Carnival Cruise Director Schedule. Carnival’s Brand Ambassador and Senior Cruise Director, John Heald, recently posted and announced that the latest cruise director assignments had been updated across the Carnival fleet, covering some ships well into 2026. Here is the cruise director’s schedule for the carnival. Carnival Mardi Gras Director Schedule. Jacky Tang serving as Carnival Mardi Gras Cruise Director from 12 October 2024 to 8 March 2025. After him, Rainier Scholtz will take over from 3 March 2025 to 10 May 2025, bringing great energy and entertainment to guests. Here is the entire Carnival cruise director schedule fleetwide for 2024 and 2025, including all the new cruise ships. Mardi Gras also set many other firsts when she debuted in 2021 However, the average salary for a cruise director at Carnival Cruise Lines is around $60,000 per year. Additionally, cruise directors typically receive free travel, food, and accommodation as well as other benefits, such as discounted cruises for family and friends. Jacky Tang will then move to Mardi Gras, and will stay in the position until mid-January.Tang is also scheduled as the cruise director for Mardi Gras from mid-May through mid-July, 2024.. From mid This week, Carnival announced that one of the cruise directors on Mardi Gras is retiring early. Mardi Gras Carnival Mardi Gras in Grand Turk. Carnival Mardi Gras currently has a popular cruise director leading the activities on the ship. The cruise director is Jonathan “Cookie” Adams. Carnival Magic Cruise Director Schedule 2024 Michael D’Auria: Date On: 09/24/2023 – Date Off: 01/21/2024 Jake Miller: Date On: 01/13/2024 – Date Off: 04/06/2024 Jake Miller: Date On: 07/14/2024 – Date Off: 11/10/2024 Carnival Mardi Gras Cruise Director Schedule 2024 Carnival Mardi Gras Cruise Director Schedule. Jacky Tang: October 12, 2024 to March 8, 2025 and May 10, 2025 to September 27, 2025 Rainer Scholtz: December 28, 2024 to January 8, 2025 Leon Smith: March 1, 2025 to May 10, 2025 The announced cruise director for Carnival’s largest and newest ship, Mardi Gras, is Mike Pack. But given that he and his wife, former cruise director Emma Nixon, have a newborn baby, Pack is Carnival Elation 2024 Cruise Director Schedule: Mardi Gras 2024 Cruise Director Schedule: Carnival Mardi Gras. Jacky Tang: 5/19/2024 – 7/6/2024; From being on the first Carnival Cruise Ship to return to service after the longest pause in the cruise ship industry’s HISTORY to being offered the opportunity to be the first female Cruise Director to take over on the Mardi Gras, its been a wild ride. I am so humbled and thankful for this job. Thank you all for being a part of the journey. Guests on Carnival Luminosa can expect a lively and engaging cruise experience led by Zackary Paiement-Dockrill, who will serve as Cruise Director from January 12, 2025, to May 8, 2025. With his upbeat personality and love for fun, Zackary keeps the energy high, ensuring guests have plenty of entertainment and activities to enjoy. Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship Mardi Gras only got to host Mike Pack for a short time — the popular cruise director has accepted a promotion within the company. In a post on his Facebook Carnival Cruise Line's 2025 Cruise Director Schedule Unveiled Carnival Cruise Line has released its 2025 cruise director schedule, revealing several changes across the fleet: Kyndall "Fire" Magyar will take charge of the Carnival Jubilee, bringing her experience from ships like the Mardi Gras and Carnival Vista. Carnival Cruise Line's Mike Pack has been promoted to become the cruise line's Fleet Cruise Director, resulting in a cruise director change for Mardi Gras. See the Carnival Cruise Director Schedule for 2025 by cruise ship for the entire fleet. Carnival cruise directors are posted for Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025 and sometimes further out. Meet the Hunky Cruise Director of Carnival's Hottest New Ship who was just named as head of Carnival's hottest new ship, Mardi Gras, stuck it out. "I stayed, and that was 12 years ago," he Giving Mike and his wife, former Carnival cruise director Emma Nixon, time to enjoy their newborn baby, Chris “The Flying Scotsman” Williams has been serving as Mardi Gras’ cruise director since the ship entered service on July 30. A much-beloved cruise director at Carnival Cruise Line, Jonathan “Cookie” Adams, has decided to step down from his post. Adams was due to begin an assignment onboard Mardi Gras in November Chris will join former cruise director alum Mike Pack (who brought out Carnival’s Mardi Gras) and Chris ‘Donkey’ Salazar (Mardi Gras, Liberty and Horizon).
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