Rare MVPinBoynton Posted April 26, 2014 #26 Share Posted April 26, 2014 "Because that's the name she has always used - her maiden name - Drake is her married name. I always knew her as Dottie Kalusa and just recently, it was listed as Drake. I guess Tom thought as long as they were married, she should use his name.:rolleyes:Arlene It is strange, since the pre-cruise docs said Drake and then on board it was Kalusa. I guess she doesn't want people to make the connection with Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted April 26, 2014 #27 Share Posted April 26, 2014 It is strange, since the pre-cruise docs said Drake and then on board it was Kalusa. I guess she doesn't want people to make the connection with Tom. She was known as Kalusa long before she married Tom so people may know her better by Kalusa I remember her name from years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MVPinBoynton Posted April 26, 2014 #28 Share Posted April 26, 2014 She was known as Kalusa long before she married Tom so people may know her better by Kalusa I remember her name from years ago Makes sense. I had only heard of her as Drake, since we are O newbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitraveler Posted April 27, 2014 #29 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I spoke to Dottie on this. It's Kalusa, never Drake. O can't get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arusha Posted April 27, 2014 #30 Share Posted April 27, 2014 It's Dottie KULASA. Here's her web page, part of Tom Drake's web site: http://www.comediantomdrake.com/dottie-kulasa-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuiteCruising Posted December 16, 2014 #31 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I sailed with Dottie many years ago on Holland America and she is far and away the best CD I've ever encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2kiwis Posted December 16, 2014 #32 Share Posted December 16, 2014 We have cruised with Dottie many times and she is our favourite CD:) Nothing is too much for her and she is one of the hardest working CD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floridiana Posted December 16, 2014 #33 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I guess she doesn't want people to make the connection with Tom. That's not it. She told us that she was married to Tom. She is a great CD, warm demeanor and well organized, the ideal combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiks Posted December 16, 2014 #34 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Dottie is just a "special" person and a great CD. We would sail year around if we could be on her ship (and if we could afford it of course). We have sailed with her many times--probably over 100 days or so and have never been disappointed--except when the Vikings lose to the Steelers--ARGHHHH!!!! Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammiedawg Posted December 16, 2014 #35 Share Posted December 16, 2014 We met Dottie on Holland America, then again on Oceania. She is terrific, what an ambassador for Oceania. I don't get excited one way or the other for cruise directors but Dottie is the best. We also enjoy Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgee Posted December 17, 2014 #36 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I enjoyed sailing with and meeting both Dottie and Tom. Great people!However, her verbose frequent announcements were most annoying. I noted in my comment card that her shilling for bingo games and constant rehashing of activity schedules makes for a "Carnivalization" of the Oceania experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critics0001 Posted December 18, 2014 #37 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I agree with these assessments. On our cruise for the first 7 days I thought she was the best CD we ever had. Mingled with the guests constantly and was always seeing how she could be helpful. Then in the second week things went downhill. Pushing the bingo was just one of many negative aspects but the worse was her increasingly bad jokes. She was only outdone in that department by her husband Tom. We thought the entertainment on this cruise was the best except for Tom's sessions. Even with these faults she was still better than many CDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare doowopbob Posted December 19, 2014 #38 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I agree with these assessments. On our cruise for the first 7 days I thought she was the best CD we ever had. Mingled with the guests constantly and was always seeing how she could be helpful. Then in the second week things went downhill. Pushing the bingo was just one of many negative aspects but the worse was her increasingly bad jokes. She was only outdone in that department by her husband Tom. We thought the entertainment on this cruise was the best except for Tom's sessions. Even with these faults she was still better than many CDs. We have been on three cruises with Dottie and her husband, Tom. We found Dottie to be an excellent CD. The jokes she told before each show were very funny and very well received by the audience. We also never missed Tom's shows which were always very well attended. We found his humor refreshing and had everyone loudly laughing. I realize everyone has their own opinions about what is funny but judging from the audience reactions on all the shows from the three cruises you are in the minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitraveler Posted December 19, 2014 #39 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Another Dottie fan. Love her, like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted December 19, 2014 #40 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We are sailing on Regatta now..Dottie and Tom on board disembarking Sunday, Nolan Dean and friend on board entertaining and a new CD Ray just boarded today..so we have 3 CD's at one time.. Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TERRIER1 Posted December 19, 2014 #41 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Dottie was one of the best CD we ever had. We like her husband just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SellaVee Posted December 19, 2014 #42 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We are sailing on Regatta now..Dottie and Tom on board disembarking Sunday, Nolan Dean and friend on board entertaining and a new CD Ray just boarded today..so we have 3 CD's at one time..Jancruz1 I call that favouritism! :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrvlcruiser Posted December 19, 2014 #43 Share Posted December 19, 2014 What is Ray's last name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potterhill Posted December 19, 2014 #44 Share Posted December 19, 2014 We had Dottie on Regatta recently. She seems nice. Enjoyed the line dancing classes on sea days. Don't do trivia. I did find her 3-4X daily announcements annoying. Never encountered that before. That's why we get Currents. Actually saw the Captain around the ship quite a bit but never her. Went to see Tom once as I have heard so much about him. He is soo not funny. It was painful. I left before I started crying. 😉 I don't much care who the CD is. But I must say I would prefer anyone who didn't make multitudinous announcements. Mo Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azam71209 Posted December 19, 2014 #45 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I don't much care who the CD is. But I must say I would prefer anyone who didn't make multitudinous announcements. Mo Sent from my iPhone using Forums Agreed. The only more annoying thing was the CD who made really important announcements at the END of the show about the next day activities. It was a few days into the cruise before we realized that we were missing important announcements unless we stayed until the end of the show. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted December 19, 2014 #46 Share Posted December 19, 2014 What is Ray's last name? His last name is Michaels...he seems very personable we spent about half hour talking today... Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrvlcruiser Posted December 19, 2014 #47 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Jancruz1, Thanks! Peggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginabab Posted December 20, 2014 #48 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Love, love, love Dottie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHUCKIE50 Posted December 20, 2014 #49 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Dottie's trivia games are the most fun. "You learn something new every day" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTLeeA Posted December 22, 2014 #50 Share Posted December 22, 2014 We had Dottie on Regatta recently. She seems nice. Enjoyed the line dancing classes on sea days. Don't do trivia. I did find her 3-4X daily announcements annoying. Never encountered that before. That's why we get Currents. Actually saw the Captain around the ship quite a bit but never her. Went to see Tom once as I have heard so much about him. He is soo not funny. It was painful. I left before I started crying. 😉 I don't much care who the CD is. But I must say I would prefer anyone who didn't make multitudinous announcements. Mo Sent from my iPhone using Forums We totally agree with you regarding Tom Drake. We don't find hacks insulting Walmart and Post Office employees funny....we find them nasty and mean spirited...we also walked out of his show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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