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[Thrak]

Sara Romera left Grand Princess in early October or perhaps mid-October. (I do know Sara was still onboard October 7th.) The ED is now Matt but, unfortunately, I don't remember his last name. D'Oh! I spoke with him a number of times but my mind is a blank as far as his last name is concerned. He's a nice guy.

[snoozecrooze]

15 hours ago, Thrak said:

The ED is now Matt but, unfortunately, I don't remember his last name. D'Oh! I spoke with him a number of times but my mind is a blank as far as his last name is concerned. He's a nice guy.

Perhaps I can help jog your memory! I only know of two Matt EDs right now (I could be missing someone else lol)

Matt Barnard

 

Matt Thompson

[Thrak]

Hmm... Doesn't look like either of those pics.

[smwg]

On 11/22/2023 at 3:15 PM, princecay said:

Olivia Guthrie was the Caribbean Princess Cruise Director Nov 5-12.

I hope she is there in June when we go to Norway.  I really liked her on my last cruise. 🙂

[startedwithamouse]

On 12/4/2023 at 1:46 PM, Thrak said:

Hmm... Doesn't look like either of those pics.

Matt O'Brien has returned?

[kstaffen]

Lauren Meyer is now entertainment Director on the Coral. That's the only change I know about 🙂 

[milogurd]

It was mentioned on another social media network that CD Natalie Costa is joining the Ruby soon, if not already there.

 

[kstaffen]

5 minutes ago, milogurd said:

It was mentioned on another social media network that CD Natalie Costa is joining the Ruby soon, if not already there.

 

Jess Caballero is on there right now. She just joined after (or during) the drydock. I would think if Natalie is joining it wouldn't be for a few months? But maybe Jess is just there as an interim until Natalie could join.

[Princess Cruises Fann]

5 hours ago, kstaffen said:

Jess Caballero is on there right now. She just joined after (or during) the drydock. I would think if Natalie is joining it wouldn't be for a few months? But maybe Jess is just there as an interim until Natalie could join.

Natalie is currently on the Diamond. She has been posting on her Instagram. When I was on the Island the other week, Andi Sanders was leaving the ship on November 23rd and said he was rejoining the Island in time for the world cruise. I then asked Jaclyn what she would be doing since she was taking over as cruise director on the Island on November 23rd. Jaclyn said she would be transferring to the Ruby. 

[kstaffen]

8 hours ago, Princess Cruises Fann said:

Natalie is currently on the Diamond. She has been posting on her Instagram. When I was on the Island the other week, Andi Sanders was leaving the ship on November 23rd and said he was rejoining the Island in time for the world cruise. I then asked Jaclyn what she would be doing since she was taking over as cruise director on the Island on November 23rd. Jaclyn said she would be transferring to the Ruby. 

Thanks. I knew that Jess was on Ruby, as I just got off her on Nov 20.  I was hoping that Micca would be back on Ruby for my April sailing, but it doesn't look like it 🙂

[snoozecrooze]

Sharing the photo of the officers from Caribbean Princess's December 3, 2023 sailing per @PammyMouse's live report here. Nothing's changed from the table, but just placing this here for the sake of the picture for documentation.

 

 

[taznremmy]

Sapphire Princess as of 12/1:

