16 Dream Weddings on 16 Incredible Islands of the Bahamas

Today is the day that we have all been waiting on, May 16, 2012.

This is the day that 16 winning United kingdom couples will have their dream wedding simultaneously on 16 incredible islands of the Bahamas after winning the Bahamas 16 Weddings Invitation promotion.

The promotion was intended to focus on the diversity of the Islands of the Bahamas and highlight each island's unique characteristic and experience offered to  vacationers.

Here is a snapshot of the 16 islands and the winning couples that will be having their dream wedding on the islands.

GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND - Mary Gleeson and James Potter of Whitfield, Dover will have their wedding ceremony on the ocean floor with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in attendance. With their "ENCHANTED ENCOUNTER" themed wedding and will honeymoon at the Grand Lucayan resort

ACKLINS - Louise Murfin and Steven Bennett of Huddersfield, Yorkshire will be saying ‘I do’ in their "GOLDEN GROVE ROMANCE " themed wedding  on a secluded powdery whites sand beach with the sun shining overhead.   They will then honeymoon at Ivel’s intimate guest house.

ANDROS - Helena Hewett and Jonathan Briley of London will take the plunge  with their "LOVE IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA" themed wedding at the island's most famous Blue Hole, Captain Bill’s Blue Hole and later honeymoon at Kamalame Cay.

BIMINI- Karén Minns and Kane Nelson from Leeds  will have their "LOST IN YOUR EMBRACE"  underwater themed wedding were Hemingway wrote "Island in the Stream" saying ‘I do’ beneath an bridal arch and honeymooning at Bimini Bay Resort.

CAT ISLAND - Joanna Wicenciak and Peter Dennis of Scunthorpe, will have the "Top of the World" themed wedding will take place at the The Hermitage, a medieval-style chapel located at the highest point on Cat Island, Mt Alvernia. The couple will then honeymoon at Fernandez Bay Village, Cat Island.

SAN SALVADOR - Teresa Maria Gilarranz Pena and Tarik Demnati of London will be retracing the steps of Christopher Columbus when they say ‘I do’ in their "LANDFALL ELEGANCE" wedding theme at historic spot that Columbus is said to have first landed in the New World, using the white-stone cross at San Salvador’s Landfall Monument, as their altar. They will honeymoon at Riding Rock Resort and Marina.

THE ABACOS - Carla Nevill and Daniel Coote of Baldock, Hertfordshire will celebrate their "LIGHT UP MY LIFE" theme wedding against the backdrop of an iconic candy-striped Elbow Cay lighthouse.  One of the last two manually operated kerosene lighthouses in the islands of the Bahamas. The couple will be staying in the honeymoon cottage at the Firefly Sunset Resort in Hope Town.

MAYAGUANA - Claire Wilcox and James Williams of York, will say ‘I do’ in their "MONUMENTAL LOVE" themed wedding at the historic monument commemorating the landing of the first rocket that would take colour photos of Earth in 1959. On the only island in the Bahamas still bearing the name given to it by its earliest inhabitants.  The couple will be spending their honeymoon at the Baycaner Beach Resort.

CROOKED ISLAND - Felicity Carpenter and Andrew Webb Amesbury, Salisbury will have their "SEASHELL BEAUTY" themed wedding walking up an aisle decked with local seashells on a pristine white sand beach to a gazebo on the waterfront, at Tranquillity on the Bay Resort, where they will also be staying for their honeymoon.

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