dmlee1990 Posted July 18, 2016 #1426 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Perfect! Thank you, Donna & Laney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 18, 2016 Author #1427 Share Posted July 18, 2016 DO Abe and his wife also fill in as port/shopping shills? Seem to be familiar for a quantum cruise last year Yes, that's him. He returned to the CD rotation once Anthem was homeported in NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 19, 2016 Author #1428 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 (until mid-August? then who? Dan Whitney?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (for 2 months or 4 months?) Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 for 4 months Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Gordon Whatman May 26 until July 23, then Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 travel & show consultant in Canada Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candleonwater Posted July 19, 2016 #1429 Share Posted July 19, 2016 We absolutely LOVE Abe as CD. We were on his "last" sailing as CD, sad to see him go. Fast forward to another sailing, TV is on in the background to the shopping guide, and I say to my daughter "that sounds like Abe"... turned out he was on our sailing as the port shopping guide. So happy to see him back in the rotation as CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaRob Posted July 19, 2016 #1430 Share Posted July 19, 2016 We absolutely LOVE Abe as CD. We were on his "last" sailing as CD, sad to see him go. Fast forward to another sailing, TV is on in the background to the shopping guide, and I say to my daughter "that sounds like Abe"... turned out he was on our sailing as the port shopping guide. So happy to see him back in the rotation as CD. It's funny that you say that he was a great shopping guide and very personable while our CD was Ken Rush who was filling in for Jimmy Rhodes and Ken was meh, he was ok but not very active around the ship Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrock Posted July 19, 2016 #1431 Share Posted July 19, 2016 How far in advance can I find out the name of our cruise director? We don't sail until the end of April, 2017 on the LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted July 19, 2016 #1432 Share Posted July 19, 2016 How far in advance can I find out the name of our cruise director? We don't sail until the end of April, 2017 on the LOS. You may find out in this thread a few months in advance if the CDs are reasonably sure of their schedules. You can also request that info from [noparse]web_reservations@rccl.com[/noparse] about 3 weeks before the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted July 19, 2016 #1433 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Web_reservTions 90 percent of time will give you the wrong date of CD even calling Dimond plus will give wrong info trust me it's been proven,the best way is contacting the cd on media or wait until somebody get off the cruise and come back on this thread with the right info Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laginog Posted July 21, 2016 #1434 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Can anyone find out who the CD will be on the Freedom after Casey Pelter? Sailing 9/11/16. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 21, 2016 Author #1435 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Can anyone find out who the CD will be on the Freedom after Casey Pelter? Sailing 9/11/16.Thank you!! We're trying. Since you are booked on the ship, why don't you send RCI an email and ask them? web_reservations@rccl.com (However, their response is often incorrect, but it is better than nothing and it gives us something to work with in trying to figure it out) Also, you can post on the roll call for the next sailing, and see if someone can find out from Casey, or you can contact Casey on social media and ask him. Edited July 21, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laginog Posted July 21, 2016 #1436 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Thank you! Didn't know I could do that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 23, 2016 Author #1437 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 (until mid-August? then who? Dan Whitney?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 travel & show consultant in Canada Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianturner Posted July 24, 2016 #1438 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Rico Du Breil is now a cruise director with Silver Seas out of Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 25, 2016 Author #1439 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Rico Du Breil is now a cruise director with Silver Seas out of Italy. Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 (until mid-August? then who? Dan Whitney?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 SilverSeas out of Italy Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 26, 2016 Author #1440 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Can anyone find out: Allure: What is the exact handover date between Tim and Dru? Enchantment: Will Michele be onboard until October? Freedom: When does Casey's break begin (mid-August?), and who will be the fill-in CD? Mariner: What is the exact handover date between Fang and Keith? Radiance: Will Steve be returning in September, or will it be someone else? Need exact handover date - Jamie is scheduled to move to another ship pm Sept 19, so it must be before then. Vision: For how long is Mercedes onboard? (end of August, or end of October?) To whom will she be handing over? Voyager: Is Mitch onboard until late-August? To whom will he be handing over? Edited July 26, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 26, 2016 Author #1441 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 until July 30, then Dan Whitney begins July 30 (for 4 months?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 SilverSeas out of Italy Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted July 26, 2016 #1442 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I was watching YouTube I have to agree John Blair is to loud even his with and they aren't funny at all Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted July 26, 2016 #1443 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I'll have to back to my YouTube history and paste her when I get home Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 27, 2016 Author #1444 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 until July 30, then Dan Whitney begins July 30 (for 4 months?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 SilverSeas out of Italy Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 29, 2016 Author #1445 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 until July 30, then Dan Whitney begins July 30 (for 4 months?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham Seymour should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 SilverSeas out of Italy Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 29, 2016 Author #1446 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Can anyone find out: Allure: What is the exact handover date between Tim and Dru? Enchantment: Will Michele be onboard until October? Freedom: When does Casey's break begin (mid-August?), and who will be the fill-in CD? Mariner: What is the exact handover date between Fang and Keith? Radiance: Will Steve be returning in September, or will it be someone else? Need exact handover date - Jamie is scheduled to move to another ship pm Sept 19, so it must be before then. Vision: For how long is Mercedes onboard? (end of August, or end of October?) To whom will she be handing over? Voyager: Is Mitch onboard until late-August? To whom will he be handing over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packercruising Posted July 29, 2016 #1447 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Is there a general length of time that CDs stay on a ship? We are sailing Allure in Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 29, 2016 Author #1448 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Is there a general length of time that CDs stay on a ship? We are sailing Allure in Feb. On some ships, a regular CD is assigned for up to 3 years. He/she will work approx 4 months on and have a 2 month break. Sometimes the same CD covers the breaks (so 2 months on and 4 months off), and other times, the covering CD varies. On other ships, different CDs are assigned, and the length of their contract is variable. Allure used to have a regular 4 month CD and a regular 2 month fill-in CD, but there was some shuffling around, and no solid regular rotation pattern has emerged. For Allure, my guess (and it is only a guess) is that Dru will be the new 4 month CD, but how the rotation there plays out remains to be seen. That would put him on until the end of December, and off in Jan and Feb. Edited July 29, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMBFlyer Posted July 30, 2016 #1449 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Does anyone know when Abe's rotation will be over on the Anthem? I know it said for 4 months. We're sailing on 12/23 and we'll either just make it or just miss him. I haven't heard great things about John Blair. I sailed with Abe when he was an Activities Manager on the Navigator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted July 30, 2016 Author #1450 Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) Adventure OTS -Dan Whitney July 30 (for 4 months?) Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates) Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 20, then Abe Hughes returns August 20 for 4 months Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 (until October?) Explorer OTS - Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham Seymour should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August per RCI: Casey's contract may be extended until mid-September, until an available fill-in can be assigned Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 "until September 15 as of now, but you never know" Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year. Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer. Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again. Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until mid-November Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23 Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date) Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months. Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 for 2 months (then does Steve Davis return mid-September for another 4 months?) Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October. Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11) Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016 Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut Anna Bass is a make-up artist 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 SilverSeas out of Italy Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty) Edited July 30, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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