KrusII Posted October 29, 2008 #351 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Conquest: WEE JIMMYDestiny: JORGE SOLDANO Ecstasy: STEVE CASSEL Elation: STEWART DUNN Fantasy: BIG TEX Fascination: TREVOR BLOCK Freedom: TODD WHITTMER Glory: BUTCH BEGOVICH Holiday: TORY SECOY Imagination: Karl with a K Inspiration: RISA BARNES Legend: TINA NOBLE Liberty: STEVE KNISLEY Miracle: BRENT MITCHELL Paradise: SKIP LYONS Pride: JEFF BRONSON Sensation: PAUL SANTLEY Splendor: JEN BAXTER Spirit: CHRIS ROBERTS Triumph: RYAN FITZGERALD Valor: CHRIS JEFFERSON Victory: MALCOLM BURN Glory CD is Butch (Yah?) Begovich...........He is the BEST!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmac3 Posted October 29, 2008 #352 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Steve Knisley is our all-time favorite Cruise Director. During embarkation, he personally greeted guests as they boarded the ship.At the conclusion of every show he was at the rear of the Taj Mahal theater and personally thanked guests for attending, and at the conclusion of the cruise during disembarkation he personally thanked passengers for cruising with Carnival as they left the ship. A very personable guy that always seemed to be around - interacting with passengers.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted November 1, 2008 Author #353 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Conquest: WEE JIMMY Destiny: JORGE SOLDANO Ecstasy: STEVE CASSEL Elation: STEWART DUNN Fantasy: BIG TEX Fascination: TREVOR BLOCK Freedom: NOORTJE DENTENEER Glory: BUTCH BEGOVITCH Holiday: TORY SECOY Imagination: Karl with a K Inspiration: RISA BARNES Legend: TINA NOBLE Liberty: STEVE KNISLEY Miracle: BRENT MITCHELL Paradise: SKIP LYONS Pride: JEFF BRONSON Sensation: PAUL SANTLEY Splendor: JEN BAXTER Spirit: CHRIS ROBERTS Triumph: RYAN FITZGERALD Valor: CHRIS JEFFERSON Victory: MALCOLM BURN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacruizer Posted November 1, 2008 #354 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Any recent Glory cruisers know how long Butch will be onboard? About to book for January and looks like most people here seem to like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Passenger Posted November 3, 2008 #355 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Any recent Glory cruisers know how long Butch will be onboard? About to book for January and looks like most people here seem to like him. It is so weird how people have different opinions. We thought Butch was the worst cruise director we have had. Maybe I missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboatrider Posted November 3, 2008 #356 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Well, after reading many of these "CD" posts and threads, I never envisioned actually chiming in on one. While I thought Malcolm Burn was awesome on Victory a couple of years ago, and Chris Roberts was "OK" last year, I now understand the value of a great CD. We just sailed Fascination out of Jax, and IMO Trevor Block wouldn't even make a good asst. CD. Many aspects of a cruise lay squarely on the shoulders of the CD whether they personally attend to the task or not, and this was the most inept staff that we've experienced. We never saw Trevor out of the main show lounge, and never saw him actually speak to anyone not on the staff. (Not that we followed him all week, lol). Go ahead and get out the flame throwers, but I just thought Trevor was terrible. Maybe he was having a bad week. Don't get me wrong, that didn't in any way ruin our cruise, but it sure didn't add any value either. I also doubt that we'll be concerned who the CD will be when booking our next cruise, which we'll be doing this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted November 3, 2008 #357 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Well, after reading many of these "CD" posts and threads, I never envisioned actually chiming in on one. While I thought Malcolm Burn was awesome on Victory a couple of years ago, and Chris Roberts was "OK" last year, I now understand the value of a great CD. We just sailed Fascination out of Jax, and IMO Trevor Block wouldn't even make a good asst. CD. Many aspects of a cruise lay squarely on the shoulders of the CD whether they personally attend to the task or not, and this was the most inept staff that we've experienced. We never saw Trevor out of the main show lounge, and never saw him actually speak to anyone not on the staff. (Not that we followed him all week, lol). Go ahead and get out the flame throwers, but I just thought Trevor was terrible. Maybe he was having a bad week. Don't get me wrong, that didn't in any way ruin our cruise, but it sure didn't add any value either. I also doubt that we'll be concerned who the CD will be when booking our next cruise, which we'll be doing this week. We have never cruised with Trevor Block....but since most of what Cruise Directors do is behind the scenes....a good one or bad one is reflected more in the efficiency of the staff. (or lack of efficiency) The Cruise Director is the quarterback of the team....so to speak. You don't know you had a good CD until you get a bad one. As far as personalities go....