Walk along behind a ships rail and in front of a authentic looking ships backdrop complete with portholes to gaze through. This is the perfect opportunity for photos.

Carry your theme right on through to your buffet with this ship shaped buffet table with balloon smoke stacks and accent lights.

Then further customize your event by naming your buffet boat!

With this event, it was important to the host that the guests interact with each other and actually feel like they had visited all the places that you would go to while taking a cruise.

We accomplished this by setting up different areas within the room that were reminiscent of specific activities that you would do or places that you would visit while on a cruise. Imagine walking on the beach collecting seashells, dancing the night away to great music on a fabulous dance floor, scuba diving off the coast of an exotic island, standing on deck of the boat looking over the rail.

These are events that can easily be duplicated for your themed event.

We created an indoor beach complete with photo mural backdrop, sand, shells, and birds! Guests were able to stand on the beach and have their picture taken.

Fish netting adds flare to your table tops!

We try to choose centerpieces that are out of the ordinary. We dare to be different.

We carried the theme throughout the entire event by using nautical props and decor as centerpieces on the tables. These nautical figurines, sand and shells were just perfect.

Varying heights in your centerpiece designs can offer dimension in your room.

Tropical flowers make for exotic centerpieces! These vases contained tropical fish that dazzled guests while they dined.

This walk through under water scene created a great photo op for guests and great fun. Scuba masks and chalk boards were made available for guests to put on and pretend to be swimming with the fish on the bottom of the ocean. This made for some great pictures

More nautical props such as palm trees, pier pilons, fish netting, anchors, floats and birds were used around the room to create a nautical atmosphere.

Captain's hats and sailor gobs were also provided for guests to wear and enjoy!

A great room needs great entertainment as well. The Johnny Dollar Band provided great beach music for the guests to dance the night away on a dance floor trimmed with nautical props.

Tall cocktail tables surrounded the dance floor to allow additional lean-to eating space for guests and added dimension to the space.