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WHO'S ON BOARD: Officers, Staff and Crew

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seasheils

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Does anyone know who the current captain on Century is? We heard that one of our favorite staff captains has been promoted to that post.

 

The captain of the Century right now is Nikolas Christodoulakis. He is a wonderful out-going guy. Before being promoted to Captain, he was staff captain on the Silhouette and other S-class ships.

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Ah, I was just about to post a question to ask who was replacing Jason Ward as Cruise Director on Equinox (as I spotted the change of his Facebook page) ............... when I see here that Damien DeLorensis is the candidate. I was really hoping Jason would still have been on for my cruise next week, for something a bit more upbeat. Not keen to have Damien again.

 

Hopefully the "new" Master will be one of the fun informative ones. (earlier poster said MK was going on leave after the September cruise).

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I have a question about ship codes used in the table. Are SL and SM what Celebrity uses to denote the ships? It seems like it would be less confusing to use SO and SU. Same for CS and CN, since CN could really be either Constellation or Century.

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I thought I posted this question a few days ago, but I can't find it, so I'm going to assume I did somthing incorrectly and post it again. Who is the current captain of the Century? We heard that one of our favorite staff captains got promoted to that post, and if that's true, we look forward to seeing him when we sail on Century early next year.

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Never have understood the fascination people have with captains, cruise directors, or most other crew.

 

Take enough cruises with the same officers and you will come to understand that it's not a matter of "fascination", but rather a matter of enhancing ones cruise experience.

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Take enough cruises with the same officers and you will come to understand that it's not a matter of "fascination", but rather a matter of enhancing ones cruise experience.

 

Amen to that! Amazing what a difference it makes in the cruise when the top officers are engaged and running a great ship.

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Never have understood the fascination people have with captains, cruise directors, or most other crew.

 

When you interact with the crew, the next time you see them on a ship it is like being with old friends. On our Panama Canal cruise last year on the Millie, Rich, the CD, would stop by to pick up his coffee and Café El Bacio and vicariously have a Bloody Mary with us.

 

Jason Baynon, EC, not only personally signed my cookbook, but became a good friend. The "friends" we met on our several times on the Millie eventually were transferred to other ships. Now we are not afraid to try a new ship because we know SOMEONE will be on board that we know.

 

I think the Celebrity policy of the Officers interaction is a great one. I am sure it makes it easier to solve problems when there is always someone you can talk to about it. (notice I did NOT say complain!)

 

I believe the crew also looks forward to seeing friendly, familiar faces.

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When you interact with the crew, the next time you see them on a ship it is like being with old friends. On our Panama Canal cruise last year on the Millie, Rich, the CD, would stop by to pick up his coffee and Café El Bacio and vicariously have a Bloody Mary with us.

 

Jason Baynon, EC, not only personally signed my cookbook, but became a good friend. The "friends" we met on our several times on the Millie eventually were transferred to other ships. Now we are not afraid to try a new ship because we know SOMEONE will be on board that we know.

 

I think the Celebrity policy of the Officers interaction is a great one. I am sure it makes it easier to solve problems when there is always someone you can talk to about it. (notice I did NOT say complain!)

 

I believe the crew also looks forward to seeing friendly, familiar faces.

 

Sorry to see Jason leave, but happy for his family. He was the greatest!

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seasheils

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I thought I posted this question a few days ago, but I can't find it, so I'm going to assume I did somthing incorrectly and post it again. Who is the current captain of the Century? We heard that one of our favorite staff captains got promoted to that post, and if that's true, we look forward to seeing him when we sail on Century early next year.

 

 

I think you're speaking of Nikolas Christodoulakis. He is currently the captain of the Century, and yes, he is a great captain---very friendly and very present to his guests. Unfortunately for you, he will probably be on holiday by early 2014 since he started this stint on the Century in late Sept. Captains are usually on for 3 months at a time.

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Take enough cruises with the same officers and you will come to understand that it's not a matter of "fascination", but rather a matter of enhancing ones cruise experience.

 

Can't agree more. It is like visiting with family. By the way Simona Stumberger left Eclipse today to go home to Slovenia for vacation. We keep in touch all the time and I feel really lucky to know her so well.

 

Pat

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Can't agree more. It is like visiting with family. By the way Simona Stumberger left Eclipse today to go home to Slovenia for vacation. We keep in touch all the time and I feel really lucky to know her so well.

 

Pat

 

Sorry to hear that Simona has gone on vacation, but good for her. We were looking forward to seeing her on our cruise Nov 3

 

Shirley

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Can't agree more. It is like visiting with family. By the way Simona Stumberger left Eclipse today to go home to Slovenia for vacation. We keep in touch all the time and I feel really lucky to know her so well.

 

Pat

 

Hi, Pat!

 

We were lucky to have met Simona on our 12.1.12 Silhouette Transatlantic! She is lovely and hosted dinner at the Captain's Table; my husband's family is Slovenian so we had lots to talk about! We're so glad she's back to Slovenia for vacation and we are really hoping she will return to the Eclipse for our 12.28.13 New Year's Eve cruise to see her again! Do you have any idea as to her plans after vacation?

 

Jill

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