New Current list of Cruise Directors (CD)

DonnaK · August 11, 2016

Steve Davis is back on the Radiance on September 4th for four months.

Adventure OTS -Dan Whitney July 30 until the end of November (exact date? then who?)

Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates)

Anthem OTS - John Blair June 25 until August 11, then Abe Hughes returns August 11 for 4 months

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa

Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through August 25 then Elvis Pinto

Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato June 24 until the end of October (exact date? Then who?)

Explorer OTS - Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham Seymour should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates)

Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until August 21. He will be returning after "a very short vacation, a couple of weeks" WHO IS COVERING CASEY'S BREAK, BEGINNING AUGUST 21 FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS?

Grandeur OTS - Paul Rutter July 16 until the end of October

Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown July 17 through October 23. Ken Rush returns Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year.

Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until September 19, then Jamie Fentiman for two months. Joff will be back on Indy in mid-May 2017 for 4 months after doing a split contract on Ovation and Explorer.

Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo beginning July 3 for the remainder of the European Season (then Dennis Charles returns?)

Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again.

Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin July 10 until early-November, then John Blair

Majesty OTS - Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23

Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date)

Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 until October 1 (then who?)

Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores July 2 for 2 months, then Drew Devine should be returning at the end of August for 4 months.

Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes July 23 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January.

Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months.

Radiance OTS - Jamie Fentiman July 10 until September 4, then Steve Davis returns September 4 for 4 months?)

Rhapsody OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira June 24 until the end of October.

Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11)

Vision OTS - Mercedes LaFuente June 25 (until when? then who?)

Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 until August 14, then Mike Hunnerup August 14 until October 18

Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016

Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8

Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London

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

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 is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut

Anna Bass is a make-up artist

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 SilverSeas out of Italy

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

Leigh Xuereb is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty)

mac_tlc · August 12, 2016

Thanks for reporting from the ship.

Any word on who will be filling in?

I'll see if I can find out

livingitup · August 12, 2016

Can anyone give input on CD's Dru Pavlov and Tim Connor? Sailing Allure Aug 28th but I haven't had either of them as CD's in the past...Love a good CD!!!

DonnaK · August 12, 2016

Can anyone give input on CD's Dru Pavlov and Tim Connor? Sailing Allure Aug 28th but I haven't had either of them as CD's in the past...Love a good CD!!!

Well, we really love Dru. He hosts fabulous Seinfield and Friends trivia events. He's accessible but low key, has a great sense of humor, and was a great host.

livingitup · August 12, 2016

Well, we really love Dru. He hosts fabulous Seinfield and Friends trivia events. He's accessible but low key, has a great sense of humor, and was a great host.

Thanks Donna! Cant wait for update to see if we will have him on our sailing.

denamo · August 12, 2016

Can anyone give input on CD's Dru Pavlov and Tim Connor? Sailing Allure Aug 28th but I haven't had either of them as CD's in the past...Love a good CD!!!

Well, we really love Dru. He hosts fabulous Seinfield and Friends trivia events. He's accessible but low key, has a great sense of humor, and was a great host.

Hey, Livingitup! Dru was the CD on the repositioning of the Liberty to Galveston when we were on last November.

In total agreement with DonnaK. Dru was delightful. He's Canadian and he was doing a random audience participation event.He put the Mic up to a lady who just giggled. She said she didn't speak English, and he realised she spoke French. He then switched and spoke to her in French. He handled it with such class and translated for the rest of us. The lady was smitten with him as was the rest of the audience.:)

DonnaK · August 13, 2016

Adventure OTS -Dan Whitney July 30 until the end of November (exact date? then who?)

Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 4 months (need exact dates)

Anthem OTS - Abe Hughes August 11 for 4 months