CruisingJoe09 Posted March 10, 2019 #901 Share Posted March 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, Alaskalovr said: How can I send a question to the CD in Anthem this june? Send a message to Mitch via his public FB page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tevety Posted March 10, 2019 #902 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, cementhands said: I’m thinking the same thing. I would also add for us a great activities staff and manager are equally important. Transatlantic on Visions October 2018 the activities manager was Talita Leone and it was our best cruise ever. Non stop activities and fun. February 2019 Grandeur was the worst activities or lack of in over 40 cruises on many ships and different cruise brands. However the Grandeur food and service were excellent. Grandeur 2017 was excellent with Sherrie the activities manager. I like to find out who the CD is for an upcoming cruise and then reach out to them for assurances that Zumba and dancing opportunities are abundant. Each and every time RCL CD’s have gotten back to me. Anthem 2016 excellent staff. I do this for my wife. If she’s happy I’m happy! Who was the CD on your terrible Grandeur Cruise? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted March 10, 2019 #903 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Deltablue - have you missed my post (848) re the update on the Freedom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted March 10, 2019 #904 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Nope. I have updated my list. Being new at this, was not sure how often to post the updated list. As it is just over a week, I'll do another update below. Thanx for contributing current info.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted March 10, 2019 #905 Share Posted March 10, 2019 ADVENTURE: Ken Jones December 30 (for 2 months or 4 months? Then Drew Devine?)ALLURE: Mitch Merucci February 22 until April 21ANTHEM: Dennis Charles returns January 6 until May 4, then Mitch Merucci May 4 until July 13. Mitch returns September 7 until January 5, 2020BRILLIANCE: Enzo Matijaca EMPRESS: Elvis Pinto #803 ENCHANTMENT: Susan Adams returns March 4 for 4 months.EXPLORER: Clo O'Connor until sometime in March when Graham returns (need date) FREEDOM: Patricio Honores as of February 24 #848GRANDEUR: John Blair until June 13, and August 8 until November 30HARMONY: Marc Walker March 29 until late July #812, then Dennis Charles expects to be headed to Harmony for 2 months to cover Marc's break.INDEPENDENCE: Jamie Fentiman late November until late March (need date, then who?)JEWEL: Simona Ferraiuolo early November, Andrea Oliviri returns March 13 #878LIBERTY: Jeff Arpin -April 28, Brian Leavitt new CD as of April 28 #755 through August 11 #893MARINER: Mercedes Lafuente off ship. #839 Who's next? MAJESTY: Tanya Yates Tongue January 14 until April 29NAVIGATOR: Hugo Arenas #849 OASIS: Dan Whitney November 4 (for 2 months?), Mike Hunnerup TA in April #701OVATION: Joff Eaton November 28 until March 30, Chris Brown TP April 17 #738QUANTUM: Paul Rutter (until when?)RADIANCE: Cuddy Cudworth January 14 (for 4 months?)RHAPSODY: Bill Bronckhorst January 12 (for 2 months or 4 months)?SERENADE: Carly BoileauSYMPHONY: Simeon March 9 #769, then Abe Hughes March 16 until May 4, then Mike Szwajkowski VISION: CeCe #810 VOYAGER: Michelle Oliveira December 3 (for 4 months?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted March 10, 2019 #906 Share Posted March 10, 2019 42 minutes ago, DELTABLUE said: Nope. I have updated my list. Being new at this, was not sure how often to post the updated list. As it is just over a week, I'll do another update below. Thanx for contributing current info.😉 Apologies and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted March 10, 2019 #907 Share Posted March 10, 2019 On 2/28/2019 at 6:34 PM, Paulette3028 said: Elvis Pinto confirmed he is now back on Empress as of today, after his vacation is over...back to the work he loves....but while on vacation he cruised on Radiance....what a hoot that must have been! Elvis would be remaining on Empress for a 4 month contract that began March 4, so it should go until early July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cementhands Posted March 10, 2019 #908 Share Posted March 10, 2019 7 hours ago, Tevety said: Who was the CD on your terrible Grandeur Cruise? Just curious. Supposedly Mike S. But he was in Miami on conference. We had a substitute who tried and was a nice guy. Mareshio spells different? Activities staff did not show up for an event where the centrum was waiting full of passengers. Eventually guy shows up and says he forgot to schedule someone. Other activities were short or started late. Zumba type activities were not good. I heard good things about Mike S. But he wasn’t there. Many fellow passengers that were at activities complained. Seems like a fill in crew was onboard. Activities staff that was supposed to do stretch class didn’t have a clue. The Grandeur has excellent food and service. Prior cruise on Grandeur was a blast with Sherrie January a couple years ago 2017. Fantastic Activities Manager. Jimmy Rhodes on RCL Explorer was great out of Bayonne 2010 and 2011. Topi Yloden On Visions a few years ago was great. We’ll try Grandeur again as service is excellent and hopefully activities are great again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tevety Posted March 10, 2019 #909 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Yea if it was during that conference all the ships had subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamia65 Posted March 11, 2019 #910 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) Gordon Whatman