Two ships - Braemar and Balmoral – will be refurbished before Christmas with the third, Boudicca, upgraded in March 2018. Black Watch, benefitted from extensive improvement work at the end of last year.
Mike Rodwell, md of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: ‘We are very proud of our smaller, classic cruise ships and we recognise the importance of investing in ongoing upgrades to ensure that our guests can continue to enjoy them at their best.’
The schedule for the Fred. Olsen ships includes: upgrading the existing public areas, creating new facilities – such as a new restaurants and gelato bar on Balmoral, a new dining room on Boudicca, a new buffet restaurant on Braemar – and cabin enhancements across the fleet.
The 929-guest ship Braemar will set sail from Southampton to Hamburg on November 23, 2017 for a nine-day dry dock at Blohm+Voss shipyard. Her first sailing after the refit will be a 16-night voyage to the Caribbean from Southampton on December 5, 2017.
Fred. Olsen’s flagship Balmoral, will arrive in Hamburg on December 10, 2017 for a nine-day dry dock, before the 1,350 guest-ship departs on a 16-night Canaries and Madeira cruise from Southampton on December 21, 2017.
The 880-guest ship Boudicca will undergo a more extensive 13-day refurbishment in spring 2018, entering dry dock on March 16, 2018, before leaving from Dover on March 29, 2018 on a five-night Mystery Cruise.
In 2018/19 Fred. Olsen’s fleet will be visiting 228 destinations in 73 countries around the globe, covering 91 areas of scenic cruising, from the UK departure ports of Southampton, Dover, Liverpool, Newcastle and Edinburgh (Rosyth).
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