edgee Posted August 5, 2019 #26 Share Posted August 5, 2019 3 hours ago, IWantToLiveOverTheSea said: My husband loves Ray Carr. I'm in the "doesn't really matter" camp, although if they're too loud (crazy/cheerleader/try too hard to entertain types), I'm not crazy about them. I can remember only one of those. I personally liked Dottie. Announcements are announcements. All CDs make them. There are announcements..then there are Dottie's announcements which include jumping back on the P.A. System repeatedly cuz she "forgot" to mention a sale in the shops or whatever Carnivalesque sales pitch utterance she chooses to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK300 Posted August 5, 2019 #27 Share Posted August 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, edgee said: There are announcements..then there are Dottie's announcements which include jumping back on the P.A. System repeatedly cuz she "forgot" to mention a sale in the shops or whatever Carnivalesque sales pitch utterance she chooses to make. And her many 'infamous' bingo announcements 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go-Bucks! Posted August 6, 2019 #28 Share Posted August 6, 2019 12 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said: BTW if you ever get invited to dinner by an officer or CD, remember that there are no doggie bags👀 I'm curious what this means. Last week I had dinner with the GM and another dinner with the CD. Is there something I should have known beforehand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgee Posted August 6, 2019 #29 Share Posted August 6, 2019 30 minutes ago, Go-Bucks! said: I'm curious what this means. Last week I had dinner with the GM and another dinner with the CD. Is there something I should have known beforehand? I take it to mean you cannot leave early due to boring company and take your food with you. We were once "stuck" with another couple and a full of himself junior officer for a super boring slow dinner on Regent...made for a miserable evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted August 6, 2019 #30 Share Posted August 6, 2019 38 minutes ago, Go-Bucks! said: I'm curious what this means. Last week I had dinner with the GM and another dinner with the CD. Is there something I should have known beforehand? No. There's a different CC thread where a new-to-Oceania poster was asking about getting doggie bags and/or stowing uneaten food in their purse at dinner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted August 6, 2019 #31 Share Posted August 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, Flatbush Flyer said: No. There's a different CC thread where a new-to-Oceania poster was asking about getting doggie bags and/or stowing uneaten food in their purse at dinner. I must have missed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoNorthPerth Posted August 6, 2019 #32 Share Posted August 6, 2019 16 minutes ago, Paulchili said: I must have missed that one. Be grateful you did. It's very unedifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted August 7, 2019 #33 Share Posted August 7, 2019 We did a 22 day B2B in May, and when we went to the first trivia, we saw a couple who’ve been on , it seems, well over 100 cruises. On a previous cruise, we saw the husband had a notebook with every trivia game they’ve played, and they won every time. We partnered up with a great group on our cruise and we warned them that the particular group would get 20 out of 20 every game. Yep, that’s exactly what happened. Participation dropped until a very vocal member of our group spoke to the CD and told him that they really need to change up the questions and not use the same ones over and over again. He did just that and the perfect team was not so perfect anymore. Dottie celebrated her 60th in May, and she told us she had 5 more years and then she was pulling the plug. She’s back on Riviera in Sept. for only 3 months, and after a vacation, she’ll be assigned to one of the R class ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 7, 2019 #34 Share Posted August 7, 2019 4 minutes ago, kitty9 said: We did a 22 day B2B in May, and when we went to the first trivia, we saw a couple who’ve been on , it seems, well over 100 cruises. On a previous cruise, we saw the husband had a notebook with every trivia game they’ve played, and they won every time. We partnered up with a great group on our cruise and we warned them that the particular group would get 20 out of 20 every game. Yep, that’s exactly what happened. Participation dropped until a very vocal member of our group spoke to the CD and told him that they really need to change up the questions and not use the same ones over and over again. He did just that and the perfect team was not so perfect anymore. Dottie celebrated her 60th in May, and she told us she had 5 more years and then she was pulling the plug. She’s back on Riviera in Sept. for only 3 months, and after a vacation, she’ll be assigned to one of the R class ships. nice to know since we will be on Rivera the middle of May. Will be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacruiser123 Posted August 7, 2019 #35 Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 9:23 PM, Jancruz said: My favorite from day one of Oceania on the friends and family cruise ia Leslie Jon..his Fiddler on the Roof is the best I've ever seen and he does the best TRIVIA.. Jancruz1 Funny...that’s why they say different strokes for different folks. I had Leslie Jon on my 1st Oceania cruise & vowed never to return b/c I found it so boring as well as him..although he wasn’t around much. However, I do agree that his Fiddler was good & memorable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbb Posted August 7, 2019 #36 Share Posted August 7, 2019 To date my faves are Ray Carr, Julie James,and new to me this summer, Shawn Carter. John Ekin is great and was promoted to CD last year. Andy Heath is excellent and Bob is now on O class ships. Ray Carr particularly good as CD on ATW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted August 7, 2019 #37 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Out of your group there in 22 cruises I've only been with Andy & Shawn, and Shawn most recently on Insignia last November. I really liked Andy but I understand he's with Regent now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 7, 2019 #38 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Lately we seem to be on with Peter Roberts we have been on with Leslie a number of times. Nolan Dean, Julie James & some others that I think may have left O Have no