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Ship	Captain	Cruise Director	Entertainment Director	Director Restaurant Ops
Caribbean	Vincenzo Lubrano (Oct ? - Jan ?) Ozren Marelic (on leave)	Olivia Guthrie	Luke Bonney	Oscar Perego
Coral	Gavin Pears	Joshua Thomas	Lauren Meyer Marissa Wurms (off)	Herminio Marques
Crown	Vincenzo Lembo (9/15 - 12/15) Christopher Lye (12/15 - 3/15)	Gary Golding Jody Miles (mid-November 2023 to April 2024)	Kylie Chappell (11/18 - ?) Callie Smit (on leave 11/18 - ?)	Mariusz Czemarmazowicz
Diamond	Stefano Ravera	Natalie Costs (date?) Esther Shelton (off?) & Mikiko Ikemoto?	Tim Donovan Fahey	Jean Paul Musiu
Discovery	Alessandro Genzo (11/25 - 1/27?) Tony Ruggero (1/27 - 4/27)	DuVaul Gamble Cole Bockman (Nov ??/23)	Neil Rose {~Nov 6/8 - ?) Caroline Desbuquois (Frenchie) - on leave since ~11/6	Catalin Ionel
Emerald	Fabrizio Maresca (dates unknown) Giuseppe Castellano (on leave - dates ?)	Fernando Duran Jason Allen (on leave?)	Geof O'Rourke	Rui Pereira Carlos Marques (on leave)
Enchanted	Mario Ciruzzi (Nov ?/23 - ?) Nick Nash (on leave - dates?)	Jayson Douglass	Madison Adams	Nicola Furlan (Oct 8 - mid Jan) & (Apr 1 - ?) <????> (mid-Jan - Apr 1)
Grand	Michele Bartolomei	Karen Rogers	Matt <somebody> Sara Romera (gone since early Oct)	Giuseppe Franchina
Island	Paul Slight	Andi Sanders (to 11/23; back 1/4 or 1/18) Jaclyn Frielander (11/23 - 1/4 or 1/18)	Sue Rawlings	Daniele Rosafio
Majestic	John Foster (to Jan/24?)	Kristoff Greyling Nikki Jayne (taking over soon - when?)	Ron Goodman (Nov ?)	Carlos Marques Douw Steyl (on leave)
Regal	Aldo Traverso (Oct ? - Jan ?/24) Tim Stringer (on leave since ~10/1)	Allie Ambriano	Martyn Moss	Francesco Patricio
Royal	Andrea Spinardi	Lloyd Flay	Kelvin Joy	Paul Ciobanu
Ruby	Mario Tani  Steven Lewis (on leave)	Jessica Caballero  Jaclyn Frielander (due in Jan/24)	Michael Kujawski	George Drugan
Sapphire	Todd McBain Paolo Ravera (on leave)	Armando Merin	Tobias Stewart	Daniele Saredi (prior to 12/1) Mario Propato (on leave)
Sky	Marco Fortezze	Aaron Hawkins	Caitlin Messerschmidt	Ciprian Hoidreag

Sun

Craig Street (Primary) Paolo Arrigo (Relief)

Corinne Steel & Dan France (2 CD's)

Neil Rose

TBA

 

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SAPPHIRE - DRO change per Post #1187.

ISLAND - CD dates update per post #1184

DIAMOND - Natalie Costa reported as CD per post #1184.  No idea if Mikiko is still there (presumably for Japanese guests).

CORAL - Lauren Meyer as ED per post #1181

GRAND - unknown ED; Sara on leave per post #1176, 1177, & 1178.  Current ED only known as "Matt".

RUBY - Jaclyn Frielander expected in January per post #1184.

 

 

 

Note that the Diamond Princess's listings are all fairly old now and needs some updating.

 

