Fred Olsen Balmoral Balmoral at sea in the Caribbean

BALMORAL

SHIP INFORMATION Cabins:   710 Passengers:   1350 Standard Occupancy Crew:   510 Refitted:   2008 Fully Stablised:   Yes Tonnage:   43,537 grt Length:   218.18 m Beam (width):   28.2 m Speed:   20.0 Knots

Grand staircase and atrium

At a massive 43,000 tonnes and carrying 1,350 passengers, the Balmoral is the largest and most recent ship in the Fred Olsen fleet and the first to bear the name of the Scottish home of the Royal Family. The Balmoral cruise ship offers the widest choice of facilities compared to our other vessels, yet it’s still small enough for you to feel entirely at ease. The public rooms are designed on a Scottish theme, but overall the atmosphere is entirely British.

The main restaurant is called the Ballindalloch and takes its name from the Speyside village and castle. Our two other formal restaurants are named after the rivers Avon and Spey. For informal dining you can visit the Palms Café, while our first sea-pub, the Morning Light, is the place for some of our evening entertainment, alongside the main shows which are located in the Neptune and Lido Lounges. If you prefer something on the quieter side, why not enjoy magnificent views while relaxing with a drink in the Observatory Lounge. Among its other facilities, the Balmoral has swimming pools, a gym and jacuzzis where you can relax while enjoying superb sea views.

If being energetic all of the time isn’t your thing why not relax in one of the on-deck jacuzzis, maybe enjoy a luxurious spa treatment, or just top up the tan while reading a book from the well-stocked library. In 2011, Balmoral cruises out of Dover and Southampton, offering a range of wonderful cruises from Scandinavian Christmas markets to the Canary Islands and the fjords of Norway.

 

Fred Olsen Black Watch

BLACK WATCH

SHIP INFORMATION Cabins:   423 Passengers:   804 Standard Occupancy (maximum: 868) Crew:   330 Refitted:   2005 Fully Stablised:   Yes Tonnage:   28,613 grt Length:   205.47 m Beam (width):   25.20 m Speed:   20.0 Knots

Black Watch off the coast of Sardinia

The Black Watch is the sister ship to the Boudicca, and the third Fred Olsen cruise ship of this name. The Black Watch cruise ship is elegant and sleek, with the sophistication and intimacy for which all cruise ships used to be known. The massive impersonal ships that make so up many of the modern cruise liners cannot hope to offer this traditional feeling. At just over 28,000 tonnes and carrying around 750 passengers, the Black Watch is the perfect size in which to enjoy the stylish service for which Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is famed.

The ships main restaurant, Glentanar and the smaller Orchid Room are used for formal dining with evening meals served in two seatings. For more informal dining, there’s the Garden Café on Lounge Deck, complete with the sound of an occasional frog croaking from the water feature at the end of the room. At the stern on Marquee Deck a bar adjoins the pool and jacuzzis, and on the same deck, but at the other end of the ship, the Observatory provides a relaxing place for a pre-dinner drink with views out to sea. From its home port of Southampton, Black Watch will cruise to a wide range of destinations during 2010⁄2011, including the fjords of Norway, the capitals of the Baltic, and the cradle of European civilization in the eastern Mediterranean. As well as a sumptuous 77-night voyage around South America at the start of 2011, prior to which Black Watch will take in a short cruise to the Christmas markets of northern Europe.

 

Fred Olsen Boudicca

 

BOUDICCA

SHIP INFORMATION Cabins:   449 Passengers:   856 Standard Occupancy (maximum: 900) Crew:   325 Refitted:   2006 Fully Stablised:   Yes Tonnage:   28, 388 grt Length:   205.47 m Beam (width):   25.20 m Speed:   20.0 Knots

 

The Boudicca’s interior is elegant, stylish and very modern. It has large windows in the public rooms which create a very light and airy ambience. In addition, they provide spectacular views for passengers in the restaurants, lounges and bars of the ship. The Secret Garden Restaurant, decorated in an Oriental style, is available for informal dining, while the ship’s main formal restaurants are Tintagel and Four Seasons, which display a wealth of original landscape and botanical paintings. As does the Heligan Room, named after the recreated Cornish ‘Lost Gardens’ of Heligan. In fine weather, a poolside buffet is available at meal times on the Lounge Deck, alongside the large swimming pools, two Jacuzzis and exercise pool. At 28,000 tonnes and carrying around 800 passengers, Boudicca operates out of several different UK ports, including Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton, Edinburgh (Rosyth) and Greenock, and during 2010 and 2011 will offer itineraries as diverse as the Eastern Mediterranean and Arctic Circle, Canary Islands and the capitals of the Baltic.

 

Fred Olsen Braemer

 

SHIP INFORMATION Cabins:   484 Passengers:   929 Standard Occupancy Crew:   Approx 371 Refitted:   2008 Fully Stablised:   Yes Tonnage:   24, 344 grt Length:   195.92 m Beam (width):   22.5 m Speed:   19.0 Knots

Afternoon tea in the Palms Cafe

 

The Fred Olsen Braemar cruise ship has a very light and spacious feel with polished wood, gleaming brass fittings, ambient light all in a five deck high atrium. With cascading decks at the stern providing plenty of spaces for sun-bathing, and two open-air swimming pools with a poolside bar and twin Jacuzzi’s it is clear to see why the Braemar is one of Fred Olsen’s leading cruise ships.

There's a choice of places to eat: informal in Palms Cafe, or formal in the main Thistle Restaurant and the more intimate Grampian Restaurant.