ShipRiders Posted October 28, 2013 #2601 Share Posted October 28, 2013 It would be fantastic if you could post pictures of the concierges you are talking about. I recognize the names, but cannot put a face to a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpeedo Posted October 28, 2013 #2602 Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) Judy Kolba - the best entertainer RCI has. Or she is at least in that group of very few. Fun, positive, upbeat, I LOVE her. That dress comes in different colors. :) Gina So funny you mentioned Judy Kolba because DH and I were just yesterday recalling all the great entertainers we've seen onboard our past cruises and Judy is one of the best! We love her show and have seen her many times on HAL and also RCI. We haven't seen her in quite a while so glad to see she is still providing such great entertainment! Edited October 28, 2013 by torpeedo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookwife Posted October 29, 2013 #2603 Share Posted October 29, 2013 JThey opened the VCL for D & D+ and offered the same amenities as in the CL during 5-8:30. The thing that most D/D+ Members were upset about was the fact that they could not access the CL to use the Specialty Coffee Machine during the day. the D lounge has the same machine so that should have been a non issue. but I read the first post as the suite guests were locked out, not the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterchick Posted October 29, 2013 #2604 Share Posted October 29, 2013 If I remember correctly, Willie was on RD back in 2004/2005. He alternated with Giuseppe (OMG, what a doll he was). Then Reyno got promoted like late 2006 maybe and was there for the September 2007 Member's Cruise to Alaska. I believe that JD alternated with Reyno for a while when he first started. Gosh, that was a long time ago. I think that Reyno was filling in for Willie when we sailed with him in 2007. He was in line to be Concierge when Willie left RD, but RCI deployed ths ship to South America, so JD got the gig because they wanted somebody who was fluent in Spanish. But Reyno got his gig shortly after that (on Freedom?), so it worked out for him. I hope we can catch up to him one of these days. I KNOW I've read that wrong. Did the concierge actually kick the suite guests out of the CL for an event for D/D+'s? If I'm reading that right and that's what he did, I would have been all over that. The CL is for suite passengers. They have access to the CL all hours of every day. No "shutting down" the lounge to access by anyone entitled to be there. btw - I am D - and I always cruise in a suite. I visit only the CL because I get bored with people comparing how many cruises they've been on, etc. Would rather skip a free drink than have to sit in the D lounge to get one! The CL on the Brilliance last week was like Nirvana thanks to 2-lounge addition and access change. (I know that not all D's and above do the cruise count continually...but a heckuva lot of them do!) I would also comment on this comment "(most of the people from suites were first time cruisers)" but I am going to assume that you were not denegrating folks for being on their first cruise or implying that if it's your first cruise and you are only in the CL because of that, that you are not entitled to the benefits that come with a suite. We all have our favorites. And, we are all entitled to them as our experiences are different. Enough said. On the members' cruise in 2007, D and D+ were booted from the CL for the entire cruise, not just at the cocktail hour. We were in a GS so had access. We skipped the CL the first night because so many people showed up looking for their access cards and poor Reyno had to bear the brunt of their wrath, even though it wasn't his call and he wasn't notified in time to send it letters to the cabins. And most of the people I can recall meeting had been on several or even many cruises before, but we could be asking about different dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenfever Posted October 29, 2013 #2605 Share Posted October 29, 2013 the D lounge has the same machine so that should have been a non issue. but I read the first post as the suite guests were locked out, not the other way around. The cruise I described was in 2007 and Radiance did not have a D lounge at that time. Having been on that cruise, the Concierge Lounge was exclusively used by Suite Guests and D and D+ had the VCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenfever Posted October 29, 2013 #2606 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I think that Reyno was filling in for Willie when we sailed with him in 2007. He was in line to be Concierge when Willie left RD, but RCI deployed ths ship to South America, so JD got the gig because they wanted somebody who was fluent in Spanish. But Reyno got his gig shortly after that (on Freedom?), so it worked out for him. I hope we can catch up to him one of these days. On the members' cruise in 2007, D and D+ were booted from the CL for the entire cruise, not just at the cocktail hour. We were in a GS so had access. We skipped the CL the first night because so many people showed up looking for their access cards and poor Reyno had to bear the brunt of their wrath, even though it wasn't his call and he wasn't notified in time to send it letters to the cabins. And most of the people I can recall meeting had been on several or even many cruises before, but we could be asking about different dates. You are correct in that Reyno was filling in for Willie when he went on vacation. When Reyno left RD he went to the Freedom for training. He was then part of the Oasis team that brought the ship over from Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjmols Posted October 29, 2013 #2607 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Just off Freedom yesterday and wanted to say what a great concierge Rahul was on this trip. Very friendly and helpful, I think he is now one of my favorites! Hi we just got off the Freedom too, thought Rahul was brilliant - very helpful and attentive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyanmor Posted October 30, 2013 #2608 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Has any one had experiences with Ricardo Mock on Navigator? we are due to go on our TA cruise next Sunday and not heard a thing, Normally when we've been on Independence we've had some form of contact before now? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petel Posted October 30, 2013 #2609 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Has any one had experiences with Ricardo Mock on Navigator? we are due to go on our TA cruise next Sunday and not heard a thing, Normally when we've been on Independence we've had some form of contact before now? :eek: Ricardo is excellent and very nice. He should be off the ship by now. There is a problem with his replacement but I really don't think he will be on the TA. This contract has been long and hard for him (since March.). If he is on the TA I think you will have a great time. Enjoy! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobal Posted October 30, 2013 #2610 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) double post Edited October 30, 2013 by Bobal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobal Posted October 30, 2013 #2611 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Ricardo is excellent and very nice. He should be off the ship by now. There is a problem with his replacement but I really don't think he will be on the TA. This contract has been long and hard for him (since March.). If he is on the TA I think you will have a great time. Enjoy! :) Actually Ricardo most likely will be on the TA. We were on Navigator in the summer and he told us he hates flying so was extending his contract to cover the TA so that he wouldn't have so far to fly home. He's such a nice guy and very helpful and patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sford75 Posted October 30, 2013 #2612 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I just received an email from the Concierge on the Navigator for our cruise starting Sunday. Her name is Larissa Curduneanu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sford75 Posted October 30, 2013 #2613 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Has any one had experiences with Ricardo Mock on Navigator? we are due to go on our TA cruise next Sunday and not heard a thing, Normally when we've been on Independence we've had some form of contact before now? :eek: We sail this Sunday and received an email from the Concierge Larissa yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted October 30, 2013 Author #2614 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I just received an email from the Concierge on the Navigator for our cruise starting Sunday. Her name is Larissa Curduneanu. Thanks!!