M V Braemar Christmas Caribbean Cruise 22/12/08 - 08/01/09
Gatwick was typical chaos but Miami was surprisingly problem free, taking only 1 hour from plane to transfer bus.
We joined a ship that had been extended in the middle and generally upgraded everywhere in Summer 2008. It had been on several bedding down cruises since then but there was little comment on cruise review web sites as to how these changes had been received. Fred Olsen seems to get very little web comment and it's internet room on board was virtually empty on all my visits - may be something to do with the abnormally high average age of it's passengers.