New Current list of Cruise Directors (CD)

Joe12 · February 1, 2017

Ricky Matthews is CD on Quantum.

DonnaK · February 4, 2017

Ricky Matthews is CD on Quantum.

Adventure OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo December 10 until February 11, then Elvis Pinto February 11 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months

Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until late-February (Who is covering between Tim and Mitch?) Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August (need exact dates) According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure

Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until mid-March (then does Dru return?)

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 (until when? Mid-March? then who?).

Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months.

Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato December 16 until mid-April, then who?

Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in)

Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter October 16 until late February (this is Casey's last contract on FR) Then who?

Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months.

Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months.

Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until mid-March (need exact date), then Drew Devine mid-March until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30

Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles November 6 until mid-to-late February, then Simona Ferraiuolo begins mid-to-late February (handover date needed)

Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?)

Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?.

Majesty OTS - Susan McColl October 23 until February 17, then Marc Walker returns February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post)

Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?)

Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until late-March (need exact date. Then who?)

Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 for 2 months, then who? (Drew is not returning to Oasis after his break)

Ovation OTS - (Who is covering Jan 28-Feb 14? - Joff left for Radiance Jan 28 per his twitter post) Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 for 4 months.

Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?)

Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton begins January 28 until March 28

Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?)

Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20

Vision OTS - Bill Brunkhorst October 29 (until when? then who?) (Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018)

Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 (until when?)

Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins.

John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn)

Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD

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

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 now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea

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 and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival

Desert Cruizers · February 4, 2017

Donna it will be nice to know who replaces Topi for our TA on August 26 through September 10th on the Serenade.

Gay

DonnaK · February 4, 2017

Donna it will be nice to know who replaces Topi for our TA on August 26 through September 10th on the Serenade.

Gay

It might be a while before we know that! There are changes coming up this month that we still dont have info on. I'm on Anthem March 19, and still don't know who the CD will be.

rbschultz · February 4, 2017

Abe was our CD on Jan 21st Harmony of the Seas. He is not cut out for the position... low visibility, no energy.

DonnaK · February 4, 2017

Abe was our CD on Jan 21st Harmony of the Seas. He is not cut out for the position... low visibility, no energy.

WOW! He was outstanding on Anthem! Total opposite from what you describe.

Maybe it's the ship. On Oasis-class, the CD doesn't have as many opportunities to mingle because there are multiple shows/events/activities going on at the same time.

luvscruising2007 · February 4, 2017

Abe was the CD on one of our Cruises about 8 or 9 years ago. He was all over the ship and full of energy. It was a smaller ship, Brilliance I believe.

Joe12 · February 4, 2017

WOW! He was outstanding on Anthem! Total opposite from what you describe.

Maybe it's the ship. On Oasis-class, the CD doesn't have as many opportunities to mingle because there are multiple shows/events/activities going on at the same time.

That was actually Bobby Brown. Abe posted on FB that he finished Jan 7 and left Jan 11 in St Maarten.

I agree with the poster - While Bobby is a nice guy, he really has no energy and isn't cut out for Oasis Class at all.

I'm considering either Harmony on Jul 8 or Allure on Jul 9.

I really hope it is Abe if I do Harmony, and not Bobby.

DonnaK · February 4, 2017

Adventure OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo December 10 until February 11, then Elvis Pinto February 11 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months

Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until late-February (Who is covering between Tim and Mitch?) Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August (need exact dates) According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure

Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until mid-March (then does Dru return?)

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates)