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south american trip
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / South America
By McGill, ARBROATH on 11th Mar 2010
Having just returned from
the trip round south
america(part trip) Rio to
Callao, I can honestly
say that my husband and I
are highly unlikely to
travel with Fred Olsen
again...
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up the Amazon
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
By Lawton, High Wycombe on 11th Mar 2010
Just returned from the
Amazon. Had a fantastic
holiday. Friendly staff,
wonderful food, hot
weather and an amazing
place to go. What more
can you want.
We cannot fault the food...
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Amazon (sorry, long and waffly)
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / South America
By Taylor, Devon on 10th Mar 2010
Wow, what an amazing
experience. It started
well and just got better
and better. Our flight
from Bournemouth to
Barbados with Thomson
Airways was excellent.
We flew Economy and were
pleasantly...
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Up the Amazon ... without a paddle
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / South America
By Walters, Whitehill on 9th Mar 2010
This was our first cruise
and on the whole we
certainly enjoyed it.
For us it was all about
the destination - the
Amazon - and the cruise
line/boat was not our
main concern when we
booked...
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Amazon/carribean cruise
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / South America
By Murkin, Great Yarmouth on 6th Mar 2010
Just returned from a
fantastic cruise down the
Amazon on Fred Olsens
Braemar. This is the
forth time we have
cruised on the Braemar,
but the first since the
extension/refurbishment...
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Carthage at last!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mediterranean
By Warburton, Exmouth on 5th Mar 2010
I wrote a review back in
December/January (more
than 200 words) of my
November cruise on
Balmoral (Fred.Olsen) and
was told I would receive
a Berlitz Guide - but it
hasn't come!
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Good cruise on Boudicca
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Canaries
By Feast, Southampton on 2nd Mar 2010
We have just cruised for
13 nights to the Canaries
on Boudicca. Having read
various reports we were
not certain what to
expect. However we had a
pleasant experience with
little sign of Norovirus...
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Baltic Capitals or Bust!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Baltic
By McGoran, MOFFAT on 2nd Mar 2010
Once upon a time, a very
long time ago, when our
two children were quite
young we were on a family
holiday to Florida. We
did all the usual things
and visited all the usual
places under our...
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Off the usual cruise ship circuit
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
By Holland, Winchelsea on 24th Feb 2010
Just back from the
Central American
Adventure Cruise on the
Braemar (4/18 February
2010). What a refreshing
change from the usual
cruise ship circuit of
the Caribbean! We
joined the cruise...
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Boudicca 12 days in December to the Canaries
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Canaries
By Badcock, East Cottingwith, York on 17th Feb 2010
We obtained a 'late
saver' cruise on the
Boudicca on an
unallocated cabin basis.
This proved perfectly
satisfactory for us and
we were allotted a nice
outside cabin with 2
portholes...
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BOUDICCA BY RICHARD
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Boudicca / Mediterranean
By Gill, Dalton In Furness on 15th Feb 2010
Day 1 – Malaga
I travelled down by train
to Manchester from
Barrow-in-Furness on the
evening of Sunday 5th
October. On arrival, I
was transferred by bus to
the Crown Plaza Hotel,
where...
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Spring break in Norway
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / Norwegian Fjords
By Bethell, Walsall on 14th Feb 2010
As money had been a bit
tight this year, we
didn't decide to go on
holiday until the last
minute, and we were a bit
dubious as to wether it
would be ok, as we knew
we wouldn't have a choice
of cabin...
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A PERFECT CRUISE BUT TERRIBLE FLIGHT ARRANGEMENTS
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Panama Canal
By Jenner, Salisbury on 13th Feb 2010
A PERFECT CRUISE BUT
TERRIBLE FLIGHT
ARRANGEMENTS. This is
the fourth cruise with
Fred Olsen and, as usual,
everything came up to
expectations. Our cabin
was small, with two
portholes, but adequate, ...
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An enjoyable and varied 26 days - Thank You!
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Panama Canal
By Cave, Nailsea on 12th Feb 2010
We travelled (again) on
Fred Olsen's Balmoral for
19 nights, part of the
first sector of its World
Cruise. We missed the
first part from Dover to
Barbados, which only
included one stop at
Maderia...
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Dover to San Francisco
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / North America
By Hall, Colchester on 9th Feb 2010
We left Dover slightly
delayed as there had been
an outbreak of norvirus
on the previous cruise
and for the first few
days no self service was
allowed in the
restaurants...
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Black Watch Cruise to Rio de Janiero
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / South America
By Wright, Maidenhead on 8th Feb 2010
I would like to give a
report on our trip to
South America on the Fred
Olsen’s Black
Watch.
We did the first leg of
the full 3-leg cruise
leaving Southampton on
January and ending at Rio
de...
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Enjoyed and Suprised
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canada
By Chappell, Dronfield on 8th Feb 2010
Having travelled on Fred
Olsen boats for many
years we decided to try
Balmoral.
We had heard mixed
reports about the boat,
many complaints about
some of the cabins so we
were very apprensive...
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Braemar Best Yet
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
By Spencer, Hereford on 7th Feb 2010
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...
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Olsen's Flagship Charms but....
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mini Cruises
By Malcolm Oliver, Essex on 6th Feb 2010
At 43, 537 tons and
carrying around 1, 400
passengers,
‘Balmora’l is
the biggest ship in the
Olsen Fleet. Her tonnage
and passenger capacity
was increased when Olsen
added a 30-metre...
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arround gb with fred olsen
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / British Isles
By colman, thornbury on 4th Feb 2010
Booking / Boarding
arrangements
I only decided to go on
the cruise about 4 weeks
beforehand. The
administration however
worked well. There was a
long wait (standing) to
obtain boarding passes...
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