favourites they all do their jobs I do enjoy checking out Peter's shoes he has some really fun looking ones 😉 Last cruise they put a video on TV of his shoe collection LOL it was fun to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DOJO466 Posted August 7, 2019 #39 Share Posted August 7, 2019 On August 4, 2019 at 9:23 PM, Jancruz said: My favorite from day one of Oceania on the friends and family cruise ia Leslie Jon..his Fiddler on the Roof is the best I've ever seen and he does the best TRIVIA.. Jancruz1 "For future information"...lol. We do miss him on our cruises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DOJO466 Posted August 7, 2019 #40 Share Posted August 7, 2019 1 hour ago, LHT28 said: Lately we seem to be on with Peter Roberts we have been on with Leslie a number of times. Nolan Dean, Julie James & some others that I think may have left O Have no favourites they all do their jobs I do enjoy checking out Peter's shoes he has some really fun looking ones 😉 Last cruise they put a video on TV of his shoe collection LOL it was fun to watch I wish I saw that video. I love when his belts match the shoes👞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 7, 2019 #41 Share Posted August 7, 2019 20 minutes ago, DOJO466 said: I wish I saw that video. I love when his belts match the shoes👞 check on the TV when you are on your cruise I was flipping channels & found it 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanandJim Posted August 7, 2019 #42 Share Posted August 7, 2019 2 hours ago, DOJO466 said: "For future information"...lol. We do miss him on our cruises +1 Leslie is the best by far. Which is most likely why he has been asked to "introduce" every Oceania Ship as they have been added to the fleet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandys mommy Posted August 7, 2019 #43 Share Posted August 7, 2019 16 hours ago, kitty9 said: We did a 22 day B2B in May, and when we went to the first trivia, we saw a couple who’ve been on , it seems, well over 100 cruises. On a previous cruise, we saw the husband had a notebook with every trivia game they’ve played, and they won every time. We partnered up with a great group on our cruise and we warned them that the particular group would get 20 out of 20 every game. Yep, that’s exactly what happened. Participation dropped until a very vocal member of our group spoke to the CD and told him that they really need to change up the questions and not use the same ones over and over again. He did just that and the perfect team was not so perfect anymore. Dottie celebrated her 60th in May, and she told us she had 5 more years and then she was pulling the plug. She’s back on Riviera in Sept. for only 3 months, and after a vacation, she’ll be assigned to one of the R class ships. So you are saying that Dottie will be on Riviera during the month on Sept? Is Tom with her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammiedawg Posted August 7, 2019 #44 Share Posted August 7, 2019 CD’s are not important to us. I recognized most of the names in this thread and liked each one well enough. I like Dottie and Tom a lot and don’t find her annoying. Maybe she has a couple extra announcements. She works very hard and is an all around pleasant person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephraim Posted August 7, 2019 #45 Share Posted August 7, 2019 17 hours ago, kitty9 said: ...On a previous cruise, we saw the husband had a notebook with every trivia game they’ve played, and they won every time. We partnered up with a great group on our cruise and we warned them that the particular group would get 20 out of 20 every game. Yep, that’s exactly what happened. Participation dropped until a very vocal member of our group spoke to the CD and told him that they really need to change up the questions and not use the same ones over and over again. He did just that and the perfect team was not so perfect anymore.... There was a famous couple on Princess who did this. Head office would warn the staff that all trivia had to be discarded and brand new ones written. They also had to make an announcement that no notes, computers, etc. could be used. These people were pretty despicable, they would remove their tips and leave the prizes instead as a tip. From my understanding, they eventually were banned from the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbb Posted August 7, 2019 #46 Share Posted August 7, 2019 see, this is what happens when I type comments using the cellphone rather than the laptop! There is no CD "Bob" that I've ever had, and yes, I typed that Andy Heath is now on O ships...but somehow, the phone decided otherwise! Sorry, all y'all. (and Julie James is still with O--just checked that out yesterday) had a CD tell me that he caught a guy on a trivia team using his phone to find answers and banned not only the guy but the group from participating for the duration of their cruise.....and subsequently told that story to everyone the first time trivia met for a cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted August 7, 2019 #47 Share Posted August 7, 2019 We were on a team with a couple that had been on the previous cruise and had all the answers written down. I didn't like that at all. I either know it or I don't. They offered to give us their notes at the end of the cruise as we were staying on for the next cruise. I passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephraim Posted August 7, 2019 #48 Share Posted August 7, 2019 1 hour ago, ORV said: We were on a team with a couple that had been on the previous cruise and had all the answers written down. I didn't like that at all. I either know it or I don't. They offered to give us their notes at the end of the cruise as we were staying on for the next cruise. I passed. First, any CD that uses the same questions... shouldn't be a CD. But even if they did... that's not winning... that's cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palakika Posted August 8, 2019 #49 Share Posted August 8, 2019 We liked David Peterson and had Ray Solaire and his great puppets a number of years ago. Cbb.. enjoying your (and Dr Dave's) travel blog on current cruise:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted August 8, 2019 #50 Share Posted August 8, 2019 10 hours ago, sammiedawg said: She works very hard and is an all around pleasant person. Except for the fact that she is a fanatic Steelers fan (this objection comes from a former Browns and currently 49ers fan) 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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