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Review for a Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise on Balmoral
andrewlgc
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
For our first cruise post covid we chose to return to our favourite ship, Balmoral, to celebrate our joint 80th birthdays. To say we were disappointed would be an understatement! The cabin was tired and the bathroom was really dated with a chipped sink and ancient shower controls. We found the air conditioning in the Ballindalloch to be so fiercely cold that we had to wear our going ashore clothes ...
Read MoreSail Date: November 2023
Cabin Type: Outside
Review for a Canary Islands Cruise on Balmoral
Fredworcester
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I chose this cruise because it was offering the three Fred’s in Funchal. The meeting of all three of Fred Olsens ships. I obtaienes a late solo traveller saver plus and was allocated a twin cabin for sole use on deck eight. Comfortable and spacious, well serviced but with an obscured view. Meals were taken in the Spey on deck ten. Good choice at breakfast, buffet or serviced. Ditto for the four ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2023
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
jeanniedance
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Very dated ship. Mainly elderly passengers. Nothing on during the day except bridge bingo and handicrafts. More like a floating care home. Tour operator extremely unhelpful.. Don't book flam railway through olsen it's a lot cheaper to do yourself and there were plenty of seats. Guest service manager very helpful as had to move cabins as extremely noisy. Noticed a lot of cutbacks. Eg no conditioner ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2019
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Spain Cruise on Balmoral
jdohants
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Previous wonderful experience with Fred Olsen over the past fifteen years. Sadly, will go with them no more unless they get back to their previous excellence. It appears that the ' Bean Counters ' have taken charge. Cruise prices have rocketed by up to 70% ( beware ' Anchor Fares ' you will be second class guests even having to pay a large sum for a couple of clicks on a computer to change your ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Balmoral
The happy wanderers
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
We chose this cruise for the chance to see LA and San Francisco. what did we see . More sea than expected.
All went well until we exited the Panama canal then an argument with a fishing net ( we lost) reduced our speed to 8 knots and our itinerary was lost as well , missed ports, reduced time in port and more tendering . LA no chance ,San Francisco 3 days down to 1and a half , We went to El ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Superior Suite
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
fatsquirrel
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We chose this cruise for its itinerary and the Orkneys and Shetland were great and well worth visiting. We took a shore excursion at Inverness which was informative and well organised by our guide. Check in at Newcastle was fast and efficient. We booked an inside superior cabin on Bridge deck and it was OK with a larger than average bathroom. However, there were none of the touches such as ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2018
Cabin Type: Superior Inside
Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
Jkerry
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
The prospect of seeing the Northern Lights was the main reason for choosing this cruise and, to be fair, we did see them. Unfortunately the experience was spoilt by poor itinerary planning (e.g. an afternoon call into Trondheim, where attractions are only open in the morning) and a general sense that Fred. is nowadays only out to extract as much money as possible from you. The tours were grossly ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2018
Cabin Type: Single Inside
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Balmoral
dianebrad
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
On the first night a burst pipe on the tenth floor flooded our cabin on the ninth floor and the hallway carpets were soaked. Noisy machines to dry out carpets. Took 5 days.
At breakfast we were served cold tea and breakfast. Dirty breakfast plates. Complained to manager. Not enough seats for entertainment in the Neptune Lounge.
Probably due to wet carpets husbands pneumonia kicked in. 2 hour ...
Read MoreSail Date: December 2017
Cabin Type: Superior Inside
Review for a Transatlantic Cruise on Balmoral
Pete 800
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
For the Mardi Gras Celebrations in New Orleans - which were tremendous.
The voyage started 7-8 hours late, this did not really affect us. Many passengers travelled down by pre-arranged coach from Scotland, Wales & North of England and these passengers were held for 7 hours or so at Southampton departures terminal as the coaches would not/could not change their schedules. Very few disabled ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2017
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Canada & New England Cruise on Balmoral
The happy wanderers
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
We choose this cruise for the Mardi Gras, which was both the highpoint and low point. We made the mistake of booking via Fred for the masquerade ball, very expensive and very poor, probably the worst value for money I have ever spent.
The following day, fat Tuesday was free and probably one of the best day we have had abroad.
We did have poor weather and we missed 4 stops, there was also ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2017
Cabin Type: Superior Suite
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