What a lovely boat and nice venue on the Carolina Girl. Just enjoyed a wedding on the boat but wanted to share a few tidbits for brides to be aware of.
The boat is actually docked about 1/4 mile away from the dock which is a very long walk, esp...ecially in high heels or with elderly guests with disabilities. We were expecting a small boat to ride us to the big boat, by the time we got on the boat most were sweating, feet hurting and elderly verging on heat exhaustion. Once onboard we were greating by Captain Bob who was very nice to all. The dining room was beautiful, flowers exquisite but if your looking for the perfect finihsing touches just be aware.
We sat down at a table serving Chinet from Wallmart, Linen on the tables with plastic pic forks and Knives. It was weird because our entree was Filet Mignon and after I broke and snapped two forks trying to cut into that steak, I gave up eating my meal, my boyfriend tried to the same avail, and took his steak and pierced it and ate it with his hands. The caterer should have been aware not to serve this using plastic and it just made the whole gorgeous spread look painfully tacky. The Boat itself is clean and orderly, and the staff working that evening was very nice. However, another thing I noticed when getting off the boat (Which was very hurried) at 10PM is that the Brides mother was told by the wedding planner she would have her things off the boat and on the dock. Now when you pay a wedding planner to do a wedding one would assume, she would execute the end of the evening taking care of this. Brides parents had a bus waiting on all guests and they needed to get us guests back to our hotels, mom and dad did just that. However all the Gifts/ cards/ items for family and florist were left unattended at the dock near the boat. The parents had to go back and retrieve all items with nobody watching guard of any of their items. This could have been stolen so easily. What was said is that "There are Wheelbarrows for you to put your stuff on to schlep all the way back 1/4 mile to your car. You would think after spending a lot of money for this sort of venue they could have at least offered a better solution than that. As a guest, I enjoyed it so much but If I had been the parents of the bride and groom I would have been FURIOUS. You can not change what happened the event is over and will not happen again so there is no second chances here. So If you decide to choose this venue be certain to work thru what is mentioned here.
Concept is great, it needs to be fine tuned and more attention to details.