UPDATED List of Current Cruise Directors (CD)

DonnaK · March 12, 2015

Adventure OTS - Bobby Brown began on March 1 for 2 months (then who?)

Allure OTS - Jerome Sueur began March 1 (will he be CD for all of the European cruises thru Oct 25?)

Anthem OTS - Joff Eaton joins the ship on March 18 until September 1 or 15. Ken Rush will also be onboard for the first 6-8 weeks doing behind the scenes duties to provide a smooth take out

Brilliance OTS - Clo O'Connor started on March 9.

Enchantment OTS - Marc Walker January 19 until March 13. ] Who will be covering Marc's paternity leave March 13 through April 17? [/b]Marc returns from paternity leave on April 17 until May 18. Who is covering Marc's vacation May 18 through July 13? Jamie Fentimore? Marc returns from his vacation on July 13.

Explorer OTS - The ship is in dry dock. Mercedes Lafuente is expected to be CD when the ship returns to service on April 24 (Keith Williams has been reassigned to Legend and Leigh Xuereb has been reassigned to Indy).

Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier from February 1 for 4 months.

Grandeur OTS - Dan Whitney from February 3 until April 28. Mitch Merucci will return from his break on April 28 for 4 months..

Independence OTS - Ricky Matthews February 22 through May 10 then Leigh Xuereb begins on May 10through September 8. Leigh is the new permanent CD on Indy!

Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles started January 17 until March 14, then John Blair starts on March 14 for a 2 month fill-in to cover Elvis' break, then Elvis Pinto begins in mid-May

Legend OTS - Paul Rutter started January 16 thru March 30, then Keith Williams

Liberty OTS Dru Pavlov started February 14 for 2 months. Luke Aerowsmith will return in mid-April.

Majesty OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo started January 30 (until when? end of March? then who?)

Mariner OTS - Ken Jones started November 27 until April(exact date? then who?)

Navigator OTS - John Perry started November 16 until mid-March. He will be returning for another 4 month contract in May. (exact dates? Who will be covering John's break from March through May?)

Oasis OTS - Drew Devine January 24 through May 23, then Ricky Matthews returns May 23 through July 25

Quantum OTS - Ken Rush beginning Jan 23 until March 29. Jimmy Rhodes returns from his break on March 29. Dennis Charles is moving over to Quantum, presumably to alternate with Jimmy in the future.

Radiance OTS - Amy Fickert started November 5 for approx 4 months, then who? need exact dates

Rhapsody OTS - Tim Connor from January 28 through March 29. Graham Seymour will return from his break on March 29 through early August.

Serenade OTS - Carly Boileau started Feb 21 for a 2 month fill-in.

Splendour OTS - Michelle Pimentinha for the Brazilian season.

Vision OTS - Steve Davis from December 12 until April 11, then who?

Voyager OTS - Chris Brown (former activities manager) started December 7th until ship returns to Singapore in mid-March then Lixin Fang

Carly Boileau has semi-retired, but will return as a fill-in CD from time-to-time

Rich Edwards is currently recovering from surgery and resting at home. He will be returning in June 2015.

Allan Brooks left Royal Caribbean to take a position in Celebrity corporate office.

Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity

Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami.

Dave Chapman has left RCCL. He is taking an extended break, and then he will be moving over to another cruiseline.

James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney

Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie

Leo Papa at Cornell University working on a Master's degree in Hospitality Administration/Management

Anna Bass is now Client Services Manager at ISS London

Abe Hughes is Director of Port Revenue Operations at Royal Media Partners and sometimes works onboard as the port and shopping guide

João Pereira is studying Portuguese/English education and translation at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas in Brazil

Kirk Detweiler is now CD with Silversea cruises.

