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Fred. Olsen ships are more personal, classic ships. While they are considering new ships on the drawing board they are definite that the image will be continued. On these ships, you will soon get to know the crew and your fellow guests and feel right at home, which is why we encourage you to join the communities and stay in touch. Please help us share your pictures of these ships on the chat site, and even here.

Click on a ship’s banner below to see the films available or find your ship wherever it is on the globe. Ship locator is fun. You can even use a button above the posts to refine your search. Click Jean to see just Jean’s blogs, click Ship Tours just to see the filmed tours of the ships. If you have a great tour, tell us, we will include it. Become one of our presenters.

Want to know a little about the history of Fred. Olsen. Click here. FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUP  Fred. Olsen own website 

DRESS CODE: Evening wear is simple on a Fred. Olsen cruise; most evenings are Smart Casual with a Formal Night or two providing the chance to dress up. And just to add some fun to the cruise, there may also be some optional Theme Nights on longer sailings. Cruises of six nights or longer will have at least one Formal Evening – Most men opt to wear either a dinner jacket, or a dark suit and tie. Ladies are often seen looking fabulous in anything from a cocktail-style dress to a full-length ball gown or evening suit. Fred Olsen  current webpage explanation DRESS CODE PAGE

SMOKING: Fred. Olsen operates a strict ‘no-smoking’ policy in all inside areas. Smoking will only be permitted on cabin balconies excluding Terrace Balconies, this is a policy that causes some travellers to consider other cruise lines where the next cabin cannot do this.

To locate the current position of the ship, click on the picture. The scale + or - choose the - and zoom out leaving the world behind.

Balmoral cruising out of Dover, UK

1,350 guests | 510 crew | 10 Passenger decks | Length 218m | Beam 28m | Restaurants 6 | Swimming pool | Spa | Gym | Jacuzzi | Library | Speed 43,537 GT | 18.5 knots | Built by Meyer Werft | Fully Stabilised | Launch 1988 as the Crown Odyssey (then Norwegian Crown) | lengthened by 30 m in 2008

FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUPBalmoral Page on Fred. Olsen own website

Fred Olsen dress code while on board the ship click here for their current webpage explanationDRESS CODE PAGE

Balmoral’s 34-night L2323 ‘American Waterways with Canada in the Fall’ cruise deal

Balmoral’s 34-night L2323 ‘American Waterways with Canada in the Fall’ cruise, departing

Balmoral’s Midnight Sun’ cruise, July 2023. Save up to £400 per person

Balmoral’s 15-night L2317 ‘Rugged and Remote Spitsbergen with the Midnight Sun’ cruise,

Promises, Promises. The cruise lines make promises.

Obviously, contracts have terms, that both parties abide by. The cruise line offers the cruise, and you taking it is a contract. What is in it? Everything.

Tender Ports and Tender Operation by lifeboat

If the destination port is not deep enough for your ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.

Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.

Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.

Fred. Olsen MS Borealis cancels 38 day cruise and turns back

It could happen to any ship, but the Borealis has had to cancel their cruise and turn back.

4 Fred Olsen ships sail together

The four ships in the Fred. Olsen fleet sails together in formation in the Firth of Forth.

How do you cruise so much? I want to cruise more.

How can you cruise more? I saw this on the SAGA site

CHAT GROUPS FOR SPECIFIC CRUISES

Cruise Chat Groups for individual cruises @ Fred Olsen on Facebook

A List of all the Chat groups for Fred Olsen Cruises. If you can’t find an icon in the Doris Visits menu for your actual cruise, look in the list on Facebook by

L2502 GROUP on Facebook – ‘Discovering Asia with the Holi Festival’ on the Balmoral

A grand 82-night voyage for culture and nature enthusiasts on the Balmoral is set to discover Asia

Braemar docked in Dominica

924 guests | 401 crew | Rooms 485 | 4 Restaurants | Swimming Pool | Spa | Gym | Jacuzzi | Length 196m | Beam 22.5m | Library | 24,344GT | Speed 17 knots | Fully Stabilised | Launched 1993 as Crown Dynasty (then Cunard Crown Dynasty, Crown Majesty, Norwegian Dynasty, Crown Dynasty)

FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUP Braemar Page on Fred. Olsen own website

Fred Olsen dress code while on board the ship click here for their current webpage explanationDRESS CODE PAGE

Promises, Promises. The cruise lines make promises.

Obviously, contracts have terms, that both parties abide by. The cruise line offers the cruise, and you taking it is a contract. What is in it? Everything.

Tender Ports and Tender Operation by lifeboat

If the destination port is not deep enough for your ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.

Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.

Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.

Fred. Olsen MS Borealis cancels 38 day cruise and turns back

It could happen to any ship, but the Borealis has had to cancel their cruise and turn back.

4 Fred Olsen ships sail together

The four ships in the Fred. Olsen fleet sails together in formation in the Firth of Forth.

BRAEMAR – tight squeeze

Braemar is now the smallest ship in the Fred. Olsen fleet. It has an uncrowded,

How do you cruise so much? I want to cruise more.

