TOP TEN CARNIVAL CRUISE DIRECTORS ALL TIME | CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES | WHO'S THE BEST?
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- Hey Cruise World Crew, we all know that @Carnival has the BEST Cruise Directors... but who tops the list? In this video we take a look at the Top Ten Carnival Cruise Directors of all time, as ranked by Cruise Mummy! Who is YOUR Favorite? Matt Mitcham, Lee Mason, The Flying Scotsman, or someone else?
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Who are YOUR Top 3 Cruise Directors?
Schwartz was my favorite ever; he was fantastic.
Easy . #1 Cookie, #2 Jacky , #3 Donkie . I am shocked Jacky is not there
Jacky tang and cookie 1st place … Georgia from New Zealand …and the 3rd well that will have to wait : )
Georgia, Chris the flying,
@@mattbsautismadventure1 Both are great! We got to sail with Georgia on Mardi Gras when she was Senior Fun Squad, and the Scotsman was the CD on that one so we got the best of both worlds! Thanks for watching and Happy Holidays!
I haven’t been on many cruise ships but I loved that one cruise director James Love and he brought the energy and a moment I’ll always remember when we I was at the 80’s and 90’s glow in the dark party and when this one song came on he poured a bunch of sugar on himself while the song sang “Pour some sugar on me” loved his energy even he isn’t the worlds best cruise director he was one I’ll always remember
Lol, that would have been fun to see! Thanks for sharing and we hope you’re cruising again soon!
Matt Mitcham is absolutely the best cruise director 🙌🏾
You are not alone with that choice! Unfortunately I never got to sail with him…
100% the total package.
YES, he was absolutely the best.
In my opinion I think that Ms Georgia Craig is my all time favorite cruise director because she was super nice when I was on my cruise and I honestly loved her so much. I loved her so much that I even bought her and I matching bracelets that we could wear to remember each other and to this day I onlt take if off so that I don't get it wet or meased up but other than that it is always on my wrist because I will forever miss her and I just hope that I get to go on another cruise with her.
We are glad you had a great cruise Bonnie! We got to sail with Georgia on Mardi Gras when she was in Fun Squad and are really looking forward to sailing with her as a CD! Thanks for supporting the channel and we hope you are cruising again soon.
Jackie Tang is the best CD I've had and I've been about 9 ship 10 is I count the Horizon twice
Agree100%. Watch my Video "The Best Cruise Director - Jacky Tang"
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Have sailed on several cruises and I do not remember who was on but the ones who have left an impression on me were “Donkey” and Kyndall Fire 💜💜💜 loved their down to earth personality and they love what they do which makes our vacations even better!
Definitely two of the best right there! We got to have a sit down interview with Donkey a while back and Kyndall was amazing on our first cruise back from the pandemic. Thanks for watching-happy cruising!
Old school real school Malcolm Kennedy! one of the first definitely the best! The Carnivale
Great video! Hopefully James Love or Ms Georgia Craig will make that list some day
It’s quite possible! We haven’t sailed with James yet, but we did have a great time with Georgia when she was on Mardi Gras with the Flying Scotsman. Thanks for watching!
Sailed on the Horizon with Georgia Craig.....She was awesome to the 5th power
@@HauserMcQuaid What day were you on the cruise
@@BonnieDorman-lm2yx..February of this year. Superbowl weekend.
Lee is the absolute best cruise director. He is so funny,sincere and has an amazing presence. He’s so talented and has brought my love for cruising back. He has a voice you just love to hear. On other cruises I’ve been like why won’t that guy stop talking with Lee it’s more like “shhh Quiet Lee is talking. Can’t wait to hear what he has to say”. He’s a fierce leader who has lead my family to a fantastic cruise aboard the celebration this past week. Cannot wait to cruise with him again. Do yourself a favor cruise with Lee. He’s on🔥
You aren't going to find any arguments from me! There are a lot of great cruise directors out there, but for me, Lee holds that top spot as well. If you haven't already seen them, make sure you check out the interviews we've done with Lee here on the channel. Thanks for supporting the channel!
I've sailed with 4 of the top ten, and they were all good, but my Favorite is still Marty.
Very nice! Carnival definitely has the best group of Cruise Directors!
MarQ !!! Lee and the Scotsman !!!
Good choices!
I've sailed with 4, and will sail with the 5th in April. Jen Baxter was always my favorite (we have a mutual love for shoes) but honestly they are all amazing I don't think I could pick a favorite!
