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[Toto2Kansas]

My understanding is that Janet Edwards took over as CD right before our sailing or the one prior. She should be the CD when you sail.

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Tahitian October 14th,2004

[gopher's girl]

Hi everyone.
Just got off the Dawn yesterday and we had John Cleland as CD. He was great and the Asst. CD Scott was very funny as well, he should be a full CD before long. Marion, Aaron (and scoops the croc), Jane, and everyone else were wonderful as well. Shame I didn't bid more on that horse. I tried to get on the morning show too!

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Is Frankie on the Caribbean with Paul? I enjoyed Frankies sense of humor. Extremely friendly and very outgoing. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Frankie was on Star Princess until she got to Italy - I think he's now between contracts.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Does anyone know who the CD will be on the May 14 Sun Princess - I thought I had read that there was to be a director change just prior to our trip. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Toto's right - Janet Edwards joined Sun Princess on 3/20 - she's scheduled to leave the ship on 5/14 when it gets to San Francisco.

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[Desertbelle]

We had Billy Hygate on the Star Princess last October and I did not like him. I can only speak for myself but I found him very unapproachable and off-putting. I never saw him just hanging out and talking to people or being friendly....it was like it was all business with him. Though he could sing well, his lead-ins to singing made me cringe a little. It's very hard for me to put a finger on it, so all I can really say is that I hope we don't run into him again.

Margie

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[Mully too]

Does anyone know who the CD is on the Island? We are sailing in another week.

[Guest]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Toto's right - Janet Edwards joined Sun Princess on 3/20 - she's scheduled to leave the ship on 5/14 when it gets to San Francisco. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Sorry - I'll amend my own post...I believe Dan Gibbons is joining Sun Princess again on 5/14.

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[CaribbeanCrazy]

Thanks Gophergirl [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
I was just about to ask if anyone new who Alistair's replacement would be on the Dawn.
We will be on her in less than 3 weeks!
So you liked John Cleland? This is my first Princess cruise...so I don't know one CD from the other. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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[mariapd719]

I thought Graham was excellent so was Gavin.... the one morning on his show he was dressed as a lady bug and Gavin was doing a porpoise impression in his rolling chair. On another very windy morning Graham had his hair all blown out - me and my bf were like wow he musta had a rough night then realized what he was doing..LOL...my travel companions kept calling him the ships comedian till I realized who they were talking about. I had to explain to them that he was the CD not the "comedian guy". I really enjoyed him - VERY funny man...would love to cruise on another of his ships.

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[steveg]

We've been on several cruises with Alastair and we've always thought him to be the best - funny, creative, pleasant, warm. We looked forward to his morning shows every day and seeing him during the day. This past February we had Paul O'Laughlin on the Golden and thought he was the worst we've experienced. His morning TV show was a total bore - all he did was read the Patter. He never had a presence on board, and was totally unfunny. I hope never to be on a ship with him as CD again. Also, the activities planned during the sea days were minimal unlike what was offered when Alastair was CD. I'm pretty certain that the CD has a considerable input as to what daily actitities are scheduled. Specifically, Alastair always had some fun game shows during the day on the sea days, which he himself ran. His humor is so fresh that you go just to be entertained by him. O'Laughlin on the other hand had the personality of a dead flounder on our cruise.

[MaryPoppinz]

Someone asked who Island's CD is. I don't know right at the minute, but a few weeks ago it was Trevor Bradford.

Alistair must exist in a sleep-deprived mania. He is doing it all, he is everywhere, all the time. And, you have to love the kilt.

Gavin is hilarious. I love Gavin!

But, in all honesty, these folks never make or break my cruise.