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Ship	Captain	Cruise Director	Entertainment Director	Director Restaurant Ops
Caribbean	Vincenzo Lubrano (Oct ? - Jan ?) Ozren Marelic (on leave)	Olivia Guthrie	Luke Bonney	Oscar Perego
Coral	Gavin Pears	Joshua Thomas	Lauren Meyer Marissa Wurms (off)	Herminio Marques
Crown	Vincenzo Lembo (9/15 - 12/15) Christopher Lye (12/15 - 3/15)	Gary Golding Jody Miles (mid-November 2023 to April 2024)	Kylie Chappell (11/18 - ?) Callie Smit (on leave 11/18 - ?)	Mariusz Czemarmazowicz
Diamond	Stefano Ravera	Natalie Costs (date?) Esther Shelton (off?) & Mikiko Ikemoto?	Tim Donovan Fahey	Jean Paul Musiu
Discovery	Alessandro Genzo (11/25 - 1/27?) Tony Ruggero (1/27 - 4/27)	DuVaul Gamble Cole Bockman (Nov ??/23)	Neil Rose {~Nov 6/8 - ?) Caroline Desbuquois (Frenchie) - on leave since ~11/6	Catalin Ionel
Emerald	Fabrizio Maresca (dates unknown) Giuseppe Castellano (on leave - dates ?)	Fernando Duran Jason Allen (on leave?)	Geof O'Rourke	Rui Pereira Carlos Marques (on leave)
Enchanted	Mario Ciruzzi (Nov ?/23 - ?) Nick Nash (on leave - dates?)	Jayson Douglass	Madison Adams	Nicola Furlan (Oct 8 - mid Jan) & (Apr 1 - ?) <????> (mid-Jan - Apr 1)
Grand	Michele Bartolomei	Karen Rogers	Matt <somebody> Sara Romera (gone since early Oct)	Giuseppe Franchina
Island	Paul Slight	Andi Sanders (to 11/23; back 1/4 or 1/18) Jaclyn Frielander (11/23 - 1/4 or 1/18)	Sue Rawlings	Daniele Rosafio
Majestic	John Foster (to Jan/24?)	Kristoff Greyling Nikki Jayne (taking over soon - when?)	Ron Goodman (Nov ?)	Carlos Marques Douw Steyl (on leave)
Regal	Aldo Traverso (Oct ? - Jan ?/24) Tim Stringer (on leave since ~10/1)	Allie Ambriano	Martyn Moss	Francesco Patricio
Royal	Andrea Spinardi	Lloyd Flay	Kelvin Joy	Paul Ciobanu
Ruby	Mario Tani  Steven Lewis (on leave)	Jessica Caballero  Jaclyn Frielander (due in Jan/24)	Michael Kujawski	George Drugan
Sapphire	Todd McBain Paolo Ravera (on leave)	Armando Merin	Tobias Stewart	Daniele Saredi (prior to 12/1) Mario Propato (on leave)
Sky	Marco Fortezze	Gary Golding	Caitlin Messerschmidt	Ciprian Hoidreag

Sun

Craig Street (Primary) Paolo Arrigo (Relief)

Corinne Steel & Dan France (2 CD's)

Neil Rose

TB

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Ship	Captain	Cruise Director	Entertainment Director	Director Restaurant Ops
Caribbean	Vincenzo Lubrano (Oct ? - Jan ?) Ozren Marelic (on leave)	Olivia Guthrie	Luke Bonney	Oscar Perego
Coral	Gavin Pears	Joshua Thomas	Lauren Meyer Marissa Wurms (off)	Herminio Marques
Crown	Vincenzo Lembo (9/15 - 12/15) Christopher Lye (12/15 - 3/15)	Gary Golding Jody Miles (mid-November 2023 to April 2024)	Kylie Chappell (11/18 - ?) Callie Smit (on leave 11/18 - ?)	Mariusz Czemarmazowicz
Diamond	Stefano Ravera	Natalie Costs (date?) Esther Shelton (off?) & Mikiko Ikemoto?	Tim Donovan Fahey	Jean Paul Musiu
Discovery	Alessandro Genzo (11/25 - 1/27?) Tony Ruggero (1/27 - 4/27)	DuVaul Gamble Cole Bockman (Nov ??/23)	Neil Rose {~Nov 6/8 - ?) Caroline Desbuquois (Frenchie) - on leave since ~11/6	Catalin Ionel
Emerald	Fabrizio Maresca (dates unknown) Giuseppe Castellano (on leave - dates ?)	Fernando Duran Jason Allen (on leave?)	Geof O'Rourke	Rui Pereira Carlos Marques (on leave)
Enchanted	Mario Ciruzzi (Nov ?/23 - ?) Nick Nash (on leave - dates?)	Jayson Douglass	Madison Adams	Nicola Furlan (Oct 8 - mid Jan) & (Apr 1 - ?) <????> (mid-Jan - Apr 1)
Grand	Michele Bartolomei	Karen Rogers	Matt <somebody> Sara Romera (gone since early Oct)	Giuseppe Franchina
Island	Paul Slight	Andi Sanders (to 11/23; back 1/4 or 1/18) Jaclyn Frielander (11/23 - 1/4 or 1/18)	Sue Rawlings	Daniele Rosafio
Majestic	John Foster (to Jan/24?)	Kristoff Greyling Nikki Jayne (taking over soon - when?)	Ron Goodman (Nov ?)	Carlos Marques Douw Steyl (on leave)
Regal	Aldo Traverso (Oct ? - Jan ?/24) Tim Stringer (on leave since ~10/1)	Allie Ambriano	Martyn Moss	Francesco Patricio
Royal	Andrea Spinardi	Lloyd Flay	Kelvin Joy	Paul Ciobanu
Ruby	Mario Tani  Steven Lewis (on leave)	Jessica Caballero  Jaclyn Frielander (due in Jan/24)	Michael Kujawski	George Drugan
Sapphire	Todd McBain Paolo Ravera (on leave)	Armando Merin	Tobias Stewart	Daniele Saredi (prior to 12/1) Mario Propato (on leave)
Sky	Marco Fortezze	Gary Golding	Caitlin Messerschmidt	Ciprian Hoidreag

