Newcastle (England) Senior Cruises Cruise Reviews
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Review for Marco Polo to Europe - British Isles & Western
Shona123
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s
A TA told us about overnight cruises where the ship is repositioned and you can stay and received food and entertainment at a reasonable price. We went from Newcastle to Rosyth(Edinburgh). We had an outside cabin that was small and dated.
We were told check-in was 550pm, when we got to our room we had a message to say we had to be on the 6pm dinner sitting.(If we'd been on the later sitting we ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2019
Review for Balmoral to Norwegian Fjords
Sheilatay
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Always wanted to see the Fjords and this ship seemed like a good size to experience this .We has a good midship cabin near to lifts etc . the dining onboard we could not fault exceptional . The shows were all very good the service of bar staff and restaurant staff again excellent . The only complaint we had that our drinks package which we paid for did not include Sherry yet its cheaper to buy ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2019
Cabin Type: Outside
Review for Balmoral to Europe - British Isles & Western
jeanniedance
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Very dated ship. Mainly elderly passengers. Nothing on during the day except bridge bingo and handicrafts. More like a floating care home. Tour operator extremely unhelpful.. Don't book flam railway through olsen it's a lot cheaper to do yourself and there were plenty of seats. Guest service manager very helpful as had to move cabins as extremely noisy. Noticed a lot of cutbacks. Eg no conditioner ...
Read MoreSail Date: May 2019
Cabin Type: Superior Outside
Review for Balmoral to Baltic Sea
Robin and Karen
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
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 Balmoral to Europe - British Isles & Western
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 Balmoral to Europe - British Isles & Western
flip43
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s
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 Balmoral to Europe - British Isles & Western
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 Balmoral to Baltic Sea
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 Balmoral to Baltic Sea
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 Balmoral to Europe - All
Valandglynb
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
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
