DonnaK Posted January 2, 2016 Author #476 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Anyone know where Mike Hunnerup went when he finished on Rhapsody in Nov? He was our CD on the Radiance for the Sept 2014 cruise back to Sydney from Honolulu. Mike is on break right now. He will probably return at the end of Jan/beginning of Feb. He doesn't have a regular assignment on a particular ship. There are several ships which have CDs expected to go on break around the time Mike is scheduled to return, so it could be any of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 2, 2016 #477 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Steve Davis will be Cruise Director on Radiance of he Seas from 31 January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 2, 2016 Author #478 Share Posted January 2, 2016 (edited) Steve Davis will be Cruise Director on Radiance of he Seas from 31 January. Adventure OTS - Mercedes Lafuente started Nov 7 until early March (exact date? then who?) Allure OTS - Luke Aerowsmith November 15 until mid-March (exact date? then who?) Anthem OTS - Abe Hughes December 12 (until when? then who?) (Dru Pavlov expects to be assigned to Anthem for a few contracts in 2016, but doesn't know his exact schedule yet, and Leigh Xuereb may also be assigned to Anthem in the future (June through Sept?)) Brilliance OTS - Tim Connor November 30 (for 2 months or 4 months? then who?) (Clo O'Connor will return in September 2016) Empress OTS - Who will be the CD? Enchantment OTS - Topi Ylonen November 20 through January 18. Marc Walker will return from his break on Jan 18 until the ship moves to Miami on May 3 Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour September 2 until January 28 (Then who?) Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 until sometime in January (exact date? Then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter November 11 through January 16, then Rich Edwards January 16 for 4 months. Rich is the new regular CD of Grandeur. Harmony OTS - Ken Rush until the ship reaches Barcelona on June 5, then a yet-to-be-named fulltime CD will take over (perhaps Jerome Sueur?) Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb November 21 for 4 months (exact date? then who?) (Joff Eaton will be the CD from early June until September 2016) Jewel OTS - John Blair September 26 for 4 months (Exact date? then Dennis Charles?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown December 8 (until when?) Liberty OTS - Amy Fickert-Southgate December 6 until early April (then who?) Amy is the new regular CD of Liberty Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres September 25 until January 30, then Simona Ferraiuolo (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016, and then plans to retire shortly thereafter, after 20 years of service, to spend more time with his family) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin started October 29 for 3 months then Jamie Fentiman returns at the end of January Navigator OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until March 13 (then who? John Perry has been reassigned to another ship) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 28 for 2 months; Drew Devine should return from his break at the end of January/beginning of February. (exact date?) Ovation OTS - Joff Eaton March until the end of May 2016, then Gordon Whatman (exact dates?) Quantum OTS - Ken Jones from November 29 for 2 months. Jimmy Rhodes expects to return after his break at the end of January.(exact date?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton for December 3 until January 31, then Steve Davis returns from his break on January 31 for 4 months. Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira November 19 for the Brazilian season. Serenade OTS - Bobby Brown November 23 (For 2 months? For 4 months? then who?) Splendour OTS - Bill Brunkhorst November 14 (until when? Then who?) Vision OTS - Rob McNally November 14 (until when, then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci beginning October 22 for the Australian Season Fang Lixin should be returning in the Spring for the Asian season. Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL 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 Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Edited January 2, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted January 3, 2016 #479 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hi Donna just chatted with Abe he will on the anthem until mid March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWarwickHarrow Posted January 3, 2016 #480 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Hi Donna just chatted with Abe he will on the anthem until mid March Interesting. I'll be on Anthem on the 19th of March. Guess I'll have to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 3, 2016 Author #481 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Hi Donna just chatted with Abe he will on the anthem until mid March Ahhh, so he's doing a 2 month fill-in, and will be the CD for the March 4 cruise that I have reserved. Interesting. I'll be on Anthem on the 19th of March. Guess I'll have to see. Since he started Dec 12 and is on for 2 months, he'll likely be off before your sailing. My guess is that Dru Pavlov will be assigned to Anthem next, followed by Leigh Xuereb filling-in during the summer. (This is just a guess based on speculation and rumor) Edited January 3, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted January 3, 2016 #482 Share Posted January 3, 2016 With the Empress coming back there might be a lot of