LadyCruisers Posted January 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Who is the current CD? We embark the Riviera Saturday. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted January 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Paul Baya is the CD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrcruiser Posted January 12, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Great! We embark the 14th, too. Is there a string quartet on board? Name? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted January 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Yes there are a string quartet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted January 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Orator said: Paul Baya is the CD. Nice to see he is still on her. He was our CD on Riviera 12/21 in the W. Caribbean. Very friendly. And he put together a nice afternoon veterans get-together in Martinis on an early sea day. Left a lasting impression on me and I did the same while on Sirena (11/22), after talking to CD Dottie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMHuntFerry Posted January 13, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Ask to see Paul's socks each day 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjame Posted January 13, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Paul will be leaving Riviera on Jan 31. He will take a break and then begins a contract on Vista. He rejoins Riviera on her Asian tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted January 13, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 13, 2023 33 minutes ago, Robjame said: Paul will be leaving Riviera on Jan 31. He will take a break and then begins a contract on Vista. He rejoins Riviera on her Asian tour. Did he mention who will be taking over on Riviera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robjame Posted January 13, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 13, 2023 4 hours ago, ORV said: Did he mention who will be taking over on Riviera? He did but it is lost in the fog of a wonderful meal. I will try to find out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted January 17, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 17, 2023 The new CD for Riviera is new to Oceania. Paul told me he’s coming over from Princess and is a high tech guy. Paul said his trivia games will be via PowerPoint, and he plans other changes. Paul and the new guy will overlap their duties as a training experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverroad Posted January 17, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 17, 2023 22 minutes ago, kitty9 said: The new CD for Riviera is new to Oceania. Paul told me he’s coming over from Princess and is a high tech guy. Paul said his trivia games will be via PowerPoint, and he plans other changes. Paul and the new guy will overlap their duties as a training experience. We’ll be on Riviera in March and that sounds dreadful! I can’t imagine trivia via PowerPoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariastreby Posted January 17, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 17, 2023 20 minutes ago, kitty9 said: The new CD for Riviera is new to Oceania. Paul told me he’s coming over from Princess and is a high tech guy. Paul said his trivia games will be via PowerPoint, and he plans other changes. Paul and the new guy will overlap their duties as a training experience. That sounds interesting. I hope this new CD is very personable too. Our very first Oceania cruise is March 2nd. We just got off a holiday cruise on the Viking Star, where their new female CD is amazingly vivacious, funny, and talented. Also very guest service response oriented. After the creative programs and events she had for both Christmas and New Years, I’m afraid we’ve been spoiled. But someone who’s been with Princess a while might be great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted January 17, 2023 #13 Share Posted January 17, 2023 21 minutes ago, Mariastreby said: That sounds interesting. I hope this new CD is very personable too. Our very first Oceania cruise is March 2nd. We just got off a holiday cruise on the Viking Star, where their new female CD is amazingly vivacious, funny, and talented. Also very guest service response oriented. After the creative programs and events she had for both Christmas and New Years, I’m afraid we’ve been spoiled. But someone who’s been with Princess a while might be great too. Im looking forward to meeting a new CD.. Jancruz1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthomas Posted January 17, 2023 #14 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Mariastreby said: That sounds interesting. I hope this new CD is very personable too. Our very first Oceania cruise is March 2nd. We just got off a holiday cruise on the Viking Star, where their new female CD is amazingly vivacious, funny, and talented. Also very guest service response oriented. After the creative programs and events she had for both Christmas and New Years, I’m afraid we’ve been spoiled. But someone who’s been with Princess a while might be great too. we are on the Viking Star in March, using up our Covid credits. O is now our line of choice. but looking forward to a vivacious CD. Hope she will still be there. What type of activities did you have available to you during the day? Since this is an O topic, can you email me .... johthomas100z at gmail dot com yes it is johthomas 100z at gmail dot com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted January 17, 2023 #15 Share Posted January 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Mariastreby said: That sounds interesting. I hope this new CD is very personable too. Our very first Oceania cruise is March 2nd. We just got off a holiday cruise on the Viking Star, where their new female CD is amazingly vivacious, funny, and talented. Also very guest service response oriented. After the creative programs and events she had for both Christmas and New Years, I’m afraid we’ve been spoiled. But someone who’s been with Princess a while might be great too. We're on that cruise also. We're doing a B2B and will be on the March 12 cruise, too. We loved Paul---he's funny, personable and fun. He makes a great comedian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jancruz Posted January 17, 2023 #16 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 minute ago, kitty9 said: We're on that cruise also. We're doing a B2B and will be on the March 12 cruise, too. We