Simeon Baker - married a dancer, had a baby girl and is a sales exec at a Porsche dealer in Saskatchewan

Matt Baker - Sim's brother - recently married and living in Wales. They bought a pub called the Tiddley

Kieron Buffrey - CD with Holland America

Tom Canosa - teaching 6th grade science in North Carolina

Peter Benfield and Johnny Osborne have emigrated to Thailand

Anthony Richards is living in Miami with his wife, and is working for Royal Media Partners as Manager Port Revenue Operations

Rico du Breil is now a CD with NCL

Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England

Abel Jeney is International Manager at Kingswood Education and Adventure in London

Parker Cristan is living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - staging/choreographing for local theater

Ashley Kerr - married and living in Vancouver BC, working as a marketing rep for a PR firm

Karen Maybury - has a consultant/pr/entertainment agency

Jannie Cloete - leading expeditions on small ships

Where is Warren Allen? (aka Warren Melhuish)

DonnaK · March 12, 2015

Can anyone help? I need these updates:

Enchantment: Who is covering Marcs paternity break beginning March 12?

Navigator: John's break should have started - who is the fill-in CD?

Radiance: Amy's break should have started - who is the fill-in CD?

Edited March 12, 2015 by DonnaK

robynwally · March 12, 2015

Can anyone help? I need these updates:

Enchantment: Who is covering Marcs paternity break beginning March 12?

Navigator: John's break should have started - who is the fill-in CD?

Radiance: Amy's break should have started - who is the fill-in CD?

Hi DonnaK

As per my previous posts the current CD for Radiance is

Gurpreet "Sunny" Singh

Regards

Robyn

DonnaK · March 12, 2015

Hi DonnaK

As per my previous posts the current CD for Radiance is

Gurpreet "Sunny" Singh

Regards

Robyn

Thank you Robyn. I am awaiting confirmation that he is still the CD.

You were on a sailing during the week of the CD conference, and there were substitute CDs (members of the activities staff who were promoted for just a week or two only) filling in on all ships for one or two sailings so that the actual CDs could attend.

Since he is a name that is new to our list, we cannot assume that he has been permanently promoted to CD for a longer contract without further investigation

Edited March 12, 2015 by DonnaK

robynwally · March 12, 2015

Thank you Robyn. I am awaiting confirmation that he is still the CD.

You were on a sailing during the week of the CD conference, and there were substitute CDs (members of the activities staff who were promoted for just a week or two only) filling in on all ships for one or two sailings so that the actual CDs could attend.

Since he is a name that is new to our list, we cannot assume that he has been permanently promoted to CD for a longer contract without further investigation

OK...sorry...novice at this

Robyn

DonnaK · March 13, 2015

OK...sorry...novice at this

Robyn

No worries, you're not the only one. It's been very confusing and frustrating to try and figure out the CD situation on each ship because of that conference. Sunny might have continued on as CD to cover Amy's break.

sarah.cameron0103 · March 13, 2015

No worries, you're not the only one. It's been very confusing and frustrating to try and figure out the CD situation on each ship because of that conference. Sunny might have continued on as CD to cover Amy's break.

When I went in January sunny was the Activities Manager. Not sure how things work but maybe he has taken over from Amy. I was talking to Amy one day on my cruise and I could have sworn she said she was on the boat until June..... Please don't take my word for it but she said she had along time left on her contract

DonnaK · March 13, 2015

When I went in January sunny was the Activities Manager. Not sure how things work but maybe he has taken over from Amy. I was talking to Amy one day on my cruise and I could have sworn she said she was on the boat until June..... Please don't take my word for it but she said she had along time left on her contract

Amy started in November, and she ordinarily does 4 months on the ship followed by 2 months off. So she'd be off for March and April, and back in May. November through June would be an exceptionally long contract.

sarah.cameron0103 · March 13, 2015

Amy started in November, and she ordinarily does 4 months on the ship followed by 2 months off. So she'd be off for March and April, and back in May. November through June would be an exceptionally long contract.

I thought it was an extremely long time too.

Cruzin-K · March 13, 2015

Taking over for Marc on Enchantment is Jeff Arpin. Marc just posted this on FB.

Cruzin RN · March 13, 2015

Can anyone help? I need these updates:

Enchantment: Who is covering Marcs paternity break beginning March 12?

Radiance: Amy's break should have started - who is the fill-in CD?

Think I saw on his fb page that jeffrey arpin was taking his place

DonnaK · March 13, 2015