Dear Captain Arnold,

Please accept my apologies for this long overdue note.

You officiated our civil ceremony aboard the Disney Magic in NYC on September 12, 2012 before we sailed off to the Canadian Maritimes. Having had a more formal wedding ceremony scheduled to be held at sea the following day, my husband Rafael and I were expecting a quick conversation and license signing while in port to make everything official without much fanfare.

However, we were so pleasantly surprised! We are so grateful to Disney for having invited you on board to officiate because we experienced so much more than what we expected. Your gentle and humorous manner made us feel at ease and prepared to receive and recite the meaningful vows that you had for us. Our kids, my daughter especially, still mention the little animal sculptures that appeared as if by “magic” from the string of beads in your pocket. You certainly made our wedding ceremony a memorable event that we will never forget. Many thanks for the photographs and the beautiful copy of the vows we shared that promptly arrived in our mailbox shortly after we came home from our sailing. Any couple would be fortunate to have you join them in marriage and we hope to retain you in the future when we renew our vows (this time sans the Mickey and Minnie Mouse ears)!

Sincerely,
Carol & Rafael DeJesus

Dear Captain Arnold,

Your presentation of our wedding vows/ceremony was beyond exceptional and we were pleasantly surprised at your words of wisdom after we exchanged our vows. We highly appreciate your encouragement and would highly recommend and refer your outstanding services and we hope to see you again when we renew our vows on our next Royal Caribbean cruise.

Warm Regards,
Steve & Susan Takacs

Dear Captain Arnold,

We hope you are doing well. Our apologies for not getting to this sooner. Sean and I would like to thank you once again for the beautiful wedding ceremony you performed on August 11, 2012 aboard the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas.

Words cannot explain how touching your ceremony was. We both loved every word you had to say and listened very carefully. We noticed how your words didn’t override our personal vows that we had written for each other. Your words complimented ours perfectly! It was as though you had known us for years. We have many moments throughout the ceremony and reception that include you that we will never forget.

We have received a lot of feedback from our guests. They were entertained by you and couldn’t tell us enough about how much they enjoyed your ceremony. We couldn’t be happier with the outcome of our wedding. You have certainly helped give us the wedding of our dreams! Married life has been better than we could’ve ever imagined.

Thanks again for everything. You made us feel very special on our big day. 🙂

Yours truly,
Kristen and Sean Dunne