Fantastic Fred Olsen

Balmoral Cruise Review to Baltic

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 72

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Balmoral

Uncrowded Baltic

Sail date: October 06, 2019

Ship: Balmoral

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

As a solo traveller I felt very comfortable aboard the Balmoral. Would go with Fred Olsen again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Not good. Seems had problems with illness on ship from previous passengers so we had to wait for about 2 hours before we could get on ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Only used main dining room but food, drink and service wonderful

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
First class service always with a smile

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean and well maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very satisfactory

Ship tip

Just enjoy the experience

Ports of call

Copenhagen, Denmark

2 out of 5
Too wet to go out

Helsinki, Finland

4 out of 5
No excursion. Did own thing. Lovely port

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

4 out of 5
First excursion excellent. Second not worth the money

Tallinn, Estonia

4 out of 5
Beautiful city.no excursion

Oslo, Norway

4 out of 5
Did own thing, very nice.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Easy but wet.
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

fredsfan    5 years ago

We were on this cruise too. The weather was against us in most ports of call but hey ho it is October in the Baltic Sea. Freds crew did a fantastic job of ridding the ship of any contamination after the previous cruise to Germany. It was spotless as usual. We have tried other cruise ships but none have pleased us as much as FOCL. Roll on January for the next one.

Ray1963    5 years ago

We on her for a 3rd time, in 60 days. Can't wait 🍷😎