Princess Cruises, the setting of the original Love Boat series, is offering whole ships for charter for lavish wedding parties
I thought my lucky day had come yesterday when a van arrived with a huge bunch of red roses and a card sticking out of the top saying 'Marry me'. Sadly (or happily, as the roses are beautiful), it was a promotion from Princess Cruises advertising the company's new wedding brochure.
Tie the Knot with Princess Cruises is actually a handy little guide, with prices for the various wedding packages on board and a countdown from 12 months to the actual day, as well as a chart of the many ports the cruise line visits, detailing the wedding options, prices, legalities and locations. I was especially taken with the idea of a glacier in Alaska or a winery in Santorini.
What really caught my eye, though, was the idea of a sole charter of a Princess ship. For around £10 million ($20 million), you can have the whole vessel, just you, your beloved and 3,000 of your closest friends, attended by 1,200 staff. As this many wouldn't fit into the intimate wedding chapel that's a feature of Princess ships, the ceremony, which is conducted by the Captain, can be broadcast on the giant Movies Under the Stars screen by the ship's pool on six of the vessels in the fleet.
It's a nice idea, particularly if you want to avoid paparazzi, although personally I wouldn't fancy having 3,000 people who knew me tagging along on my honeymoon.
