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Fred. Olsen Cruises Reviews (2246 reviews)
UK Cruise Passenger Ratings for Fred. Olsen Cruises
Overall Rating: 3.97 based on 2183 reviews since 2006
Quality of Food
4.06
Entertainment
3.59
Shore Excursions
3.51
Staff
4.40
Onboard Activities
3.31
Cabins
3.77
Fred. Olsen Cruises Reviews by Ship
Balmoral (678)
Braemar (523)
Boudicca (473)
Black Watch (366)
Black Prince (136)
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Talk about rock and roll!!!!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
By titterton, sheffield on 30th Dec 2011
Just about caught up on my sleep after my cruise on Fred Olsen Braemar to Cuba and the Caribbean dec 8th to 23rd.We were on Atlantic deck inside cabin.I have never experienced such bumping and...
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Mini cruise to Antwerp on Boudicca.
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Northern Europe
By Dooley, Farnham on 28th Dec 2011
Christmas mini-cruise, 17 December on Fred Olsen's Boudicca. This cruise left from Portsmouth and was the first time we had sailed from here. We drove in the gates, were stopped and directed where...
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Christmas Markets Cruise N1126
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Northern Europe
By Coe, Exmouth on 28th Dec 2011
This was our first cruise with Fred Olsen and we were a little anxious over some aspects of using this cruise line. I am a full time wheelchair user and the thought of the "stairwalker" was daunting...
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scandanavia pre-christmas cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Scandinavia
By Benn, Tadcaster on 26th Dec 2011
Thoroughly enjoyed our pre-christmas cruise on Boudicca to Scandanavia. Apart from the weather which was poor the cruise was excellent. Entertainment was first rate - especially Anthony Lloyd and...
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The sun shines on Fred
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
By London, London on 26th Dec 2011
This is a review of Balmoral sailing to the Canaries on 8 December 2011; and I must state at the begining that we were given a free upgrade from a Superior Suite to a Premier Suite, for which we were...
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Great first cruise on Balmoral
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
By Abercrombie, Scunthorpe on 22nd Dec 2011
We have just returned from a great 13 night trip on Fred Olsen’s Balmoral to Madera, the Canaries and Lisbon . We had an outside cabin on deck 6 which was light and bright with a huge picture...
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2nd time around.
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Scandinavia
By Gray, Peterborough on 22nd Dec 2011
Great all round.Excellent food, service and cost.Shame about the weather.
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A lovely cruise to the caribbean
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
By Widdowson, Nottingham on 21st Dec 2011
We had a fairly good flight out to Barbados got caught in some turbulance and it made us late in arriving so all 3 flights landed together and the transport to the terminal was good but a long wait...
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Boudicca's Scandinavian pre Christmas Cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Northern Europe
By Suzer the Cruiser, Bournemouth on 20th Dec 2011
For the first time, we sailed from Portsmouth and used CPS (Cruise Parking Services) which was charged to our on board account. Check in was very quick and the departure lounge was comfortable and an...
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Great time with great people.
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / Africa
By Ruster, london on 17th Dec 2011
Perhaps our best cruise so far. 18 nights from Southampton to Cape Verde islands. Nothing unusual in destinations (for us) but nice and sunny and warm. 2 days at sea and then 1-2 port stops is fine...
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Dred Olsen 1, Costa 0 after two cruises
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Canaries
By williams, Wrexham on 12th Dec 2011
Sailed Portsmouth 26th Nov 2011 for 14 nights. Strong smell of fuel for two days. Reception staff very patronising - all they had to do was tell the truth. People accept that problems do occur...
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Christmas market cruise that chased away our blues
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Northern Europe
By Willman, Andover on 9th Dec 2011
We booked the 8 night Christmas market cruise a good 14 months before we actually sailed, so lots of anticipation and hard saving! Our first surprise was to find that we had been upgraded to...
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First Class Balmoral
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Northern Europe
By James, Woking on 7th Dec 2011
Cruised to Northern Europe on 10th November and were given a terrific upgrade to a Superior Suite.All thanks to Fred Olsen & cruise consultant James!Absolutely fabulous as was everything else...
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FIRST TIME WITH FRED OLSEN AND NOT THE LAST!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
By Jones, Scarborough on 5th Dec 2011
Went on the 13 night Canary cruise with some intrepidition. We has previously had a nightmare cruise with P & O and I swore we would never cruise again. I do love my cruising though and when my...
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Around the Med with Fred
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Mediterranean
By Robertson, Monte Carlo on 3rd Dec 2011
We have just returned from our first cruise with Fred Olsen. It was an Eastern Mediterranean cruise on the MS Boudicca, lasting 26 days and we were pleasantly surprised...
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Batten down the hatches
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / Canaries
By Rayner, Devizes on 2nd Dec 2011
We cruised on the Black Watch for the first time and headed straight from Dover into a hugh depression and very rough seas. Unfortunately we didn't make Oporto but the Captain continued to Madeira...
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Red Sea Cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / Red Sea
By Isard, Horley on 29th Nov 2011
This was the 2nd time we travelled on the Black Watch we thought it was good last time and it lived up to expectations this year. We left Dover and experienced no problems on the whole trip except...
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The Eastern Mediterranean, our 28th. cruise.
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Mediterranean
By Pearce, Southampton on 29th Nov 2011
This year we have been fortunate to have been on 4 cruises. The first was a five week cruise on Oriana to the Caribbean in January, the second a two week cruise on Oriana to The Baltic then...
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Our first Fred Olsen cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Northern Europe
By Smith, Dartford on 27th Nov 2011
Balmoral cruise 10th -17th November 2011 to N.Europe Despite setting off early in order to get on board by lunch time, events on the M25 that day meant that we took the A25 instead, which...
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Balmoral forever!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Norwegian Fjords
By Morgan, Hemel Hempstead on 21st Nov 2011
Our Cruise on the Balmoral, in May of this year, was the second cruise we have taken on board this wonderful ship.First impressions were the smooth handling of our arrival, luggage taken from the car, ...