(someone asked why other people may have really liked a CD that they did not like)... no flames....not everyone connects with all people. It is understandable that a person may just not connect with a CD. In all our years, we have only had one CD that we were disappointed in. Thank goodness we have only had him once. We are dependent on the Entertainment Staff to handle some special needs our son with Autism has...so we get some first hand experience on what the CD does. And one bad one after all these years is pretty good odds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom23guys Posted November 7, 2008 #358 Share Posted November 7, 2008 This may have been asked before but couldn't find it. Maybe put the wrong words in the search. Does anyone know who will be the CD on the Dream especially on the first sailings in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted November 7, 2008 Author #359 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Does anyone know who will be the CD on the Dream especially on the first sailings in Europe? Todd Whittmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deborahjo Posted November 7, 2008 #360 Share Posted November 7, 2008 We have never cruised with Trevor Block....but since most of what Cruise Directors do is behind the scenes....a good one or bad one is reflected more in the efficiency of the staff. (or lack of efficiency) The Cruise Director is the quarterback of the team....so to speak. You don't know you had a good CD until you get a bad one. As far as personalities go....(someone asked why other people may have really liked a CD that they did not like)... no flames....not everyone connects with all people. It is understandable that a person may just not connect with a CD. In all our years, we have only had one CD that we were disappointed in. Thank goodness we have only had him once. We are dependent on the Entertainment Staff to handle some special needs our son with Autism has...so we get some first hand experience on what the CD does. And one bad one after all these years is pretty good odds!! You say a CD's job is behind the scenes. I don't believe this for one minute. We have gotten to know all of our CDs and loved their behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted November 7, 2008 #361 Share Posted November 7, 2008 You say a CD's job is behind the scenes. I don't believe this for one minute. We have gotten to know all of our CDs and loved their behavior. Please read it again.... what I said was: "since most of what Cruise Directors do is behind the scenes" Yes, people see the "public stuff" they do....but cruisers may or may not be aware (especially newbies) the tremendous work load they have "behind the scenes". To someone who does not know better...it would appear that the Cruise Director just pops on stage from time to time during the course of a cruise and maybe walks along the Promenade occasionally MCing an event from time to time. We have several CDs who we are blessed to call friends...who we have sailed with since they were Social Hosts..... and we keep in touch even when we are not sailing with them. They (with the exception of one who I will not name) are a FABULOUS GROUP OF FOLKS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batch007 Posted November 7, 2008 #362 Share Posted November 7, 2008 any one know who it is? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPete Posted November 30, 2008 Author #363 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Conquest: WEE JIMMY Destiny: JORGE SOLDANO Ecstasy: STEVE CASSEL Elation: STEWART DUNN Fantasy: JEREMY MAYES Fascination: TREVOR BLOCK Freedom: NOORTJE DENTENEER Glory: BUTCH BEGOVITCH Holiday: TORY SECOY Imagination: Karl with a K Inspiration: RISA BARNES Legend: Liberty: STEVE KNISLEY Miracle: BRENT MITCHELL Paradise: SKIP LYONS Pride: MARK PRICE Sensation: PAUL SANTLEY Splendor: GOOSE NEUMANN Spirit: CHRIS ROBERTS Triumph: RYAN FITZGERALD Valor: CHRIS JEFFERSON Victory: MALCOLM BURN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Name Of The Game Posted November 30, 2008 #364 Share Posted November 30, 2008 We really liked Ryan