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[Vippie]

Regarding the person who was disappointed with Graham Seymour on their 3/20 cruise: We were on the Golden 4/3 and I agree. Graham was our CD last March and was FANTASTIC. This time he just didn't seem to be into it, and did pass most of the duties to Gavin, who was charming, actually. Graham did take over the mike on Island Night to showcase his singing, but even then he seemed to be going through the motions compared to last year. My impression was he was either training Gavin or getting ready to "hand off" to Gavin. All this said, I thought the people on our 4/3 Golden cruise were more reserved than last year's cruise; Island Night was not as lively and wild as it was last March. Maybe that has something to do with Graham's visibility and style..or maybe the poor guy just needs a vacation!!

[JBSmomof2]

Hello! Doe's any one know who CD is on the Tahitian Priness? We're sailing on May 27th. Thank you.

[CTcruzer]

Probably the one's who stick out with us most have been----Alistair Greener (the Beatle Paul McCartney look alike)-----Paul Burns ( Gene Hackmans double) ---and John Lawrence who was just "John Lawrence" with his class and a great English wit.

Ed & Marge

[kbt2]

I agree with a lot of you that Alastair was a great one!

Kim
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[girlsailor]

I would have to vote for Brian Price from 2 ROyal cruises, Paul O'laughlin from the Grand and /Golden cruises and Frankie Asst Cruise Director on the Golden last Sept in 9 cruises.Also Joy from the Regal (now Circle hostess) - all realy friendly, hardworking professionals who made the experience memorable.

[bob&karen]

Can't speak to the past cruises where folks felt Graham Seymour was just more or less going through the motions, but I can tell you that on the 4/10 Golden sailing both we and our group of cruise mates found him to be in top form. Definitely enhanced the cruise experience. Perhaps the pending Golden drydock and subsequent vacation time has given him cause to recharge his batteries, but in any event Graham was great.

B.

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[lkmamom]

Hey Bob and Karen,

Ciao!

Totally agree, but still wish he could have put a little more spin on those dice, giving SeaBuffett the lead [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Miss you guys
Linda, Larry and Tommy

[Dee]

JBS,

We were on the Tahitian Princess last December and the CD was Sammi Baker. She was great, what energy. Everywhere we went there she was it was as if there were more than one of her. She was so funny calling the horse races. The races were on the pool deck and the wind was blowing and Sammi was holding up 3 or 4 horses at a time all the while calling the race.
My other favorites are Mark Iazanno and John Lawrence. We are sailing on the Diamond the end of May and the Sapphire the end of September and I hope that one of them will be aboard.
Dee

[JBSmomof2]

Thanks Dee

[NightOne]

Just got off the Golden Princess this morning. When we were in St. Thomas, Gavin did the morning show and at the end he announced that this would be his last day on Golden as he was going to Island Princess. (didn't say in which role)

[wolfsnare]

Wonder who is taking over on the Golden?

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[NightOne]

Graham is still CD on the Golden. Gavin was the Asst. CD.

[bob&karen]

On our 4/10 Golden sailing, we were told that Graham would be taking over on the Caribbean Princess after a short vacation. This is ironic as his roll-of-the-eyes rip of a monologue about "The Neeewwwwww Boat" in the Princess fleet had us all in stitches.

Bob

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These moments are shared, by few
And those harbor lights, lord they’re coming into view
We’ll bid our farewells much too soon
So drink it up, this one’s for you -
Honey, it’s been a lovely cruise."
-- James W. Buffett

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[spongerob]

Oh, I can't wait to hear what he has to say about the children on the neewwww boat!

Graham got hold of us after the horse races and was very interested in what we thought of the Caribbean Princess. We wished him well...

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Golden Princess Apr 10/04
Coming up:
Tahitian Princess Oct 14/04

[Doug&Nadine]

JBSmomof2, The CD on the Tahitian princess for 4/7 - 4/17 was "JJ". A nice guy, but not the same energy level as Alastair or Graham. His morning shows were a little hard to watch as he only had one microphone so either his guests or he could not be heard. I think some of his shows were taped from a previous cruise because the weather and background (Some shows were outside) didn't match what was outside our room. Maybe we were on the wrong side of the ship. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]


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