shipgeeks Posted January 1, 2020 #1701 Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 12/13/2019 at 1:17 PM, DELTABLUE said: Home again, home again! "Hello Clo" on Grandeur said that she will be on through 2-20-20, though there might be some wiggle room. At the moment, she has no idea who will be following her. Hello, Deltablue! Hello Clo! Clo O'Connor was the Cruise Director on our Regal Empress cruise in 2000! Nice to see a familiar name (as well as yours, Deltablue). We were just looking at the photo of our dinner at the Captain's table on that cruise. Clo is directly across from us. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted January 1, 2020 #1702 Share Posted January 1, 2020 ADVENTURE: Drew Devine #1397ALLURE: Jimmy Rhodes #1578, Michele Scarpato May to September, 2020 #1652 ANTHEM: Mitch Merucci September 21 #1477 to January 16, 2020 #1692, then Mercedes Lafuente #1676BRILLIANCE: Rob McNally #1566EMPRESS Elvis Pinto returns from vacation 9-7 #1690ENCHANTMENT: Bobby Broughton. Elizabeth Hackett to cover vacation, early October #1476 Is Elizabeth aboard? Please update.EXPLORER: Mike Whitte #1545FREEDOM: Cory Rogers for 30 days in Dec to take ship to Cadiz in Jan for drydock #1444 then Elvis Pinto #1671GRANDEUR: Clo O'Connor #1626 Through 2-20-20 #1657HARMONY: Marc Walker as of 9-29-19/3-15-20, 5-3/9-13-20 and 11-15-20/3-7-21 #1619INDEPENDENCE: Cuddy Cudsworth #1677JEWEL: Andrea Oliver on through March, 2020 #1687LIBERTY: Brian Leavitt returned October 13 #1620 MARINER: Dan Whitley as of 9-20 #1477MAJESTY: Tanya Yates Tongue #1676NAVIGATOR: Hugo Arenas returned 10-18 #1621OASIS: Michele Scarpato #1654 should be aboard 12-21-19 #1659 Please confirm.OVATION: Joff Eaton as of 12-4-19 #1675QUANTUM: Ken Jones #1535RADIANCE: Mark Rous #1430RHAPSODY: David Bradshaw #1666SERENADE: Katy McCullagh from UK #1652, filling in. Will be gone by 1-31-20 #1656, then Chris Brown #1651SPECTRUM: Fang Lixin through December #1394 Any update? SYMPHONY: Mike Szwajkowski as of 11-2-19 #1602 VISION Steve Davis for transatlantic crossing, will be on for 8 months #1518 then John Blair #1678VOYAGER: Michelle Oliveria #1565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivana Cruise Posted January 2, 2020 #1703 Share Posted January 2, 2020 On 12/31/2019 at 8:41 PM, Merion_Mom said: verrrrry iiiiiiinteresting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad455 Posted January 3, 2020 #1704 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, Ivana Cruise said: she's clearly filling in for two months. I think I've had her before as the name sounds familiar, but her reviews seem a little mixed? Can anyone that's had her in the past care to give some insight on how she is? I'll be sailing on the Anthem on 1/27/2020. Edited January 3, 2020 by toad455 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted January 4, 2020 #1705 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Oooops! After seeing these pics, I realized that the CD that I disliked on Adventure (out of Puerto Rico) a few years ago, was probably NOT Mercedes. Does anyone know who the loud, annoying CD with a Puerto Rican accent is? I want to make sure to avoid her in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza1972 Posted January 6, 2020 #1706 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Cruising Susan is currently on Radiance. By all accounts the reviews on her are not great. Has anyone had her as CD before ? I am.boarding Radiance 30 Jan and I am little worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KazAllen Posted January 6, 2020 #1707 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Aza1972 said: Cruising Susan is currently on Radiance. By all accounts the reviews on her are not great. Has anyone had her as CD before ? I am.boarding Radiance 30 Jan and I am little worried. According to the list above it is supposed to be Mark Rous, or is that incorrect?? Edited January 6, 2020 by KazAllen forgot name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilyclub Posted January 6, 2020 #1708 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Steve from Canada is currently on the Empress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillHana Posted January 6, 2020 #1709 Share Posted January 6, 2020 I would give Crusin Susan a thumbs down. We had her on radiance earlier this year and were not impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aza1972 Posted January 7, 2020 #1710 Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 hours ago, KazAllen said: According to the list above it is supposed to be Mark Rous, or is that incorrect?? Friends on Radiance at the moment and definitely Cruisin Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journey24 Posted January 8, 2020 #1711 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Does anybody know who will be cruise director on Grandeur through 2020 and into 2021. Grandeur is leaving RC in March 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante2001 Posted January 8, 2020 #1712 Share Posted January 8, 2020 How do you rate Mercedes Lafuente as a cruise director? I have never heard of her before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante2001 Posted January 8, 2020 #1713 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Anyone ever had her or is she new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 8, 2020 #1714 Share Posted January 8, 2020 51 minutes ago, ante2001 said: How do you rate Mercedes Lafuente as a cruise director? I have never heard of her before..... 