DonnaK Posted January 2, 2015 Author #2251 Share Posted January 2, 2015 We too are awaiting to see who will be CD on the Allure in March. We enjoyed Joff Eaton last year on the Independence, so we would be happy if they extended him another month on the Allure (although I do not know if he would be happy about an extension).;) It's unlikely. In March, .Joff will be preparing Anthem for take-out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopschick Posted January 2, 2015 #2252 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Is Jerome Sueur fun? Were leaving this Saturday.. Woohoo I was on Allure B2B in November and thought he was great ... lots of energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs723 Posted January 2, 2015 #2253 Share Posted January 2, 2015 It's unlikely. In March, .Joff will be preparing Anthem for take-out What about Ken? Possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 2, 2015 Author #2254 Share Posted January 2, 2015 What about Ken? Possibility? No, Ken will also be prepping for the Anthem takeout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99florida Posted January 2, 2015 #2255 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Adventure OTS - Clo O'Connor started April 21 through sometime in July (exact end date unknown at this time), then Drew Devine will be joining Adventure in July Allure OTS - Ken Rush started April 21 for 4 months, then Allan Brooks Brilliance OTS - Keith Willams through July 16. Steve Davis returns from his break on July 16th for the handover, and will take over as regular CD of Brilliance through mid-November when the ship goes back to Tampa. Enchantment OTS - John Blair started Jan 14, then Marc Walker from June 7 - Nov. 25 Explorer OTS - Leigh Xuereb returned as the regular CD of Explorer on April 7. John Blair will be covering Leigh's break in early August through early October (exact dates are not yet known) Freedom OTS - Richard Spacey began as the regular CD of Freedom on April 14 Grandeur OTS - John Perry is filling in for Jimmy Rhodes, who was moved over to Mariner as an emergency fill-in there. Jimmy should be back as the regular CD of Grandeur soon (exact date unknown) Independence OTS - Joff Eaton returns May 26 through September 7. Jewel OTS - Carly Boileau from March 21 through sometime in July (exact date unknown), then Dennis Charles (Dennis Sciortino) from sometime in July through sometime in Sept (exact dates unknown), then Carly is back in September (exact date unknown) Legend OTS - Mercedes Fuentes started May 4 Liberty OTS - Rich Edwards started March 21 Majesty OTS - Mitch Merucci started on May 17 for 8 weeks. Mariner OTS - Jimmy Rhodes started May 19 Navigator OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo started April 21 Oasis OTS - Amy Fickert returned from her break on June 1 through Sept 21, then Ricky Matthews September 21 through November 23 Quantum OTS - Ken Rush from the 1st cruise until January 2015 Radiance OTS - Paul Rutter for the Alaska season, May 17 through Sept 6. Rhapsody OTS - Graham Seymour for the Alaska season beginning May 31 Serenade OTS - Casey Peltier April 8 through July 30, then Ricky Matthews July 30 though September 16 Splendour OTS - Anthony Richards started May 18, then João Pereira for the South American season Vision OTS - Topi Ylönen from Finland started May 11 Voyager OTS - Lixin Fang began March 23 for the Asian season Is Jamie Fentiman the current or will be the cruise director for the Enchantment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99florida Posted January 2, 2015 #2256 Share Posted January 2, 2015 How is Jaimie Fentimen on IOTS? Will be on indy February 14th. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Forums mobile app I'm confused because I believe that he has been assigned to the Enchantment just not sure when. Anyone have an idea of knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted January 3, 2015 #2257 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Is the cut and paste list in post 2257 old?:eek: Mitch Merucci will be leaving Grandeur sometime in February but who will be covering for him until he returns sometime in April?:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papichulo Posted January 3, 2015 #2258 Share Posted January 3, 2015 lást week ON the explorer there Was ex cruise director ñame james kesrse he Was cruise director ON carnival leigh Was training him he Will be taking over the explorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2259 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Is Jamie Fentiman the current or will be the cruise director for the Enchantment? I'm confused because I believe that he has been assigned to the Enchantment just not sure when. Anyone have an idea of knowledge? Florida99: You bumped up an old list from last year. You need to look at the current list, which is always on the last page of the thread. Jamie is on Indy now. Edited January 3, 2015 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2260 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Adventure OTS - Mercedes LaFuente began November 23 until when? then who? Allure OTS - Jerome Sueur October 5 until January 11, then Ken Rush for 1 week from January 11 until January 18, then Joff Eaton for 6 