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.
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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.
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
6 cruise thrillers for under £10
For our cruise followers, we offer a deal that is hard to beat. 6 CSCI cruise novels for under £10.
Cruise Tender Ports and Cruise Tender Operation by lifeboat
If the destination port is not deep enough for your cruise 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.
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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
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.
Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.
Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.
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
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
6 cruise thrillers for under £10
For our cruise followers, we offer a deal that is hard to beat. 6 CSCI cruise novels for under £10.
Cruise Tender Ports and Cruise Tender Operation by lifeboat
If the destination port is not deep enough for your cruise 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.
10 Amazing Cruise Ships compared
We compare 10 amazing but very different cruise ships. For a feast of reasons it shows that you need to choose
Average age of guests by cruise ship – one of many factors in choosing a ship.
The facts few publish are the age of cruisers by ship – see where you fit in because choosing
Amazing Cruise Ports
Inspired by chat on the cruise chat groups, these compilations of Jean’s fun clips at amazing cruise ports are meant to excite,
BOLETTE – the flag ship at Fred. Olsen
The flagship ship Bolette shares the name of Fred. Olsen Jnr’s great-great-grandmother.
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.
Cruise insurance and helicopter rescue at sea. Expensive.
Insurance is always contractually required on a cruise. World ENTRY REQUIREMENTS change.
CHAT GROUPS FOR SPECIFIC CRUISES
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
6 cruise thrillers for under £10
For our cruise followers, we offer a deal that is hard to beat. 6 CSCI cruise novels for under £10.
Cruise Tender Ports and Cruise Tender Operation by lifeboat
If the destination port is not deep enough for your cruise 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.
10 Amazing Cruise Ships compared
We compare 10 amazing but very different cruise ships. For a feast of reasons it shows that you need to choose
Average age of guests by cruise ship – one of many factors in choosing a ship.
The facts few publish are the age of cruisers by ship – see where you fit in because choosing
Amazing Cruise Ports
Inspired by chat on the cruise chat groups, these compilations of Jean’s fun clips at amazing cruise ports are meant to excite,
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.
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 - 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
6 cruise thrillers for under £10
For our cruise followers, we offer a deal that is hard to beat. 6 CSCI cruise novels for under £10.
Cruise Tender Ports and Cruise Tender Operation by lifeboat
If the destination port is not deep enough for your cruise 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.
10 Amazing Cruise Ships compared
We compare 10 amazing but very different cruise ships. For a feast of reasons it shows that you need to choose
Average age of guests by cruise ship – one of many factors in choosing a ship.
The facts few publish are the age of cruisers by ship – see where you fit in because choosing
Amazing Cruise Ports
Inspired by chat on the cruise chat groups, these compilations of Jean’s fun clips at amazing cruise ports are meant to excite,
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.
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.