wowzz Posted July 29, 2020 #951 Share Posted July 29, 2020 32 minutes ago, Britboys said: Wesley Dunlop. I heard he'd got the boot!😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted July 29, 2020 #952 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Britboys said: Yes, I've heard of at least one other very senior staff member who chose not to take a position on Iona. It's quite interesting that (unless I have missed it), they still haven't announced who will be Cruise Director - sorry, Entertainment Manager. Must be Gary Barlow then...😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted July 29, 2020 #953 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, wowzz said: I heard he'd got the boot!😀 Am I missing something here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted July 30, 2020 #954 Share Posted July 30, 2020 6 hours ago, Britboys said: Am I missing something here??? Poor old Wesley's getting tyred of those jokes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted July 30, 2020 #955 Share Posted July 30, 2020 7 hours ago, No pager thank you said: Must be Gary Barlow then...😱 He'll need a good warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted July 30, 2020 #956 Share Posted July 30, 2020 9 hours ago, Britboys said: Wesley Dunlop. Thanks Britboys. If late November happens, will be the first time we've sailed with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted July 30, 2020 #957 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Off track slightly (sorry!) I think its strange that Azura gets mentioned quite a lot for being one of the first ships to cruise as she was due a refit last April. She must badly need it now, not a good PR start if people get off complaining she’s “tatty”! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted July 30, 2020 #958 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I was on Azura last September. It was a lovely cruise, but I thought she really needed that refit that was scheduled for April 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted July 30, 2020 #959 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Correct re Captain. I believe that Tracey Clegg was due to be Entertainments Manager. Crew are picked on experience and merit from across the fleet. Different parts of the fleet share from a common pool including Princess and Cunard. Britannia is considered to be a very happy family right from the very top down. A number of crew were offered the chance to move across from Britannia to be the inaugural crew on Iona. I understand a lot felt that repeated 7 day cruises up the Fjords were less than inspiring. Also you then loose your Caribbean rotation on Britannia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted July 30, 2020 #960 Share Posted July 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Correct re Captain. I believe that Tracey Clegg was due to be Entertainments Manager. Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1 Posted July 30, 2020 #961 Share Posted July 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said: Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while. Such a common name,the phone book must be full of them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Anarchy Posted July 30, 2020 #962 Share Posted July 30, 2020 8 hours ago, Dermotsgirl said: Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while. Last saw Leon on Oceana in January. He was still doing his astronomy talks, which I had been to be before and found very interesting. I was even more pleasantly surprised surprised that he hosted our table at the Peninsula lunch! Leon gave some quite interesiting insights to the life of a cruise director. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted July 30, 2020 #963 Share Posted July 30, 2020 12 hours ago, Son of Anarchy said: Thanks Britboys. If late November happens, will be the first time we've sailed with him. Wes Dunlop is by far our favourite Captain. A really decent guy, professional but funny and very visual. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermotsgirl Posted July 30, 2020 #964 Share Posted July 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, Son of Anarchy said: Last saw Leon on Oceana in January. He was still doing his astronomy talks, which I had been to be before and found very interesting. I was even more pleasantly surprised surprised that he hosted our table at the Peninsula lunch! Leon gave some quite interesiting insights to the life of a cruise director. Oh, good, I’m glad he’s still around. We did 2 legs of the 2017 world cruise on Aurora, and Leon joined us in New Zealand. He really did seem to make a difference to the entertainment in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted August 4, 2020 #965 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Announcement today expected, but not about restart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #966 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, molecrochip said: Announcement today expected, but not about restart. Thank you, I'll keep my eye out for it 😉. I hope that it is about 10 o'clock, just to keep the theme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted August 4, 2020 #967 Share Posted August 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Announcement today expected, but not about restart. More cancellations probably then. Hope it's nothing to do more P&O ships leaving😭 Avril 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted August 4, 2020 #968 Share Posted August 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: More cancellations probably then. Hope it's nothing to do more P&O ships leaving😭 Avril Neither. Note the thread this is on. This is good news. It was due to be announced with some restart news but that second element appears to have been postponed for the time being. The Norwegian ship/Spanish quarantine have not helped. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #969 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Handover announcement in 16 minutes and counting methinks.... Good to have some positive news 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted August 4, 2020 #970 Share Posted August 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Neither. Note the thread this is on. Whoops! 😄 Avril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #971 Share Posted August 4, 2020 **Breaking News** Gala 2 - December 2022 Iona - Autumn Gala 2 - on sale Spring 2021 (note to people in receipt of current FCCs where the right to a cash refund expires 30/11/2020) On official social media pages 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #972 Share Posted August 4, 2020 That concludes the Tuesday 10am briefing... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #973 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Reaction from the official Facebook crowd is mixed I must say: -- Refunds / disgrace -- Holiday camp -- What about this October? "Top Fan" guests didn't get the memo in time 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieC Posted August 4, 2020 #974 Share Posted August 4, 2020 My favourite comment so far is some charmless bod who's described those waiting months for refunds as "moaning minnies".😂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted August 4, 2020 #975 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 minute ago, AnnieC said: My favourite comment so far is some charmless bod who's described those waiting months for refunds as "moaning minnies".😂 I know...people are awful to one another, really is no need... My favourite comment so far is; "OMG, like a shopping mall on steroids!"🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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