How can you cruise more? I saw this on the SAGA site

FRED OLSEN CHAT – the chat site for those loving these small classic ships

Cruise Chat is the greatest way to share and discover. Fred Olsen Cruise group

1,338 Passengers | 615 Crew | 690 Cabins | 12 decks | 2 Swimming pools | 6 Restaurants | 8 Bars | Show Lounges | Fitness Centre | Spa | Gym | 2 Jacuzzis | Culinary Theatre | Library | 237m long | 32m beam | 62,735GT | Speed 25 knots | Built by Fincantieri | $400m | Launched 2000 as MS Amsterdam

FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUPBolette Page on Fred. Olsen own website

Fred Olsen dress code while on board the ship click here for their current webpage explanationDRESS CODE PAGE

Savings on Bolette’s 14-night T2318 ‘Summertime in Lapland and Scandinavia’

Fred. Olsen Cruise savings on Bolette’s 14-night T2318 ‘Summertime in Lapland and Scandinavia’ cruise

Promises, Promises. The cruise lines make promises.

Obviously, contracts have terms, that both parties abide by. The cruise line offers the cruise, and you taking it is a contract. What is in it? Everything.

Tender Ports and Tender Operation by lifeboat

If the destination port is not deep enough for your ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.

Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.

Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.

Fred. Olsen MS Borealis cancels 38 day cruise and turns back

It could happen to any ship, but the Borealis has had to cancel their cruise and turn back.

BOLETTE – a first look at the new ship to Fred. Olsen

The flagship ship Bolette shares the name of Fred. Olsen Jnr’s great-great-grandmother.

4 Fred Olsen ships sail together

The four ships in the Fred. Olsen fleet sails together in formation in the Firth of Forth.

How do you cruise so much? I want to cruise more.

How can you cruise more? I saw this on the SAGA site

CHAT GROUPS FOR SPECIFIC CRUISES

Cruise Chat Groups for individual cruises @ Fred Olsen on Facebook

A List of all the Chat groups for Fred Olsen Cruises. If you can’t find an icon in the Doris Visits menu for your actual cruise, look in the list on Facebook by

1,360 Passengers | 662 Crew | 702 Cabins | 12 decks | 237.5m long | 32m beam | Speed 25 knots | 1 Swimming pool | 6 Restaurants | 8 Bars | Show Lounges | Fitness Centre | Spa | Gym | 2 Jacuzzis | Culinary Theatre | Library | 61,849GT | Built by Fincantieri | $400m | Launched 1997 as MS Rotterdam

FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUPBorealis Page on Fred. Olsen own website

Fred Olsen dress code while on board the ship click here for their current webpage explanationDRESS CODE PAGE

FRED OLSEN. up to £500 off Borealis 25-night S2309 ‘Renaissance Italy, the Adriatic & Amalfi Coast’ cruise

Filmed port guides to fit Fred Olsen’s Adriatic and Amalfi Coast Borealis s2309 Renaissance Italy which has savings of up to £500 per person

Promises, Promises. The cruise lines make promises.

Obviously, contracts have terms, that both parties abide by. The cruise line offers the cruise, and you taking it is a contract. What is in it? Everything.

Tender Ports and Tender Operation by lifeboat

If the destination port is not deep enough for your ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.

Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.

Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.

Fred. Olsen MS Borealis cancels 38 day cruise and turns back

It could happen to any ship, but the Borealis has had to cancel their cruise and turn back.

4 Fred Olsen ships sail together

The four ships in the Fred. Olsen fleet sails together in formation in the Firth of Forth.

How do you cruise so much? I want to cruise more.

How can you cruise more? I saw this on the SAGA site

FRED OLSEN CHAT – the chat site for those loving these small classic ships

Cruise Chat is the greatest way to share and discover. Fred Olsen Cruise group

RIVER CRUISING - To locate the current position of the ship, click on the picture. The scale + or - choose the - and zoom out leaving the world behind.

160 passengers | 78 staterooms | 2 Suits | 4 Decks | 110m long | 22m Wide | Built 2006 as Amadeus Princess, refurbished 2018 | 1,566 GT

Chartered from Amadeus River Cruises on a short term 2-year lease in 2018 after a major refit for Fred Olsen, COVID hit and it appears the lease has not been immediately renewed. The Brabant, now back as the Amadeus Princess and tracked here sails the Rhine, Moselle, Main and Danube. She is tracked here.

 

FRED. OLSEN FACEBOOK GROUPBrabant Page on Fred. Olsen own website

Promises, Promises. The cruise lines make promises.

Obviously, contracts have terms, that both parties abide by. The cruise line offers the cruise, and you taking it is a contract. What is in it? Everything.

Tender Ports and Tender Operation by lifeboat

If the destination port is not deep enough for your ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.

Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.

Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.

Fred. Olsen MS Borealis cancels 38 day cruise and turns back

It could happen to any ship, but the Borealis has had to cancel their cruise and turn back.

River Cruising – the ships of Vikings

If you have been to any city on a river, you must have seen river ships. In some cities,

4 Fred Olsen ships sail together

The four ships in the Fred. Olsen fleet sails together in formation in the Firth of Forth.

Fred. Olsen Brabant – River Cruising

Chartered from Amadeus River Cruises on a short term 2-year lease in 2018 after a major refit for Fred Olsen, COVID hit and

How do you cruise so much? I want to cruise more.

How can you cruise more? I saw this on the SAGA site