Cruise Xmas Party

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We have just been on our 2009 Christmas party cruise on Fred. Olsen's Balmoral cruising from Dover to Amsterdam and back. A good time was had by all as you can see below! However, there was a point when none of us thought we would even make it to Dover.

As you may have seen on the news, traffic and travel in the South East of England was severely disrupted by snow and icy conditions which when combined with problems on the Eurostar and strikes at Calais meant that all routes into Dover on 19th December were brought to a standstill. That didn't stop us from reaching our goal of a 2 night mini cruise to Amsterdam though. When we became gridlocked about 5 miles from Dover we grabbed our cases from the coach and walked through the snow and the darkness and past the lorries until (a few hours later) we reached the port and embarked on Balmoral for a great weekend.

Read about the individual experiences of our staff as they made their way to Dover by checking out their Cruise Blogs

Last year we spent 3 nights on Fred. Olsen's Black Watch, again visiting Amsterdam.

In 2007 we sailed to Bruges on Aurora for our Christmas party