Hi AllieH, Thank you for your reply. So the ceremony will last about 15 minutes, the signing last about 10 minutes. If i am doing sand ceremony or some sort of ceremony, maybe another 5- 10 minutes, so I don't think the ceremony last more than 35 minutes. The dock of the cruise is actually inside the resort, so I assume at most 10 minutes to walk there from the ceremony location. The wedding planner is kind enough to have the cruise leaving from 5pm instead of 4:30pm. I dont think I will host the 1 hour reception another day, because the resort is offering me a pre-celebration/ rehersal welcome dinner as well which will take place the first or second we we arrive. I am not sure how big the cruise is, but the planner said that it can host about 100 people so it is pretty big, my group is about 30. There should be space to dance but i am not sure how comfortable we are dancing on the cruise without practice. However, the bride /groom entrance to the cruise is quite cool though i have seen some photos. so maybe 3:00 Ceremony 3:30 - 3:50 - group photos 3:50 - 4:50 - 1 hour reception with hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, entrance, dances here? or speeches here? 4:50 - 5:00 docking the boat - inside the boat, change to another gown? 5:00- 7:00 sunset catamaran cruise - dance? more speeches perhaps? ... 7:00 - 8:30 - change, have dinner in resort restaurant (split) 9:00 resort pub - dance through the night what do you or other girls think here?