Love of shoes??? Is this Bill? Lol
I love Gabby on Carnival Sunshine. She is awesome and so fun
Marty Andrew is the best cruise director ever. He is currently on the Carnival Panorama. He made my cruise the best one I've ever had.
Very good to hear! We haven’t had the chance to sail with Marty yet, but we are looking forward to meeting him!
We had him on the Panorama March 31st 2023, he was awesome!
Cookie is our all-time favorite cruise director! The only other one we have had is Dr. E. We have done 15 Carnival cruises and have one scheduled in 2023.
Cousin Cookie and Dr. E are awesome Cruise Directors!
Cookie was awesome!!! I think we had him on the Magic several years ago.
Cookie ,is the best ! We had a wonderful time with him on Carnival Horizon.
Cousin Cookie is great! Thanks for watching John!
Cookie, Felipe Couto, Mike Pack, Matt Mitchum, Lee, Georgia, Leon
A lot of great names there Lisa, I look forward to sailing with Georgia as a cruise director. We got to spend some time with her when she was FUN Squad on Mardi Gras. And Felipe! WOOHOO! We love us some Felipe.
Have sailed with Dr E and Kendyl Fire and both were amazing! Fun fact….Kendyl got her stage name from Dr E. We learned that during the Q&A session with her on the Mardi Gras. We loved waking up every morning on the Pride to Dr E’ smooth singing voice. I would book again with him in a heartbeat if he returned. I sailed with Mike Pack on the Horizon and his lovely wife Emma on the Sunshine both were great. Fun video, thanks for posting it!
You are very welcome! We actually got to sail with Dr. E back in 2017 on the Magic and his assistant CD was Kyndall…. 2 greats!
I must say that I totally agree with you that Carnival has the best cruise directors! We have been on several Carnival cruises but Lee is the only one on the list that we have had as cruise director and he was awesome! We really want to go on a cruise with the Flying Scotsman.
Even better, get on one of the Celebration transition cruises where both Lee and the Scotsman are onboard!
The Flying Scotsman is awesome!
My favorite CD so far that I have experienced with Carnival has to be MarQ Anthony on the Carnival Venezia!
We’ve heard a lot of good things about MarQ and look forward to sailing with him! Thanks for watching the channel.
Oh my gosh MarQ is amazing
Me and my family will have Cookie on the Carnival Horizon in August. After seeing this video. I CAN’T WAIT!!! We had Donkey last year also on the Horizon 😂. I saw and met the one and only John Heald on the Ecstasy’s last sailing back in October. He’s the best!!
Cookie is a ball of energy… so fun! I think you will have a great time. Be sure to check out our interview with him if you haven’t already. Thanks for watching!
@@thecruiseworld I’m actually watching all the cruise director interviews right now lol 😂
Personally I think it’s LEEEEEEEEE, he’s the best, and super fun. Always with such a happy smile and energy. He gave everyone so many laughs and extra happiness, he’s HILARIOUSNESS. And he has a great voice, he’s very passionate about his job and it shows. He’s so amazing at what he does!
You won’t find any arguments from us Chloe! If you haven’t already, check out our interviews with Lee. Thanks for watching and we hope you’re cruising again soon!
Frankie on the Pride is our favorite! We had sooo much fun in Northern Europe
We haven’t sailed with Frankie…. Yet! Thanks for sharing.
Yes!!! We LOVED Frankie!!!
My favourite CD's is The Flying Scottsman and Cookie as they both went out of their way to say hello to me when the realized that I really couldn't see them.
They are both awesome!
Lee Mason hands down. I just love his personality, he’s funny and has an amazing voice ❤
You won’t hear any argument from us! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our interviews with Lee here on the channel. Thanks for watching.
I love Rev. E, Matt Mitcum and Joey as well as Kindel!! I love cruising with Carnival!! Oh yeah and I love Malcolm!
We agree with your choices Patty! Carnival definitely has the best group of CD’s. Thanks for watching.
We have cruised with Cookie twice. We did a B2B with Chris (Donkey) 2 years ago and I cruised with John Heald in July 1993 on the Ecstasy! We are on the Legend and the Mardi Gras over the summer. Can't wait till we retire and can cruise more.
That’s awesome David! We got to meet John, but can’t wait to cruise with him.
Andy for captain
We haven't sailed with Andy... YET!
He’s one of my favorites
Matt is so awesome I have a picture with him on the Vista from 2017!!!
