Cruise Director Ventura?

[jeanlyon]

I can honestly say, that to my knowledge, it has never mattered who the CD is. As long as I don't get the Butlins start and end of a show "are we all having a lovely time?", I couldn't care less who it is. they do their job and I enjoy the cruise.

[Pollypops]

I cruise with my husband now and don't have much to do with any of the Ents team, but my first few cruises were with my mum and we enjoyed quite a bit of chat and laughs with the boys and girls, and sometimes the CD. For us it did make a big difference to our enjoyment of the cruise if there was a good team. In recent years I've noticed some of the younger team members don't seem very interested in the job - for example, last year there was a girl hosting a quiz and she just read the questions out in a really dis-interested voice, there was no banter or having a joke with the passengers. I became friendly with one of the Ents officers and have stayed in touch, I understand that a lot of the more experienced ones have now left and P&O are employing less experienced staff and, of course, paying less money.