Beachammo Posted January 10, 2020 #1726 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, CruisingJoe09 said: I don't think that people's opinions are anything to do with gender. For example, Clo O'Connor seems to always get good reviews. Also many female Activities Managers that are well-liked. I've never had a female CD but have seen some good female AM's. Reason I said this is because ive had women directly tell me they prefer a man CD..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaRob Posted January 11, 2020 #1727 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Brian Leavitt on Liberty , any impressions on him? Good or bad? Had the Blairs on Liberty a couple of years ago and Jeff just tried waaay too hard, Katrina was ok but not in my top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingJoe09 Posted January 11, 2020 #1728 Share Posted January 11, 2020 21 minutes ago, CanadaRob said: Brian Leavitt on Liberty , any impressions on him? Good or bad? Had the Blairs on Liberty a couple of years ago and Jeff just tried waaay too hard, Katrina was ok but not in my top 5 Brian is leaving Liberty soon and heading to Symphony. Cory Rogers will be your CD and he seems to be very popular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conchfm Posted January 11, 2020 #1729 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Does anyone know who the CD will be on Allure on the March 1st Transatlantic from Fort Lauderdale to Barcelona? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishOn55 Posted January 11, 2020 #1730 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just came back from a 4-day cruise on Mariner. Our cruise director was Marcelo. (sorry didn't get his last name).....definitely not Dan Whitley. Marcelo said he was leaving the ship on departure day , Jan 10 same as us. He was OK, personable just talked way too much. Several shows were late starting because of his prolonged intros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolloman Posted January 11, 2020 #1731 Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, FishOn55 said: Just came back from a 4-day cruise on Mariner. Our cruise director was Marcelo. (sorry didn't get his last name).....definitely not Dan Whitley. Marcelo said he was leaving the ship on departure day , Jan 10 same as us. He was OK, personable just talked way too much. Several shows were late starting because of his prolonged intros. He is horrible...close to 100 completed cruises and this guy was the worst. Probably needs demoted to laundry room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstone1 Posted January 11, 2020 #1732 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On Mariner and Ricky Matthews is currently our CD. We have had Ricky several times before and always enjoy his high energy and interaction with the guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted January 11, 2020 #1733 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanx for filling in the blank.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulf01 Posted January 11, 2020 #1734 Share Posted January 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, pstone1 said: On Mariner and Ricky Matthews is currently our CD. We have had Ricky several times before and always enjoy his high energy and interaction with the guests. Actually found Ricky to be a some what vulgar (twerking ala Miley Cyrus with a bent over male dancer) one trick pony. One dad grabbed his two kids and said “lets go” and left the Promenade. He DOES have energy but just not my cup of tea. How many “Oh Mama! Hey Mamas” can you take. As a whole, Mariner was fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenboy Posted January 12, 2020 #1735 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I take a hiatus from this forum and suddenly only recognise a handful of CD’s! Where did the rest go?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingJoe09 Posted January 12, 2020 #1736 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, rodenboy said: I take a hiatus from this forum and suddenly only recognise a handful of CD’s! Where did the rest go?! There has been a huge turnover in the last 2/3 years. Some long term CD's resigned (e.g. Abe Hughes), a few went to the Miami office (e.g. Ken Rush) and some were fired. Good thing is that this has given many AM's their chance to become CD (Katy, Mark, Daniel to name a few). Also a large number of hires from other lines (a handful came from Carnival - Marcelo, Brian, Cory). Edited January 12, 2020 by CruisingJoe09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgoddess1 Posted January 12, 2020 #1737 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) On 1/10/2020 at 4:26 PM, CanadaRob said: Brian Leavitt on Liberty , any impressions on him? Good or bad? Had the Blairs on Liberty a couple of years ago and Jeff just tried waaay too hard, Katrina was ok but not in my top 5 I think you mean John Blair, not Jeff. I sailed with them for the first time in 1997, and have enjoyed sailing with them frequently as the CD/AM. I think they are changing ships. Edited January 12, 2020 by travelgoddess1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaRob Posted January 12, 2020 #1738 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, travelgoddess1 said: I think you mean John Blair, not Jeff. I sailed with them for the first time in 1997, and have enjoyed sailing with them frequently as the CD/AM. I think they are changing ships. Yup John and to each his own, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashpackprincess Posted January 12, 2020 #1739 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 1/7/2020 at 1:17 PM, Aza1972 said: Friends on Radiance at the moment and definitely Cruisin Susan Currently on Radiance and can confirm this as well. We've found her nice but uninspiring. Definitely the worst CD we've had (which is a shame as it seems the rest of her staff is working their butts off to add some energy to the cruise.