Fred. Olsen Newcastle (England) Cruise Reviews
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Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
Robin and Karen
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
Been with Fred before and loved the friendliness of the staff, the food, the service and the Balmoral is not too massive and plenty of room to sit and relax. The excursions were very disappointing. This is not a cruise for wheel chair users. Malmo had many cobbled streets which make it very hard for the pusher and very uncomfortable for the sitter. It was a bank holiday so 90% of the shops were ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Balcony
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
jolai1
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
I consider the price we paid for the itinerary, distance travelled, entertainment, drinks package and cabin comfort (superior interior) was far too much. The A/C in the cabin was rubbish we had the setting off the scale and still found it stuffy and through the night it seemed to go off altogether, maybe to save money- so very poor sleep quality. Obviously we reported this and it was supposedly ...
Read MoreSail Date: April 2019
Cabin Type: Superior Inside
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
flip43
First Time Cruiser • Age 80s
My wife and I recently took our first cruise. We travelled on Deck 5 in an outer, windowed cabin, on Fred Olsen's Balmoral to the North German ports of Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel dep Newcastle 19 November. To say it was grossly disappointing would be to ignore the few highlights, but even they are too few to persuade us to repeat the experience.
The worst aspect was the selfish and uncouth ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
teddytwo
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
The reason for choosing this cruise were many One the embarkation and disembarkation port was only half hour from home so we did not have any extra travel to join the ship.TwoThe ship Balmoral, we have sailed on this ship in the past and have had a wonderful time . The food,entertainment and ports of call had always been good. The size off the ship was also to our liking, friendly yet spacious ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
rory50
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Mainly itinerary and the time of year, less crowded places.
Embarkation swift and efficient at the Port of Tyne. Very lucky with the weather for the time of year apart from Gothenburg and Helsinki.
The food was of good quality and varied, breakfast lunch and dinner. Service in the bars and restaurants was excellent although a little slow in the self service cafe.
The crew and staff ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Outside with Porthole
Review for a Baltic Sea Cruise on Balmoral
Travellingman 210450
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Its been 14 years since we did a Fred Olsen Cruise as we have mainly sailed with 5 Star Cruise Lines, but this cruise was from the Tyne and a short 15 minute taxi ride from our home and visiting some ports we had not visited before. So we thought we would give them a try. So glad we did!
Balmoral although an older ship is remarkably well maintained, far better than some lot newer ship we have ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2018
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Balmoral
Valandglynb
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
We have travelled with Fred. Olsen several times before but never on this, their flagship. Chosen for the itinerary and because it was a special event with all 4 Fred.Olsen ships meeting in Cadiz, a good place to visit. That was a very good day if a bit overcrowded. Very nice ship which probably was not seen at the best time, as it was full and so you could not get into the various events and ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2018
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
monkey013
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We chose this cruise because of the itinerary and were just viewing it as a means of getting to Orkney and Shetland and really were not expecting much.
However how wrong we were. We found our inside cabin clean and spacious with a good sized shower room. The food was excellent and we found the entertainment some of the best we have come across.
We have cruised many many times with Cunard, ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2018
Cabin Type: Inside
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
WakebdrGRM
6-10 Cruises • Age 40s
Although this ship was recently refurbished (newer furniture and carpeting) it lacks the excitement and character of other cruise lines we've been on (P&O, NCL, RCCL). The entertainment was so-so (think community college theater not Vegas-style), the comedian unfunny, and the average passenger age was over 60. We traveled with a well-behaved toddler. Even so most people were friendly (only had ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2018
Cabin Type: Inside
Traveled with children
Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Balmoral
Barbara Mills
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
I’ve always wanted to try a cruise so picked this one as I’ve always wanted to go to the Shetland Islands and it was short so gave us a chance to experience cruising.
Arrived on the boat to our very expensive upgraded cabin. Very disappointed. Only soap in a bottle supplied in the bathroom - just like a 3 star hotel. Very small towels. Thick rust round the taps and some black mould round bath. ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2018
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
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