We were on the same cruise and have got to give feedback every thing you have said about the cruise and ship is 100% true and accurate. It was truly an amazing to have the experience of a such a beautiful ship and Iceland a magical country. Can’t thank you enough keep them coming x
@@MargaretAndrews-c4f hi Margaret, Thanks so much for the comments, it was a lovely trip! I think we had the pleasure of your company one breakfast in the buffet! Will keep the videos coming 😂 Thanks again 💙
What an excellent video; I really enjoyed it. My husband and I are not long back from a back-to-back cruise on Fred Olsen's Balmoral to the Baltic and Iceland & the Faroe Islands. It was wonderful. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the Bolette. We are on her for the 2025 world cruise and are even more excited about it having seen your video. I'll be sure to check out your ship's tour. Thank you both so much.
Awesome vlog, thanks for chatting with me, I really loved having you guys onboard and kayaking with you two was great fun! Hopefully see you on another cruise sometime!
Really enjoyed the vlog and Iceland looks amazing. Your vlogs are always interesting and informative - looking forward to seeing your next adventure! x
Another great video - as all of yours are!!! And Christina, you are simply stunning as always! We are awaiting our Oct 1, 2024 sailing on the new Silversea “Silver Ray” - Athens and Turkey for 11 nights. Can’t wait!
Thank you for this fantastic vlog! I’ve only just discovered your channel and was thrilled to see you travel on Bolette. I’m taking my mum on Bolette in 2 weeks , we’re going to the Norwegian fiords and we are even more excited now we have watched your vlog. So pleased you were delighted with Bolette, especially the food- it looks amazing. A huge thank you to you both! 😀 X
@@theposhtravelblog Thank you so much for your kind reply. I forgot to ask - Could you explain what happens for the muster drill on embarkation day please? Thank you! 😀
Yes of course, you literally watch the video on the tv in your suite then go in your own time (before the ship sails) to your lifeboat station and have your card swiped. Easy peasy 🎉
Firstly, thank you for your throughly entertaining and informative videos. We are going on our very first cruise through the Greek islands with seaborne (apparently 6*?) in your experience is seaborne as good as it sounds ! We are onboard Encore…
You’re welcome and thanks for watching! 💙 Greek Islands on Seabourn - amazing - one of our favourite cruise destinations in the World 🌍 and on Seabourn even better. Seabourn is wonderful..excellent food, fantastic events, the best service, super inclusions including top shelf drinks, spacious luxurious cabins.. the list goes on! You are certainly starting at the top if this is your first cruise 😂 Oh and yes we do think it’s worth it’s 6* rating, especially with all the unlimited caviar 🎉🥂 Have a great time! 🚢
Thank you so much for your lightning reply!! We now can’t wait to get on board!! My wife can’t wait to sample some of the moulton brown stuff!! I wonder if any might accidentally full into her suitcase 😂..
😂 I’m sure it won’t be the first time Molten Brown has been rustled, although they are now using large bottles and if you take them they add it to your bill!! 😳😂
My Mum, Dad and I are heading to Spain and Portugal on The Bolette in September from Liverpool (we live 25 mins away so it’s very ideal) and wanted to get an idea on what we might experience on there as it’s my first time on a cruise. Food looks great (glad to hear about it being quieter during the later dinner session as we too are late eaters. We also can’t wait to be sat on the balcony in the sun (might have to wait a few days for that) 🙃. Table tennis will be enjoyable (hopefully the age range on the ship means it’ll be free most of the time). We go into Liverpool often so it’ll be very novel to get a cruise from there, especially to the Mediterranean. Thank you for the video, really thorough and informative.
Hi love your vlog just had my 1st cruise on FO back in March on the Balmoral. Everything you have said is true. Food, ship & Staff were amazing so friendly & helpful. Can i just ask how much was the arranged trip to Myvatn thermal baths?
