Cruise Reviews - Fred. Olsen Cruises

This cruise got off to a very bad start. The difficulty being with the confusion ,and the expense of obtaining an Indian VIsa. The information from both our travel agent and Fred Olsen were not...

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...

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...

Just back from our 4th FO cruise - and first on Boudicca. We knew what to expect and were not at all disappointed. Boarding in Port Louis was very smooth and well managed. I can imagine that in...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Well it was well worth the wait .We were due to sail last October but when we heard there was an outbreak of the plague on the main islands of Madagascar (as opposed to the small islands) we...

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...

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....

Cruise on Fred Olsen Braemar. 2nd October 2018 23 nights. Historic Towns and Cities of the Adriatic Southampton to Southampton. We usually cruise on larger ships than Braemar, mainly P and O...

We have just returned from a trip with Fred Olsen, I hesitate to call it a cruise because as far as we were concerned (and other passengers) this was not a cruise, we booked this quite late as we...

My wife and I were looking for a cruise to celebrate our golden wedding anniversary and we found a cruise that fitted perfectly with the actual date to celebrate the occasion, the cruise we decided...

Joined the ship in Newcastle for the German Waterways and Bremen Beer Festival Cruise commencing on the 19 October 2018.Check in and boarding was quick and efficient,virtually straight onto the...

Having found Boudicca somewhat disappointing 6 years ago, it was with some trepidation that we booked an Anchor Fare cruise to Belgium and Holland from North Shields (Newcastle), our local port....

Fred Olsen cruise to Rouen and Honfleur on the River Seine. This was our first cruise with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines after several previous cruises with Cunard. The attraction was the River Cruise...

I recently went on a cruise to the heart of the Baltic on board Braemar. I had never cruised with Fred Olsen before but the ship was going to a few places I was interested in visiting & the ship...

This 14 night cruise (14th to 28th September 2018) was our first time with this company under the anchor fare scheme. Embarkation at Southampton was so easy and staff very helpful at port and on...