Fitzgerald. He was very personable and accessible, conducting several Q & A sessions throughout the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 30, 2008 #365 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Karl with a K left Imagination on Nov 7 for seven weeks of vacation. The Imagination cruise director is now Tina Noble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sappygirl Posted November 30, 2008 #366 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Steve Knisley is our all-time favorite Cruise Director. During embarkation, he personally greeted guests as they boarded the ship.At the conclusion of every show he was at the rear of the Taj Mahal theater and personally thanked guests for attending, and at the conclusion of the cruise during disembarkation he personally thanked passengers for cruising with Carnival as they left the ship. A very personable guy that always seemed to be around - interacting with passengers.:) I think every CD should greet the guests when coming on and leaving. On our first cruise we did not even know who our CD was until we went to the port info talks. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennel Posted November 30, 2008 #367 Share Posted November 30, 2008 is Tina Noble from Miami, was she the cd on the spirirt out of sandiego in Jan 08? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BND Posted November 30, 2008 #368 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I think every CD should greet the guests when coming on and leaving. On our first cruise we did not even know who our CD was until we went to the port info talks. :( Can you imagine shaking the hands of 3,000 people? The CD has other responsibilities without having to be there to say hello and goodbye to each passenger. I assume you didnt' go to the first night show? That's when they introduce the CD. I find it interesting that you need the CD to greet you. It's nice that one has done it, but it's not required of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gill_boo Posted November 30, 2008 #369 Share Posted November 30, 2008 any comments on the Triumph's Director Lenny Halliday? It wasn't Lenny in October. We had Ryan Fitzgerald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janene1 Posted December 1, 2008 #370 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi, I'm sorry I'm not very good at all of this. Last month when I was looking for a cruise we decided to go with the Freedom thinking TODD WHITTMER would be the cruise director in Jan 2009. I now see that has changed but it that temporary? We enjoyed him so much on our first cruise and did not like our last cruise director AT ALL. Can someone tell me if they like the Cruise director NOORTJE DENTENEER? Todd was so fun and did lots of stuff off stage with all the cruisers, we were wondering where he was off to now? I'm about to buy tickets so it's decision time and I'm second guessing my pick without Todd. Thanks so much!!! Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryry79 Posted December 1, 2008 #371 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Janene, I am with you. I will be heading out on the Freedom this Xmas (3 weeks) and I was under the impression that Todd is the official CD and Noortje was an assistant. I had Todd on my Liberty cruise a couple years ago, and I really enjoyed his personality. I haven't heard anything good about Noortje, so I hope it isn't true. Anyone been on the Freedom lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Pendell Posted December 1, 2008 #372 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Just sailed on the Spirit. Kirk Benning was the CD and he is awesome! Don't miss his Morning Show on Channel 17 with his Asst CD Noonan. They are hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat17 Posted December 3, 2008 #373 Share Posted December 3, 2008 who is the cd on the legend? we sail on her january 25th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrPete Posted December 3, 2008 Author #375 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Conquest: WEE JIMMY Destiny: JORGE SOLDANO Ecstasy: STEVE CASSEL Elation: STEWART DUNN Fantasy: BIG TEX Fascination: TREVOR BLOCK Freedom: NOORTJE DENTENEER Glory: BUTCH BEGOVITCH Holiday: TORY SECOY Imagination: TINA NOBLE Inspiration: RISA BARNES Legend: SHAWN BUSSEY Liberty: STEVE KNISLEY Miracle: BRENT MITCHELL Paradise: SKIP LYONS Pride: MARK PRICE Sensation: PAUL SANTLEY Splendor: GOOSE NEUMANN Spirit: KIRK BENNING Triumph: RYAN FITZGERALD Valor: CHRIS JEFFERSON Victory: MALCOLM BURN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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