loved Paul---he's funny, personable and fun. He makes a great comedian. Stu and I are on March 12 also.., so very ready to cruise!! Have I seen you on the roll call?? Jancruz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted January 17, 2023 #17 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Just now, Jancruz said: Stu and I are on March 12 also.., so very ready to cruise!! Have I seen you on the roll call?? Jancruz1 Haven't been on the roll call yet. We just got home on Saturday from Dec23 to Jan 14 cruises. Had a great time. We had so many cruise credits from the Covid cruise that had to be used by then. Now, we're on the two March cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted January 17, 2023 #18 Share Posted January 17, 2023 They have had some CD's from Princess before most were not a good fit One guy was like Dottie loved the PA system😲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted January 18, 2023 #19 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, LHT28 said: They have had some CD's from Princess before most were not a good fit One guy was like Dottie loved the PA system😲 The announcements got to be a bit much from Dottie. I agree, the Princess CD’s haven’t meshed well with O cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted January 18, 2023 #20 Share Posted January 18, 2023 9 hours ago, kitty9 said: The announcements got to be a bit much from Dottie. I agree, the Princess CD’s haven’t meshed well with O cruisers. Agreed, last night and for the second night in a row Dottie felt the need to make an announcement while my wife and I were dancing to the band in Horizons during happy hour. It was annoying, especially the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare loriva Posted January 18, 2023 #21 Share Posted January 18, 2023 18 hours ago, kitty9 said: The new CD for Riviera is new to Oceania. Paul told me he’s coming over from Princess and is a high tech guy. Paul said his trivia games will be via PowerPoint, and he plans other changes. Paul and the new guy will overlap their duties as a training experience. Because they are larger ships, Princess CDs have long done their trivia on PowerPoint. It just means that the questions are written out and projected on the screens in the venue being used for trivia. If one is a visual person, as I am, being able to read the questions as well as having them read to you is actually very helpful. Princess was our cruise line of choice for many years (Elite level). But the ships are just getting too large, so we're trying out some other lines. Our cruise next month will be our first on Oceania and we have a Viking Ocean on tap as well. On Princess, we had wonderful CDs and not-so-wonderful. Luck of the draw and also, like food, very subjective. We had a young and enthusiastic CD on our last Princess cruise in August 2022--Kristoff Greyling, a South African. I see from the Princess boards he left his ship in December. I would be thrilled if he were to be the new CD with Oceania on Riviera. He did not overwhelm with announcements but ran a variety of fun activities. I'd never been one for the games in venues after dinner, but his were addictive. Very personable and out and about interacting with passengers. I'm not sure what the "O style" for a CD is, but Kristoff was one of the best CDs I've had on any line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted January 18, 2023 #22 Share Posted January 18, 2023 23 minutes ago, loriva said: Because they are larger ships, Princess CDs have long done their trivia on PowerPoint. It just means that the questions are written out and projected on the screens in the venue being used for trivia. If one is a visual person, as I am, being able to read the questions as well as having them read to you is actually very helpful. Trivia is usually in Martinis so no screen to project questions on wonder how that will work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariastreby Posted January 18, 2023 #23 Share Posted January 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, loriva said: Princess, we had wonderful CDs and not-so-wonderful. Luck of the draw and also, like food, very subjective. We had a young and enthusiastic CD on our last Princess cruise in August 2022--Kristoff Greyling, a South African. I see from the Princess boards he left his ship in December. I would be thrilled if he were to be the new CD with Oceania on Riviera. He did not overwhelm with announcements but ran a variety of fun activities. I'd never been one for the games in venues after dinner, but his were addictive. Very personable and out and about interacting with passengers. I'm not sure what the "O style" for a CD is, but Kristoff was one of the best CDs I've had on any line. He sounds like the kind of CD I respond to. Viking’s CDs come up the ranks exclusively within Viking’s entertainment groups. They’ve all been singers/dancers on the ships for several years, and are encouraged to mingle with passengers during all social or special events onboard. I’ve gotten to know several fairly fairly well by the end of a 2 week cruise. So they get to watch what works and what doesn’t, and also get to see different CD styles as their contracts have them rotating between ships. Sure hope we get a person who sounds like Kristoff. What things was this Dottie announcing? Just always reminding people of events coming up in the next couple of hours? People should know enough to have read the list of events already and made their plans accordingly. Anyway, I like the sound of dancing during Happy Hour. But maybe that’s the later one, rather than the pre dinner time…? For both of you on the March 12th cruise (we may add it on to the March 2nd one), just know that when you visit Charleston, it should be at the height of azalea blooming season. Spectacular there! We live 90 minutes north, and go down a lot. The bushes and trees will be particularly on display on the grounds of any of the plantations’ that you might choose to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted January 18, 2023 #24 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, LHT28 said: Trivia is usually in Martinis so no screen to project questions on wonder how that will work ? On our B2B that started Dec 23, trivia was held in the Theater. Night time trivia was held in Horizons. The one and only Guess That Tune was in Martinis. Edited January 18, 2023 by kitty9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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