weeks from January 18 until March 1. (Who is filling in March 1 until April 19?) Jerome Sueur will return to do all of the European cruises (April 19 thru Oct 25) since he is fluent in 5 languages. He is the new regular CD on Allure until further notice. Anthem OTS - Joff Eaton will be taking out the ship and continuing on as its regular CD. Ken Rush will also be onboard for the first 6-8 weeks doing behind the scenes duties to provide a smooth take out Brilliance OTS - Rob McNally began on December 16 for 2 months. Clo O'Connor returns in mid-February. Enchantment OTS - The newly promoted Thomas DeCell is filling-in from Nov 24 through January 19 Marc Walker will be returning January 19 until mid March. Explorer OTS - Leigh Xuereb returned Nov 1st. The ship is scheduled for drydock in March 2015. After the ship returns to service, who will be the CD (Leigh has been reassigned to Indy)? Freedom OTS - Dru Pavlov from December 7 for approx. 2 months. Casey Pelter expects to return to Freedom after his break sometime in early-February. Grandeur OTS - Mitch Merucci from October 16 until February 2015. Mitch expects to return from his break in mid-to-late April. Who will be filling in from February until April? Independence OTS - Jamie Fentiman started November 10 through February 22, then Ricky Matthews February 22 through April 11, then Leigh Xuereb begins on April 11 for 4 months. Leigh is the new permanent CD on Indy! Jewel OTS - Mike Hunnerup started Nov 8 (until when? then who?) Legend OTS - Keith Williams started November 3 (until when? then who?) Liberty OTS -Luke Aerowsmith began on September 28 until mid-February then who? Luke will return in April after a 2 month break. Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres (need dates) Mariner OTS - Ken Jones started November 27 until April(then who?) Navigator OTS - John Perry started November 16 (until when? then who?) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 29 until January 24, then Drew Devine returns January 24 through May 23, then Ricky Matthews returns May 23 through July 25 Quantum OTS - Jimmy Rhodes November 1 through early March. Radiance OTS - Amy Fickert started November 5 for approx. 4 months Rhapsody OTS - Graham Seymour from October 3rd through Jan 28, 2015. Graham will return from his break for another contract in early April through early August. Who will be filling in beginning Jan 28 until Graham returns? Serenade OTS - John and Katrina Blair started September 29 until when? Splendour OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo (need dates). Bobby Brown's next contract is on Splendour (need dates) Vision OTS - Steve Davis returns December 12 for 4 months Voyager OTS - Chris Brown (former activities manager) started December 7th until ship returns to Singapore in mid-March. Carly Boileau has semi-retired, but will return as a fill-in CD from time-to-time Rich Edwards is currently recovering from surgery and resting at home. He will be returning in April 2015. Allan Brooks left Royal Caribbean to take a position in Celebrity corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman has left RCCL. He is taking an extended break, and then he will be moving over to another cruiseline. James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa at Cornell University working on a Master's degree in Hospitality Administration/Management Anna Bass is now Client Services Manager at ISS London Abe Hughes is Director of Port Revenue Operations at Royal Media Partners and sometimes works onboard as the port and shopping guide João Pereira is studying Portuguese/English education and translation at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas in Brazil Kirk Detweiler is now CD with Silversea cruises. Simeon Baker - married a dancer, had a baby girl and is a sales exec at a Porsche dealer in Saskatchewan Matt Baker - Sim's brother - recently married and living in Wales. They bought a pub called the Tiddley Kieron Buffrey - CD with Holland America Tom Canosa - teaching 6th grade science in North Carolina Peter Benfield and Johnny Osborne have emigrated to Thailand Anthony Richards is living in Miami with his wife, and is working for Royal Media Partners as Manager Port Revenue Operations Rico du Breil is now a CD with NCL Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is International Manager at Kingswood Education and Adventure in London Parker Cristan is living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - staging/choreographing for local theater Ashley Kerr - married and living in Vancouver BC, working as a marketing rep for a PR firm Karen Maybury - has a consultant/pr/entertainment agency Jannie Cloete - leading expeditions on small ships Where is Warren Allen? (aka Warren Melhuish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2261 Share Posted January 3, 2015 lást week ON the explorer there Was ex cruise director ñame james kesrse he Was cruise director ON carnival leigh Was training him he Will be taking over the explorer Is this the correct spelling of his name? I couldn't find anyone by this name on Carnival CD lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2262 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Is the cut and paste list in post 2257 old?:eek: Mitch Merucci will be leaving Grandeur sometime in February but who will be covering for him until he returns sometime in April?:confused: Yes, that was an old list that was bumped forward by mistake. Hopefully someone traveling on Grandeur now can find out the info you are seeking. Can you ask over on the roll call for the next sailing??? Or, you can ask RCI directly, although they are notorious for giving out inaccurate info in response. web_reservations@rccl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papichulo Posted January 3, 2015 #2263 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Is this the correct spelling of his name? I couldn't find anyone by this name on Carnival CD lists. James DUnn his name thats what i met to write lol sorry kearse is my lást name lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettecruiser1 Posted January 3, 2015 #2264 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Don't think it was james Dunn since he was the cruise director on the carnival magic last week. There was a review about james Christmas celebration show where he read a story and other things on Christmas Day. There was another james, do not know last name that carnival had that has not been assigned to a ship in awhile, that maybe the new one for Royal. Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted January 3, 2015 #2265 Share Posted January 3, 2015 i think this person papichulo is giving wrong info this person gave wrong info lást time,Donna dont listen to this papichulo.i just chatted with Erky he said there no person getting traine ON the explorer.papichulo please do us a favor dont visit this tarea di Will report You to cruise critic :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruises are the best Posted January 3, 2015 #2266 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Do you know if Mercedes will be on AOTS on March 1st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwane Posted January 3, 2015 #2267 Share Posted January 3, 2015 "Leigh Xuereb begins on April 11 for 4 months. Leigh is the new permanent CD on Indy!" So, I am assuming this is a good thing that Leigh is now the CD for IOS? :) What is he like and what can we expect? Thank you so much Donna for doing such a great job of keeping the list updated! Your efforts are greatly appreciated! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2268 Share Posted January 3, 2015 "Leigh Xuereb begins on April 11 for 4 months. Leigh is the new permanent CD on Indy!" So, I am assuming this is a good thing that Leigh is now the CD for IOS? :) What is he like and what can we expect? Thank you so much Donna for doing such a great job of keeping the list updated! Your efforts are greatly appreciated! :D Leigh is my favorite CD. He is funny without being over the top, or corny. He schedules a lot of activities, and they are well-run and entertaining. He is very down to earth, approachable, and friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2015 Author #2269 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Do you know if Mercedes will be on AOTS on March 1st? If she is on a typical 4 month contract, then yes. If she is on a fill-in contract, then no. Hopefully someone going on Adventure soon can find out and report back to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Tyler Posted January 3, 2015 #2270 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Marc Walker posted on FB: Hi everyone.... For those interested, here are my dates on Enchantment for this year, confirmed. Back to work jan 19. Sign off march 13 for paternity leave Sign back on April 17 for remainder of contract Sign off may 18 for vacation Sign on July 13 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine-lady Posted January 3, 2015 #2271 Share Posted January 3, 2015 We haven't heard anything about Ricky Mathews. We are sailing on Independence on February 28, and was wondering how he was as a CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 3, 2015 #2272 Share Posted January 3, 2015 We haven't heard anything about Ricky Mathews. We are sailing on Independence on February 28, and was wondering how he was as a CD? He's another love or hate kind of CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave85 Posted January 3, 2015 #2273 Share Posted January 3, 2015 We haven't heard anything about Ricky Mathews. We are sailing on Independence on February 28, and was wondering how he was as a CD? He was high energy, visible, and lots of fun when we sailed with him on Oasis. I was sad to see I'm missing him by a couple of weeks in May on Oasis. Sent from my iPhone using Cruise Critic Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 4, 2015 Author #2274 Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) Marc Walker posted on FB: Hi everyone.... For those interested, here are my dates on Enchantment for this year, confirmed. Back to work jan 19. Sign off march 13 for paternity leave Sign back on April 17 for remainder of contract Sign off may 18 for vacation Sign on July 13 Adventure OTS - Mercedes LaFuente began November 23 until when? then who? Allure OTS - Jerome Sueur October 5 until January 11, then Ken Rush for 1 week from January 11 until January 18, then Joff Eaton for 6 weeks from January 18 until March 1. (Who is filling in