Chazteach1 Posted June 23, 2014 #2701 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Went to school with Rich - a Facebook msg I got said he's back on Infinity. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Take that back - on vacation for a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerdrivecruiser Posted June 23, 2014 #2702 Share Posted June 23, 2014 As of June 14 Rich is off the IN and on vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycus Posted July 3, 2014 #2703 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Capt. Kafetzis is on Summit now and will be, I believe, until early August. Am I the only one wondering why capt. Kafetzis is back on a Constellation Class ship after being head master of the Silhouette? With Skylogiannis on the Eclipse and Bouzakis on the Reflection he is one of the most experienced captain in command of Solstice Class ships (he was relief capt. on the Solstice in summer 2009 and took the Silhouette out for Conveyance), and to me one of the bests I ever encountered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare C-Dragons Posted July 3, 2014 #2704 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Am I the only one wondering why capt. Kafetzis is back on a Constellation Class ship after being head master of the Silhouette? With Skylogiannis on the Eclipse and Bouzakis on the Reflection he is one of the most experienced captain in command of Solstice Class ships (he was relief capt. on the Solstice in summer 2009 and took the Silhouette out for Conveyance), and to me one of the bests I ever encountered... No, you are not the only one, we wonder why as well. We were not impressed with his replacement on our last cruise on Silhouette in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted July 3, 2014 #2705 Share Posted July 3, 2014 No, you are not the only one, we wonder why as well. We were not impressed with his replacement on our last cruise on Silhouette in March. Anything that people say here would only be speculation. Could have been his choice or Celebrity might have wanted to tighten up that ship. Raffaele is HD and he is also top notch. He his a wonderful Captain and always wonderful to cruise with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamima Posted July 3, 2014 #2706 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Am I the only one wondering why capt. Kafetzis is back on a Constellation Class ship after being head master of the Silhouette? With Skylogiannis on the Eclipse and Bouzakis on the Reflection he is one of the most experienced captain in command of Solstice Class ships (he was relief capt. on the Solstice in summer 2009 and took the Silhouette out for Conveyance), and to me one of the bests I ever encountered... Can I venture a guess. They are testing out many new ideas on the Summit this summer and maybe they wanted a very experienced person at the helm to make sure things run as smoothly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsea Posted July 3, 2014 #2707 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Why would anyone think that the ship reflects the experience/rating of the Captain? I can see the posting of the first Master on a new ship may be a reward, but thereafter, it is just as prestigious to Captain Century or Reflection. On a recent sailing, during a question& answer, our Captain told the group that all cruise ship Masters are the same pay grade, regardless of size or age of the ship. Sorry to be OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyNinerLiz Posted July 3, 2014 #2708 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Thank you but not quite the answer I wanted! We leave next week on the Eclipse and really hoped she would be back. However, we are on the Eclipse again in October so, like you, we live in hope.She is the best Cruise Director we have met and her enthusiasm came through with all her staff. To be honest I don't really care about which staff are on board - not meant in an unkind way - they are all very good and that is okay but Sue is outstanding. We agree!!!! We think Sue is the BEST!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith Cruiser Posted July 3, 2014 #2709 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Anything that people say here would only be speculation. Could have been his choice or Celebrity might have wanted to tighten up that ship. Raffaele is HD and he is also top notch. He his a wonderful Captain and always wonderful to cruise with him. When this change was announced months ago, we were told that they wanted a very charismatic captain for the tough NY crowd. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcpc Posted July 4, 2014 #2710 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Sheldon Thompson, former Hotel Director for Celebrity, is now WW Port Operations and Product Operations Manager/Australia-New Zealand for Royal Caribbean. Seems like many of the Hotel Directors I have known are now leaving (or have already left) Celebrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted July 4, 2014 #2711 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Sheldon Thompson, former Hotel Director for Celebrity, is now WW Port Operations and Product Operations Manager/Australia-New Zealand for Royal Caribbean. Seems like many of the Hotel Directors I have known are now leaving (or have already left) Celebrity. Many changes in HDs and CDs with a number going over to the Royal side of the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencerdrivecruiser Posted July 4, 2014 #2712 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I think Raffaele Bernardini is the only old timer remaining. Niina recently quit and Jan Willem left for a job at Royal. Big time turn over in that stressful position. They lost some great HDs IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orator Posted July 4, 2014 #2713 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I think Raffaele Bernardini is the only old timer remaining. Niina recently quit and Jan Willem left for a job at Royal. Big time turn over in that stressful position. They lost some great HDs IMO. Raffaele left for a time to be in Miami and then returned. He is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseImage Posted July 4, 2014 #2714 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Just back from Silhouette yesterday in Venice.... Christophe (HD) leaves on 23rd July for a "new" HD coming from MSC Donna (CC Host) leaves on 17th July to go to Equinox for 2 months to cover the Presidents Cruise - Marlene is said to be going to SI. It also appeared that the GRM changed yesterday too - looked like Ana took over, but couldn't confirm as I'd left by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B17 Posted July 4, 2014 #2715 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Can anyone tell me who the current Executive Chef is on board Reflection. I am really hoping its not the English Chef Anthony. Food last year on Silhouette was no where near the Celebrity high standard when he was on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C 2 C Posted July 5, 2014 Author #2716 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Can anyone tell me who the current Executive Chef is on board Reflection. I am really hoping its not the English Chef Anthony.Food last year on Silhouette was no where near the Celebrity high standard when he was on board. The last name posted was: Thomas Stellbrink. Perhaps his style will be more to your liking. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseacecat Posted July 5, 2014 #2717 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Sheldon Thompson, former Hotel Director for Celebrity, is now WW Port Operations and Product Operations Manager/Australia-New Zealand for Royal Caribbean. Seems like many of the Hotel Directors I have known are now leaving (or have already left) Celebrity. If you are in touch with Sheldon, please tell him that Anne wishes him the best, and happy surfing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingdelt Posted July 5, 2014 #2718 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) Master: Dimitrios Kafetzis Chief Engineer: Argyrios Poulakis Staff Captain: Nigel Smyth Guest Relations Manager: Cristian Comirla Hotel Director: Raffaelle Bernardini Cruise Director: Ken Mills Chief Housekeeper: Srdjan Cetkovic Executive Chef: Rijo German CC Hostess: Ashley Celebrity seems to be making an effort to have their officers being very interactive with the guests. Edited July 5, 2014 by cruisingdelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jascal Posted July 6, 2014 #2719 Share Posted July 6, 2014 The last name posted was: Thomas Stellbrink. Perhaps his style will be more to your liking. :D Anyone have an update on who the Captain and CD are as well as the Band on Reflection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C 2 C Posted July 6, 2014 Author #2720 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Anyone have an update on who the Captain and CD are as well as the Band on Reflection? In June the latest reports: RF: A Peppas HD: Bosco Pires CD: Alexander Y. GRM: Migle Zukaite F&B: Brett Coleman Chef: Thomas Stellbrink CCH: Chandru Lenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpthejuggler Posted July 6, 2014 #2721 Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Eqiunox 28 June 2014 sailing... Edited July 6, 2014 by helpthejuggler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C 2 C Posted July 6, 2014 Author #2722 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Eqiunox 28 June 2014 sailing...[ATTACH]318435[/ATTACH] Thanks for posting this but I can't read any of the names. I do recognize Captain Panos though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie.1008 Posted July 7, 2014 #2723 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Also was told that Hotel Director Ugo left a while back to go to Disney Cruise Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted July 7, 2014 #2724 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thank you Cruisenut ...can't remember hearing of Peter Baker....Will soon see! He was the Cruise Director on the Infinity westbound TA last fall. I thought he was pretty bad, just going through the motions. Did not see him around the ship all that much. He gave perfunctory introductions of the guest speakers, and towards the end of the trip, failed to schedule some of them for the promised final lectures in their series, despite all the sea days. I was underwhelmed by him. I hope he was just having an aberrational bad trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpthejuggler Posted July 7, 2014 #2725 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Thanks for posting this but I can't read any of the names. I do recognize Captain Panos though. I can see names on my original photo. I will try again rather than from my phone once I return home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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