@@Jacqueline-e8v not really didn’t see any taxis. You can in Reykjavik though to the sky lagoon which is around £25 each way and you can book the lagoon online otherwise there weren’t regular taxis that we saw in the other ports 👍🏼
As I mentioned some time ago and stated the Fred Olsen cruise we did on Borealis from Liverpool to Norway was the best cruise we have ever had. Superb. One thing this ship and Borealis are old ships but in far far better condition than many new ships. Enjoyed your video very much thank you both. We are both from Liverpool UK but have lived in Sydney for many years and marvellous to see the Pier Head once again.
Yes, they are fabulous, much older ships than usual and of course, many who blog here simply dismiss an older ship no matter that it may be in excellent condition. For me the best value ship (ships) by far, better value than Seven Seas, Silverseas, and the rest of the so-called luxury or ultra-luxury ships.
@@warrenwolf4690Can’t really compare to Regent as this is a 4* cruise. If you booked a balcony cabin with the drinks packages etc it and the trips it would still be considerably cheaper than Regent, but not the same category, Regent is ultra luxury this isn’t 😊
Your work is Improving with each trip. However, in the interest of transparency, was this, or any other cruise comped by the cruise line? There was nary a critical word said about this Olsen cruise. By saying this was a 5 star cruise, you put Fred Olsen cruises on par with Regent. That’s a bit difficult to digest. And I do not recall your calling out your travel agency role before. Did that play a role in booking this cruise. Please don’t be offended, just looking for the back story. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the comments! No it wasn’t comped we paid for it as we had Christina’s dad with us and his partner and it suited them. It is a 4* ship but some of the dishes were equivalent to some of the 5* ships eg Celebrity and the service definitely was, Regent and Seabourn pitch themselves as 6* ultra luxury which this obviously isn’t in their league. If we are ever comped in the future we of course will mention it (still waiting for that miracle to occur) 😂To be honest we really didn’t have anything to complain about on the Fred cruise and really enjoyed it. I think we went with low expectations due to its 4* standard and were so pleasantly surprised. The cruise before was on Oceania and was touted as finest cuisine at sea with all the fanfare and it wasn’t so it was disappointing. We just feedback as we find. We have mentioned the travel agency before in some of our videos, thought we would on this one as it primarily attracts the UK market and we are UK based. We sometimes get discounted rates to travel, and are always looking for a late deal as we are very flexible, but always pay for our trips unless Christina’s father decides to splash out, which he did on this one!!! 🎉😂
And thank you for the prompt answer. I must say that while I was surprised at the success you had on the cruise, I did go to Cruise Critic to read FO reviews. They were pretty highly thought of there as well. I am a Yank, so I suppose we hear much less about FO here. Your 5* rating makes sense on a 6* scale as well. We are headed to Tokyo in March for 14 days on RSS’s Explorer, so I was chuffed to hear about your Regent Cruise. Cheers, Tim🎉
@@leetony7468 It’s only a 4* ship! You must have some luxury pubs where you live!😂. We’d say the food is much better than ‘pub grub’ as we said it’s a 4* ship not a 6* luxury line..
Enjoyed your travel blog, just one question I thought I saw on instagram that you left the ship early and flew home due to a bad storm sailing to Liverpool- is that right. Also what made you decide to go on Fred Olson?
@@LizMckenzie-n3j Yes we disembarked our second cruise in Norway as we had elderly parents with us who didn’t like the rough crossing and wanted to get off before the return journey! Joan is 91 and was having trouble standing in a force 7/8. We’ve been Fred Olsen before and we enjoyed it, and especially the parents, as it does attract an elderly age range.
Thanks for clarifying this so I presume you did a back to back cruise with Fred Olsen and the 2nd one was to Norway? Where is your next cruise going to be and which cruise company are you going on? Liz
Hi yes we can book you on a cruise only basis and you will need to arrange your own flights. The prices will be in £. Let us know if you want us to check anything for you, our numbers are on www.aquamarinetravel.co.uk Have a look at their website for cruises.. www.fredolsencruises.com/ 💙
Sorry guys but I find it hard to listen to you compare your suite on here with the ocean view stateroom on Oceania Sirena. Of course it’s much bigger. You’ve booked very different category staterooms. The size of your ocean view was on line when you booked it so you would have been fully aware of the square footage. It’s like me booking an Owners Suite and then saying it’s so much nicer than an inside cabin. If you are going to make comparisons they need to be of the same category.