Cookie is my fav so far. About to have the Flying Scottsman in 9 days, as I believe he’s on the Panorama now. N we get Lee in October on the Celebration. YAY!!!!🎉
It looks like I’m wrong…. Guess it Marty Andrew when we go. Hope he’s good too!
All 3 of those are great!!! Unfortunately Chris isn’t going to Panorama until May. Marty Andrew is currently the CD onboard.
Cookie is definitely our #1, I think Christian was probably the next in line for me as he created very memorable experiences. We got to know him and his fun squad both on and off the ship in ports. Have a really funny story about winning "Clue" on board his ship at the time. Since so many people play, and they have to draw a winner, I jokingly told a member of the fun squad that I was doing a special fold on my entry so they'd pull it... Sure enough, it was the first one pulled, they had a blast with that on stage when they realized I was the winner. Great memories on board all of Carnival's ships, got my next one booked on the Vista in late May. :)
We loved Cookie as well! And Christian is a great guy too. We haven’t sailed with him as a CD yet, but have had him in fun Squad a couple times. Have fun on Vista Scott.
Cookie!!! Definitely my wife and I favourite… lee is definitely a close second, And Simon in third place.
Good choices! I would love to see Simon get a shot on some of the newer ships!
We got off liberty and Adam Gilbert was awesome as a director
Carnival definitely has the best CD’s. Thanks for watching and glad you had a great cruise.
Scotsman, Dr E and Amber Celen
That’s a good group! Thanks for watching.
Terrific video! We have sailed with 6 out of the 10 on the list and they were all incredible in their own way. I can't wait to see who the CD will be on the Carnival Jubilee!
Want to make a prediction? My vote goes for Kyndall Fire on Jubilee!
@@thecruiseworld I actually agree with you, but to make it interesting I'll say Cookie!
I too have sailed with many of these (Cookie, Donkey, Matt, the Flying Scotsman, and Lee Mason). OF these Lee was the best but our favorite CD was Steve Cassel.
Thanks for sharing! What time frame did Steve serve as CD?
@@thecruiseworld We sailed with him from 2011-2014 on the Ecstasy and Paradise 6 times.
Have to say Marty is amazing!
COOKIE for sure ❤❤❤❤❤
He was an amazing CD! And an even better person. I’m sad that he is no longer with Carnival, but excited to see what he does next! Thanks for watching the channel.
Love the photo and video content you put together. Well researched and wonderfully presented. We appreciate you! ❤🎉
You are so welcome! There is nno doubt what Cruise Line has the best CD's!
Lee is the absolute best cruise director EVER
Lee, Matt and Kindall
All great CDs for sure! We will be sailing with Kyndall and Lee again soon-so excited!
You won't be disappointed!
My all time favorite CD is Alex. He’s just a really awesome guy and I love his style.
Thanks for watching and sharing your favorite! We haven’t sailed with Alex, but hopefully we will soon!
Thanks for watching and sharing your favorite! We haven’t sailed with Alex, but hopefully we will soon!
Leon Smith is my favorite Cruise Director!!!!!
We haven't had a chance to sail with Leon yet, but we've heard great things about him!
Not enough adjectives to describe how Awesome he is! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Leia, reco,lee
I just got off the Elation today and Stephan Neral was better than Awesome!! So much energy and fun and took the time to talk to anyone that came his way!
That’s great to hear Daniel! I follow him on Social Media and look forward to sailing with him. And thanks for watching.
Chris Williams AKA Flying Scotsman, MarQ and Lee and we have had many in our 45 Carnival cruises.
That’s a great lineup! I keep hearing great things about MarQ and hope to sail with him soon. Thanks for checking out the channel!
I sailed with MarQ on the inaugural Venezia sailing last summer and he was good, very entertaining, but I’ll always love Kyndall Fire. She has been hands down the absolute best and one who is the most genuine. MarQ made a game of whispering into the paging system each morning to wake us up with the AM news and “goings on” around the ship which was cute and funny.
Cookie, Matt and Butch (he was great on the inaugural Dream sailing)
And they all made the list!!! Good choices.
THOSE spiders! 😂
Trust me... I don't like them either! lol.
Andy on Freedom!
We haven’t sailed with him yet, but have heard great things! Thanks for watching.
The Flying Scottsman, Dr E, Matt
I've only been on one Carnival cruise, but I thought Louis Clare was an amazing cruise director!