March 1 until April 19?) Jerome Sueur will return to do all of the European cruises (April 19 thru Oct 25) since he is fluent in 5 languages. He is the new regular CD on Allure until further notice. Anthem OTS - Joff Eaton will be taking out the ship and continuing on as its regular CD. Ken Rush will also be onboard for the first 6-8 weeks doing behind the scenes duties to provide a smooth take out Brilliance OTS - Rob McNally began on December 16 for 2 months. Clo O'Connor returns in mid-February. Enchantment OTS - The newly promoted Thomas DeCell is filling-in from Nov 24 through January 19 Marc Walker will be returning January 19 until March 13. Who will be covering Marc's paternity leave March 13 through April 17? Marc returns from paternity leave on April 17 until May 18. Who is covering Marc's vacation May 18 through July 13? Marc returns from his vacation on July 13. Explorer OTS - Leigh Xuereb returned Nov 1st. The ship is scheduled for drydock in March 2015. After the ship returns to service, who will be the CD (Leigh has been reassigned to Indy)? Freedom OTS - Dru Pavlov from December 7 for approx. 2 months. Casey Pelter expects to return to Freedom after his break sometime in early-February. Grandeur OTS - Mitch Merucci from October 16 until February 2015. Mitch expects to return from his break in mid-to-late April. Who will be filling in from February until April? Independence OTS - Jamie Fentiman started November 10 through February 22, then Ricky Matthews February 22 through April 11, then Leigh Xuereb begins on April 11 for 4 months. Leigh is the new permanent CD on Indy! Jewel OTS - Mike Hunnerup started Nov 8 (until when? then who?) Legend OTS - Keith Williams started November 3 (until when? then who?) Liberty OTS -Luke Aerowsmith began on September 28 until mid-February then who? Luke will return in April after a 2 month break. Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres (need dates) Mariner OTS - Ken Jones started November 27 until April(then who?) Navigator OTS - John Perry started November 16 (until when? then who?) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 29 until January 24, then Drew Devine returns January 24 through May 23, then Ricky Matthews returns May 23 through July 25 Quantum OTS - Jimmy Rhodes November 1 through early March. Radiance OTS - Amy Fickert started November 5 for approx. 4 months Rhapsody OTS - Graham Seymour from October 3rd through Jan 28, 2015. Graham will return from his break for another contract in early April through early August. Who will be filling in beginning Jan 28 until Graham returns? Serenade OTS - John and Katrina Blair started September 29 until when? Splendour OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo (need dates). Bobby Brown's next contract is on Splendour (need dates) Vision OTS - Steve Davis returns December 12 for 4 months Voyager OTS - Chris Brown (former activities manager) started December 7th until ship returns to Singapore in mid-March. Carly Boileau has semi-retired, but will return as a fill-in CD from time-to-time Rich Edwards is currently recovering from surgery and resting at home. He will be returning in April 2015. Allan Brooks left Royal Caribbean to take a position in Celebrity corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman has left RCCL. He is taking an extended break, and then he will be moving over to another cruiseline. James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa at Cornell University working on a Master's degree in Hospitality Administration/Management Anna Bass is now Client Services Manager at ISS London Abe Hughes is Director of Port Revenue Operations at Royal Media Partners and sometimes works onboard as the port and shopping guide João Pereira is studying Portuguese/English education and translation at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas in Brazil Kirk Detweiler is now CD with Silversea cruises. Simeon Baker - married a dancer, had a baby girl and is a sales exec at a Porsche dealer in Saskatchewan Matt Baker - Sim's brother - recently married and living in Wales. They bought a pub called the Tiddley Kieron Buffrey - CD with Holland America Tom Canosa - teaching 6th grade science in North Carolina Peter Benfield and Johnny Osborne have emigrated to Thailand Anthony Richards is living in Miami with his wife, and is working for Royal Media Partners as Manager Port Revenue Operations Rico du Breil is now a CD with NCL Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is International Manager at Kingswood Education and Adventure in London Parker Cristan is living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - staging/choreographing for local theater Ashley Kerr - married and living in Vancouver BC, working as a marketing rep for a PR firm Karen Maybury - has a consultant/pr/entertainment agency Jannie Cloete - leading expeditions on small ships Where is Warren Allen? (aka Warren Melhuish) Edited January 4, 2015 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzbro Posted January 4, 2015 #2275 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Any news on who will be filling in for Graham Seymour on Rhapsody from 28th January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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