cruise director or entertainment manager,Oceana

[david63]

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.

[oldbluefox]

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.

[Mervyn and Trish]

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!

[Suekersh]

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

Sue X

[Dancing Queen]

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

If I'm right you might just be lucky as they seem to favour QV

[Mervyn and Trish]

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

If I'm right you might just be lucky as they seem to favour QV

Yes I believe it is. Phew.

[greenfish187]

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

Sue X

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.
6 sleeps and I say goodbye to my 40's.
Off to hairdresser's today as can't fit nails and hair in the same day my beautican is closed Monday and waitrose don't allow nail polish.

[screwy]

Hi Greenfish. I think the Lady on Azura at Xmas was Benne.?

[Dancing Queen]

Isn't Leanne Hughie's daughter ?? I seem to think I've read that somewhere although it could of course be a different Leanne.

[Gill W]

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

[greenfish187]

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

Gill
They are my favourites too,i totally agree with you
Terry

[Bobbie]

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.

[Mervyn and Trish]

We like Jon and Tracey too

[lioness]

Oh dear, we have Michael Mullane on Oriana in September

[johnds]

Oh dear, we have Michael Mullane on Oriana in September

He speaks very highly of you

[Manoverboard]

We can go on a cruise and come home again and still not know who the Cruise Director is/was ... somebody please tell me why I need to know, just in case I've missed something

Ditto the Captain, Purser and the Chief Engineer etc.

[Gill W]

To be honest, the cruise director/entertainment manager probably doesn't make THAT much difference to the cruise.

But, if you get one the you perceive as 'good', whether it's entertaining announcements, or an enthusiastic Sailaway host, it's just a nice little enhancement to the experience.

But it's not make or break!

[Grando]

I think if you have a lot of sea days, as on a transatlantic it does help if you have a 'good one' especially if the weather is not too great! Doreen

[Mervyn and Trish]

We can go on a cruise and come home again and still not know who the Cruise Director is/was ... somebody please tell me why I need to know, just in case I've missed something

Ditto the Captain, Purser and the Chief Engineer etc.

If it doesn't affect you, then you don't need to know!

But we find some cruise directors irritating and some ineffective.

Example of the first (not by name but by action) is one who treated the cruisers like badly behaved children. May have been a head teacher, or scout/guide leader in a previous life.

Example of second, one who stood at the side of the theatre and watched a family who disrupted the shows repeatedly by heckling night after night, but did nothing.

[Manoverboard]

We can go on a cruise and come home again and still not know who the Cruise Director is/was ... somebody please tell me why I need to know, just in case I've missed something

Ditto the Captain, Purser and the Chief Engineer etc.

If it doesn't affect you, then you don't need to know!

Thank you ... that's what I thought.

re sea days ...

I can certainly appreciate that umpteen of them on a stretch could necessitate the need for organised collective activities etc but of course we are not at all keen on sea days. When they do arise then it's food 'n' Kindle time for us ... could it be that we are of a generation who could amuse themselves rather than needing an on tap Arkala or some such ?

Each to their own, hope you get a Good en.

[Mervyn and Trish]

You mean you don't go to the bingo and karaoke?

Come to think of it we don't either...

[Manoverboard]

You mean you don't go to the bingo and karaoke?

Come to think of it we don't either...

Nope ... or shuffle board competitions, deck quoits, simulated golf, quizzes, sequence dancing nor indeed synchronised raspberry blowing. We do however enjoy some of the talks, most of the entertainment plus all of the itinerary, eating and drinking ... and of course the people we meet hither and thither.

[qbman1]

...not even the knobbly knees contest around the Olympic-sized swimming pool ?

[Mervyn and Trish]

My legs are far too beautiful to have a chance.