switching around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncb106 Posted January 3, 2016 #483 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) https://m.facebook.com/cruisedirectorabehughes/ Abe Hughes Facebook page Edited January 3, 2016 by ncb106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted January 3, 2016 #484 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Katrina Blair is being replaced on Jewel as Activity Manager on 1/17/16 with Enzo Matijaca, which means that there will be another CD assigned as well since she and John Blair work together as a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 4, 2016 Author #485 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Adventure OTS - Mercedes Lafuente started Nov 7 until early March (exact date? then who?) Allure OTS - Luke Aerowsmith November 15 until mid-March (exact date? then who?) Anthem OTS - Abe Hughes December 12 until March 7 or March 19 then Dru Pavlov? (Leigh Xuereb may also be assigned to Anthem in the future (June through Sept?)) Brilliance OTS - Tim Connor November 30 (for 2 months or 4 months? then who?) (Clo O'Connor will return in September 2016) Empress OTS - Who will be the CD? Enchantment OTS - Topi Ylonen November 20 through January 18. Marc Walker will return from his break on Jan 18 until the ship moves to Miami on May 3 Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour September 2 until January 28 (Then who?) Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 until sometime in January (exact date? Then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter November 11 through January 16, then Rich Edwards January 16 for 4 months. Rich is the new regular CD of Grandeur. Harmony OTS - Ken Rush until the ship reaches Barcelona on June 5, then a yet-to-be-named fulltime CD will take over (perhaps Jerome Sueur?) Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb November 21 for 4 months (exact date? then who?) (Joff Eaton will be the CD from early June until September 2016) Jewel OTS - John Blair September 26 until January 17, (then Dennis Charles?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown December 8 (until when?) Liberty OTS - Amy Fickert-Southgate December 6 until early April (then who?) Amy is the new regular CD of Liberty Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres September 25 until January 30, then Simona Ferraiuolo (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016, and then plans to retire shortly thereafter, after 20 years of service, to spend more time with his family) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin started October 29 for 3 months then Jamie Fentiman returns at the end of January Navigator OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until March 13 (then who? John Perry has been reassigned to another ship) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 28 for 2 months; Drew Devine should return from his break at the end of January/beginning of February. (exact date?) Ovation OTS - Joff Eaton March until the end of May 2016, then Gordon Whatman (exact dates?) Quantum OTS - Ken Jones from November 29 for 2 months. Jimmy Rhodes expects to return after his break at the end of January.(exact date?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton for December 3 until January 31, then Steve Davis returns from his break on January 31 for 4 months. Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira November 19 for the Brazilian season. Serenade OTS - Bobby Brown November 23 (For 2 months? For 4 months? then who?) Splendour OTS - Bill Brunkhorst November 14 (until when? Then who?) Vision OTS - Rob McNally November 14 (until when, then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci beginning October 22 for the Australian Season Fang Lixin should be returning in the Spring for the Asian season. Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL 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 Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Edited January 4, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 4, 2016 Author #486 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Can anyone confirm: Will Dru Pavlov be the next CD of Anthem, or will it be someone else? Is the handover date March 7 or 19? Will Dennis Charles be returning to Jewel when John Blair signs off on January 17, or will it be someone else? Edited January 4, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst4110 Posted January 4, 2016 #487 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I am curious as I am going on Brilliance on Feb 13th who will be the cruise director. I am also wondering if there is a list like this for the captains on each ship. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 4, 2016 #488 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I am curious as I am going on Brilliance on Feb 13th who will be the cruise director. I am also wondering if there is a list like this for the captains on each ship. Any help would be appreciated. Captains are here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1441813 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 4, 2016 Author #489 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I am curious as I am going on Brilliance on Feb 13th who will be the cruise director. I am also wondering if there is a list like this for the captains on each ship. Any help would be appreciated. Tim is likely on a 4 month contract, so it's a good guess that it will be him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy9117 Posted January 6, 2016 #490 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I am currently on the Freedom and spoke to Casey Pelter. He will be leaving on 1/24/2016 for vacation. A new CD will be covering the 2 months but he doesn't know who it will be yet. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiggleBee Posted January 6, 2016 #491 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Does anyone have any idea who is gonna be the CD when the Independence comes back to Southampton on the 1st May? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 8, 2016 Author #492 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Does anyone have any idea who is gonna be the CD when the Independence comes back to Southampton on the 1st May? :) My guess is Joff. The start date on the list is just an estimate and I think that he will likely be doing the entire UK season on Indy. Can anyone confirm this with Joff? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 8, 2016 Author #493 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Adventure OTS - Mercedes Lafuente started Nov 7 until early March (exact date? then who?) Allure OTS - Luke Aerowsmith November 15 until mid-March (exact date? then who?) Anthem OTS - Abe Hughes December 12 until March 7 or March 19 then Dru Pavlov? (Leigh Xuereb may also be assigned to Anthem in the future (June through Sept?)) Brilliance OTS - Tim Connor November 30 (for 4 months? then who?) (Clo O'Connor will return in September 2016) Empress OTS - Who will be the CD? Enchantment OTS - Topi Ylonen November 20 through January 18. Marc Walker will return from his break on Jan 18 until the ship moves to Miami on May 3 Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour September 2 until January 28 (Then who?) Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 until January 24 (Then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter November 11 through January 16, then Rich Edwards January 16 for 4 months. Rich is the new regular CD of Grandeur. Harmony OTS - Ken Rush until the ship reaches Barcelona on June 5, then a yet-to-be-named fulltime CD will take over (perhaps Jerome Sueur?) Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb November 21 for 4 months (exact date? then who?) (Joff Eaton will be the CD for some or all of the UK season - exact dates of his contract need confirming) Jewel OTS - John Blair September 26 until January 17, (then Dennis Charles?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown December 8 (until when?) Liberty OTS - Amy Fickert-Southgate December 6 until early April (then who?) Amy is the new regular CD of Liberty Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres September 25 until January 30, then Simona Ferraiuolo (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016, and then plans to retire shortly thereafter, after 20 years of service, to spend more time with his family) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin started October 29 for 3 months then Jamie Fentiman returns at the end of January Navigator OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until March 13 (then who? John Perry has been reassigned to another ship) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 28 for 2 months; Drew Devine should return from his break at the end of January/beginning of February. (exact date?) Ovation OTS - Joff Eaton March until the end of May 2016, then Gordon Whatman (exact dates?) Quantum OTS - Ken Jones from November 29 for 2 months. Jimmy Rhodes expects to return after his break at the end of January.(exact date?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton for December 3 until January 31, then Steve Davis returns from his break on January 31 for 4 months. Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira November 19 for the Brazilian season. Serenade OTS - Bobby Brown November 23 (For 2 months? For 4 months? then who?) Splendour OTS - Bill Brunkhorst November 14 (until when? Then who?) Vision OTS - Rob McNally November 14 (until when, then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci beginning October 22 for the Australian Season Fang Lixin should be returning in the Spring for the Asian season. Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL 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 Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Edited January 8, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djandnic Posted January 8, 2016 #494 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I wish Graham Seymour would be on the Empress; we are going on the March 30 cruise and he is the funniest CD we've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 9, 2016 Author #495 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Help Wanted for the changes expected to occur in January. Can anyone find out: Explorer: Who will be following Graham on Jan 28? Freedom: Who will be following Casey on Jan 24 Jewel: Is it Dennis who will be following John on Jan 17? Mariner: Exact handover date between Fang and Jamie? Oasis: Exact handover date between Ricky and Drew? Quantum: Exact handover date between Ken and Jimmy? Edited January 9, 2016 by DonnaK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted January 9, 2016 #496 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Help Wanted for the changes expected to occur in January. Can anyone find out: Explorer: Who will be following Graham on Jan 28? Freedom: Who will be following Casey on Jan 24 Jewel: Is it Dennis who will be following John on Jan 17? Mariner: Exact handover date between Fang and Jamie? Oasis: Exact handover date between Ricky and Drew? Quantum: Exact handover date