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetwhiz Posted January 13, 2020 #1740 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Brian Leavitt leaves Liberty this week and Cory Rogers comes onboard this week as a 2020 permanent assignment. He’s there from January 14th to May 17th then July 12th to November 22nd. Brian Leavitt goes on vacation and will be on Between Symphony and Harmony for 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy6384 Posted January 13, 2020 #1741 Share Posted January 13, 2020 13 hours ago, flashpackprincess said: Currently on Radiance and can confirm this as well. We've found her nice but uninspiring. Definitely the worst CD we've had (which is a shame as it seems the rest of her staff is working their butts off to add some energy to the cruise.) We are doing B2B2B cruises on Radiance starting 30 January. (17 days time but who is counting) Will Cruisin' Susan still be there or she to be replaced for the Circumnavigation cruises? We have 44 nights coming up and I would like an entertaining CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgoddess1 Posted January 13, 2020 #1742 Share Posted January 13, 2020 22 hours ago, CanadaRob said: Yup John and to each his own, Absolutely. To-MAY-to/to-MAH-to. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted January 13, 2020 #1743 Share Posted January 13, 2020 ADVENTURE: Drew Devine #1397ALLURE: Jimmy Rhodes #1578, Michele Scarpato May to September, 2020 #1652 ANTHEM: Mitch Merucci September 21 #1477 to January 16, 2020 #1692, then Mercedes Lafuente #1676 for 2 months #1703BRILLIANCE: Rob McNally #1566EMPRESS Steve Davis #1703ENCHANTMENT: Bobby Broughton. Elizabeth Hackett to cover vacation, early October #1476 Update, please.EXPLORER: Mike Whitte #1545FREEDOM: Cory Rogers for 30 days in Dec to take ship to Cadiz in Jan for drydock #1444 then Elvis Pinto #1671GRANDEUR: Clo O'Connor #1626 Through 2-20-20 #1657HARMONY: Marc Walker as of 9-29-19/3-15-20, 5-3/9-13-20 and 11-15-20/3-7-21 #1619INDEPENDENCE: Cuddy Cudsworth #1677JEWEL: Andrea Oliver on through March, 2020 #1687LIBERTY: Brian Leavitt October 13 #1620, Cory Rogers January 14th to May 17th then July 12th to November 22nd. #1740 MARINER: Ricky Matthews as of 1-11-20 #1732MAJESTY: Tanya Yates Tongue #1676NAVIGATOR: Hugo Arenas returned 10-18 #1621OASIS: Michele Scarpato #1717OVATION: Gordon Whatman #1716 as of 1-9-20 for 7 weeks till Hong Kong #1720QUANTUM: Ken Jones #1535RADIANCE: Susan Adams #1701RHAPSODY: David Bradshaw #1666SERENADE: Katy McCullagh from UK #1652, filling in. Will be gone by 1-31-20 #1656, then Chris Brown #1651SPECTRUM: Fang Lixin through December #1394 Any update? SYMPHONY: Mike Szwajkowski as of 11-2-19 #1602 VISION Steve Davis for transatlantic crossing, will be on for 8 months #1518 then John Blair #1678VOYAGER: Michelle Oliveria #1565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommaMickey Posted January 13, 2020 #1744 Share Posted January 13, 2020 hi I just booked Grandeur for 2/28 and see that Clo is leaving 2/20...any idea who follows? We were on Grandeur over thanksgiving and had the Blair's, unfortunately John was ill and his wife was doing double duty (and probably worrying about him). They departed ship for vacation when we arrived back in Baltimore. Just got home from Adventure yesterday, Drew Devine was okay. Didn't see much of him except to introduce shows or on the Morning Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 13, 2020 #1745 Share Posted January 13, 2020 According to a post on a live thread on Oasis Bobby Brown is back aboard. He was listed as the cruise director in the meet the officers printed handout. Could he have just just taken a few weeks off over the holidays as Michele Scarpato was definitely on-board with us on the Dec 22 sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 14, 2020 #1746 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said: According to a post on a live thread on Oasis Bobby Brown is back aboard. He was listed as the cruise director in the meet the officers printed handout. Could he have just just taken a few weeks off over the holidays as Michele Scarpato was definitely on-board with us on the Dec 22 sailing. I'm not impressed so far. It is funny that he looks like Fred Rogers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momsmad69 Posted January 14, 2020 #1747 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Anyone know who will be filling in for Marc Walker on Harmony in April 2020? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsvd79 Posted January 14, 2020 #1748 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I totally thought it was a joke and they put Mr. Rogers face on! OMG! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uradoll786 Posted January 14, 2020 #1749 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 7:10 AM, Beachammo said: Susan is a top 5 CD in our opinion. There are many who don't care for female CD's. We love Cruisin' Susan! I had never really paid attention to the CDs before we had her on Enchantment. She is by far our favorite. I don't understand how some don't like her, but to each their own 🤷♀️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulf01 Posted January 14, 2020 #1750 Share Posted January 14, 2020 11 hours ago, momsmad69 said: Anyone know who will be filling in for Marc Walker on Harmony in April 2020? Whomever it is he or she will have big shoes to fill. We loved Marc on Harmony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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