They do seem to get the best ones!!!
Cruise Director Christian will always be my favorite. His energy and sense of humor is amazing. I'm sad he left Carnival.
What time frame? I haven't heard of him...
@@thecruiseworld September 2022
@@thecruiseworld He's working for American Cruise Lines (I think) now. But he was amazing.
John Heald for Sure
He is amazing! I wish we would have sailed with him…. I guess I will have to hop on one of his FFS cruises.
Schwartz (no longer with ccl), Cookie. I'm sure Lee will become a favorite once I cruise with him
I know a lot of people LOVED Swhartz…. I wish we would have gotten to sail with him…. And yes, I think you will LOVE Lee!
@@thecruiseworld The accent alone will get me lol. my mother's British and I used to live there
May the Schwartz be with you 😊
Cookie for sure!!
He’s amazing!
Lee Mason is the best 🎉
You won’t find any argument from us! Thanks for watching.
Tyler Meehan! 🎉🎉🎉
We have sailed with Tyler when he was on Fun Squad and look forward to having him as a CD!
@@thecruiseworld it was my first cruise EVER, so having him as my CD will have a lasting impact on me. Got to ask him a question at QnA as well as share a few personal moments with him throughout the trip. Very genuine and fun guy!
I have yet to cruise with any of these 10 CDs but i 100% know for a fact Tyler needs to be up there! Easily top 5
Tyler is great! We have sailed with him when he was Fun Squad and look forward to sailing with him as CD! Thanks for watching and sharing your favorite!
Marty is our favorite! We cruised with him 3 times on the Panorama.
We have heard great things about Marty!
Malcolm 'Woohoo' Burn! #1 in our CCL history. Still sailing CCL with three more booked.
Thanks for watching! That's a new or me... what years was he a CD?
Malcolm changed my life....he is such a wonderful person and the BEST cruise director. He would always say " BE SURE TO INCLUDE FUN IN EVERYTHING YOU DO" I absolutely love that!!!
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Adam Gilbert was awesome last year on the carnival liberty.
Carnival definitely has the best group of CD’s! Thanks for watching.
John Heald will always be my favorite. :)
Hard to argue with that one!
Jackie Chang was awesome too
Hey Patty, thanks for watching! We haven’t sailed with Jackie yet but he looks like a lot of fun!
The flying Scottsman and Donkey are really good but we recently cruised on the the Celebration and and I have to say he is really funny.He really gets involved with the passengers
However for us the best of the best was former NCL Tyler Gray .
Agreed! Now, I have never heard of Tyler Gray... Is he still with NCL?
@The Cruise World Tyler Gray is at the Plant Riverside District at Savannah, Georgia . He's bringing the Cruise Experience Product to Land. They were super excited to have him.He's really good .
Matt Mitchem really needs to make a comeback! he is the "future" John Heald IMHO!
Matt was definitely in line to be “the man” until Covid…. For whatever reason, he decided to take a different path. I still follow along with what he’s doing, and would love to see him come back as well. Thanks for watching!
Dr. E, Mitchum and either Cookie or Lee(even though haven't got to cruise with Lee yet)
I would love to see both Dr E and Matt sail again…
@@thecruiseworld yes that would be amazing they would both sale out the sailings.
I’ve only been on one cruise so far but Ryan Rose was so fun!! We’re going to miss him out next cruise.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Ryan! But I am confident that you will come to love other CD’s as well! Thanks for watching!
Malcom. He was the best and matt.
Everybody loves Matt!
Cookie is my absolute FAVE!!!
Deon is a HOOT!!
Kyndall Fiiiiiirrreeee!!!!!
I can't disagree with any of those statements! Thanks for watching Kim!
I agree that a list of All Time Great CDs is subjective but it is curious the lack of inclusion of some of the Cruise Directors that BUILDT THIS LINE in the 1980s, Were it not for them, Carnival would not exist today.
Who remembers Bill Panoff, Gary Hunter, Dave Armour, Malcolm Kennedy, Kenny Day, Bob Hamill, and many others!!
I would say that this era of social media allows current CD’s to reach a broader audience and continue to engage with cruisers even when they’re not cruising. I believe that accounted for much of the “popularity” that Cruise Mummy used to formulate this list. Thanks for watching.
Lee was AMAZING 🎉🎉🎉❤❤
He is! We LOVE sailing with Lee and can’t wait until our next voyage with him.