between Ken and Jimmy? Just heard from Jamie, that he isn't sure of the date as yet, due to health reasons. So when I hear more details, I will share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyntonBeth Posted January 9, 2016 #497 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Help Wanted for the changes expected to occur in January. Can anyone find out: Explorer: Who will be following Graham on Jan 28? Freedom: Who will be following Casey on Jan 24 Jewel: Is it Dennis who will be following John on Jan 17? Mariner: Exact handover date between Fang and Jamie? Oasis: Exact handover date between Ricky and Drew? Quantum: Exact handover date between Ken and Jimmy? I'm on FR and this morning I tried to ask Casey about an Activities staff member on another ship. His response was "I only know Cruise Directors." End of conversation. Sorry, Donna, but I won't waste my energy to find out who will replace him. Absolutely the coldest CD I have ever met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 9, 2016 Author #498 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I'm on FR and this morning I tried to ask Casey about an Activities staff member on another ship. His response was "I only know Cruise Directors." End of conversation. Sorry, Donna, but I won't waste my energy to find out who will replace him. Absolutely the coldest CD I have ever met. LOL no worries. We will find out sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted January 9, 2016 Author #499 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Adventure OTS - Mercedes Lafuente started Nov 7 until early March (exact date? then who?) Allure OTS - Luke Aerowsmith November 15 until mid-March (exact date? then who?) Anthem OTS - Abe Hughes December 12 until March 7 or March 19 then Dru Pavlov? (Leigh Xuereb may also be assigned to Anthem in the future (June through Sept?)) Brilliance OTS - Tim Connor November 30 (for 4 months? then who?) (Clo O'Connor will return in September 2016) Empress OTS - Who will be the CD? Enchantment OTS - Topi Ylonen November 20 through January 18. Marc Walker will return from his break on Jan 18 until the ship moves to Miami on May 3 Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour September 2 until January 28 (Then who?) Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 until January 24 (Then who?) Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter November 11 through January 16, then Rich Edwards January 16 for 4 months. Rich is the new regular CD of Grandeur. Harmony OTS - Ken Rush until the ship reaches Barcelona on June 5, then a yet-to-be-named fulltime CD will take over (perhaps Jerome Sueur?) Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb November 21 for 4 months (exact date? then who?) (Joff Eaton will be the CD for some or all of the UK season - exact dates of his contract need confirming) Jewel OTS - John Blair September 26 until January 17, (then Dennis Charles?) Legend OTS - Chris Brown December 8 (until when?) Liberty OTS - Amy Fickert-Southgate December 6 until early April (then who?) Amy is the new regular CD of Liberty Majesty OTS - Carlos Torres September 25 until January 30, then Simona Ferraiuolo (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016, and then plans to retire shortly thereafter, after 20 years of service, to spend more time with his family) Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin started October 29 for 3 months then Jamie Fentiman returns at the end of January Navigator OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until March 13 (then who? John Perry has been reassigned to another ship) Oasis OTS - Ricky Matthews November 28 for 2 months; Drew Devine should return from his break at the end of January/beginning of February. (exact date?) Ovation OTS - Joff Eaton March until the end of May 2016, then Gordon Whatman (exact dates?) Quantum OTS - Ken Jones from November 29 for 2 months. Jimmy Rhodes expects to return after his break at the end of January.(exact date?) Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton for December 3 until January 31, then Steve Davis returns from his break on January 31 for 4 months. Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira November 19 for the Brazilian season. Serenade OTS - Bobby Brown November 23 (For 2 months? For 4 months? then who?) Splendour OTS - Bill Brunkhorst November 14 (until when? Then who?) Vision OTS - Rob McNally November 14 (until when, then who?) Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci beginning October 22 for the Australian Season Fang Lixin should be returning in the Spring for the Asian season. Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016) Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office. Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami. Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL 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 Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd 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 Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richst48 Posted January 10, 2016 #500 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Just off Oasis and curious to know what others think of Ricky Matthews? It looks like he is only on their for a couple of months. He is a good dancer but we did not care for him as a cruise director. Just our personal opinion from seeing him introducing the shows and his early morning show on tv. Maybe we are just spoiled from some of the others we have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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