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cruise director or entertainment manager,Oceana

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Hi
Does anyone know who the present cd is on the oceana,i can only find one that joins on 27th april.
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According to Issue 9 (Winter Edition) of Our World magazine it is Nigel Travis until 27th April

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Barbara
Thanks for that is he any good,at xmas on azura we had a terrible lady.
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I don't recall having Nigel Travis as CD but I have heard very good reports about him from forum members.

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Oh dear Terry you have drawn the short straw there but don't worry you won't see him unless it is topping up his tan on the deck. He is better known as Mr Invisable. However he is a very good administrator apparently. You will still have a fantastic cruise because he will be backed up by a great entertainment team who will make up for his short comings.

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Suekersh wrote:
Oh dear Terry you have drawn the short straw there but don't worry you won't see him unless it is topping up his tan on the deck. He is better known as Mr Invisable. However he is a very good administrator apparently. You will still have a fantastic cruise because he will be backed up by a great entertainment team who will make up for his short comings.

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Oh Sue
I didn't want to hear that ,the one at xmas was bad enough.At least i know, so will not be dissapointed.LOL.
We will have a great time Macy cannot wait
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Have to agree with Sue, the worst we have ever had 'Nowhere Nigel' as he is know as by his team will be instantly recognizable by his tan! We had him on a 35 day cruise and was useless, I thought by now they would have 'repositioned' him after all the comments on the questionaires. But I'm sure you will have a great time as Sue says he will have a good team backing him up. Doreen.

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Suekersh wrote:
Oh dear Terry you have drawn the short straw there but don't worry you won't see him unless it is topping up his tan on the deck. He is better known as Mr Invisable. However he is a very good administrator apparently. You will still have a fantastic cruise because he will be backed up by a great entertainment team who will make up for his short comings.

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I'm glad you said that Sue as I have been sitting on my hands so I wouldn't :lol: :lol:

Unfortunately I found him to be one of the rudest crew members I have ever come across, even to the point that his 'second in command' apologised for him .. as you say he will have a great entertainment team that will more than make up for his shortcomings.
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OH stop it everyone, is it April fool or are ant and dec waiting round the corner,only joking but you are all making me laugh he sounds horrendous.Is he worse than Leanne?
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Oh dear greenfish, please ignore my comment about hearing good reports about him from forum members - I think I might have mixed him up with someone else.

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To be perfectly honest it does not make the slightest bit of difference to me who the CD is - but I have to admit that the aforementioned is not one of my favourites.

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Agreed. We had him on Oceana and did find him a bit wooden and only usually seen to round off the entertainment in the theatre. However it made little difference to the entertainment on offer and no difference to our enjoyment. Don't worry about it.
It's all personal taste anyway. A lot of people rave about Leon St Croix but, apart from his astronomical talks, we didn't rate him but as long as the CD organises activities onboard it doesn't really matter who it is.

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We are big fans of Neil Oliver. At the other end of the scale our least favourite (no names, no pack drill) left P&O to go to Cunard. Phew.

Oh, just remembered, we've booked QM2 for next year!

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Which is Leanne? Don't think we have had her.

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Mervyn and Trish wrote:
We are big fans of Neil Oliver. At the other end of the scale our least favourite (no names, no pack drill) left P&O to go to Cunard. Phew.

Oh, just remembered, we've booked QM2 for next year!
Would that be someone with an 'Eastenders' connection Merv :roll:

If I'm right you might just be lucky as they seem to favour QV :lol:
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Dancing Queen wrote:
Mervyn and Trish wrote:
We are big fans of Neil Oliver. At the other end of the scale our least favourite (no names, no pack drill) left P&O to go to Cunard. Phew.

Oh, just remembered, we've booked QM2 for next year!
Would that be someone with an 'Eastenders' connection Merv :roll:

If I'm right you might just be lucky as they seem to favour QV :lol:
Yes I believe it is. Phew. :thumbup:

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Suekersh wrote:
Which is Leanne? Don't think we have had her.

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Morning Sue
I am sure that was the CD at Xmas leanne?
Maybe I have the name wrong
Or is it Lee Anne don't know the surname.
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Hi Greenfish. I think the Lady on Azura at Xmas was Benne.?
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Isn't Leanne Hughie's daughter ?? I seem to think I've read that somewhere although it could of course be a different Leanne.
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I'm not so keen on Nigel Travis, although we never saw much of him.

My particular favourites are Neil Oliver and Leon de Ste Croix.

Neil knows how to whip the crowd into a party frenzy at the sailaway, but these days I think Leon just has the edge - he makes me laugh more
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Gill W wrote:
I'm not so keen on Nigel Travis, although we never saw much of him.

My particular favourites are Neil Oliver and Leon de Ste Croix.

Neil knows how to whip the crowd into a party frenzy at the sailaway, but these days I think Leon just has the edge - he makes me laugh more
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They are my favourites too,i totally agree with you
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We're not at all keen on Nigel Travis, only time we ever saw him was standing outside the theatre saying "Good evening" a couple of times. Neil Oliver is brilliant, really liked him. Tracey Clegg was good on Adonia last year. On these sort of posts nobody ever mentions Jon Bartram. He was CD on one of our cruises soon after he started with P&O and we were not very impressed at all, however a few years later we sailed with him again and found him to be a really nice guy.

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We like Jon and Tracey too

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Oh dear, we have Michael Mullane on Oriana in September :-(

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lioness wrote:
Oh dear, we have Michael Mullane on Oriana in September :-(
He speaks very highly of you 8-)
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