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FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mediterranean
on 22nd Apr 2019, by Solts, Stanmore
Overall the cruise experience was good. However, the cruise ship Balmoral is ageing badly and in many respects needs a lot of TLC if it is to continue trying to compete with newer ships of a...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Panama Canal
on 21st Apr 2019, by Wilson, Hadleigh
RE: L1902 CARIBBEAN, MEXICO &USA Cruise Boarding 19th January 2019. Booking I am disabled by many conditions and this cruise was booked the last minute as I had a window of good (well good for...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / South America
on 23rd Mar 2019, by Goodwin, Wrexham
I chose the Fred Olsen Braemar cruise including the River Amazon followed by time in the Caribbean. I was initially worried about the age of this ship but I needn't have worried. Braemar is easily...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Europe
on 9th Mar 2019, by Davidson , Hepscott
We started this 12 night mystery cruise departing Southampton. It was great fun guessing which ports wed end up at which really got people talking on board as a nice ice breaker. As long as it...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Watch / World Cruise
on 6th Feb 2019, by Bate, Reading
The Black Watch left Southampton on 5th January 2018. Due to the number of single people the number of passengers was about 650. 300 were Around the World passengers and at Lima, Sydney and Port...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / South America
on 2nd Feb 2019, by Bishop, Whatstandwell, derbyshire
First time cruising with Fred Olsen, smoth hassel free flight and transfer, a huge bonus having our luggage taken straight to the ship and not goung through security. Well organised by Fred Olsen...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
on 17th Jan 2019, by Manley-green, Oldbury
Fred Olsen Balmoral Xmas/New Year 2018/19 Canaries All in all, this was a most enjoyable cruise and a great way to spend both the festive season and celebrate my husbands birthday on Christmas...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
on 10th Jan 2019, by Farquharson , Welwyn garden city
We have always wanted to spend Christmas cruising the Caribbean and decided to go with Fred Olsen on the Braemar, on the 20th December 2018. That was a big mistake. The cruise started badly due to...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
on 8th Jan 2019, by Nicholson, Weston super mare
The embarkation on the Balmoral was excellent and we were looking forward to a great Christmas/new year cruise but our hopes were dashed. The first few days were fine. We arrived at on Christmas...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
on 1st Jan 2019, by Fox, Larkhall
My wife and I have just returned from a pre-Christmas re-positioning cruise from Southampton to the Caribbean for 17 days from 3rd December. This was our first cruise with Fred.Olsen and were...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Caribbean
on 23rd Dec 2018, by Quickfall, Worcester
Deilivery to Southampton by Eavesway coach was quick and comfortable and check in and embarkation at 1330 completed in record time although by bag had still been delivered by the time that I...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Canaries
on 8th Dec 2018, by Conder, Southampton
In the last 20 years I have taken 12 cruises with the likes of P&O, RCI, NCL and MSC. I often wondered what it would be like to go with Fred Olsen who operate smaller, older, often secondhand...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Europe
on 8th Dec 2018, by Brand, Falkirk
My granddaughter was envious of my husband and I cruising all over the world. So this summer I saw a late deal with Fred Olsen going to Belgium and Holland. After consulting mum and dad plus her...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Mini Cruises
on 3rd Dec 2018, by Suzer the cruiser, Bournemouth
My reply to a former review wont go through in its entirety. PLEASE read this in conjunction with a review dated 11 November by Mr Henwood of Worthing with a very strange title I SHOULD HAVE GONE...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Europe
on 29th Nov 2018, by Dooley, Farnham
We booked our 8 day break at short notice with a no frills anchor fare. We paid extra to have first sitting for dinner at 6.15pm to save any confusion about the times, as we both enjoy an early...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Europe
on 28th Nov 2018, by Inglis, Horsham
We joined Fred Olsen's Balmoral for a 'Mystery Cruise' which was advertised as the chance to visit some different destinations. The ship actually visited La Coruna, Malaga, Cartagena, Gibraltar,...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Mediterranean
on 27th Nov 2018, by Smith, Letchworth garden city
We joined Balmoral in Southampton for her Mystery Cruise on 12 November 2018. We had no idea whether we were going north or south so packing proved more difficult than normal. We were looking...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Balmoral / Western Europe
on 26th Nov 2018, by Dobson, Oxford
As I have a somewhat jaded appetite for more cruises I thought it would be fun to let Fred decide where to go next, so I booked a cabin for a Mystery cruise on Balmoral. It was an amazingly low...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / River Seine
on 11th Nov 2018, by Henwood, Worthing
The background for choosing this cruise, was a family bereavement. The purpose was to have a relaxing cruise to somewhere new. The Braemar cruise of "cruising the Seine" to Rouen then down to...
FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Braemar / Baltic
on 9th Nov 2018, by Ost, Llandysul,
Nine nights on Braemar around Northern Germany, Described as 'German Waterways' we weren't completely sure what was involved but this cruise did encompass the Kiel Canal (both ways) and the Elbe....