Here’s looking at you, Fred

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Balmoral Day 3

January 20th, 2024 At Sea Hopefully it wasn’t related to bopping the night away, but we were awoken in the middle of the night by the announcement of a “Code Alpha” in one of the cabins. A code alpha is ship speak for a medical emergency. It’s...

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Balmoral Day 2

January 19th, 2024 At Sea We woke up in the Bay of Biscay. Although not quite a millpond, it is certainly not rough at all. There is hardly any movement on board the ship, Brian was up early and worked out in the gym like a good lad. I was still...

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Balmoral Day 1

It was a very cold, but sunny morning. We arrived at City Cruise Terminal just before 11:30 and at 11:30 the check in process began. We were called to check in according to the colour of our luggage labels (we were blue), and were able to go...

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Prologue

We are in Southampton, ready to board the Fred Olsen ship Balmoral in the morning. This is the first time we have been in Southampton when we are not about to board a Cunard Queen. I think to myself; I would like to be boarding a Cunard Queen....

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