racerxspeedy Posted February 18, 2017 #2176 Share Posted February 18, 2017 FYI- I just read a Harmony review that said Simeon Kirkiles was the CD onboard. It was a Positive review for Simeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 18, 2017 Author #2177 Share Posted February 18, 2017 FYI- I just read a Harmony review that said Simeon Kirkiles was the CD onboard. It was a Positive review for Simeon.Yes, this was the week of the CD conference. He was just covering as CD for that week only (unless the sailing was after FEB 11?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2178 Share Posted February 19, 2017 FYI- I just read a Harmony review that said Simeon Kirkiles was the CD onboard. It was a Positive review for Simeon. OK - I have confirmed that Simeon was only the CD on Harmony for one week, to cover while Bobby attended the CD conference. Bobby returned on 2/11/17. See the post below from a review of the 2/11 sailing. Bobby Brown was the cruise director Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted February 19, 2017 #2179 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi Donna. We board Harmony in March, the week that Abe is to take over. If he isn't our CD that week I will let you know, as well as who has filled in for him. Even though it was a one off I hope it would be Simeon. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2180 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi Donna. We board Harmony in March, the week that Abe is to take over. If he isn't our CD that week I will let you know, as well as who has filled in for him. Even though it was a one off I hope it would be Simeon. :pThank you! I don't think you will be disappointed with Abe. He was awesome on Anthem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2181 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 11 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until mid-March (need handover date) Then, Dru Pavlov mid-March through mid-July. (Jimmy Rhodes will be covering sometime in September through sometime in November) Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates) Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months. Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato December 16 until mid-April, then who? Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter October 16 until late February (this is Casey's last contract on FR) Then who? Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months. Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months. Abe returns mid-September until after the New Year. Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until mid-March (need exact date), then Drew Devine mid-March until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30 Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles November 6 until mid-to-late February, then Simona Ferraiuolo begins mid-to-late February (handover date needed) Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?) Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?. Majesty OTS - Susan McColl October 23 until February 17, then Marc Walker returns February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?) Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until mid-March (need exact date) then Rob McNally mid-march for 2 months. Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 until March 12, then Jimmy Rhodes March 12 until mid-July. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 until March 5, then Mike Hunnerup begins March 5 (for 4 months?) Mike is boarding the ship on Feb 20 for a two-week handover. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton January 28 until March 28 Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?) Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20 Vision OTS - Bill Brunkhorst October 29 until late February? then who? (Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018) Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 until sometime in March (need date) then Jamie Fentiman Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins. John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn) Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed 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 now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea 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 and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCCarty85 Posted February 19, 2017 #2182 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Seems like a long break for Dru from July to November... Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2183 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (Please do NOT report information from the first week of February, when the regular CDs were attending a conference, and temporary CDs filled in for one sailing only) Can anyone find out: What is the handover date (mid-March) between Clo and Dru on Anthem? When does Jerome leave Brilliance (early-March) and who will be the next CD? When does Carlos leave Empress (late-February) and who will be the next CD? When does Casey leave Freedom (late-February) and who will be the next CD? (Was Enzo just filling in during the CD conference the first week of February, or has he been promoted to CD long-term?) Who is coming onboard Grandeur when Bobby goes on break Feb 25? (Paul Rutter?) What is the handover date (mid-March) on Indy between John and Drew? Is Fang still onboard Mariner? For how much longer? Then who? What is the handover date (Feb 11 or 18) on Jewel between Dennis and Simona? What is the handover date (late March) between Ken and Jamie on Voyager? Is Bill still onboard Vision? For how much longer? Then who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2184 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Seems like a long break for Dru from July to November... I agree. Dru is the regular CD of Anthem, so he should be back September through January, but the info regarding Jimmy Rhodes comes straight from Jimmy, so we'll have to see how this plays out over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted February 19, 2017 #2185 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Thank you! I don't think you will be disappointed with Abe. He was awesome on Anthem! We had Abe in November and he was a good CD. Seemed personable and he was out and about one this ship as well. We had a quick chat with him a couple of times. If needed, I will report back in March with details. Thanks for managing this thread Donna. Andrew:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted February 19, 2017 #2186 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Simona left the Adventure on the 18th & joins the Jewel on Sunday, 19th Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2187 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Simona left the Adventure on the 18th & joins the Jewel on Sunday, 19th Feb Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 18 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until mid-March (need handover date) Then, Dru Pavlov mid-March through mid-July. (Jimmy Rhodes will be covering sometime in September through sometime in November) Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates) Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months. Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato December 16 until mid-April, then who? Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in) Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter October 16 until late February (this is Casey's last contract on FR) Then who? Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months. Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months. Abe returns mid-September until after the New Year. Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until mid-March (need exact date), then Drew Devine mid-March until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30 Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo February 19 until mid-April (then does Dennis Charles return mid-April for 4 months? Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?) Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?. Majesty OTS - Susan McColl October 23 until February 17, then Marc Walker returns February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?) Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until mid-March (need exact date) then Rob McNally mid-march for 2 months. Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 until March 12, then Jimmy Rhodes March 12 until mid-July. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 until March 5, then Mike Hunnerup begins March 5 (for 4 months?) Mike is boarding the ship on Feb 20 for a two-week handover. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton January 28 until March 28 Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?) Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20 Vision OTS - Bill Brunkhorst October 29 until late February? then who? (Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018) Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 until sometime in March (need date) then Jamie Fentiman Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins. John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn) Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed 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 now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea 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 and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrcards Posted February 19, 2017 #2188 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just boarded the Jewel today, Simona is the Cruise Director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 19, 2017 Author #2189 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just boarded the Jewel today, Simona is the Cruise Director. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachammo Posted February 19, 2017 #2190 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just boarded the Jewel today, Simona is the Cruise Director. Can you find out if she will be doing the crossing in April? Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosby99 Posted February 19, 2017 #2191 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just boarded the Jewel today, Simona is the Cruise Director. Assume she will be on the 2nd April Cruise. What is she like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Girl Posted February 20, 2017 #2192 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Currently sailing on Freedom OTS, CD is Michele Scarpato - he's very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison81 Posted February 20, 2017 #2193 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Maybe someone on the Anthem could ask ? I'm on Anthem now & spoke to Clo a little while ago. She told me that she leaves & Dru comes back on March 12 Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare APDMOM Posted February 20, 2017 #2194 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Currently sailing on Freedom OTS, CD is Michele Scarpato - he's very funny. Yay! We finally have a name... Just under 4 weeks until we board. Thanks for checking in to share this info - enjoy your cruise!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoff413 Posted February 20, 2017 #2195 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I'm not a frequent cruiser, so not sure about the accuracy of info from web_reservations@rccl.com, but just received an email from them today saying Casey Pelter will be the CD on the March 4th Freedom sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 21, 2017 Author #2196 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 18 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until March 12, then, Dru Pavlov March 12 through mid-July. (Jimmy Rhodes will be covering sometime in September through sometime in November??) Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates) Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months. Enchantment OTS - Who is the current CD (as of Feb 18?) Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in) Freedom OTS - Michele Scarpato Feb 18 for 2 months (then who? Casey will not be returning to Freedom after his break) Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months. Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months. Abe returns mid-September until after the New Year. Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until March 20, then Drew Devine March 20 until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30 Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo February 19 until mid-April (then does Dennis Charles return mid-April for 4 months? Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?) Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?. Majesty OTS - Susan McColl October 23 until February 17, then Marc Walker returns February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?) Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until mid-March (need exact date) then Rob McNally mid-march for 2 months. Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 until March 12, then Jimmy Rhodes March 12 until mid-July. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 until March 5, then Mike Hunnerup begins March 5 (for 4 months?) Mike is boarding the ship on Feb 20 for a two-week handover. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton January 28 until March 28 Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?) Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20 Vision OTS - Bill Brunkhorst October 29 until late February? then who? (Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018) Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 until sometime in March (need date) then Jamie Fentiman Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins. John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn) Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed 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 now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea 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 and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 21, 2017 Author #2197 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I'm not a frequent cruiser, so not sure about the accuracy of info from web_reservations@rccl.com, but just received an email from them today saying Casey Pelter will be the CD on the March 4th Freedom sailing.Yes, web_reservations is notorious for given out incorrect CD information. Casey left for his break over the weekend, and he is not returning to Freedom after his break (because a CD can only be assigned to the same ship for 3 years, so he will be reassigned). Michele Scarpato joined Freedom this weekend and will be on for 2 months, so he will be your CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 21, 2017 Author #2198 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Chris Hopkins is headed to Indy as AM on March 20th.Given that John and Katrina work as a team, I am assuming that Drew will join the same day. Currently sailing on Freedom OTS, CD is Michele Scarpato - he's very funny. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 21, 2017 Author #2199 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 18 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until March 12, then, Dru Pavlov March 12 through mid-July. (It's been reported that Jimmy Rhodes is covering sometime in September through sometime in November??) Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates) Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months. Enchantment OTS - Who is the current CD (as of Feb 18?) Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in) Freedom OTS - Michele Scarpato Feb 18 for 2 months (exact date? then who?) (Casey will not be returning to Freedom after his break - he has been reassigned to Adventure) Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months. Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months. Abe returns mid-September until after the New Year. Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until March 20, then Drew Devine March 20 until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30 Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo February 19 until mid-April (then does Dennis Charles return mid-April for 4 months? Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?) Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?. Majesty OTS - Marc Walker February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?) Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until mid-March (need exact date) then Rob McNally mid-march for 2 months. Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 until March 12, then Jimmy Rhodes March 12 until mid-July. Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 until March 5, then Mike Hunnerup begins March 5 (for 4 months?) Mike is boarding the ship on Feb 20 for a two-week handover. Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton January 28 until March 28 Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?) Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20 Vision OTS - Bill Brunkhorst October 29 until late February? then who? (Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018) Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 until sometime in March (need date) then Jamie Fentiman Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins. John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn) Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8 Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed 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 now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea 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 and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASBJumper Posted February 21, 2017 #2200 Share Posted February 21, 2017 So i guess we had Casey for his last Freedom cruise (Feb 12-18). He was great, really funny. Especially for the Quest game, LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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