Our very own Terranea Resort will be the star of a two-hour special episode of ABC's "The Bachelor" beginning at 8 p.m. Monday.
OK, maybe the resort won't be the star. But the still-new coastal destination will play a supporting role in a show focused on the wedding of Jason Mesnick to Molly Melaney.
Reality TV fans -- not me, sorry -- will recall that Mesnick dumped finalist Melissa Rycroft for runner-up Melaney just after the final episode of the 13th season of "The Bachelor." This is the FIRST EVER wedding coming out of a show designed to marry people off. I'm just sayin'.
Anyway, last weekend, some 300 guests and 150 crew members took over the resort for the taping of the big day.
"It was really very, very exciting. We think that the bride and groom -- while it was a production -- we think that they had a very romantic weddding," said Terri Haack, managing director of the resort. "We were very happy that we were able to create that."
Haack said she and her staff had to sign confidentiality agreements, so she couldn't say much about the show. She did reveal that the event started off during a break in the rainy weather, then it started pouring during the outdoor ceremony.
"They got drenched," she said.
The resort has gotten a ton of press and a big uptick in inquiries since the celebrity event focused the spotlight on Terranea. That's despite a bit of a negative connotation, perhaps, from the citizens arrest of two paparazzi by security guards that Haack said were associated with the production company.
"We have a wedding this weekend. A real wedding," Haack said. "I mean, not that this one wasn't real."
Terranea is the location of several still-secret, upcoming television shows and commercials, she added.
OK, maybe the resort won't be the star. But the still-new coastal destination will play a supporting role in a show focused on the wedding of Jason Mesnick to Molly Melaney.
Reality TV fans -- not me, sorry -- will recall that Mesnick dumped finalist Melissa Rycroft for runner-up Melaney just after the final episode of the 13th season of "The Bachelor." This is the FIRST EVER wedding coming out of a show designed to marry people off. I'm just sayin'.
Anyway, last weekend, some 300 guests and 150 crew members took over the resort for the taping of the big day.
"It was really very, very exciting. We think that the bride and groom -- while it was a production -- we think that they had a very romantic weddding," said Terri Haack, managing director of the resort. "We were very happy that we were able to create that."
Haack said she and her staff had to sign confidentiality agreements, so she couldn't say much about the show. She did reveal that the event started off during a break in the rainy weather, then it started pouring during the outdoor ceremony.
"They got drenched," she said.
The resort has gotten a ton of press and a big uptick in inquiries since the celebrity event focused the spotlight on Terranea. That's despite a bit of a negative connotation, perhaps, from the citizens arrest of two paparazzi by security guards that Haack said were associated with the production company.
"We have a wedding this weekend. A real wedding," Haack said. "I mean, not that this one wasn't real."
Terranea is the location of several still-secret, upcoming television shows and commercials, she added.
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