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Braemar

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Braemar Best Yet

Reviewed By: Spencer, Hereford on 7th Feb 2010
Cruise Line: Fred. Olsen Cruises	Times cruised before: 6-10
Cruise Ship: Braemar	Sailed: January, 2010
Destination: Caribbean	Age: 65+
Cabin: Outside

We booked 2 week cruise around Caribbean from January 7th and were able to stay on to go through the Panama Canal for the following 2 weeks there being a cabin available. The whole 4 weeks was excellant ,but we are Braemar fans anyway. Generally the entertainment was good , except for 4th Dimension, the singer was changed half way through but the replacement was little better. Rosario Trio ended up a duo for some reason but they did well. Comedian ,magician and all the other entertainers and speakers were very good. The biggest gripe is still the Neptune Lounge and Coral Lounge they are completely wrong now for the number of passengers and the Neptune is particlarly bad for sight lines, seat rage was often to be seen!!!! The best entertainment was again the crew, some have far better voices than the proffesionals, particularly Jess & Dong. Food as usual was very good, the waiters and all the staff are so attentive and very well trained. This was our 6th cruise on Braemar other than the show lounges we could find little to beef about. Our cabins on both deck3 and then on deck6 were very good , the engine noise on deck 3 was something one got used to by the second night ,though it was noticeably quieter on deck 6. The highlight was the Panama Canal.
Quality of Food
First Class usually Grampian Restaurant
Entertainment
Mostly good ,crew shows best , worst 4th Dimension
Shore Excursions
Some guides could be better. All tours interesting.
Staff
All were first class no favourite but Ciro the wine waiter was is charming!
Children's Facilities	n/a

Onboard Activities
Painting Class was good as usual.
Cabins
Both cabins good though Deck 6 was a treat for us.
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Question by Oakley, Bristol (27 Feb 10 16:42) about this REVIEW

we are also braemar fans and will be going on our 4th cruise on her in february 2011. just wondering did you dine in the new grampian restaurant at all or know of any one who did. We are just curious as we have always dined in the thistle and the palms,as the grampian was not in existence on our last cruise.

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Answer by Spencer, Hereford (27 Apr 10 21:38) to a QUESTION by Oakley (27 Feb 10 16:42)

Sorry I haven't answered your question sooner re. Grampian Restaurant. We like it as it is not quite so busy as Thistle, but the food is the same in both restaurants. For breakfast ,the buffet is the same as Palms but self service areas can get a bit cramped as it is quite small.

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Comment by barnwell, edinburgh (24 Feb 10 20:52) about this REVIEW

i am also doing a back to back on braemar to the caribbean and i am really looking forward to the cruises very much when i get back i will do a reveiw on both cruises

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