How desperate is Scientology to get your wedding to its cruise ship? Tony Ortega Dec 28, 2025

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A year ago in September, Mike Rinder at his blog wrote up a funny piece about how desperate Scientology must be to get its members to come to its floating cathedral in the Caribbean, the cruise ship Freewinds.

We love this opening paragraph from Mike’s piece…

The history of the Freewinds has been relegated to the “we don’t talk about that” category like Mary Sue Hubbard, where’s Shelly? what Briefing Course? And so many other inconveniences we don’t talk about any more.
The inconvenient truth about the Freewinds that Mike was referring to is that it was purchased for one reason, as a place where Scientologists would have to go to receive the ultimate step on the “Bridge to Total Freedom,” the auditing level Operating Thetan Level Eight.

But as Mike pointed out, not enough Scientologists spend the big bucks to do OT 8 on the ship, and so the barge has to offer other experiences to get lesser mortals to come and shell out money so the vessel can keep sailing.

The example that Mike had found last year was that there was a dirt-cheap $750 wedding option for the couple that wanted to tie the knot on the high seas…

They are offering a “wedding package” for the low, low price of $750 — for a cake, sparkling grape juice and some flowers. What a deal!
Mike sure seemed right, it did appear to be an offer that was coming from desperation.

And we mention it because Alex Barnes-Ross sent us another offer that the Freewinds is making, and it’s for a much bigger party than just a bride and groom.

Take a look at this deal for a wedding party of forty, and all of things that come with it…

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