Fred. Olsen Cruises - Balmoral Cruises Answers

There are currently booked on board 2 infants, 25 children aged 2-11 and 14 children aged 12-16 years old. Due to this cruise being in the school holidays there is a higher number of children on board. I hope this helps. Regards Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Head Office, Ipswich

I sailed on Balmoral earlier in the year and 38 children were booked on the cruise. A separate 'Daily News' sheet was produced for the 'Junior Cruisers' giving details of the activities. These seemed to be based around Arts and Crafts, Cookery, Sports, Films, Disco and 'Wii/ XBox. Specific times were allocated for children only sessions in the pools. At breakfast time the younger children accompanied by the junior hosts would parade through the Palms cafe dressed as pirates; it was lovely to see. I would say that most of the children on that cruise were under the age of 10, although I did see a few of a similar age to your two girls. All the children dressed up on formal night and their behaviour was a credit to their parents. I spoke to one mum with a 12 year old daughter and she said they had both thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I think you'll find that some of the Scottish schools broke up for the Summer holidays at the end of June. I hope you all have a great time. Happy cruising - Jan

I think there will be quite a lot. I think all the 4 berth cabins have sold out, there is definately a kids club. Our daughters are looking forward to it, they are 4 and 7 and my 4 year old is turning 5 on the cruise!

Can you not phone Fred's office at Ipswich and ask - I m sure they can tell you.

I would hazard a guess that there won't be a huge number. FO are not a company that attract a large number of children during term time, and most schools won't be starting the summer hols for another week.