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Review for a Antarctica Cruise on Balmoral
Compo1944
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise for Havana, Antarctic and Iguazu falls. Havana was scheduled as an evening in port followed by a full day. It was cancelled at the last minute and a half day in Nassau substituted. Not a like for like change. The tendered port of Ushuaia was a shambles, overcrowded and long queues for tenders in torrential rain. Iguazu falls was cancelled at the airport in Rio due to technical ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2023
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
Maid Marrion
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We are seasoned cruisers and have been on 30 plus cruises over the past 15 -20 years, however this was our first experience of Fred Olsen. This is the only time I have felt the need, or rather obligation to go into print to warn others.
We fancied a Christmas market cruise and had previously done the Rhine/Danube etc and loved it so fancied going further afield. Olsen cruises advertised this ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2022
Cabin Type: Superior Suite
Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
Caroline27
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Restaurant and staff in outside bar are offish and service for drinks slow
Restaurant staff. You catch their eye and they immediately walk away Yet rush you when eating to Move you on as quickly as they can
Food
School dinners from the 50’s only worse
We are in Orkney and Shetlands the ultimate fishing area in U K yet a huge bowl of crab sticks on buffet
Kipper for breakfast. ...
Read MoreSail Date: June 2019
Cabin Type: Balcony Junior Suite
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
flip43
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s
My wife and I recently took our first cruise. We travelled on Deck 5 in an outer, windowed cabin, on Fred Olsen's Balmoral to the North German ports of Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel dep Newcastle 19 November. To say it was grossly disappointing would be to ignore the few highlights, but even they are too few to persuade us to repeat the experience.
The worst aspect was the selfish and uncouth ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Balmoral
Kessington
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
For a winter break but never again.
Four days in I contracted noro virus. Medical centre nurse attended and told me not to consume alcohol. No time scale given. However after being released from 21 hours isolation following last symptom I had not recovered enough to even think about consuming alcohol.
A male passenger soiled himself on deck 7 in a public area and staff rushed to clear up ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2018
Cabin Type: Outside
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Balmoral
LizzieD1976cruising2018
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Chose cruise as had been on the two previous Christmas cruise. This year 2017 lacked any atmosphere. Everything had been cut back, no sailaways. No chefs parade. Felt cheated. Very poor. Awful. Seats in the Observatory lounge. Whoever chose them obviously has not tried sitting in them to read. They are hard and uncomfortable. Look nice but that is all. Then the flu bug hit us it was like being in ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2017
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Balmoral
Liz200
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
This was a really disappointing cruise. From a 7 hour delay in departure, 4 missed ports, 3 Captains and an ignominious homecoming with one of the lifeboats strapped to the bow deck like a bathtime duck, this was definitely not Fred Olsen’s finest hour.
Storms in the North Sea resulted in the ship docking very late at Southampton with many passengers having several hours wait in the ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2017
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
David Wheeler
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I was brought up to say nothing, if I couldn't say something good about someone or something. So I will not have much to say about this ship. Built 28 years ago by the German builders Meyer Werft as one of the most luxurious ships of its day. It certainly is not that now..
It was very early in the year to travel north. Too early. The daylight hours are very limited. The weather is often very ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2017
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
Helibeb
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
Calling this cruise Irish Markets was a joke. First stop Falmouth which I must admit I enjoyed very much lovely day & very quaint shops. Next stop Dublin not a Christmas stall in sight oh yes one. Our last stop Cobh for Cork very disappointing Christmas market consisted of fruit & veg & meat stalls oh yes & one chocolate stall so how they can call this Irish Christmas market cruise beggars ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2016
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
Chris36
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
The worst cruise of our lives. I became sick on the second night and was confined to cabin with my husband for 48 hours, it would seem that we came off lightly, some people had longer confinement, o e lady told us it was 4 days.
the cabin was nice but the floor was never hoovered ,there was dirt on the inside of the wardrobe doors, there ware no handles just a groove to open the door. The ...
Read MoreSail Date: July 2016
Cabin Type: Balcony
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