New Current list of Cruise Directors (CD)

Maddonny · February 21, 2017

I'm just on board Vision and Carly Boileau is the CD.

DonnaK · February 21, 2017

I'm just on board Vision and Carly Boileau is the CD.

Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 18 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months

Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure

Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until March 12, then, Dru Pavlov March 12 through mid-July. (It's been reported that Jimmy Rhodes is covering sometime in September through sometime in November??)

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates)

Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months.

Enchantment OTS - Who is the current CD (as of Feb 18?)

Explorer OTS - Rob McNally January 25 through March 19, then Graham returns March 19 through July 28 (then Graham is stepping back from cruise life except for an occasional fill-in)

Freedom OTS - Michele Scarpato Feb 18 for 2 months (exact date? then who?) (Casey will not be returning to Freedom after his break - he has been reassigned to Adventure)

Grandeur OTS - Bobby Broughton October 22 until February 25 (then does Paul Rutter return February 25 for 2 months?) Bobby will return late April/early May for 4 months.

Harmony OTS - Bobby Brown January 7 until March 11, then Abe Hughes returns March 11 for 4 months. Abe returns mid-September until after the New Year.

Independence OTS - John Blair January 9 until March 20, then Drew Devine March 20 until May 27, then Joff Eaton returns May 27 until September 30

Jewel OTS - Simona Ferraiuolo February 19 until mid-April (then does Dennis Charles return mid-April for 4 months?

Legend OTS - Chris Brown Jan 15 (until mid-March when the ship is handed over to TUI?)

Liberty OTS - Jeff Arpin January 8 until mid-May, then John Blair is covering from mid-May until mid-July (per John's FB post) It was also reported that Drew Devine was doing the May-July coverage - where has he been reassigned?.

Majesty OTS - Marc Walker February 17 until mid-June (per his FB post)

Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin October 17 (until when?)

Navigator OTS - Cuddy Cudsworth November 23 until mid-March (need exact date) then Rob McNally mid-march for 2 months.

Oasis OTS - Patricio Honores January 21 until March 12, then Jimmy Rhodes March 12 until mid-July.

Ovation OTS - Jimmy Rhodes returns February 14 until March 5, then Mike Hunnerup begins March 5 (for 4 months?) Mike is boarding the ship on Feb 20 for a two-week handover.

Quantum OTS - Ricky Matthews end of January (until when? then who?)

Radiance OTS - Joff Eaton January 28 until March 28

Rhapsody OTS - Dan Whitney January 21 (until the TA on April 29? or through the TA on May 13?)

Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen November 21 until March 20

Vision OTS - Carly Boileau Feb 20 (for 2 months or 4 months?)(Marc Walker posted on FB that he will be on Vision out of Texas mid-November 2017 thru mid-January 2018)

Voyager OTS - Ken Jones January 31 until sometime in March (need date) then Jamie Fentiman

Graham Seymour is stepping back from cruise life after July 28, 2017 except for occasional fill-ins.

John Perry has left Royal and is now Operations Manager at Hyatt Hotels (per LinkedIn)

Ken Rush works at corporate in Miami as RCI's Director of Entertainment. He may occasionally fill-in as CD

Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues

Amy Fickert-Southgate has taken a job shoreside as of June 8

Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London

Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed

Allan Brooks works for Celebrity in their corporate office.

Richard Spacey is a CD with Celebrity

Becky Thompson works for Celebrity Cruises in their corporate offices in Miami.

Dave Chapman is a CD with HAL

James Andrews is a real estate agent in Sydney

Mike Szwajkowski is a Canadian Mountie

Leo Papa is a Product Manager at Tauck Corp in Connecticut

Anna Bass is a make-up artist

João Pereira is studying Portuguese/English education and translation at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas in Brazil

Kirk Detweiler is now CD with Silversea cruises.

Simeon Baker - married a dancer, had a baby girl and is a sales exec at a Porsche dealer in Saskatchewan

Matt Baker - Sim's brother - recently married and living in Wales. They bought a pub called the Tiddley

Kieron Buffrey - CD with Holland America

Tom Canosa - teaching 6th grade science in North Carolina

Peter Benfield and Johnny Osborne have emigrated to Thailand

Anthony Richards is living in Miami with his wife, and is working for Royal Media Partners as Manager Port Revenue Operations

Rico du Breil is now a CD with SilverSeas out of Italy

Paul Lancaster is no longer with RCI, and resides in England

Abel Jeney is now with The World - Luxury Residence at Sea

Parker Cristan is living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - staging/choreographing for local theater

Ashley Kerr - married and living in Vancouver BC, working as a marketing rep for a PR firm

Karen Maybury - has a consultant/pr/entertainment agency

Jannie Cloete - leading expeditions on small ships

Warren Allen (aka Warren Melhuish) lives in Ontario, Canada. He has retired from ship-life but still works on the stage

Thomas DeCell is no longer with RCI

Leigh Xuereb and his AM Frankie Portera are CD's for Carnival

DonnaK · February 21, 2017

Looking for CURRENT (this week) information on Empress and Enchantment, and info on who will be taking over Grandeur this upcoming weekend.

msumike · February 22, 2017

Got off FR 2/18....it was still Casey

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Cruisedafewtimes · February 22, 2017

SPECULATION:
Could Michele be on Freedom for a short contract to prepare for Europe and then return in May/June for the Summer in Barcelona? He's Italian and was AM on Oasis in Fall 2014, Allure for Summer 2015 and also started Harmony's run in Barcelona.

Or, he could stay on until after the TA and begin the European season, and then maybe Jerome could take over, as Clo's schedule on BR doesn't fit with his vacation schedule.

Could you say Michelle who or is she from Brazil ?

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DonnaK · February 22, 2017

SPECULATION:
Could Michele be on Freedom for a short contract to prepare for Europe and then return in May/June for the Summer in Barcelona? He's Italian and was AM on Oasis in Fall 2014, Allure for Summer 2015 and also started Harmony's run in Barcelona.

Or, he could stay on until after the TA and begin the European season, and then maybe Jerome could take over, as Clo's schedule on BR doesn't fit with his vacation schedule.

Michele was on Enchantment Dec 16 through Feb 18, so he's likely doing a split contract between Enchantment and Freedom. So he should be on until mid-April and then on break until mid-June.

Anything is possible, though, and the scenarios you proposed make sense. Time will tell.

For now, I'd be happy to learn who replaced Michele on Enchantment over the weekend.

DonnaK · February 22, 2017

Just found out that Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira joined Enchantment.

Adventure OTS - Elvis Pinto February 18 until mid-April, then Casey Pelter mid-April for 4 months

Allure OTS - Tim Connor October 23 until March 12, then Bobby Brown March 12 until sometime in April (need handover date) then Mitch Merucci sometime in April though August. According to his tweet, Mitch will be the new regular CD of Allure

Anthem OTS - Clo O'Connor January 14 until March 12, then, Dru Pavlov March 12 through mid-July. (It's been reported that Jimmy Rhodes is covering sometime in September through sometime in November??)

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur November 10 until early March (need exact date. Who is covering March and April?) per her FB post, Clo O'Connor will be onboard May through July (need dates)

Empress OTS - Carlos Torres October 21 until mid-February, Who will be covering mid-February through mid-April? (need dates)Elvis Pinto begins mid-April for 2 months.

Enchantment OTS - Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira February 18 (for 2 months, or for 4 months?)