Sun

Craig Street (Primary) Paolo Arrigo (Relief)

Corinne Steel & Dan France (2 CD's)

Neil Rose

TB

What happened to Aaron Hawkins @Baronbob?

Edited December 9, 2023 by startedwithamouse

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Ship	Captain	Cruise Director	Entertainment Director	Director Restaurant Ops
Caribbean	Vincenzo Lubrano (Oct ? - Jan ?) Ozren Marelic (on leave)	Olivia Guthrie	Luke Bonney	Oscar Perego
Coral	Gavin Pears	Joshua Thomas	Lauren Meyer Marissa Wurms (off)	Herminio Marques
Crown	Vincenzo Lembo (9/15 - 12/15) Christopher Lye (12/15 - 3/15)	Jody Miles (mid-November 2023 to April 2024)	Kylie Chappell	Mariusz Czemarmazowicz
Diamond	Stefano Ravera	Natalie Costs (date?) Esther Shelton (off?) & Mikiko Ikemoto?	Tim Donovan Fahey	Jean Paul Musiu
Discovery	Alessandro Genzo (11/25 - 1/27?) Tony Ruggero (1/27 - 4/27)	DuVaul Gamble Cole Bockman (Nov ??/23)	Neil Rose {~Nov 6/8 - ?) Caroline Desbuquois (Frenchie) - on leave since ~11/6	Catalin Ionel
Emerald	Fabrizio Maresca (dates unknown) Giuseppe Castellano (on leave - dates ?)	Fernando Duran Jason Allen (on leave?)	Geof O'Rourke	Rui Pereira Carlos Marques (on leave)
Enchanted	Mario Ciruzzi (Nov ?/23 - ?) Nick Nash (on leave - dates?)	Jayson Douglass	Madison Adams	Nicola Furlan (Oct 8 - mid Jan) & (Apr 1 - ?) <????> (mid-Jan - Apr 1)
Grand	Michele Bartolomei	Karen Rogers	Matt <somebody> Sara Romera (gone since early Oct)	Giuseppe Franchina
Island	Paul Slight	Andi Sanders (to 11/23; back 1/4 or 1/18) Jaclyn Frielander (11/23 - 1/4 or 1/18)	Sue Rawlings	Daniele Rosafio
Majestic	John Foster (to Jan/24?)	Nikki Jayne	Ron Goodman (Nov ?)	Carlos Marques Douw Steyl (on leave)
Regal	Aldo Traverso (Oct ? - Jan ?/24) Tim Stringer (on leave since ~10/1)	Allie Ambriano	Martyn Moss	Francesco Patricio
Royal	Andrea Spinardi	Lloyd Flay	Kelvin Joy	Paul Ciobanu
Ruby	Mario Tani  Steven Lewis (on leave)	Jessica Caballero  Jaclyn Frielander (due in Jan/24)	Michael Kujawski	George Drugan
Sapphire	Todd McBain Paolo Ravera (on leave)	Armando Merin	Tobias Stewart	Daniele Saredi (prior to 12/1) Mario Propato (on leave)
Sky	Marco Fortezze	Aaron Hawkins	Caitlin Messerschmidt	Ciprian Hoidreag

Sun

Craig Street (Primary) Paolo Arrigo (Relief)

Corinne Steel & Dan France (2 CD's)

Neil Rose

TBA

 

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Deleted "taking over soon" from Nikki Jayne since she's been there over a month.

