Which princess staff usually attend a meet & greet

[Colo Cruiser]

How are the "invitations" handled....

 

 

We printed up some nice ones and gave them to the CD.

We have given them to the Pursers desk too.

[Avalon35]

On the Jan 2-9 Crown Princess, the captain and the cd came to our meet and greet. The CD also bought a round of drinks. We were a small group that showed up, but enjoyed the time they spent with us and the information they shared. I guess it is different on every ship. Or how busy they are. :)

[cacy6893076]

colo: you might (defintely) would have to make a special precruise request but a real show-stopper would be Martin Hall.......side splitting laughter. Keep it on the back-burner for when you really want some Entertainment, he sacrifices his own posture for a laugh and is also charming but alarming in his own british way terms of candid-ness ....hopefully you can pull the rabbit out of your hat!

[Cruisin' Chick]

It seems it varies from ship to ship (due to the staff). When working on our meet and greet for my last cruise, I got the email address for the CD from another roll call. The CD replied and said he would set a couple up for us (he flaked on the first one). He put a notice in the Patters for the Cruise Critic meeting, including "for registered members." He didn't show up, but one of his staff did with a champagne bottle to pour for us. Only one passenger showed up who had never posted on our roll call; he did admit to lurking.

[Miss Jolly]

On our Diamond cruise Bangkok to Whittier last year we had The Captain, The CD and I think the deputy CD.

On Holland Americ Rotterdam we had The Captain, The CD and the Hotel Manager. They in particular were quite intrigued WHY we are called Cruise CRITIC - feeling that it was a very negative name for what usually turns out to be very positive people. Must say - I tend to agree;)

On our cruises, I found those who attended genuinely seemed happy to be there mingling with the passengers and listening to various opinions on all sorts of subjects.