New Current list of Cruise Directors (CD)

DonnaK · June 24, 2016

Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 (for 2 months? then who?)

Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 2 months (need exact dates)

Anthem OTS - John Blair June 18 through at least the July 4th weekend (***Need to find out exactly how long John will be onboard, and if Abe Hughes is still scheduled to come onboard for 4 months, or if the rotation has changed and it will be someone else)

Brilliance OTS - Jerome Sueur May 14 through October 17, then Clo O'Connor for the transatlantic back to Tampa

Empress OTS - Carlos Torres May 28 through sometime in September (exact date? then Elvis Pinto?)

Enchantment OTS - Michele Scarpato begins June 24 (for 4 months?)

Explorer OTS - Graham Seymour March 30 until July 29, then Ken Jones July 29 for approx 2 months, then Graham should be returning Late-September through mid-January, with Joff Eaton covering mid-January through mid-March (need exact dates)

Freedom OTS - Casey Pelter May 15 until mid-August (exact date? then who?)

Grandeur OTS - Bill Brunkhorst June 18 until mid-July then Paul Rutter

Harmony OTS - Ken Rush until mid-June (need exact handover date) then Bobby Brown mid-June through October 23. Ken Rush will return Oct 23 to take the ship to Florida and will be onboard through the New Year.

Independence OTS - Joff Eaton May 28 until the end of August, then Jamie Fentiman (need exact handover date)

Jewel OTS - Dennis Charles April 24 through June 26, then Simona Ferraiuolo for the European Season beginning June 26

Legend OTS - Chris Brown from June 20 through October 19, then Keith Williams returns to re-position the ship from Hong Kong to Australia on October 19 until Jan 15, 2017. then Chris Brown should be returning Jan 15 to cover Keith's break again.

Liberty OTS - Jimmy Rhodes June 19 until June 26, then Jeff Arpin June 26

Majesty OTS - Marc Walker May 16 until July 1 then the newly-promoted Susan McColl July 1 through August 27, then Marc Walker returns Aug 27 to Oct 23

Mariner OTS - Fang Lixin end of March until mid-August, then Keith Williams mid-August through October 17. (Need handover date)

Navigator OTS - Rob McNally May 21 for the European Season

Oasis OTS - Drew Devine January 23 until June 25, Patricio Honores begins June 25 for 2 months, then Drew returns at the end of August.

Ovation OTS - Gordon Whatman May 26 through July 12, then Jimmy Rhodes beginning July 12 Until Nov 18, then Joff Eaton Nov 18 though mid-January.

Quantum OTS - Ken Jones May 21 until July 14 then Ricky Matthews July 14 until late-November, then Ken Jones for 2 months.

Radiance OTS - Steve Davis Jan 31 through July 15 then Jamie Fentiman (Jamie is due on Indy at the end of August to cover for Joff, so unless something changes, this will be a short coverage)

Rhapsody OTS - Patricio Honores April 20 until June 24, then Michelle Pimentinha Oliveira returns from her break June 24 until the end of October.

Serenade OTS - Topi Ylonen May 15 through September 13, then Carly Boileau for the Canadian Season (September 13 through October 30 or November 11)

Vision OTS - Mike Hunnerup Feb 27 until late June (then who?)

Voyager OTS -Mitch Merucci April 16 for 4 months

Jamie Fentiman is awaiting medical clearance post-back-surgery

Rich Edwards is temporarily out due to back issues and will not be returning until at least October 2016

Amy Fickert-Southgate is taking a job shoreside as of June 8

Luke Aerowsmith is working at the corporate office in London

Ken Rush works behind the scenes on the new ships, helping to provide smooth take-outs. In between, he works with the new builds at the shipyard, and he fills in on the larger/newer ships as CD during the regular CD's break

Gordon Whatman is retired, but will be filling-in from time-to-time if needed (see Ovation - May 2016)

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 travel & show consultant in Canada

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

Abel Jeney is Customer Service & People Manager at Momentum Services Ltd

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 is the CD of Carnival Freedom (his AM Frankie Portera is the CD of Carnival Liberty)

DonnaK · June 25, 2016

Adventure OTS -Clo O'Connor June 11 (for 2 months? then who?)

Allure OTS - Tim Connor April 24 until late August, then Dru Pavlov for 2 months (need exact dates)

Anthem OTS - John Blair June 18 through at least the July 4th weekend (***Need to find out exactly how long John will be onboard, and if Abe Hughes is still scheduled to come onboard for 4 months, or has the rotation has changed and it will be someone else)