Balmoral Review

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Christmas Markets of Germany & Denmark

Review for the British Isles & Western Europe Cruise on Balmoral
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mooredenise
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2018
Cabin: Outside

We chose the cruise for the Christmas Markets in Europe. The Balmoral crew had made a splendid effort to make the ship festive. Lovely decorations throughout.There were beautifully made gingerbread houses in some spots on the ship. A lovely festive dinner and very good entertainers and speakers. Enjoyed the orchestra, piano player, string quartet and guitarist, talks and quizzes. Formal nights with lovely food but good food throughout the trip. Lots of work goes on to make a voyage successful, but the crew including those we don't see are very discreet. Because of being December with unpredictable weather and fog the itinerary had to be altered but as we had been to Germany and Denmark on another Fred Olsen cruise we had been fortunate to see the Rivers and Kiel Canal in good weather ad daylight. Others may have been disappointed, but it is winter. The Christmas markets were amazing. The Tivoli Gardens at Christmas with 'snow' looked wonderful. The shopping streets in Copenhagen were full of people and lights. A lovely experience. Hamburg had a Father Christmas flying overhead on zip wires at the Christmas market. There were sprinkles of snow. Bremen is a lovely town, our third visit.

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Outside

Comfortable & clean cabin with portholes. Comfortable twin beds. Good storage: cupboard, dressing table, bedside drawers. Comfortable air temperature. Bathroom good. Would appreciate hand/body cream to counteract dryness of skin. A chocolate each night and a small bag of xmas chocolates one night. Deck 4 forward experienced occasional slight noise from thrusters and slight movement but we sail so no worry to us.

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