New Current list of Cruise Directors (CD)

Joe12 · August 28, 2015

OK - there have been some major changes to the list.

I need some help filling-in the following blanks:

Allure: Jerome's break begins next week. Who will be the next CD, and is Sept 4 the correct handover date?

Donna,

The Allure sets sail on Sundays so Jerome will be leaving Aug 30. He says on Twitter that the current cruise is his last on AL.

Edited August 28, 2015 by Joe12

DonnaK · August 28, 2015

Donna,
The Allure sets sail on Sundays so Jerome will be leaving Aug 30. He says on Twitter that the current cruise is his last on AL.

Adventure OTS - Dan Whitney started June 27 until Nov 7 (then who?)

Allure OTS - Jerome Sueur May 19 until August 30 then who?

Anthem OTS - Joff Eaton March 18 until September 15 (then who?)

Brilliance OTS - Steve Davis July 29 through September 3, then Clo O'Connor returns September 3

Enchantment OTS - Marc Walker July 20 through November 20. Marc will return from his break on Jan 18 until May 3 (when the ship moves to Miami) (who is covering Marc's break Nov 20-Jan 18?)

Explorer OTS - Tim Connor July 29 until September 2, then Graham Seymour begins September 2 until late-January

Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 for 4 months

Grandeur OTS - Jeff Arpin Aug 23 until late-October (then who? Mitch will not be returning to GR after his break)

Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb May 17 through September 6, then Ricky Matthews from Sept 6 for 2 months to cover Leigh's break. Leigh is expected to return at the beginning of November.

Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles July 17 for 3 months. John Blair expects to return from his break in mid-October.

Legend OTS - Keith Williams August 26 (until when?)

Liberty OTS Dru Pavlov July 16 until November 1. (then who? Will Luke Aerowsmith be returning, or has he been reassigned to Anthem?)

Majesty OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira August 3 for 2 months then Carlos Torres returns from his vacation at the beginning of October. (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016 Marc will be celebrating his 20th anniversary with RCI during that contract and plans to retire shortly thereafter to spend more time with his family)

Mariner OTS - Jamie Fentiman August 28 until sometime in November

Navigator OTS - John Perry July 5 for 4 months, then Jeff Arpin will cover in early-November for 2 months until John returns from his break in early-January

Oasis OTS - Drew Devine July 25 for 4 months

Quantum OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 20 for 4 months

Radiance OTS - Amy Fickert-Southgate May 15 until September 3, then Steve Davis September 3 through December 3

Rhapsody OTS - Mike Hunnerup July 19 until Nov 19 (transatlantic) then Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira for the Brazilian season. (Graham has been reassigned to Explorer and will not be returning to Rhapsody)

Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 9 until September 15, then Carly Boileau September 15 through November 13

Splendour OTS - Simona Ferraioulo July 11 for the rest of the European Season (Nov 28?)

Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente started April 26 until September 13 then Rich Edwards September 13 until January 21

Voyager OTS - Fang Lixin for the Asian season; then Mitch Merucci beginning October 22 for the Australian Season

Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (perhaps March 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

Where is Warren Allen? (aka Warren Melhuish)

Mom1029 · August 28, 2015

Hi Donna I was on liberty last week Dru said he gonna stay little bit longer on liberty until end of November also he said that Liberty will be his ship now

DonnaK · August 29, 2015

Hi Donna I was on liberty last week Dru said he gonna stay little bit longer on liberty until end of November also he said that Liberty will be his ship now

Thanks for the info! I will update the list tomorrow. (I will be on Liberty in Oct - I hope Dru is a good CD!)

BCCarty85 · August 29, 2015

Jerome is going on vacation when this cruise ends, he is not going to return to Allure, but does not yet know which ship he will work on next, but he will keep working at RCCL.

Maybe on Oasis and Allure you do not need a CD, but I for one enjoyed him and his partner in crime Cuddy Cudworth very much when cruising on Allure in November 2014

I agree -- Jerome and Cuddy were quite a pair! I was impressed by how friendly they both were and as I was traveling solo it meant a lot that each took time to actually talk to me personally.

Brian

Joe12 · August 29, 2015

Joff Eaton just said on Twitter that Luke Aerowsmith will replace him on 15th September.

Joe12 · August 29, 2015

Also,

Jerome Sueur said on Twitter that Bobby Brown is taking over until after the crossing and that he is going to NV in November.

DonnaK · August 29, 2015

Also,
Jerome Sueur said on Twitter that Bobby Brown is taking over until after the crossing and that he is going to NV in November.

Joff Eaton just said on Twitter that Luke Aerowsmith will replace him on 15th September.

Yes, I had reached out to them on Twitter yesterday, and both of them responded to my tweets so promptly! Great guys!

Edited August 29, 2015 by DonnaK

DonnaK · August 29, 2015

Adventure OTS - Dan Whitney started June 27 until Nov 7 (then who?)

Allure OTS - Jerome Sueur May 19 until August 30, then Bobby Brown August 30 (until when?)

Anthem OTS - Joff Eaton March 18 until September 15, then Luke Aerosmith September 15 (until when?)

Brilliance OTS - Steve Davis July 29 through September 3, then Clo O'Connor returns September 3

Enchantment OTS - Marc Walker July 20 through November 20. Marc will return from his break on Jan 18 until May 3 (when the ship moves to Miami) (who is covering Marc's break Nov 20-Jan 18?)

Explorer OTS - Tim Connor July 29 until September 2, then Graham Seymour begins September 2 until late-January

Freedom OTS - Casey Peltier Aug 23 for 4 months

Grandeur OTS - Jeff Arpin Aug 23 until late-October (then who? Mitch will not be returning to GR after his break)

Independence OTS - Leigh Xuereb May 17 through September 6, then Ricky Matthews from Sept 6 for 2 months to cover Leigh's break. Leigh is expected to return at the beginning of November.

Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles July 17 for 3 months. John Blair expects to return from his break in mid-October.

Legend OTS - Keith Williams August 26 (until when?)

Liberty OTS Dru Pavlov July 16 until November 1. (then who? Will Luke Aerowsmith be returning, or has he been reassigned to Anthem?)

Majesty OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira August 3 for 2 months then Carlos Torres returns from his vacation at the beginning of October. (Marc Walker will be bringing the ship to Port Canaveral in May 2016 Marc will be celebrating his 20th anniversary with RCI during that contract and plans to retire shortly thereafter to spend more time with his family)

Mariner OTS - Jamie Fentiman August 28 until sometime in November

Navigator OTS - John Perry July 5 for 4 months, then Jerome Sueur will cover in early-November (for 2 months until John returns from his break in early-January?)