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Ever wonder what it’s like to be a cruise director? Our very own senior cruise director John Heald helped Lauren, USA’s Character Fantasy winner learn the ropes and live out her dream for a day of fun aboard the Carnival Paradise. Check it out below.
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June 29th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
What a lucky Lady to share a day with the King of Cruising. John Heald was the cruise director on the very first cruise my wife and I were ever on. We were married on that cruise and it was the most memorable experience of our lives. A huge part of that memory was John. He is fantastic. We are sailing with him in 09, can’t wait. Congratulations Lauren you did a great job.
July 9th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I’m still waiting for USA Network’s Character Fantasy to send me my copy. I had a lot of fun with John and everyone who worked on the show. We filmed all day, I can’t believe how much it got edited down. I think there was a lot of good footage left on the floor. We also had a lot of laughs that day.The went to a huge expense to film it flying me and my Guest, my friend Judy DeAbreu in from New York, John flew in from London and to had the entire ship available to us all day. All for 5 minutes! I’m sorry I just wanted to see more because it was so much fun. I want to thank all of the John Heald’s Blogger’s for the kind words.
July 11th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Lauren:
So glad you had this opportunity to experience your “Fantasy Career”. I too believe there should have been more “air time”.
July 16th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Can I get a copy of Carnival Capers from July 7 and July 10th, 2008 from my Glory cruise?
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 am
hYA
This is great Lauren!
Did you get hierd of just for the day?
Was it nice?
I have been ACD cause a crtuise director did a new thing, to make a long story short he made a compitition againced the ACD Dom, and I won! Thanks Chris!
That was again great! Wow!
Zack
August 4th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I just want to say that my wife and I are about to go on your world’s largest fastest cruise ship in the entire world Carnival Splandor December 6, 2008 out of Fort Lauderdale and want to say that Lauren had the best Cruise Director in the entire world train her Mr. John Heald. He was on the Carnival Glory few years back and we had the best time with him even though Glory was average he made it the best time although he had to go to Italy. Now I am hoping to have Mr. John Heald be our Cruise Director because he is the best and want him to put me in the show too. I actually work for Disney but I am so excited about this cruise and I really in love with John. My wife is so excited to and we are ready for the best fun. I cannot wait to go on the cruise. I know he is going to make our cruise special he is the very very best and Lauren will do great from his training.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Dear John,
Had a great time on Splendor, and thank you for showing the picture I did of you with the Carnvial name on top of the page. I forgot to put my cabin number on which was 2299. You said you would send me a gift, I had hoped you was going to send me the Ship on a Stick of Splendor, but I did not anything, even though I went to the Pursers Office. You made my time on the ship very funny and the shows where brilliant especially Vroom. This trip with my family will be remembered for a long time especially as you got my brother Matthew looking for a mouse in the cabin. It was even more funny when I saw the rerun with you doing the talking on the other end. It was really really funny. Thanks again for being such a great cruise director.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
John
Just returned from the Splendor. We had an amazing time. You were absolutely brilliant and hysterical in all the shows. I appeared in the passenger talent show. It was an amazing experience for me and a dream come true. The entire staff of the Splendor was great and we especially enjoyed listening to Ken sing each night in the dining room. Thank Heidi for helping make my experience at the talent show so great. During the rehearsal she was very attentive and was able to get me the words and music and make me feel very comfortable. I appreciate all her help.
When I returned, I tried to play the DVD of the talent show and bedtime story I was given on the ship. The video portion plays but there is no audio. Would you please send me another copy? I can’t wait to see it again and show it to my friends and relatives. Thank you again for an amazing twelve days
Jeffrey Leiter
August 11th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Lauren is such a lucky lady! John Heald is the best. He was the cruise director on my first cruise in ‘04 on the Glory and made it so very memorable. Four years later, I will be taking my 5th cruise (3rd one in 12 months) on Carnival and taking my 6th in July 09. I can only hope that one day I will pick a cruise on a young ship so that I have the pleasure of John being our Cruise Director again!
Congrats Lauren! You did great!
