Both my wife and I are in our middle 60's but we were probably in the 5% of the youngest passengers on board. 1. The food although good was very repititious and lacked variety. The soups were mainly of the canned variety and breakfast was extremely boring with little or no imagination being considered. 2. The entertainment on board the ship was to say the least - mundane and awful - the only outside entertainers were a harpist who used to belong to the "LOS PARAGUAYOS" group and a comedian whose jokes were old and tired. The rest of the evening entertainment was provided by the Boudicca Show group which were a group of amatuer style dancers dancing in front of an amateur band ( who called themselves an orchestra) 3. We were supposed to call at 5 ports but the visits to Guernsy and Tobermory were cancelled due to bad weather - which resulted in after leaving Dublin Dublin having to spend nearly 3 days going round in circles off the island of Lewis which was followed by another set of circles off the top of the Cromarty Firth before being allowed into Invergordon on the morning of Monday 4 October. By this time most of the passengers were totally fed up or in the case of the really old ones - had remained in their cabins. The Captain did mention that he had contacted Kirkwall and Scrabster in order to check if he could get into either of those ports but was informed that the weather in those 2 places was also unfit for the launch of tenders - however - he did not mention Invergordon our next port of call - where tenders were not required as the ship was tied up against the wall. 4 We have sailed on Fred Olsen on numerous frequent occasions but almost certainly will not be doing so in the future. 5. And to cap it all advertised my wife enquired at Reception as to the advertised 5% reduction for Ocean club members and was rudely informed that it only applied to Silver and Platinum card holders as the rules had been changed and that we should have been informed of this change - which we were NOT.
Needless to say we are not at all happy with this cruise or the planning - or lack of - that was put into it. If this is the best that Fred Olsen can put into their cruises then I fear that their days will be numbered. I spoke to a number of other passengers who feel as I do.
Not to return.