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted October 30, 2013 Author #2615 Share Posted October 30, 2013 AD Adventure -(Concierge)Sucel Nickings (Dionne Jolly) AL Allure --(Concierge)-Rahim Fraoui(on vacation 12/01/13-01/05/14) AND Dexter Fraser till 01/05/14 (Fernando Ugalde Nadal on vacation till 12/01/13) (Diamond)"Ana" Anayansy Jimenez as of 09/29/13 BR Brilliance -(Concierge)Willie Salaya as of 09/15/13 (Anis Tebbeb) (Diamond)Sascha Strack EN Enchantment -(Concierge)Reyno Varkevisser as of 10/28/13 (Gazetty James) (Diamond)Carlington Berry as of 10/14/13 EX Explorer- (Concierge)Nizar Laatiri till 12/12/13 (Denzil Fernandes) FR Freedom (Concierge)-Rahul Barua as of 09/15/13 (Diamond)- Bertrand Almeida till 11/03/13 GR Grandeur-(Concierge)-Francis Calimag (Ruth Romo Ortiz) (Diamond)George Gutierrez ID Independence (Concierge) Fernando Cataldo till 11/23/13 (Raj Bhugwath) (Diamond) -Columella Arandia as of 09/21/13 JW Jewel -(Concierge)Diego Tripaldi as of 06/28/13 LG Legend -(Concierge)Larisa Curduneanu as of 09/09/13 (Luca Iorio) (Diamond)Andrew Finegold as of 09/09/13 LB Liberty- (Concierge)-Carlos Ortiz till 12/07/13(Oana Papa) (Diamond)-Mahmoud Messaoudi (Oana Popa on vacation 10/06/13-12/06/13) MJ Majesty - none MA Mariner -(Concierge) &(Diamond)-Miao Miao Han NV Navigator – (Concierge)Larissa Curduneanu (Ricardo Mock) OA Oasis (Concierge) Charmaine Fernandes and Allan Fajardo (Israel Sanchez on vacation 09/14/13-11/02/13) (Diamond)Carolina Cullbera(on vacation 11/02/13-12/14/13) (Charmaine Fernandes in DL as of 11/02/13) RD Radiance -(Concierge)Juan Diego Miranda-Allen as of 09/14/13 (Diamond)HaJeong Shim"JJ" till 01/19/14 RH Rhapsody -(Concierge)Amit Chattopadhyay as of 08/16/13 (Pretty Shamu) (Diamond) Karen Hernandez as of 06/28/13 SR Serenade - (Concierge)Mario Adonis Reyes till April 2014 (Diamond) Alan del Fiero SP Splendour–(Concierge)Gustavo Butcher(as of 09/30/13) (Telma Santos) (Diamond)Gisleni Araujo VI Vision - Betsy Medrano VY Voyager -(Concierge)Jayeon Hong as of July '13 Yangyang Qi To email the concierge,use the 2 letter code for ship(i.e EX for Explorer),followed by an underscore then Concierge@rccl.com The underscore is ONLY between the ships two letters and Concierge. i.e EX_Concierge@rccl.com **For the Rhapsody RH_SuitesConcierge@rccl.com **For the Grandeur GR_SuitesConcierge@rccl.com **On Oasis and Allure you need a 01 or 02 in the email address since there are 2 concierges on each ship i.e OA_Concierge01@rccl.com OA_Concierge02@rccl.com On ships with Diamond lounge concierge,add the word Diamond in front of Concierge i.e FR_DiamondConcierge@rccl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabean Posted October 30, 2013 #2616 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Any word on who the diamond concierge is on Vision? She must be heading to Miami now. Gina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petel Posted October 30, 2013 #2617 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I just received an email from the Concierge on the Navigator for our cruise starting Sunday. Her name is Larissa Curduneanu. What do we know about Larissa? Is she new to the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted October 30, 2013 Author #2618 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Any word on who the diamond concierge is on Vision? She must be heading to Miami now. Gina You need to be our roving reporter when you go. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabean Posted October 30, 2013 #2619 Share Posted October 30, 2013 You need to be our roving reporter when you go. :) It seems like someone would know before that. I know a bar server on board. I'll ask him. Bar servers know everything. :D Gina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petel Posted October 30, 2013 #2620 Share Posted October 30, 2013 It seems like someone would know before that. I know a bar server on board. I'll ask him. Bar servers know everything. :D Gina Thanks Gina. I don't remember a GSO by that name from NV. We visited the NV 6 weeks sinc Dec '12 so don't think we missed her. We're getting close to the Dec lock down for folks leaving so the crew should be set all the way to dry dock soon. Woner if Cpt Frank will stay til she goes in. Would you mind asking the all knowing bar tender if Manny will be F&B in December? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabean Posted October 30, 2013 #2621 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks Gina. I don't remember a GSO by that name from NV. We visited the NV 6 weeks sinc Dec '12 so don't think we missed her. We're getting close to the Dec lock down for folks leaving so the crew should be set all the way to dry dock soon. Woner if Cpt Frank will stay til she goes in. Would you mind asking the all knowing bar tender if Manny will be F&B in December? :cool: I think our conversations got crossed. I'm not going in NV so you lost me there. I'm looking for the DL concierge on Vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Voyagers Posted October 30, 2013 #2622 Share Posted October 30, 2013 What do we know about Larissa? Is she new to the job? We've just sailed with Larissa as Concierge on the Legend (she said she would be moving to fill in on the Navigator). She's absolutely delightful, so pleasant and nothing is too much trouble Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted October 30, 2013 Author #2623 Share Posted October 30, 2013 AD Adventure -(Concierge)Sucel Nickings (Dionne Jolly) AL Allure --(Concierge)-Rahim Fraoui(on vacation 12/01/13-01/05/14) AND Dexter Fraser till 01/05/14 (Fernando Ugalde Nadal on vacation till 12/01/13) (Diamond)"Ana" Anayansy Jimenez as of 09/29/13 BR Brilliance -(Concierge)Willie Salaya as of 09/15/13 (Anis Tebbeb) (Diamond)Sascha Strack EN Enchantment -(Concierge)Reyno Varkevisser as of 10/28/13 (Gazetty James) (Diamond)Carlington Berry as of 10/14/13 EX Explorer- (Concierge)Nizar Laatiri till 12/12/13 (Denzil Fernandes) FR Freedom (Concierge)-Rahul Barua as of 09/15/13 (Diamond)- Bertrand Almeida till 11/03/13 GR Grandeur-(Concierge)-Francis Calimag (Ruth Romo Ortiz) (Diamond)George Gutierrez ID Independence (Concierge) Fernando Cataldo till 11/23/13 (Raj Bhugwath) (Diamond) -Columella Arandia as of 09/21/13 JW Jewel -(Concierge)Diego Tripaldi as of 06/28/13 LG Legend -(Concierge)Larisa Curduneanu as of 09/09/13 (Luca Iorio) (Diamond)Andrew Finegold as of 09/09/13 LB Liberty- (Concierge)-Carlos Ortiz till 12/07/13(Oana Papa) (Diamond)-Mahmoud Messaoudi (Oana Popa on vacation 10/06/13-12/06/13) MJ Majesty - none MA Mariner -(Concierge) &(Diamond)-Miao Miao Han NV Navigator – (Concierge)Larissa Curduneanu (Ricardo Mock) OA Oasis (Concierge) Charmaine Fernandes and Allan Fajardo (Israel Sanchez on vacation 09/14/13-11/02/13) (Diamond)Carolina Cullbera(on vacation 11/02/13-12/14/13) (Charmaine Fernandes in DL as of 11/02/13) RD Radiance -(Concierge)Juan Diego Miranda-Allen as of 09/14/13 (Diamond)HaJeong Shim"JJ" till 01/19/14 RH Rhapsody -(Concierge)Amit Chattopadhyay as of 08/16/13 (Pretty Shamu) (Diamond) Karen Hernandez as of 06/28/13 SR Serenade - (Concierge)Mario Adonis Reyes till April 2014 (Diamond) Alan del Fiero SP Splendour–(Concierge)Gustavo Butcher(as of 09/30/13) (Telma Santos) (Diamond)Gisleni Araujo VI Vision - Betsy Medrano (Diamond)-Efren Aquirre VY Voyager -(Concierge)Jayeon Hong as of July '13 Yangyang Qi To email the concierge,use the 2 letter code for ship(i.e EX for Explorer),followed by an underscore then Concierge@rccl.com The underscore is ONLY between the ships two letters and Concierge. i.e EX_Concierge@rccl.com **For the Rhapsody RH_SuitesConcierge@rccl.com **For the Grandeur GR_SuitesConcierge@rccl.com **On Oasis and Allure you need a 01 or 02 in the email address since there are 2 concierges on each ship i.e OA_Concierge01@rccl.com OA_Concierge02@rccl.com On ships with Diamond lounge concierge,add the word Diamond in front of Concierge i.e FR_DiamondConcierge@rccl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabean Posted October 30, 2013 #2624 Share Posted October 30, 2013 You are sooooo efficient Kathy. :) Thanks for that. Who is Efran? Anyone know? I mean other than the DL concierge on Vision. Is it a man? I am guessing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petel Posted October 30, 2013 #2625 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I think our conversations got crossed. I'm not going in NV so you lost me there. I'm looking for the DL concierge on Vision. Guess I was just excited to see that Ricardo got a vacation. Sorry. :o We've just sailed with Larissa as Concierge on the Legend (she said she would be moving to fill in on the Navigator). She's absolutely delightful, so pleasant and nothing is too much trouble Carol Great! The Galveston crowd will appreciate a pleasant easy going person. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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