My top two are Leon Smith and Stjepan Neral
We’ve heard great things and hope to sail with them soon! Thanks for sharing your favs!
Thanks so much for sharing! Love this video. I'll embed it in the post :)
WOW! Thanks so much! Such a great list!!!
I liked Lee but Leon was the BEST I’ve had 🎉🎉🎉🎉
We haven’t sailed with Leon yet, but we keep hearing great things! Thanks for watching Gail, and we hope you’re cruising again soon!
Emma Pack! She was amazing!
She was a great CD!
Dr. E, COOKIE, AND MATT
I wish I would have gotten to sail with Matt!
Kydall was my CD on Mardi Gras in November
She is great!
@@thecruiseworld Yes I had a wonderful time and she Rocked the 80s Deck party 🎉
Cam who is currently on the carnival legend is really good!!!!
We sailed with Cam last March for the Sailabration cruise in the Glory. He’s a lot of fun!
Cookie❤❤❤❤
Cookie is awesome!
butch begovich is my all time favorite!
He was a favorite for many! I’m sad we never got to cruise with him. Thanks for watching! 😁
I ate a scorpion once, and that wasn't nice. CLASSIC lol
No scorpions for me! Hope all is well, Tess!
Our top 2 is Marty " Currently on Panorama & Lee Mason. Three goes to Dr.E
I’m hearing good things about Marty! And we love Lee and Dr. E too!
Kyndall Fire is our favorite
She is a lot of FUN!
Simon London is our fave!
We had fun with Simon on Magic in 2019! And we look forward to sailing with him again.
Lee and Kendall are the best
You won’t find any arguments from us! Thanks for watching the video.
we were on the panorama right before the pandemic. We had Emma. She was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately we never got to sail with Emma, but we've heard so many great things! Her husband, Mike Pack, is one of the Cruise Director trainers for Carnival! Thanks for watching and happy cruising!
Cookie by far is my favorite ❤
He is AMAZING!
Yesssssssss! Lee is the absolute best. Don’t mind interacting with cruisers and taking pics! Dustin on the Magic sucks….. period!
I like frankie I believe in was December 2022 Carnival Cruise Pride. Did anyone go on this? I believe it was Frankie. We got on in Tampa Florida and went to Conzmal and Cayman Island. Does anyone know if I am right was it Frankie???
I know Frankie Portera is the CD on the Pride now, so you’re probably right! We haven’t sailed with him yet but we are looking forward to it! Thanks for watching the video TC and we hope you are cruising again soon.
I like Cookie never met him I love his energy
He is amazing!
What about Leon?
We are looking forward to sailing with Leon later this year!
Just sailed with Leon and I am sure he should be on everybody list. ❤❤❤He was phenomenal
the best one is Liam from carnival sunshine or Stephan from Carnival Elation
We look forward to cruising with them! Thanks for watching the channel.
Omg James love is my fav
Thanks for watching! We haven’t had the pleasure to sail with James.
I think you’re missing a critical one in Felipe couto. He is the best cruise director I’ve ever had.
Oh Nick…. I was covering the list compiled by Cruise Mummy, based on several different criteria. That being said, I couldn’t agree with you more that Felipe is amazing and he holds a very special place for me…. Felipe was the CD in 2011 on Splendor when I got engaged, and he was also the CD on Valor for my honeymoon in 2013. We LOVE Felipe. WOOHOO!!!
Wee Jimmy
I really liked Andy.
Carnival has the best CD’s, that’s for sure! Thanks for watching.
I got to admit I have been on 7 carnival cruise and all cruise(donkey and a few others) directors were good but brother Cookie was the absolute best that lido was JJJUUUUMMMPPPIIINNGGG
COUSIN COOKIE!!!
The flying scotsman is so talented even tho if he has been cruising for 12 years and I'm also a horse mom I've been around horses for over 15 years
We love the Scotsman! We have had the pleasure of sailing with him on the Sunrise and Mardi Gras
@@thecruiseworld yes I saw him on he sunrise of December 14 of 2019
@@arabianhorses7439 we were with him right after that January 2020
@@thecruiseworld nice
Matt will always be #1
You’re definitely not alone in thinking that! I wish we would have had the chance to sail with him…. But you never know…
Cruise director Louis Clare is my FAVORITE
We haven't sailed with Louis yet, but we look forward to it! Did you sail with him on the Magic?
@@thecruiseworld yepppp
Erin Weigland is amazing!!!
We are looking forward to sailing with Erin!