Reviews & Stories

This was our first cruise. We so much fun so we are going again in Feb 2015! This cruise to Grand Turk really changed our marriage so much that we are stronger. God has really made a big difference since we have been home. I would advise anyone who struggles like we have to go on this cruise it will impact your marriage in a good way!!!

In 2011, me and Mike were separated!! Came across this web page with the Love Like You Mean It Cruise information!!! We decided to try one last time in making our marriage work!!! We packed up And gave it all we had!!! We have been every year since!!!! Each year we walk away better!!! This cruise has changed our marriage!!! I am proud to say me and Mike McCammond will be married 15 years in May!!! Not easy but thanks to the tools we have learned on this cruise, We know we will make it another 15 years!!!! I love u Mike!!!!!

We celebrated our tenth anniversary by taking part in the 2014 Love Like You Mean It Cruise! Words cannot fully express how wonderful and romantic the experience was for us. We have both been through divorce previously and have been through some ups and downs in our marriage but the commitment to the marriage covenant is what has kept us together. The statistics for divorce in first marriages are horrible at about 50% -- the statistics for divorce in second marriages are even worse, but God has helped us defy the statistics and kept us together. Opportunities like the Love Like You Mean It Cruise and programs like Family Life Today make a difference. We thoroughly enjoyed the sessions each day on the cruise with phenomenal speakers! Ron Deal's 4 Pillars of Stepparent Success was especially good for us. The concerts we attended and comedy and "Moms' Night Out" Movie Premiere were all so much a blessing and entertaining! The dining was exceptionally good. Grand Turk Island was beautiful. We will not wait another ten years to do this again!

The trip of a lifetime! What an amazing experience of spending 4 wonderful days together, just my husband and I ! This was our very first marriage cruise and we couldn't have been happier! The first day on board we sat down and circled all the events we wanted to attend because we didn't one to miss one thing! Not only did we have an awesome experience it gave us so much un-interrupted time because with 5 children that rarely happens! We were able to be just husband and wife for those 4 days. It definitely re-newed our love for each other and for God! Mission Accomplished!!! We will be going again!

This was our third LLYMIC, but this year we came as part of the service team. We were blessed to be a part of the team delivering these amazing chocolate bars and the other goodies each night. What fun my husband and I had racing down the hallways laughing and hanging the gift bags on the doorknobs. It was like being one of Santa's elves! What a FUN way to be the hands and feet of Jesus! We'd have couples stop us periodically and ask what we were leaving the next night. We'd have to tell them it was even a surprise to us, but they wouldn't be disappointed. We were blessed to reconnect with a couple we met during year two's cruise. We were blessed by the shear number of couples that went from weary to refreshed after just a couple days onboard. Yes, as part of the welcoming team, we saw just about everyone come up the gangplank. What a joy it was to see smiles and peaceful countenances spread like wildfire! This included the ship's crew members. I could write a short book about the conversations I had with several crew members who weren't married who were still blessed by the LLYMIC. To God be the glory for giving that crew a vacation they won't soon forget! A funny note about these chocolate bars: The single (not married) members of Nicole C. Mullens' band were sharing cabins. I spoke with one of the gentlemen during our afternoon in the waters at Grand Turks. After asking him what he was enjoying and would take back to share with his girlfriend, he told me that his roommate had eaten both chocolate bars, and were still trying to decide what to do with the oil and lotion. I told him to use the oil/lotion on their feet. I told him what our nightly job was, and said I'd see about getting him some more chocolate. Sshhh...yeah, that was special treatment, but I figured they deserved for having to watch all these married couples love on each other! ;) Later that evening, I delivered my husband and my unopened bars to their cabin. We were planning to eat them later, but since I couldn't find the extra box of bars I gave ours away. I'll never forget the smile on his roommate's face when I told him they could SHARE these too, but to make sure they ALL got a piece. I told him if they wanted more then they needed to bring their WIVES back next year! One member is engaged, and the gentleman I spoke with was planning on "popping the question" soon. God loves to give us good gifts, so hopefully I'll see them next year onboard having to give up the BIG piece of chocolate to their wives!

Amazing, powerful way to spend time making our marriage a priority. We celebrated our 10 year Anniversary on the cruise. Ballroom dancing under the stars, snorkeling in incredible turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Learning the tools to make our marriage better with Alex Kendrick and Gary Chapman. Worshiping together with thousands of fellow believers to the music of Building 429, Nicole C. Mullen, amazing. The time spend together was irreplaceable, I can not imagine a better way to have fun and build up your marriage in a better way.

My wife had dreamed of going on a cruise since grade school when she first watched "The Love Boat" on TV. To be honest, after serving in the Navy I had no desire to ever get on a ship again. The Love Like You Mean It Cruise totally changed my perspective. We have been married for 27 years, have four daughters, three grandkids and 2 more grandkids on the way. Our youngest daughter had just left the nest so I wanted to surprise my wife with a special vacation for just the two of us. That's when I heard about the 2014 Love Like You Mean It Cruise on Family Life Radio. The cruise exceeded my wife's and my expectations. Uplifting speakers and entertainers, outstanding food and accommodations, meeting other like minded couples were all part of what made this such a great time, but most of all it was the uninterrupted time we had to spend together for each other. Don't get me wrong, I love my children and my grandkids... but it had been a long time since my wife and I done something together alone. Needless to say I was the first one to suggest before the cruise was over that we had to reserve a spot on the 2015 cruise.

God has great things in his word about your marriage. This was our 2nd year this year. Your marriage needs this no matter where you are in your marriage. We are married 19 years in June. We didn't have anything going on one way or the other, but after the first cruise we enjoy each other again. Over the years you misplace your fun gene, Go find it!! We are even dating again.

We met Laura Story and her family and friends on the ship. She and her group were across the hall from us. She was was one of the sweetest people that we have met. I met Bone Hampton on Grand Turk island.