is the takeout CD on Spectrum (SC), first cruise is 18 April not sure of his contract duration!! i will try to find out when I board on 18 April 😀 Edited March 11, 2019 by Miamia65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miamia65 Posted March 11, 2019 #911 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Also Jimmy Rhodes will be back on Allure from 21 April for 4 months 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgoddess1 Posted March 11, 2019 #912 Share Posted March 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Miamia65 said: Gordon Whatman is the takeout CD on Spectrum (SC), first cruise is 18 April not sure of his contract duration!! i will try to find out when I board on 18 April 😀 Someone posted that Bobby Brown would do the takeout -- will there be two at the same time, or will they rotate, as with the other ships? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphingirl47 Posted March 11, 2019 #913 Share Posted March 11, 2019 4 hours ago, travelgoddess1 said: Someone posted that Bobby Brown would do the takeout -- will there be two at the same time, or will they rotate, as with the other ships? There may well be two. When I was on Ovation in 2016 for the Barcelona to Dubai cruise, Joff Eaton was the cruise director, but Gordon Whatman was also on board. Corinna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingJoe09 Posted March 11, 2019 #914 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On the SY inaugural, both Bobby and Michele were CD's. I believe one was more behind the scenes and the other was more public but they did co-host some events and did the morning show together. On the QN and AN, they had a public CD (Jimmy on QN and Joff on AN) and Ken Rush handled many of the behind the scenes duties. I imagine it will be similar on Spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted March 11, 2019 #915 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) I just got a private message from one of my Activity Managers today, Assata Young-Mayer, that she currently is serving as the CD on Mariner. In her message to me, she said she technically is both, but she is serving as the CD right now. Edited March 11, 2019 by Paulette3028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthworker Posted March 11, 2019 #916 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Grandeur June 27th 2019--anyone know who is replacing john blair? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingJoe09 Posted March 11, 2019 #917 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Joff is on OV until April 17th and Chris Brown will cover his vacation - Joff will be back to Ovation in June for Alaska cruises. Should have booked OV... Angelle will be back as AM in May. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEIx15x8 Posted March 15, 2019 #918 Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 5:59 PM, CruisingJoe09 said: Joff is on OV until April 17th and Chris Brown will cover his vacation - Joff will be back to Ovation in June for Alaska cruises. Should have booked OV... Angelle will be back as AM in May. So close! Would have loved to sail with Joff again. Sailing May 13th so right in the middle of his break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchclogs Posted March 15, 2019 #919 Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/11/2019 at 9:47 PM, healthworker said: Grandeur June 27th 2019--anyone know who is replacing john blair? thanks Also interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathermiller86nj Posted March 15, 2019 #920 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Just off the mariner with Assada as cd. She was among the best we have ever had. If she isn’t already a full time cd she deserves to be promoted effective immediately. She is better than most cds we have had recently with royal Caribbean and reminded us of Becky Thompson who was our favorite until she retired. Assada was engaging, funny organized and well balanced. Great job royal Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted March 15, 2019 #921 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Can someone please clarify...is it AssaTa or AssaDa on Mariner? Both have been posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfcathorse Posted March 16, 2019 #922 Share Posted March 16, 2019 be careful with what appears to be CD changes. They had their annual CD meeting in Miami and many Activities Managers took over for the week (ie Assada on Mariner). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted March 20, 2019 #923 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 3/10/2019 at 5:29 PM, DELTABLUE said: INDEPENDENCE: Jamie Fentiman late November until late March (need date, then who?) Dan Whitney took over for Jamie Fentiman. Jamie just signed off the ship. Jamie will return to Indy after his vacation, end of May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattleites Posted March 20, 2019 #924 Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) On 3/10/2019 at 2:29 PM, DELTABLUE said: VISION: CeCe #810 I believe this may be "Cecy Del Razo" Edited March 20, 2019 by Seattleites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted March 20, 2019 #925 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On 3/16/2019 at 5:43 PM, wolfcathorse said: be careful with what appears to be CD changes. They had their annual CD meeting in Miami and many Activities Managers took over for the week (ie Assada on Mariner). From what I understand from Assata (who I am friends with on FB), she has been covering as CD for a few weeks following the CD meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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