August 13th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I am looking for an old friend- I see a post from someone with the same name & I assume it was from her- not a common name
The person I am trying to contact is Holly Hailstone.
If there is a way for you to help me contact her, I will be thankful..
It is ok to publish or give to her my email address
Thanks
Jerry Hope
jerryhope@compuserve.com
August 21st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Hi. We have just returned from the Baltic sea cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor 6th-18 Aug 2008 where John Heald is the cruise director. I have been on many cruises and I have to say that John Heald is best ever. He sooo witty and quick and Carnival are very luck to have a board. His audience participation was side splitting. Any one who was there will never forget “Mary”, an oriental gentleman and a wonderful guy who just couldn’t get his one and only right, At end of the show John thanked all of them for a great show and said they had spoken the language of laughter. This was bery true of course but we thought that john deserved just as much thanx if not more because with his incredible witty and clever input none of this would be very funny. John give yourself a massive pat on the back fella , you deserve it big time.
David. UK.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
We were on the 8/5 cruise to St. Petersburgand failed to purchase the DVD of ports visited. Is it possible to still purchase one and charge to our credit card? Much thx.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Hi ,John
I had a wobderful time in ,
2004.
I got to be in the talent show.
I played Mary but did’nt receive any of my gifts.
I will be back on 08/30/08.
hope to see you on Glory the fun ship.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 am
Dear John
My family and myself have just returned from a wonderful holiday aboard the Carnival Splendor - Baltic Cruise 18th - 30th August 2008. Cabins 2331 and 2335. We are the ones from Malta we spke to you on board the ship during the cruise.
What an experience!! I still cannot stop laughing at the numerous witty jokes and comments during all the shows you put up. You are just great.
Could you give my email address to Paul Hoffman so that he can contact me so that I can ask hm for a favour from one of the ports of call.
Once again thank you for making our holiday a special one.
Regards Francis, Anne Krista and Kurt Cuschieri.
September 12th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I’ve been on dozens of cruises in my life and I have never been more impressed with the warmth and chorizema of a Cruise Director, as I have been with the very delightfully drawing Shawn Bussey of the Carnival Cruise line Corperation! She’s a warm and wonderful, bright beaming light on board ship and an indescribable credit to the cruise line she represents!
Lorne James
Former Passenger
Singer_Lorne_James@yahoo.com
Myspace.com/TheMusicOfLorneJames
September 24th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
John we have always been Carnival Cruisers and we have been really satisified. We sailed with you on the Freedom and it was amazing That was the cruise where we lost Baltimore ( a passanger passed away) But we sinned we just finished a cruise on the Celiberty Constellation as it was a good repositioning date for us .We had heard that Celebrity had better food and was a little more classier than the Carnival cruises Wrongggggggg not even close to the Freedom We Im here to tell you its all BSSSSSSS Ive booked the Carnival Liberty for next June
Your were right big guy youre the best I owe you a cigar and Heidi a drink
September 28th, 2008 at 8:19 am
John,
My hubby and I are band directors in Canton, Ohio (home of Dick) and we love working together with our band kids. We wanted to let you know our VHS of your “bedtime story” from our first cruise on the Sensation in 1994 has become famous among our jazz band students and is requested every year. When we need to lighten the mood, we pop in this video for them and we all laugh until we cry.
You certainly know how to pick your “actors” and while I’m sure you’ve done this skit a million times, it couldn’t have been much better then it was that night. Mary “Bobbited” you when she tackled you, the villain had a huge voice and “with venom” and his own line “give it to me baby” couldn’t have been better, and the hero’s “stop or I’ll shit” made this trio unforgettable.
That evening remains one of the most fun memories of our lives and we love watching it over and over again with our high school band kids. I’m sure Carnival cruises are in their future!
We love cruising with Carnival and can’t believe we’ve been doing it for 14 years. We continue to hope that one day we land on one of your ships again! Thanks for the best memories!
Beth & John
October 30th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Hey John! We had a blast at the event on Sunday! We can’t find our fun booth video though….. where do we find it?!
Thanx!
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