Fred. Olsen Braemar Cruise Reviews for Senior to the Transatlantic

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Relaxing cruise

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Polly 65
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

The cruise was excellent for the food, entertainment, staff, and cabins. But the quality of the AI drinks package was poor. The brands of the drinks were hidden so couldn’t see the bottles but saw the whisky le Valletta never heard of. Ginger ale tasteless out of a cheap plastic bottle. Would not pay for AI again as it would have been cheaper to go on the cruise and buy a few quality brand drinks. ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Twin Inside


Thoroughly enjoyed this cruise.

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Ralph ricketts
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We were very apprehensive With regards to the trans Atlantic part of this cruise as we thought we would be bored being st sea for so long but were extremely pleased with the amount of entertainment on board such as lectures, classes and facilities available that in the end there was not time to do everything. The quizzes were very good and my wife joined the choir run by Claire-Marie who was ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Superior Twin Outside


A Re-Positioning Cruise

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tricia3704
2-5 Cruises • Age 20s

We thought it would be fun to cross the Atlantic and a 16 day Re-positioning Cruise offers quite good value for money, We flew to Barbados, visited Antigua, Tortola and St Kitts and, after 6 days at sea crossing the Atlantic, stopped at Ponta Delgada in the Azores and then called in at La Coruna before docking in Southampton. We had never traveled with Fred Olsen before but had heard good ...
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Sail Date: March 2019

Cabin Type: Superior Twin Outside


Wonderful staff and very comfortable ship..

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valerie8
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

I had only been on one cruise previously. It was on Braemar and I enjoyed it so much that I decided I would go on Braemar again in December. The destination wasn't important. It was the Carribean and it was a wonderful experience. The most important thing in my opinion was the wonderful staff and the great food on the Braemar. Entertainment was good - but wouldn't be really important to ...
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Sail Date: December 2018

Cabin Type: Single Outside Cabin


The Best Exotic Floating Marigold Hotel

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Godfrey
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was our first Fred. Olsen experience, a repositioning cruise from Southampton to Barbados ending just before Christmas. Perhaps it was for that reason that the ship was only 2/3 full. We had picked just the right time to get caught up in the Gatwick drone chaos - but we anticipate. Read on for The Case of the Disgruntled Bridegroom. The deck plans for Braemar show no facilities for ...
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Sail Date: December 2018


Everything excellent on Braemar apart from very smokey engines leaving soot

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Hgvman
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

Lovely cruise from Tenerife to the Caribbean, everything excellent apart from:- The engines on the boat are extremely smokey, particularly noticeable at night, also leaving a layer of soot on the pool deck at one point one of the pools was closed for a day as it had soot on the bottom. As an asthma sufferer I am pretty aware of this health hazard and I think this needs immediate ...
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Sail Date: December 2016

Cabin Type: Twin Inside


Best Cruise Ever

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LTNJET
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This was our sixteenth cruise and our first with Fred Olsen. What a brilliant find. We thought the whole experience was fantastic from the minute we saw the ship in Bridgetown to when we left Braemar in Dover. It was such a pleasure to be on a small, VERY friendly ship, we have tired of the glitzy, enormous floating resorts and have now found a cruise line that treats you as an individual ...
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Sail Date: March 2016

Cabin Type: Twin Inside


White Sands to White Cliffs

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Quickers
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was a a relocation cruise back from winter in the Caribbean to Dover. The first week was a cruise round the islands. The flight out from Gatwick on a Monarch Airbus was cramped and we were in the premium seats!. The hot meal was inedible tasteless rubber chicken. Just hand out some good sandwiches! At least we were on time but the Manchester passengers were four hours late and were plunged ...
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Sail Date: February 2015

Cabin Type: Balcony Suite


Service really is king on Fred

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Gelbel
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We've just come back from a transatlantic repositioning cruise to the Caribbean on Fred Olsen's Braemar. We are fast becoming seasoned cruisers and, having done this cruise with P&O two years ago, can make valid comments comparisons. Overall Fred Olsen is really very good - a bit of thought to some minor niggles and it could be excellent. We had an outside cabin on deck 2 that was kept spotless ...
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Sail Date: October 2010

Cabin Type: Twin Outside


First Time Cruisers

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Karen Brown
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

This was the 1st time my husband and myself had been on a cruise. So we thought we would enjoy a smaller ship, but that was a mistake. Small and friendly to us after we had done the cruise represented cramped and forced to speak to people. The experience of boarding the ship at Dover, which has been repeated on many of your reviews, was without doubt a very good experience. We had an ...
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Sail Date: October 2010

Cabin Type: Superior Twin Outside


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