DARNAILZ Posted April 27, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Does anyone know who the CD's are on the ships and if they are any good? Song of America 1995 Zenith 1996 Zenith 1998 Nordic Empress 2000 Nordic Empress 2002 Norwegian Dawn 9/14/2003 Norwegian Dawn 2/5/2004 one of the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trcori Posted April 27, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 27, 2004 David Cole was CD on Mercury the week we sailed, 4/4-4/11. As I wrote in my review, for lack of a better single word, he was dorky. But perhaps a good manager -- as his staff was spectacular. TR Millennium 12/12/04 **** Mercury 4/04, Infinity 8/03, Century 3/03 & 9/02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeljohn Posted April 27, 2004 #3 Share Posted April 27, 2004 John Howell is currently on the Horizon, but only for a couple more weeks. His next ship is the Infinity, and I believe he'll be there from July until Nov. He is our favorite cruise director so far. Very talented, and loves his job. REBELJOHN Constitution '89 Meridian '90 Norway '91 Celebration '93 Zenith 11/01 Sensation 5/02 Century 11/02 Atlantica 03/03 Zaandam 11/03 Horizon 4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinsowm Posted April 27, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I agree with you on John Howell. We sailed with him on both the Zenith and the Horizon and he really is the best. I just wish he would stay on the Infinity until December when we cruise to Hawaii. Walter Until my Summit Alaska cruise <applet code="countdown.class" CODEBASE="http://*************/java-sys" width="203" height="25"> <param name="font" value="lcdb0"> <param name="year" value=2004> <param name="month" value=7> <param name="day" value=30> <param name="hour" value=17> </applet> Until my Hawaii Infinity cruise <applet code="countdown.class" CODEBASE="http://*************/java-sys" width="203" height="25"> <param name="font" value="lcdb0"> <param name="year" value=2004> <param name="month" value=12> <param name="day" value=5> <param name="hour" value=21> </applet> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted April 27, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 27, 2004 DARNAILZ Galaxy - Susan Woods. A very nice lady and extremely approachable. I was very impressed with her. Previous year we had Julian Bersch on Mercury. 5 out of 10. You don't work for Celebrity do you? Phil Mercury Western Caribbean November 2002 Galaxy Eastern Caribbean November 2003 <BR Until Galaxy Panama Canal Out Of Galveston 13th November 2004 <center> <a href="http://www.escati.com/counter98/free_time_codes.htm"> </center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbook Posted April 27, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Simon Weir is currently on Summit. An outstanding CD. Majesty 9/01 Sovereign 12/02 Century 5/03 Enchantment 12/03 Summit 4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teedee Posted April 27, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Alan King is the CD on Century, he is really great. He's the only cruise director I've ever seen that spends a lot of time mingeling(sp?) with the passengers, both on the ship and in the ports. He was very friendly whenever we ran into him. On our first Century cruise the CD was Mike Witte and we never saw him except at the shows. Terri Skyward - 1989 Carnivale - 1991 Holiday - 1994 Fantasy - 1998 Century - 2002 Century - 2003 Jubilee - 7/04 Century - 9/04 Coral Princess 3/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwb Posted April 27, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Millenium: Edwin Rojas Infinity: Nick Weir Summit: Simon Weir (brothers) What in Heaven's name do you mean by "are they any good"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted April 27, 2004 #9 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Hi First time I sailed Century the CD was Allen King, 2nd time, was Rick Spath. Last month on the Mercury was Julian Bersch. Julian has been with Celebrity for more than 15 years I believe. He knows ALL ABOUT Cruise Critic . He told me he was on the Century for many years..from her Inagural Sailing until.....I can't recall when he first went to another ship but he is very nice! Next up...HORIZON Sept 18th to Bermuda! See My Century and Mercury Pictures at: http://community.webshots.com/user/lovescruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlleach Posted April 27, 2004 #10 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Just got off the Summit yesterday. Simon and his assistant, Stuart were both a lot of fun. They joined us at an informal cruise critic pool bar gathering on the last day. Simon also announced the get together in the daily. I didn't realize his brother was on another ship. Norwegian Dynasty 8/99 Carnival Pride 9/02 Carnival Inspiration 2/03 Norwegian Wind 9/03 Summit 4/16/04 Century 4/2/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melaniausa Posted April 27, 2004 #11 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Alan King and Susan Ward were the best cruise directors I have ever had. Alan was very nice and did mingle quite a bit. True assets to Celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulm Posted April 27, 2004 #12 Share Posted April 27, 2004 On my recent 3/28-4/11 Zenith cruise our CD was Donnell Davis and his assistant was Eric. These guys were fantastic in getting the passengers involved. Mercury 3/01 Century 3/02 Golden Princess 3/03 Zenith 3/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingChick Posted April 27, 2004 #13 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I just got off Infinity on Sunday and the CD was Rich Clessen. He was very good. I have sailed Millennium twice and Edwin Rojas is also pretty good. Until Celebrity