great and the memories fabulous. Go for it.

 

[SchultzFamily]

I completely agree!!! Take the dresses and enjoy those photos!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I wore my wedding dress on my honeymoon cruise, and it was only the 3 day cruise (no 7-day then, and our "real" honeymoon wasn't supposed to be until the next summer when we went to Ireland). I wore it the night we went to Tritons (back when the Magic did 3 and 4 day cruises). Granted it was not a formal wedding dress...sleeveless, cut on the bias, but it was long and did have a little train. How can you tell her no??!!??!! lol

 

[HooKooDooKu]

I'm going to assume that what you ment to say was that you are trying to talk your daughter out of bringing her wedding dress on board in addition to your wife's wedding dress.

If you're trying to keep your wife from taking her dress when she has a perfect excuse for it, then you need a lot more advice.

I can buy the argument that your daughter should not have her wedding dress (unless she is also renewing wedding vows as well).

 

[jennyl772003]

OK, not to rain on anyones parade, but I was married on CC last July. I just wanted to throw out that a wedding dress is VERY cumbersome to travel with. They get very heavy, are difficult to fly with, and take a lot of closet room to store. But if they really want to, I say go for it!

 

[callisa]

I guess the big question is "How big are the dresses?".

If they are big, heavy, beaded dresses I might question it, but if not I say go for it. How many times will they get to wear fancy dresses in everyday life?

Now, maybe it's you who doesn't want to wear his tuxedo?

Lisa

 

[LisaGoeke]

We took an Alaskan honeymoon cruise and I took my wedding dress along and wore it on the first formal night.

Mine was not a big fancy dress with a long train but it was definitely a wedding dress and I was glad I got to wear it more than just a few hours at the wedding/reception.

 

[TheWog]

sounds like sgt.jeff is losing this battle....

 

[HooKooDooKu]

Now, maybe it's you who doesn't want to wear his tuxedo?

Yea, but the "bad" new there is that a 7 day cruise has formal nights in which the guys are supposted wear a tux anyway.

(Disclaimer: Yes of course the guys are not FORCED to rent/wear a tux, but just because the wife doesn't wear the wedding dress doesn't mean she won't expect him to wear a tux ).

 

[ivanova]

Originally posted by TheWog
sounds like sgt.jeff is losing this battle....

I agree

 

[Greysword]

I wouldn't want my fiance to wear her dress on the honeymoon cruise's formal night. It is a more "traditional" dress that is bulky and poofs out (well, I haven't actually seen it, since it is supposed to be bad luck but I have seen others she was looking at). It would be difficult to manage it on the ship, espcially if the ship rocks heavily.

Besides, a wedding dress is more of a uniform than civilian clothing. That is, it is made for a specific purpose. A waitress probably wouldn't wear her outfit on the cruise, and niether would a fireman or policeman. I doubt you will wear your uniform onboard, even though that is more appropriate.

It is fine, IMO, to wear the dress during the ceremony and the reception afterwards, but I think it begs attention by screaming "look at me, I'm more special, everyone notice me!!" at any other time.

Then again, I have not been on the cruise yet, so what do I know. I think I can understand your reasoning, Jeff. Good luck!!!

P.S. I'm awaiting the keel hauling I am sure to get

 

[absame]

Letting the guys chime in, I'm with Greysword, unless your wife's wedding dress is just a regular evening gown that happens to be something close to white. Then again, I've got a tux that I wear regularly to black tie events, but I'm leaving it home. Maybe I'm a snob, but "Disney Black Tie Event" seems like an oxymoron. I want to relax in this trip.

Flame away!

 

[Tibbles98]

I wanted to say first of all, congrats! Secondly, My husband and I renewed our vows on the 12/27/03 Eastern Caribbean and I took my wedding gown with me. I didn't have a fancy wedding the first time (got married at the JP 17 years ago), so I wanted to have a "white wedding" with all the frills. My DH and DS were in tuxes. I was very happy with everything. In one word, it was "Magical". If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Lisa

 

[Greysword]

I agree that if the vow renewal ceremony is on the ship, you should bring the dress and wear it that evening if you desire. If the vow renewal is on shore a few days before the cruise, I would be unconfortable if my fiance did that.

On the other point of the tuxedos, I don't think it is possible to compare wearing a tuxedo to wearing a wedding dress on the formal night of the cruise. Although Tuxes are a part of a wedding ceremony, they are encouraged to be worn by DCL and many cruisers. They are simply a suit that is used for all formal occasions. A wedding dress is gereally worn for a specific event, and would be taboo in society to go to mall, a business party, or a fancy restaurant in a formal decked out wedding gown. Thus, I think it is expected for men to wear a tuxedo on formal night or in palo, and it is expected that women wear a formal dress on these evenings. I could be wrong, however.

Just my perception and thoughts.

 

[sgt. jeff]

I guess I need to defend myself hear just a little bit....It's not that I don't want them to wear them, but it just seemed like a lot of trouble..We are flying out of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, then to Charlotte, then to Orlando. This is our 10th wedding anniversary and we really didn't get a wedding when we got married..DD is 9 and DS is 6...My wife tells me that her dress is not very bulky and she has to pack a dress anyway...She is keeping her dress and my DD dress a secret from me!!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

It was just as easy for me to pack my wedding dress as any other of the dressy dresses I have. Of course I didn't have to worry about air travel. But even if I did, I would have made the same decision (heck I don't lug around the luggage).