Hornblower Cruises & Events

Amazing wedding for a reasonable cost. Everyone was so impressed and loved the venue. The staff was also so helpful, professional and fun. The food was top notch, the DJ was amazing and the service excellent!

Adventures At Sea was wonderful to work with! For the majority of my engagement, I was out of state going to college. They were wonderful helping me plan from so far away, and very flexible in working with me when I was home from school on breaks or special trips specifically for the wedding. They were great!

We had both our Wedding Ceremony and Reception were aboard the yacht, The Wild Goose, which is owned by Hornblower Cruises and Events. My first coordinator was named Leah Manley. She was friendly and helpful...when I could get her. She left the company midway through my planning and the lead coordinator, Leah Bernstein, took over. She was amazing. She followed through on everything, and, since I live across country, she was good at handling things remotely and troubleshooting logistics. One good example was explaining over the phone how I wanted the seating arranged- she totally got it. The only downfall is, as a manager, she wasn't there for the sailing. We had a girl named London or Sydney or something. She was delightful, only we had experienced a very tragic family emergency that day and we really needed some one a little more dynamic, I think.

Hornblower's food was so good, I can't even begin to explain. We did an option of chicken marsala or filet mignon. All 85 came out perfectly. Every aspect of the food was delicious; the salad and dressing (maple walnut vinaigrette,) the steamed spring vegetables. Their staff on board was courteous and quick.

Although I didnt book my wedding with Adventures At Sea I still wanted to share my great experience with them. I think I looked at every yacht in Orange County. I had a consultation with Jennifer. She was fantastic. I was very pleased with her professionalism. We really liked the yacht, but still had some looking around to do. Jennifer offered to hold our date WITHOUT any money down. I do not know of any other place that is willing to do that. Just the small amount of time that I spent with her I know I would have been very pleased with Adventures At Sea.

The only thing I have to say is that I really loved my wedding but if I was to do it all over again I would have researched more companies and other boats. Now looking at other yachts from other companies and how clean and modern they look I wish I would have done better research and not rushed. I loved the layout of our boat (Endless Dreams). But I have now seen more boats with even better layouts. I loved our wedding coordinator Jennifer. She was sweet but advice to all brides who receive a coordinator with a package get a DOC for yourself. Jennifer was not there the day of our wedding. We had another girl who was a sweetie and tried her best but she didn't know all the details like Jennifer. This makes a huge difference. I didn't like my DJ. I loved the florist and I loved the bakery that came with my package. I loved my captain. Although no one could hear the ceremony because there was no microphone even though I was told there would be on. This was a big disappointment. Another advice is if you choose the boat I was on-don't it so far away from everyone-that layout is weird and you feel really disconnected from your guests. Having a wedding on a boat was one of my best decisions! Everyone had a blast and it was beautiful. Its different then your usual hotel weddings and my guests are still talking about what a great time they had. My husbands bosses loved it so much they had their company Christmas party on a yacht as well (from another company).

This is a fun venue to work with! Cruise around the harbors of Newport beach while enjoying excellent food and ambiance. The staff was fantastic and only added to the experience.