swimmom32 Posted September 30, 2011 #1 Share Posted September 30, 2011 There was a Change to the CD Schedule for the Liberty, So it seems that Kirk Benning will be leaving and Butch will be replacing him...Interesting....New CD schedule will be out soon....Butch will now be on our Sailing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B and C Blake Posted September 30, 2011 #2 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was baffled when I read that. Butch did an interview last Friday and said he was going on Magic after she gets to TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcrazy Posted September 30, 2011 #3 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My first cruise Butch was the Assistant Cruise Director. Then later I had him as the main CD. He wasn't bad. Always out and about talking to people. Anyone up for line dancing? HAHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2excursion Posted September 30, 2011 #4 Share Posted September 30, 2011 When will Butch be leaving the Dream? I looked up the CD schedule on John Heald's blog, but it still has Butch staying on the Dream through the end of the year, and Gary Brierly coming onto the Liberty in mid-November to fill in during Kirk's vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGA961 Posted September 30, 2011 #5 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Where did you see this? JH still has Butch on the Dream through December. When is this supposed to happen? This will be our 3rd cruise, and Butch has been the CD on the other 2, which were on different ships. I like Butch, but I was kind of hoping to see how others do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B and C Blake Posted September 30, 2011 #6 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Where did you see this? JH still has Butch on the Dream through December. When is this supposed to happen? This will be our 3rd cruise, and Butch has been the CD on the other 2, which were on different ships. I like Butch, but I was kind of hoping to see how others do it. From John Heald's Face Book John Heald Change to the CD schedule. Kirk Benning will leave the Carnival Liberty on October 8th and head to the Carnival Dream. Butch will then have a one week handover with Kirk and head to the Carnival Liberty. I wish them both well and I will post the CD schedule very very soon. Like · · Share · 18 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pe4all Posted September 30, 2011 #7 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I don't mind this change - hope Butch will still be on Liberty in Dec. when we cruise! He was extremely good to my dh when dd got ill on Dream last Dec., and dd and I were off-loaded and left in Belize. He gave permission for my dh to use the guest services desk phone for the next 4 days to keep in contact with us in the Belize hospital. He made a lot of brownie points with my family for doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsAllAboutTheSass Posted September 30, 2011 #8 Share Posted September 30, 2011 From John Heald's Face BookJohn Heald Change to the CD schedule. Kirk Benning will leave the Carnival Liberty on October 8th and head to the Carnival Dream. Butch will then have a one week handover with Kirk and head to the Carnival Liberty. I wish them both well and I will post the CD schedule very very soon. Like · · Share · 18 hours ago Is it possible that they are doing this to have Butch bring her out of drydock after all the "upgrades", then onto the Magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted September 30, 2011 #9 Share Posted September 30, 2011 I was baffled when I read that. Butch did an interview last Friday and said he was going on Magic after she gets to TX. Last week Butch sent me an email telling me he was going to take over as CD on the Magic. I asked him when and here is his response... Hi Mach- I Join March 18th and take over on the 31st. Thank You and Kind Regards, Butch Begovich Cruise Director, Carnival Dream Carnival Cruise Lines That's the info I have... I'll check with the guy who does the CD assignments... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted September 30, 2011 #10 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Everyone's right! I just heard from Chris... Butch will be on the Liberty until sometime in January 2012. He will be on the Magic starting March 18 but will not be CD until 2 weeks after that date. Sent from my iPad So... there it is... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusinpsychRN Posted September 30, 2011 #11 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Butch is great! He knew so many cruisers by name it was amazing. He was always out and about and has a great sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy7113 Posted September 30, 2011 #12 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just had Butch on the Dream in January and now will have him again on Liberty in November. Fine by me as I liked him and thought he was comical and fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_K Posted September 30, 2011 #13 Share Posted September 30, 2011 He is so full of energy... does he sleep ? Had him on Libert february 2009 and Dream january 2010. The guy is everywhere, everytime, lounge, casino, lido... maybe he works with his twin ! Best cd we had out of 6 cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Jack Sparrow Posted September 30, 2011 #14 Share Posted September 30, 2011 This is good, right? Gary Brierly? No one seemed to have anything to say about him good or bad. At least there is a lot of positive reponse to Butch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmom32 Posted September 30, 2011 Author #15 Share Posted September 30, 2011 This is good, right?Gary Brierly? No one seemed to have anything to say about him good or bad. At least there is a lot of positive reponse to Butch. Im thinking the same thing..lol there were a few posts on Gary they were ok people liked him HOWEVER the response for Butch was GREAT so Im hoping this is a good thing :) We will be sailing with him in 50 days woohoooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmom32 Posted October 1, 2011 Author #16 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Strange my post didn't show up.....anyhow Hoping Butch lives up to his Reputation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lidolounger Posted October 1, 2011 #17 Share Posted October 1, 2011 We sailed on the Dream B2B with Butch this past Jan. During first week's sailing we had a problem and contacted Butch via Pursers desk. (have sailed alot and this was the first time we've ever had a problem) Upon return to our cabin I had already received a phone call from Butch with his pager number. Very impressed = he was very genuine and even followed up a couple of times. Our problem was fixed promptly. Butch was very energetic and as others have said very visable. I already enjoyed sailing with him, but to experience first hand his quick response and his willingness to share his pager with us for the remainder of our cruise exceeded our expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaki Posted October 1, 2011 #18 Share Posted October 1, 2011 We are sailing on the Magic, March 18. Who will Butch be replacing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel23 Posted October 1, 2011 #19 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Butch is awesome; he was the CD on my Glory cruise in September 2008. I wish he could be on the Freedom next October! He was very funny and wasn't too bad on the eyes either, but I think he plays on the same team as me... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo31 Posted October 1, 2011 #20 Share Posted October 1, 2011 well that stinks :mad:.....i was excited to have him as our cruise director on our dream cruise the end of october. he is great as we had him once before on the liberty. wish he would stay just a bit longer on the dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Mach* Posted October 1, 2011 #21 Share Posted October 1, 2011 We are sailing on the Magic, March 18. Who will Butch be replacing? Butch will be replacing John Heald who returns to the Magic on Jan 29... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaki Posted October 1, 2011 #22 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Butch will be replacing John Heald who returns to the Magic on Jan 29... :) Thanks Mach! I was hoping that John would still be the CD on our cruise. I hope the schedule doesn't get changed! Really looking forward to meeting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zirka Posted October 1, 2011 #23 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I have had Gary Brierly on my last 2 sailings, once on the Valor and once on the Destiny. I enjoyed him and thought he was very friendly and out and about a lot. I only have Todd Wittmer and Chris Jefferson to compare to and I have liked them all for different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamson_ja Posted October 3, 2011 #24 Share Posted October 3, 2011 This sounds like good news to me. So far, we've only had great news with this cruise. We've had great price drops with our ES rate. They added Roatan. Then, they announced the dry dock (hopefully we'll see if that means great new stuff tomorrow). Now, they're announcing that we have one of the best CD's. Too excited for our December cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my3boys4 Posted October 8, 2011 #25 Share Posted October 8, 2011 I am a little confused. I sail on the Dream on November 5th. So, Butch and Kirk will be on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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