How can you tell it's the Captain

[LoveMickey]

This title was stolen from another thread.

How can you tell it is the Captain of the ship?

Something about the number of gold bars on their epilets?

 

[clten]

Yes, you can do it that way. I prefer the easier method with DCL captains. I look at their name tags. If it says Captain XXX, he's the captain!

 

[cruisecrasher]

Yes, you can do it that way. I prefer the easier method with DCL captains. I look at their name tags. If it says Captain XXX, he's the captain!

Gotta love the name tags!

 

[bobyetman]

You can't tell just by the number of bars, at least on DCL. There are at least 2 officers that wear 4 gold bars, the Captain, and the Chief Engineer. I can't find my pics of the senior staff to remember if there are others (why am I thinking the Staff Captain also wears 4 bars).

I think the cruise director also wears 4 bars, but he (and anyone under his control) wears white bars instead of gold bars.

 

[SnowWhite2]

In the lobby they have an electronic screen that shows all of the officers pictures, names, positions and hometown. That way it is easy to identify them around the ship.

 

[Jillscabanastories]

On our last cruise on the Fantasy, we met the Captain of the ship in the elevator. He was very nice.

 

[aan1701]

Like someone else said. Just look at the name tag. It will be a dead giveaway. If you want to look at the ranks the Captain does wear 4 gold bars but the bottom is fat, the other three just normal. I would post a pic but it is not of me with the Captain and I don't have permission from the person in the pic. Also the cruise director wears 4 thin bars and In between those bars are white bars. I have also seen officers with red, or blue in between their gold bars. Also some have symbols above the bars like a propeller, I assume that is engineering. The senior bridge staff have a loop in their top bar. So much I have noticed over 12 cruises I just never really asked anyone just observed.

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[Timothynt]

I went to one of those "ask the officers" events on the dream, and as I was sitting off to the side, the various officers who were about to speak ended up standing next to me waiting to be introduced. I talked with the chief engineer and I asked him this very question. He said that you have to look at the insignia and the stripes.

Engineers have propellers
Ship officers have a loop
Cruise Director staff, and food and beverage staff have no insignia, but have white stripes between the gold stripes.

 

[carpenta]

He is usually in the foyer taking pictures with the guests and Minnie. He usually has his dress blues on and goes by "Mickey". Donald thinks he's the Captain but really it's Mickey........


Actually it is usually posted and he can be seen roaming the decks .

 

[truck1]

I went to one of those "ask the officers" events on the dream, and as I was sitting off to the side, the various officers who were about to speak ended up standing next to me waiting to be introduced. I talked with the chief engineer and I asked him this very question. He said that you have to look at the insignia and the stripes.

Engineers have propellers
Ship officers have a loop
Cruise Director staff, and food and beverage staff have no insignia, but have white stripes between the gold stripes.

Beat me to it. Each division has different insignias to go with the stripes.

 

[carpenta]

It would be cool if the captain wore a head dress much like Captin' Crunch did...that big blue hat with those feathers or something lining the top.....

 

[KyCruisinSusan]

It would be cool if the captain wore a head dress much like Captin' Crunch did...that big blue hat with those feathers or something lining the top.....

 

[acourtwdw]

It would be cool if the captain wore a head dress much like Captin' Crunch did...that big blue hat with those feathers or something lining the top.....

Have you ever noticed that the Captain's eyebrows are on his hat not his face.?

 

[Spurr002]

And, Cap'n Crunch has three gold bars, not four... He's actually Com'nder Crunch I guess!

 

[gunka]

Finally a fun to read thread...and made me laugh.

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

He is usually in the foyer taking pictures with the guests and Minnie. He usually has his dress blues on and goes by "Mickey". Donald thinks he's the Captain but really it's Mickey........


Actually it is usually posted and he can be seen roaming the decks .

I think I remember Captain Tom on the 2008 WB Panama Canal cruise telling people that they were very badly mistaken if they think Mickey is the Captain as he was the master of the Disney Magic.

 

[TheRatPack]

Any of the ship's captains resemble Sparrow? LOL

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

Any of the ship's captains resemble Sparrow? LOL

He is around but not one of the Masters of the ship.

 

[Pookieshoney]

We met the captain while waiting for the elevator on the Fantasy, I cheated and saw his nametag and so that was how I knew who he was, but the funniest part of this was that his son was actually on the ship, he spends time with him during the summer months, and since he is 16 he can hang out in the Vibe, which is where our son spent his week. I asked him about his son and said our son has been hanging out with your son, and he said "is that good or bad?" actually from what we saw it was good, very polite boy we met him the morning we left, he was standing in the atrium saying goodbye to all his new friends.