Anyone ever had a female cruise director??

[tmac]

Just wondering because I've never seen it and as a woman I think it would be nice to see....

 

Also, never seen a female assistant maitre'd either......

[chessbriar]

Susan Wood was with X but went back to HAL

[superjerryw]

Female CD, Becky Thompson comes to mind but I think she was on RCI. Had another female CD, I think it was on Celebrity but she was rather non-descript and I don't recall her name.

 

Have have numerous female Asst Maitre'd's, most recently on the Constellation a few months ago.

[slotaddict]

Becky Thompson on the Voyager.

[tserface]

Just wondering because I've never seen it and as a woman I think it would be nice to see....

 

Also, never seen a female assistant maitre'd either......

 

We had Janet on the Sun Princess and she was our favorite CD ever.

 

Tom

[Ine]

We had Susan Woods, CD at that time on HAL's Amsterdam. (as far as I know she is now on Prinsendam). Excellent CD, very nice lady.

[clopaw]

We had Susan Wood on Galaxy. Probably my favorite cruise director, next to Graham Seymour, who I believe is now with RCI. Enjoyable for totally different reasons.

[Andy]

I have not had a Female CD on Celebrity. I do not believe Celebrity have any, at this time.

 

I have had a few Female Assistant Maitre'ds on Celebrity, and they have been outstanding.

[Cruise or Lose!]

On Celebrity, no. On my last cruise with Holland America, yes. Dottie Kalusa was her name, and she was a real bundle of energy in addition to being very very classy.

[tbelian]

 

Also, never seen a female assistant maitre'd either......

 

I have to mention Danuta, from Poland (who we most recently saw on Infinity, but that was over a year ago). She was an asst. maitre'd, and started her 'career' as one of the first female waiters in any Celebrity main dining room (on Century).

[tuggers]

On MSC, they had a female who was quite good. Her name was Kettie and she spoke more languages than I can even remember. Her linguistic skill was very impressive.

[tinabc]

We had Janet on the Sun Princess and she was our favorite CD ever.

 

Tom

Was this the same Janet that always left you with "Ciao for now!"?

[Joe1690]

Two of the three female Cruise Directors I know of have already been mentioned Becky Thomas on the Voyager of the Seas and Susan Wood who used to be on the Galaxy as well as some lady on the Norwegian Dream (name escapes my mind and she was only okay). With regards to Susan and Becky they were both excellent in very different ways. I loved Susan Wood and wish she was still on Celebrity as she was my favorite cruise director ever. She was funny, had good energy, and a great personality. Becky Thomas was also a great cruise director who had tons of energy and got passengers involved on the Voyager at every turn. Unlike many cruise directors where I feel they are not highly visible these 2 ladies were always visible and just knew how to make everyone happy and relaxed so the cruise was more enjoyable.

[Cachecara]

I agree, Becky Thompson was WONDERFUL!! :)

[SuiteCruising]

We also sailes with Dottie Kalusa on Zuiderdam. She was everywhere day and night. Talk about energy!

[starysacz]

Susan Wood on HAL. We were fortunate to have her on several cruises in the past. She is great.:)

[drfun48]

Just wondering because I've never seen it and as a woman I think it would be nice to see....

 

Also, never seen a female assistant maitre'd either......

My wife directs EVERYTHING I do on a cruise.

[jukeboxy]

This is a picture of a female AMD and one of the best and most popular. She is being handed a whoope cushion for her first experience. Her name is Danuta as mentioned by an earlier post.

If you see her ask about the crazy table she had to Alaska May 05.

[caviargal]

Just wondering because I've never seen it and as a woman I think it would be nice to see....

 

Also, never seen a female assistant maitre'd either......

 

Yes, on NCL. She was a class act.

[templed]

Becky "Hello Luv" Thompson on Voyager...

 

She's a rip...

 

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[LDeBord]

We had Susan Woods on the Galaxy.....loved her "toodle loo".....she had everyone saying it by the end of the cruise. We absolutely loved her as a cruise director.

[uktog]

Oh danute - she was just so wonderful and so attentive. We have sailed many times but never had such a good assistant md. My husband has a food allergy which we had advised X of as always. For the first time, we really beleived someone had taken time to brief the waiters AND check with us every night. Oh and she has such a lovely smile and laugh

[ajpack]

We just had "Clo" O'Connor on Explorer of the Seas last week and she was great.

[CelebrityMan]

Hi,

 

...just adding perspective for the OP, a cruise on the former Royal Cruise Line's Royal Odyssey in 1995 had a wonderful female CD. So, while I haven't seen any on Celebrity, they've been around a long time.

 

 

 

 

CM

[Host Anne]

Here's another Clodagh O'Connor fan. Sailed with her on Brillance several years ago and then specifically sailed Explorer to sail with her again (I'm not really a big ship fan) but Clo is the best CD (male or female) we've had.