Dover Romantic Cruises Cruise Reviews

Our British Isles Cruise was wonderful! The ship, the excursions and believe it or not the weather were all great! The Pacific Princess is a wonderful small ship. I wanted a balcony, but had to go with a ...

Sail Date September 2019

Elsadave

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Terrific first ocean cruise

With the help of a travel agent we discovered the Princess British isles cruise for Sept,2019 on the Pacific Princess. The 650 guest ship was perfect. Big enough to offer great resources, small enough to be ...

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Sail Date September 2019

BalboaRockyStallone

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

Pacific Princess Superb!!!

We loved the itinerary of visiting all the different ports in a two week period. The service on board was fantastic and the overall experience exceeded our expectations!! The Pacific Princess is a smaller cruise ...

Sail Date September 2019

smwilli6694

1 Review Written

Iceland/Norway

Absolutely great cruise. The crew and staff on the Pacific Princess was outstanding. The accommodations were great and the itinerary was everything we hope it would be. Every port was beyond our expectations. The ...

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Sail Date August 2019

Captain Ricky

6 Reviews Written

45 Helpful Votes

This cruise packs a lot into 2 weeks, perhaps too much.

Prinsendam

The Celtic Explorer started in Dover and traveled to Jersey, Falmouth, Fishguard, Greenock, Skye, Mull, Dublin (2 days), Zebrugge, Antwerp (2 days) and Amsterdam. The main problem with this 12-day itinerary was ...

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Sail Date May 2019

Mr GC

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

Absolutely Fabulous

Saga Sapphire

Having been all over the world with Saga on land based holidays , when we looked for a Cruise to celebrate my wife’s birthday we automatically looked to Saga having been entirely satisfied with our previous ...

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Sail Date February 2019

ETSanJose

6 Reviews Written

7 Helpful Votes

Lovely older ship, great service

Prinsendam

We chose this trip for the itinerary--Cornwall in England, especially (Fowey)--small Irish ports and then crossing to Belgium and Amsterdam. Our porthole cabin, 421, was smaller than we expected (hard to walk past ...

Sail Date May 2018

Alaska99664

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Baltic Cruise - September 2017

Loved the itinerary with lots of ports of call on a 14 day cruise from Dover and back. The countries in the Baltic were wonderful to visit. Our favorite cities we visited were Saint Petersburg, Stockholm and ...

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Sail Date September 2017

DaisyUK

4 Reviews Written

50 Helpful Votes

Best Yet!

Crystal Symphony

This was our 3rd Crystal cruise and whilst all have been excellent, this was probably the best. We booked fairly late due to life getting in the way of a previously booked cruise in July so did not have the best ...

Sail Date August 2017

Parrish64

3 Reviews Written

8 Helpful Votes

Pacific Princess WOW

We arrived 3 days early in London before our cruise. We took a Big Bus Tour and their night tour & visited Kensington Palace. We also took a tour of Paris through Premium Tours, a really long day but worth it, I ...

Sail Date August 2017

Suespecs

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Scenic cruise

Balmoral

We chose this cruise because of the convenience of a Newcastle departure,we live in the north of England and wanted to avoid flying. Check in was easy and boarding was well organised. We had a cabin in the ...

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Sail Date April 2017

Doc-Nexie

1 Review Written

14 Helpful Votes

Very good overall but disappointing drinks

Balmoral

On Saturday 30th April my partner and I travelled with Fred Olsen on Balmoral to Norway. My partner and I are in our early 20's, so much younger than most travellers. We found that the design of Balmoral was quite ...

Sail Date April 2017

Dickweit

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Anniversary Cruise was a total disaster

Norwegian Star

Transatlantic

We have cruised on NCL many times, as well as a number of other cruise lines. This has to rate as the worst cruising experience, ever. The only redeeming feature was that we met many friendly fellow cruisers from ...

Sail Date October 2015

neil110609

2 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

Five star price, but three star experience; shop around.

Star Legend

Europe - All

Some background before I write this review - we have taken numerous cruises on all levels of ships around the world (small, medium, large, riverboats, etc.) so we have a lot of reference points on what we like and ...

Sail Date September 2015

Wayne 089

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Bordeaux the jewel in the crown.

Braemar

Europe - All

This was our second cruise with Fred. Olsen, our first was aboard Boudicca last year. Braemar's friendly staff and quality of cuisine lived up to the high standard we experienced on Boudicca. We chose the smaller ...

Sail Date August 2015

Philip Boraston

1 Review Written

36 Helpful Votes

First Time Cruisers

Saga Sapphire

For our 40th wedding anniversary we decided on a cruise and as it was our 1st time we chose Saga because of their reputation and smaller ships. When we spoke to the sale advisor's we emphasized why we were booking ...

Sail Date May 2015

bherenow

3 Reviews Written

3 Helpful Votes

Spring on the Baltic

Ryndam (Retired)

Europe - Black Sea

The Ryndam is still in good shape considering her age, although the policy of using only Indonesians and Philippine staff has its limitations. Holland America would be better served with an international staff. The ...

Sail Date May 2014

Rosethorn40

17 Reviews Written

67 Helpful Votes

A Fabulous Introduction to the United Kingdom & Ireland

Ocean Princess

A little background information; I am 52, DH is 56. This was our 18th cruise, but first experience on a cruise that didn’t include the America’s. Other cruises have been on Princess (10), Carnival (4), and one ...

Sail Date August 2013

djmutters

2 Reviews Written

1 Helpful Vote

Glorious Baltics

Celebrity Eclipse

This was our first time on Celebrity was we was a little unsure what to expect after reading so many reviews on cruise critic and other sites after reading review after review with people saying "It's full of old ...

Sail Date June 2011

cxelady

1 Review Written

First Time Their Fault - Second Time Yours

Carnival Splendor

First Carnival cruise - Jubilee - about 15 years ago. This was a Panama Canal (part way in) to near the Equator...NO AIR CONDITIONING!!! No, it didn't break down on our cruise; it actually broke on the cruise ...

Sail Date August 2008

ffodemes

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

First sea cruise a breeze