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6 comments 12 of 18 people found this useful
Better late than never (or not!)
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Adriatic
By Varley, Edenbridge on 6th Nov 2011
Thought I'd give some
feedback on the cruise
along with some useful
info for future
customers.
We were very pleased to
be in the Spey restaurant
which I think is the best
one...
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3 of 7 people found this useful
Stormy weather !
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mediterranean
By Farnden, Haverhill on 6th Nov 2011
We chose this cruise
because of the ports of
call. Arrival at
Southampton and valet car
parking service - first
class, speedy and
efficient. Timed check-
in seemed a little late,
but went well and...
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6 of 12 people found this useful
'Brotherhood of Man' on the Balmoral
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Baltic
By Ennis, Worthing on 3rd Nov 2011
It was tipping it down as
we arrived in
Southampton, -and then we
saw our ship and knew we
would soon be whisked
into the luxury of
Balmoral, Fred Olsen'
largest ship...
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1 of 5 people found this useful
Gardeners' World 20th Anniversary Round Britain
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / British Isles
By Lambert, Oakham on 2nd Nov 2011
We really enjoyed our
cruise with Fred Olsen on
Balmoral. The
organisation was good and
Vanessa and the
Gardeners' World team
were super. All were very
approachable at any time
and nothing was too...
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1 comment 8 of 31 people found this useful
You dont deliver /default in your contract to us.
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Adriatic
By Odling, Lincoln on 2nd Nov 2011
For my birthday Granada
is a life long dream
destroyed by late arrival
in Amaria, well I have to
accept adversity in life
even if it painfull.
Still in hope for better
on to the next ports of
call...
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10 of 11 people found this useful
Thank you Fred we will definitely be back!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mini Cruises
By WRIGHT, Preston on 1st Nov 2011
This was a 4 night
mini-cruise on the
Balmoral departing from
Southampton and calling
at Amsterdam, Antwerp and
Dunkirk.
We had originally sailed
with Fred Olsen on the
Black Watch and Boudicca
in...
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7 of 29 people found this useful
LATE LATE LATE
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Adriatic
By POTTER, PENZANCE on 30th Oct 2011
WE WENT WITH OUR FRIENDS
WHO WERE 1ST TIME
CRUISERS AND ALL OF US
WERE VERY EXCITED WE HAD
PRAISED ABOUT FRED OLSEN
TO THEM BIG TIME.
UNFORTUNATLY WE HAD A LOT
OF DELAYS WHICH MADE FOR
BAD...
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7 comments 9 of 24 people found this useful
delays all the way
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Adriatic
By bramble, Sandbach on 30th Oct 2011
we set off from
southampton in good
spirts , looking forward
to all the wonderful
places we had never been.
straight away we are told
, not a full day in
dubrovnic but half a day,
okay , we can live...
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1 comment 7 of 18 people found this useful
Delays in the Adriatic
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Adriatic
By Wilson, Rochdale on 29th Oct 2011
We booked this cruise on
the 19th September which
meant we only had 16 days
to get ready.We tried to
book the coach to
Southampton through
Portlink but were told
rather bruskly "the coach
is full and...
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1 comment 6 of 12 people found this useful
baltic cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Baltic
By templar, London on 29th Oct 2011
I booked this cruise
originally through "SHIPS
MONTHLY" ship magazine
who do group cruises. But
due to very few people
booking we did not get
"RUSSELL PLUMMER" to
escort us or a bridge
visit or FREE...
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16 comments 79 of 93 people found this useful
bully boy Billy should be dispensed with!!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Baltic
By hill, boston on 26th Oct 2011
My husband took me on a
baltic cruise on Fred
Olsens Balmoral on
September 12th to
celebrate my forthcoming
birthday. We had wanted
to see this region for
some time and we were
not disappointed...
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1 comment 13 of 13 people found this useful
It does'nt take long to get on board?
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Baltic
By Paget, Cramlington on 25th Oct 2011
For the first time we
managed to do a cruise
from our home port. We
left our home by taxi at
1.30 pm and arrived at
North Shields passenger
terminal just before 2
pm...
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2 of 3 people found this useful
Dancing through the Baltic
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Baltic
By Baker, Morpeth on 24th Oct 2011
This was our first cruise
and overall it proved to
be a wonderful experience
with comfortable
accomadation, good food,
enjoyable entertainment
and fascinating shore
visits...
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2 comments 8 of 10 people found this useful
Cruise to Madeira, Canary Isles and Lisbon
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Canaries
By Fitt, Dover on 24th Oct 2011
This was our second trip
on Fred Olsen’s
Braemar. The last one was
a superb round Britain
cruise in Spring 2010
where we mainly used the
ship as a floating hotel
spending nearly every...
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1 of 17 people found this useful
ONE TOO MANY FJORDS
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Norwegian Fjords
By TURNER, GWENT on 22nd Oct 2011
We had a wonderful
holiday. The food was
excellent in the lovely
Grampion restaurant and
the waiters went out of
their way to please us.
2 weeks before departure
I checked on the internet
and had...
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0 of 6 people found this useful
thank you fred olsen cruises
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Canaries
By forrest, sheffield on 21st Oct 2011
As this was our first
cruise to the canaries I
have to say it was a
wonderful
experience.everything
from the cabin, food well
presented, entertainment, e
xcursions and the
crew.everything was spot
on...
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7 of 7 people found this useful
Braemar in the Canaries in September
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Canaries
By MUncer, Barns Green on 21st Oct 2011
We left Dover in
brilliant sunshine a
great start to a cruise
on 29th September.
Once on board our cabins
were ready immediately
and cases arrived very
soon after...
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1 comment 0 of 6 people found this useful
Excellent Cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Aegean II / Canaries
By Parrish, Frinton on Sea on 21st Oct 2011
We enjoyed our cruise.
The cabin was comfortable
number 6027 we had
excellent service and
great weather.
Excursions - We did not
partake in excursions as
my wife has problems with
walking, ...
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1 comment 8 of 14 people found this useful
Iceland/Norway cruise - very poor start but ok
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / Norwegian Fjords
By Morrow, Isle of Man on 20th Oct 2011
We had an awful start to
this cruise with our room
smelling badly of sick
and being told that there
were no spare rooms. The
room was 'cleaned' twice
which removed the smell
briefly only for it...
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2 comments 2 of 25 people found this useful
Curates egg
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Northern Europe
By Cartwright, Prestatyn on 19th Oct 2011
This was to be my dream
cruise, booked in March
so long
anticipation.Embarkation
at Newcastle not
satisfactory-my
embarkation time was
13.30, I eventually
embarked at 15.15...
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