Zenith - NYC to Bermuda Big Red Boat II – New York to Canada/New England, August 2000 Regal Empress – New York to Canada/New England, August 2001 Millennium – 10 Night Southern Caribbean, August 2002 Millennium – 13 Night Mediterranean, August 2003 Infinity – 7 Night Eastern Caribbean, April 2004 Zenith - 7 Night NYC to Bermuda, August 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeljohn Posted April 27, 2004 #14 Share Posted April 27, 2004 teedee......We didn't think much of Mike Witte when we had him on the Century. He is no longer employed by Celebrity, BTW. REBELJOHN Constitution '89 Meridian '90 Norway '91 Celebration '93 Zenith 11/01 Sensation 5/02 Century 11/02 Atlantica 03/03 Zaandam 11/03 Horizon 4/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllieZeus Posted April 28, 2004 #15 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Just got off the Galaxy yesterday and our CD was Donnell Davis. He was a lot of fun. Not sure how long he'll be on the Galaxy but if he was on the Zenith as recently as 4/11 I guess he might be on Galaxy for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safein Posted April 28, 2004 #16 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Where's Dru Pavlov? Is he still on the Connie? And now Infinity 2005! Millennium 2003 Century 2002 Summit 2001 Century 2000 Zenith 1996 Horizon 1994 Horizon 1993 Sunward 1992 Star Princess 1990 Maxim Gorky 1974 & 1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Wunderkind Posted April 28, 2004 #17 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Dru was on Conni at the Feb. 28 sailing. Very nice and funny. Greetings from the home of Radiance, Horizon and Century Class 04/26/04 Jewel of the Seas - First passenger sailing - I just hope the yard delivers on time - Past Sailings 04/2000 Voyager of the Seas 11/2000 Explorer of the Seas (inaugural season) 11/2001 Summit Eastern Carib. (inaugural season) 08/2002 Radiance Alaska (birthday cruise) 10/2003 Radiance Panama Canal (the Radiance Rowdy's) look at the pictures at 02/2004 Constellation Southern Caribbean http://mitglied.lycos.de/cruiseworld/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espmass Posted April 28, 2004 #18 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Eric Bohus was on Constellation but disappeared mid cruise the week of the 17th and was replaced by Damien. I am still trying to find out what happened to Eric. He was terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARNAILZ Posted April 28, 2004 Author #19 Share Posted April 28, 2004 No, I don't work for celebrity. I mean "are they talented at what they do?" Rich Cleeson was CD on NCL, he was the cruise director on the Dawn in September and February, very personable. I haven't sailed Celebrity in a long time and was curious. Song of America 1995 Zenith 1996 Zenith 1998 Nordic Empress 2000 Nordic Empress 2002 Norwegian Dawn 9/14/2003 Norwegian Dawn 2/5/2004 one of the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LovetheSea Posted April 28, 2004 #20 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Rich Clessan is on the Infinity at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlielinda Posted April 28, 2004 #21 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Honestly I can't remember any cruise directors I've had on other ships except for Simon Weir on the Summit and he was great. He spent lots of time among the guests on the ship - he was interested in our opinions of the ship and staff and was very proud of his staff and the Summit. I can't wait to sail again with him in October. Voyager of the Sea -- September 2001; Galaxy -- May 2002; Zuiderdam -- September 2003; Summit -- APRIL 2004; CAN'T WAIT -- SUMMIT OCTOBER 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuggers Posted April 28, 2004 #22 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Wasn't too impressed with Shawn on the Zenith 4/11. Of course I had just come off the Horizon with John Howell and that's a tough act to follow! I did witness Shawn blow off a passenger who offered to buy him a drink in a not too friendly way. Thought he could have handled it much better and not left the guy feeling embarassed for even asking. Until the Zenith! Second X Cruise In Two Months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseorbust Posted April 29, 2004 #23 Share Posted April 29, 2004 We have been on many Celebrity ships and our favorite is John Howell, Simon Weir would be next in line. Big Red Boat Royal Majesty Royal Majesty Sensation Sensation Big Red Boat Majesty Ecstasy Ecstasy Century Celebration Horizon Destiny Mercury Century Voyager Zenith Mercury Horizon Galaxy Summit Horizon Galaxy Century Mariner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma Bell Posted April 29, 2004 #24 Share Posted April 29, 2004 My vote would be Eric Bohus and Simon Weir...both are terrific. I can honestly say they are all good...some just better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquisitor Posted April 29, 2004 #25 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Apparently on the Horizon and Infinity now, John Howell was on the Century when we sailed in Aug, 03. John did a fine job as MC and Host, but we remember a quiet sea day afternoon while having a cup of coffee when John walked by and said hi. We invited him to join us, which he did and we had a delightful conversation before he was off - he stayed "not too long and not too short". Conversation was certainly along the lines of information gathering, but he left us feeling he was sincerely interested in our cruise experience being a good one. A true gentlemen. We're now booked for the eastern Carribean this August, and we will certainly miss John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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