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EQ HD is Darren Tiller, GRM is Nick Shrives, Exec Chef is German Rijo with CC Host(ess) Rossy onboard until early Dec.

 

Thanks for the update.

Nick Shrives seems to have disembarked when you did and is now on Constellation. Darren Tiller was replaced by a new name: Benny Weidacher.

A search put him on Explorer of the Seas. Is there some cross training going on?

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. Darren Tiller was replaced by a new name: Benny Weidacher.

A search put him on Explorer of the Seas. Is there some cross training going on?

Hi,Arno

Darren Tiller seems to have moved around a lot lately. He was ''just getting on'' Summit late summer;when we sailed, Peter Nodal just started in his place, ...now he's moved again....twice !!!

Either he is cross training other potential HD ( wouldn't make sense as regards P.Nodal who has been with Celebrity for over 20 years !!! ) or he is being cross-trained...or tried in various environnements. We had him last summer on Century. While he didn't overly impress us, he appeared to quite active, visible, courteous and obviously ran a good hotel operation ( on the surface at least). Seems much more ''cut'' for a Celebrity-type operation than a RCCL-type. Not the ''rah rah'' type but is quite dignified and sophisticated.

Good luck on your diet. A good idea is to get your clothes ''enlarged''before you leave on your next B2B2B2B2B2B etc,etc....;makes you feel good for a start, and even better when you come back !!!;)

Cheers

Claude

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Thanks for the update.

Nick Shrives seems to have disembarked when you did and is now on Constellation. Darren Tiller was replaced by a new name: Benny Weidacher.

A search put him on Explorer of the Seas. Is there some cross training going on?

 

You raise an interesting speculative point about "cross training". Remember when there were AL Umpires and NL Umpires. Now they just have "Umpires" who cover whatever game they're assigned. Wonder if RCCL will be doing the same thing? Could give them flexibility. Another sign of a closer relationship between the parts?

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I've received info that John Grantham will board Century and that a Kyle Dodson from NCL will soon join Celebrity as a CD.

Alejandro Tortorelli is CD on Constellation at present.

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Master: Captain Zisis Taramas

Hotel Director: Sue Richardson

Chief Engineer: Stavros Zannikos

Cruise Director: Paul Baya

Staff Captain: Panagiotis Kiousis

Food & Beverage Manager: Mark Tomley

Guest Relations Manager: Mario Tavares

Executive Chef: Robert Sauer

CC Hostess: Tanushka D'Souza

Naturalist: Brent Nixon

Beyond the Podium Speaker: Kurt Mondloch (Sailing)

 

Party Band: Sol Provider

Guitar and Vocals: Jonny Mantra

Classical Trio: Chroma String Trio

Contemporary Jazz/Rock: Ryan Johnson Quartet

Jazz Quartet: Off the Record

 

 

How good were the Classical Trio, the Chroma String Trio. That is my entertainment.

Stan:cool::cool:

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Melissa Snow is leaving the Summit at the end of the current 2 week cruise. Marlene and Ashley that are currently assisting her will be staying on. Marlene is going to the Constellation in November and Ashley will remain on the Summit. They are the Captain's Club Hostesses.

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We were on the 9/7 cruise. Melissa was training Marlene-she will be fantastic. Ashley was in customer service at the start of the cruise and left during to go to initial training. I had one dealing with her and she went above and beyond the call of duty. Marelene is from Panama and Ashley from the US. They will be great hostesses.

 

Melissa is going on vacation at the end of November and does not yet know her next assignment.

 

Happy Sails to You

 

OOOEEE :D:D Bob and Phyl

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Bob, I was on the cruise with you. I had Marlene on her first assignment in March on Century. She was NOT in training, but an EQUAL hostess with Mell because of the large numbers of elites on the New Eng cruises, she's been a hostess for 6 mos. The reason she may have not seemed equal to you is she let Mell do all the announcements, because she has a little stage fright. Of course, back in March she had to do the announcements and she did fine.

 

And yes she is fantastic.

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On our previous cruise on the Silhouette (Sept 15 to Sept 26), we found that most of Staff Managers were exceptionally friendly.

Master: E. Alevropoulos

Hotel D.: Bradley Pavlik

Chief Engineer: Yannis Chazandroulis

CD: Lisa Richard

F&B M.: Koray Savas

Guest Relations: Sinisa Misetic

Executive Chef: Anthony Wilson

 

We were particularly impressed by Lisa Richard and the excellent duo she forms with her assistant. Lisa is more than a simple CD presenting the artists before the show and thanking them at the end. She is herself part of the show and an excellent singer. A look at her CV reveals that she is multitalented and highly qualified: BA in Chemistry and MBA, 20 years in management for Toshiba (up to V-P) followed by a second career as a performer in Mamma Mia! on Broadway. Quite impressive!

I am sure that the Master Captain, being with Celebrity since 1993, is highly qualified as a sailman but I can't comment on that; however, he also reveals himself as a good entertainer who participated in many events on stage and interacted a lot with the passengers. We also had some frienly discussions with the chief engineer including on one occasion where we had to wait for a tender to return to the ship.

All together they inspire and manage an excellent and very friendly crew.

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We are going on Equinox in November, and I had seen Jason Ward listed as Cruise Director. Turns out, he has a Facebook page, which I clicked "like" on. 2 hours ago, he posts "Going home". Looks like we may need a new name to fill in the blank.

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Master - Capt Michael Karatzas (leaving for vacation after our cruise)

HD - Benny Weidacher

CD - Jason Ward

Chief Engineer - Evangelis Saliaris

Staff Captain - Damianos Xenakis

F & B Mgr - Menze Heroian

Guest Relations Mgr - Jann Ramios

Exec Chef - German Rijo

CC Hostess - Rossy Anguelova (leaving for vacation 25th November).

 

Aside from the two mentioned above I'm not sure how long the rest will be on the ship. For those of you yet to meet CC Hostess Rossy, she is an absolute delight and best Hostess I've had on all of my cruises.

 

Phil

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On our previous cruise on the Silhouette (Sept 15 to Sept 26), we found that most of Staff Managers were exceptionally friendly.

Master: E. Alevropoulos

Hotel D.: Bradley Pavlik

Chief Engineer: Yannis Chazandroulis

CD: Lisa Richard

F&B M.: Koray Savas

Guest Relations: Sinisa Misetic

Executive Chef: Anthony Wilson

 

We were particularly impressed by Lisa Richard and the excellent duo she forms with her assistant. Lisa is more than a simple CD presenting the artists before the show and thanking them at the end. She is herself part of the show and an excellent singer. A look at her CV reveals that she is multitalented and highly qualified: BA in Chemistry and MBA, 20 years in management for Toshiba (up to V-P) followed by a second career as a performer in Mamma Mia! on Broadway. Quite impressive!

I am sure that the Master Captain, being with Celebrity since 1993, is highly qualified as a sailman but I can't comment on that; however, he also reveals himself as a good entertainer who participated in many events on stage and interacted a lot with the passengers. We also had some frienly discussions with the chief engineer including on one occasion where we had to wait for a tender to return to the ship.

All together they inspire and manage an excellent and very friendly crew.

 

Home from Silhouette 9/26. While I wasn't wild about Lisa and her entertainment staff, I totally agree about the Captain. He's quite an entertainer and it's clear he enjoys it. I can't remember seeing another captain so involved in the entertainment sector! He was particularly hilarious in the Liars Club show. The officers overall were very visible and most of them were quite friendly, which we appreciated. I've rarely seen that in the past.

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