11 minutes ago, ante2001 said: Anyone ever had her or is she new? Mercedes is not new, she's been around at least for several years. Very nice lady, personable, visible around the ship, easy to talk with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante2001 Posted January 8, 2020 #1715 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Host Clarea said: Mercedes is not new, she's been around at least for several eyars. Very nice lady, personable, visible around the ship, easy to talk with. Thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveSplasher Posted January 9, 2020 #1716 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Currently On Quantum, CD is Gordon Whatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted January 9, 2020 #1717 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 1/1/2020 at 4:28 PM, DELTABLUE said: OASIS: Michele Scarpato #1654 should be aboard 12-21-19 #1659 Please confirm. Michele was on-board for our sailing Dec 22, 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted January 9, 2020 #1718 Share Posted January 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, WaveSplasher said: Currently On Quantum, CD is Gordon Whatman Any idea how long Gordon is staying? We board on 15/02, we had Gordon years ago on a Liberty TA and loved him, didn't know he was still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTABLUE Posted January 9, 2020 #1719 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Got the updates! Thanx. Can't do this without all your continued input.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveSplasher Posted January 10, 2020 #1720 Share Posted January 10, 2020 14 hours ago, kernow said: Any idea how long Gordon is staying? We board on 15/02, we had Gordon years ago on a Liberty TA and loved him, didn't know he was still around. Hi, I’m on that cruise too and just checked with Gordon. He will be staying on for 7 weeks and he will be leaving the ship in Hong Kong once the cruise is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kernow Posted January 10, 2020 #1721 Share Posted January 10, 2020 4 hours ago, WaveSplasher said: Hi, I’m on that cruise too and just checked with Gordon. He will be staying on for 7 weeks and he will be leaving the ship in Hong Kong once the cruise is over. Brilliant thanks, look forward to seeing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachammo Posted January 10, 2020 #1722 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 4:50 PM, BillHana said: I would give Crusin Susan a thumbs down. We had her on radiance earlier this year and were not impressed. On 1/6/2020 at 8:17 PM, Aza1972 said: Friends on Radiance at the moment and definitely Cruisin Susan Susan is a top 5 CD in our opinion. There are many who don't care for female CD's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisingJoe09 Posted January 10, 2020 #1723 Share Posted January 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, Beachammo said: Susan is a top 5 CD in our opinion. There are many who don't care for female CD's. I don't think that people's opinions are anything to do with gender. For example, Clo O'Connor seems to always get good reviews. Also many female Activities Managers that are well-liked. I've never had a female CD but have seen some good female AM's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 10, 2020 #1724 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Beachammo said: Susan is a top 5 CD in our opinion. ... We like her too. Remember when she was AD on Monarch many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelgoddess1 Posted January 10, 2020 #1725 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 4:56 AM, Aza1972 said: Cruising Susan is currently on Radiance. By all accounts the reviews on her are not great. Has anyone had her as CD before ? I am.boarding Radiance 30 Jan and I am little worried. I had the misfortune to sail with her on a Radiance 11-night Hawaii cruise this past May. She was just back from vacation and due to immigration restrictions, she was not allowed off the ship in port (first cruise back from vacation, this restriction applies to non-US crew members in many, if not all, US ports). On her morning show, she let everyone know how unhappy she was, repeatedly. It was annoying and gave me an unpleasant impression of her. Fortunately, she was not onboard when I sailed Radiance again in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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