Gary Golding is no longer on Crown, and has joined Sky. In what capacity, we don't know.

 

NOTE With the exception of DuVaul, we usually don't see CD's go on leave and come back to the same ship. This table looks messy, and inaccurate stating crew are on leave, and will return, when they will join another vessel. Crew doesn't have 5 months off, then rejoin the same ship. To easily see who was previously on a ship, all you have to do is scroll or page back.  

Edited December 9, 2023 by startedwithamouse

[Steelers36]

1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said:

What happened to Aaron Hawkins @Baronbob?

I agree - NO one should post a new chart without documenting the change and a note to why/what.

 

1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said:

 

 

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Deleted "taking over soon" from Nikki Jayne since she's been there over a month.

Gary Golding is no longer on Crown, and has joined Sky. In what capacity, we don't know.

 

NOTE With the exception of DuVaul, we usually don't see CD's go on leave and come back to the same ship. This table looks messy, and inaccurate stating crew are on leave, and will return, when they will join another vessel. Crew doesn't have 5 months off, then rejoin the same ship. To easily see who was previously on a ship, all you have to do is scroll or page back.  

 Okay, so if that is the way with CD's, then let's remove those gone from a ship on leave and it can be put in the notes below, perhaps even a list of CD's on leave or unknown as to which ship.

The Captain's and DRO's generally do swap in and out - unless assigned a different ship periodically.

[PrincessBuffy]

CD Jason Allen posted on FB from Coral Princess.

[startedwithamouse]

7 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

I agree - NO one should post a new chart without documenting the change and a note to why/what.

 

 Okay, so if that is the way with CD's, then let's remove those gone from a ship on leave and it can be put in the notes below, perhaps even a list of CD's on leave or unknown as to which ship.

The Captain's and DRO's generally do swap in and out - unless assigned a different ship periodically.

Those may be different, but the CD and ED seem to move around.

 

They're also promoting Cast Managers to ED, two in the past couple months, which has me wondering, what do they do with the CD they want to promote, such as Gary Golding?

[toofewcruises]

Hot off the presses! Captain Gennaro Arma will be the new Star Princess Captain...

[snoozecrooze]

57 minutes ago, toofewcruises said:

Hot off the presses! Captain Gennaro Arma will be the new Star Princess Captain...

Princess released the video announcement about an hour ago featuring Captain Arma. You have your choice of medium as per follows:

 

Star Princess Begins Countdown to Summer 2025 Mediterranean Debut | Princess Cruises | We’ve officially laid the keel for our 17th Princess ship, #StarPrincess, and we’re so excited to announce Captain Gennaro Arma as the first Captain! 🚢⭐✨... | By Princess Cruises | Facebook

 

We’ve officially laid the keel for our 17th Princess ship, #StarPrincess, and we’re so excited to announce Captain Gennaro Arma as the… | Instagram

[tothemall&beyond]

On 11/24/2023 at 5:23 PM, Steelers36 said:

What did you change?  You didn't add the Sun ED for example.

I didn't "add" anything. I deleted Kristoffer Greyling from Majestic - as he is on vacation right now, having just finished a contract (on his birthday). 

Updates to the list aren't just for additions... 

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by tothemall&beyond

[kstaffen]

5 minutes ago, tothemall&amp;beyond said:

I didn't "add" anything. I deleted Kristoffer Greyling from Majestic - as he is on vacation right now, having just finished a contract (on his birthday). 

Updates to the list aren't just for additions... 

 

True, updates are not just for additions. But I feel it would be extremely helpful to document ALL changes - on or off. It just makes it easier to know what changed 🤷‍♀️

[kstaffen]

Does anyone know where Michael Reitano "Micca" is? 

[Phil650]

On 12/7/2023 at 5:53 PM, kstaffen said:

Jess Caballero is on there right now. She just joined after (or during) the drydock. I would think if Natalie is joining it wouldn't be for a few months? But maybe Jess is just there as an interim until Natalie could join.

 

I just got off the Ruby on Dec. 10th and Jess left the ship mid cruise.  I never heard any official announcement, but other passengers said that she had a family emergency.  One of the ASDs seemed to be the temporary CD.