@@leetony7468 it wasn’t a price comparison.. we said in the video we have just come off Oceania and had a small cabin and this time we booked a suite. We didn’t say ‘for the same money we got this suite’….
@@theposhtravelblog no I appreciate that, that’s my point. You said it was so much bigger and better than your previous cruise. Unless you make that clear, it sounds like you are comparing when really there is no comparison as you’ve upgraded by several suite categories. I’m not trying to cause an argument, we’ve always enjoyed watching your videos but I don’t think the comparison was fair.
@@leetony7468 Point taken! Will watch out for this next time. Think after coming off Oceania Sirena we were so disappointed that we were excited even though it was only a 4* ship! 😂
We were on the same cruise and have got to give feedback every thing you have said about the cruise and ship is 100% true and accurate. It was truly an amazing to have the experience of a such a beautiful ship and Iceland a magical country.
Can’t thank you enough keep them coming x
@@MargaretAndrews-c4f hi Margaret, Thanks so much for the comments, it was a lovely trip! I think we had the pleasure of your company one breakfast in the buffet! Will keep the videos coming 😂 Thanks again 💙
Where would life be without you two
🙏🏼 thanks for the lovely comments ❤️🥂🙏🏼🤩
I am excited to meet julias and all staff
What an excellent video; I really enjoyed it. My husband and I are not long back from a back-to-back cruise on Fred Olsen's Balmoral to the Baltic and Iceland & the Faroe Islands. It was wonderful. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the Bolette. We are on her for the 2025 world cruise and are even more excited about it having seen your video. I'll be sure to check out your ship's tour. Thank you both so much.
Love your videos, very relaxing, and you cover all the important aras of travel. Thank you!❤ You two are my favorite to watch. God bless ❤
@@TriBro77 Thanks for the lovely comments 🙏🏼🎉❤️
Wow the pool looks massive amazing wow
You two are my best cruise addicts
Aww we were onboard for this cruise. Loved watching your vlog - it took me back. Thank you.
Awesome vlog, thanks for chatting with me, I really loved having you guys onboard and kayaking with you two was great fun! Hopefully see you on another cruise sometime!
Hi Abi, it was great to meet you and thanks for joining in on the video! ❤️ Hope to see you again 🥂
Really enjoyed the vlog and Iceland looks amazing. Your vlogs are always interesting and informative - looking forward to seeing your next adventure! x
@@heatherharry8914 Thank you! 💙 The springs in Iceland were amazing 🎉
Great video guys. We were on the Bolette last year and loved it. Off to Iceland and the Faroes on the Balmoral soon. Kept the great videos coming. 👍👏
Thanks for watching and have a great cruise! Don’t miss the Myvatn Nature baths trip with Fred Olsen, bargain! 🎉🚢🥂
Another great video - as all of yours are!!! And Christina, you are simply stunning as always! We are awaiting our Oct 1, 2024 sailing on the new Silversea “Silver Ray” - Athens and Turkey for 11 nights. Can’t wait!
@@charleshyatt7312 Thanks so much for your lovely comments as always! 💙 Would love to try the Silver Ray, hopefully soon!! 🥂🎉
We were on the Silver Ray in June - it's a WOW! You'll love it
@@Kensingtoncruiser Thank you so much!
Well done ! My wife and I watched the this morning from the West Coast of British Columbia Canada and she said subscribe . I did- Cheers .
@@rickinnes Thanks so much for the great comments and for subscribing 💙🤗
God bless you both
We’ll be going to Iceland on celebrity next year… sky lagoon looks great!!
Im hooked on cruise i cant wait to be on a fred olsen ship from liverpool
Super improved editing and sound! Keep it up
Thanks, spending a bit longer so we don’t have the sound issues again! 💙🙏🏼
Thank you for this fantastic vlog! I’ve only just discovered your channel and was thrilled to see you travel on Bolette. I’m taking my mum on Bolette in 2 weeks , we’re going to the Norwegian fiords and we are even more excited now we have watched your vlog. So pleased you were delighted with Bolette, especially the food- it looks amazing. A huge thank you to you both! 😀 X
@@joyn4338 Thanks for the great comments. Have a fantastic time on Bolette, we certainly did! 🥂🎉❤️
@@theposhtravelblog Thank you so much for your kind reply. I forgot to ask - Could you explain what happens for the muster drill on embarkation day please? Thank you! 😀
Yes of course, you literally watch the video on the tv in your suite then go in your own time (before the ship sails) to your lifeboat station and have your card swiped. Easy peasy 🎉
@@theposhtravelblog Oh thank you! That does sound easy! Thanks so much for your prompt replies - so very helpful! 😀 X
what a coincidence that you guys posted this beautiful video. Our cruise to iceland leaves on July 30th with the Azamara Onward.🎉
@@Robin_S78 Iceland is such great fun, cold, but fun! 😂 The Sky Lagoon was amazing and the Mývatn baths too. Have an amazing time 🥂🎉💙
You have a lovely smile christina❤
Im excited im going on bolette in oct so excited
Have a fantastic cruise 🎉
You two are awesome godbless xx
Thank you so much! 🤗❤️
Firstly, thank you for your throughly entertaining and informative videos. We are going on our very first cruise through the Greek islands with seaborne (apparently 6*?) in your experience is seaborne as good as it sounds ! We are onboard Encore…
You’re welcome and thanks for watching! 💙 Greek Islands on Seabourn - amazing - one of our favourite cruise destinations in the World 🌍 and on Seabourn even better. Seabourn is wonderful..excellent food, fantastic events, the best service, super inclusions including top shelf drinks, spacious luxurious cabins.. the list goes on! You are certainly starting at the top if this is your first cruise 😂 Oh and yes we do think it’s worth it’s 6* rating, especially with all the unlimited caviar 🎉🥂 Have a great time! 🚢
Thank you so much for your lightning reply!! We now can’t wait to get on board!! My wife can’t wait to sample some of the moulton brown stuff!! I wonder if any might accidentally full into her suitcase 😂..
😂 I’m sure it won’t be the first time Molten Brown has been rustled, although they are now using large bottles and if you take them they add it to your bill!! 😳😂
My Mum, Dad and I are heading to Spain and Portugal on The Bolette in September from Liverpool (we live 25 mins away so it’s very ideal) and wanted to get an idea on what we might experience on there as it’s my first time on a cruise. Food looks great (glad to hear about it being quieter during the later dinner session as we too are late eaters. We also can’t wait to be sat on the balcony in the sun (might have to wait a few days for that) 🙃. Table tennis will be enjoyable (hopefully the age range on the ship means it’ll be free most of the time). We go into Liverpool often so it’ll be very novel to get a cruise from there, especially to the Mediterranean. Thank you for the video, really thorough and informative.
Have a fantastic time 🎉🥂🚢
@@theposhtravelblog Thanks!
8 days til i come on bolette 7 nights northern spain xxx then 69 days til my christmas cruise on msc preziosa 7 nights 20th dec northern europe 😃
Hi love your vlog just had my 1st cruise on FO back in March on the Balmoral. Everything you have said is true. Food, ship & Staff were amazing so friendly & helpful. Can i just ask how much was the arranged trip to Myvatn thermal baths?
@@Jacqueline-e8v Thanks for the great comments 🤗 Yes the Mývatn nature baths was £89 pp which was a bargain! 🎉
Meant to also ask if you can get local taxi from port to baths?
@@Jacqueline-e8v not really didn’t see any taxis. You can in Reykjavik though to the sky lagoon which is around £25 each way and you can book the lagoon online otherwise there weren’t regular taxis that we saw in the other ports 👍🏼
Im going on bolette in oct with my sister and my dear dad ❤
I'm also on Bolette in Oct/Nov. I travelled on Borealis last year so I'm keen to go aboard her sister ship. :)
@@mccpcorn2000 what date in oct
@@JenniferPratt-n9k late in the month, Oct 27th to November 10th
As I mentioned some time ago and stated the Fred Olsen cruise we did on Borealis from Liverpool to Norway was the best cruise we have ever had. Superb. One thing this ship and Borealis are old ships but in far far better condition than many new ships. Enjoyed your video very much thank you both. We are both from Liverpool UK but have lived in Sydney for many years and marvellous to see the Pier Head once again.
@@dlgregory35 It was a fantastic cruise and the staff were wonderful. Glad we could take you back to Liverpool to relive your cruise! 💙🤩
Yes, they are fabulous, much older ships than usual and of course, many who blog here simply dismiss an older ship no matter that it may be in excellent condition. For me the best value ship (ships) by far, better value than Seven Seas, Silverseas, and the rest of the so-called luxury or ultra-luxury ships.
We we,nt to the forest lagoon when on balmoral it was stunning
Your so sweet stuart xxxx❤️
First to view😊
Yes you are! Thanks for watching!🙏❤️🥂
@@theposhtravelblog bottom line. How was the cost including drinks, excursions, specialty dining compare to Regent?
@@warrenwolf4690Can’t really compare to Regent as this is a 4* cruise. If you booked a balcony cabin with the drinks packages etc it and the trips it would still be considerably cheaper than Regent, but not the same category, Regent is ultra luxury this isn’t 😊
Your work is Improving with each trip. However, in the interest of transparency, was this, or any other cruise comped by the cruise line? There was nary a critical word said about this Olsen cruise. By saying this was a 5 star cruise, you put Fred Olsen cruises on par with Regent. That’s a bit difficult to digest. And I do not recall your calling out your travel agency role before. Did that play a role in booking this cruise. Please don’t be offended, just looking for the back story. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the comments! No it wasn’t comped we paid for it as we had Christina’s dad with us and his partner and it suited them. It is a 4* ship but some of the dishes were equivalent to some of the 5* ships eg Celebrity and the service definitely was, Regent and Seabourn pitch themselves as 6* ultra luxury which this obviously isn’t in their league. If we are ever comped in the future we of course will mention it (still waiting for that miracle to occur) 😂To be honest we really didn’t have anything to complain about on the Fred cruise and really enjoyed it. I think we went with low expectations due to its 4* standard and were so pleasantly surprised. The cruise before was on Oceania and was touted as finest cuisine at sea with all the fanfare and it wasn’t so it was disappointing. We just feedback as we find. We have mentioned the travel agency before in some of our videos, thought we would on this one as it primarily attracts the UK market and we are UK based. We sometimes get discounted rates to travel, and are always looking for a late deal as we are very flexible, but always pay for our trips unless Christina’s father decides to splash out, which he did on this one!!! 🎉😂
And thank you for the prompt answer. I must say that while I was surprised at the success you had on the cruise, I did go to Cruise Critic to read FO reviews. They were pretty highly thought of there as well. I am a Yank, so I suppose we hear much less about FO here.
Your 5* rating makes sense on a 6* scale as well.
We are headed to Tokyo in March for 14 days on RSS’s Explorer, so I was chuffed to hear about your Regent Cruise.
Cheers, Tim🎉
Regent Explorer in Japan now that is 6*+ luxury, it was incredible! 🎉🎉🥂🥂 have a fantastic cruise! 🚢
@@theposhtravelblog We used your video to help plan excursions.
Excellent video. Thank you so much. Going to Iceland with Fred at the end of the month. 👍
How long was this cruise for, just came across your channel and enjoying it.
@@timeout2770 Thanks for watching❤️ This cruise was 12 nights long
@@theposhtravelblog thank you.
I have subscribed to your chanel😊
The food on this cruise certainly gives Oceania (was it?) "finest cuisine at sea" as run for there money. Looks wonderful.
It was great and it was only a 4* ship! 🥂
That food looked no better than pub food, I can’t believe you were impressed with it.
@@leetony7468 It’s only a 4* ship! You must have some luxury pubs where you live!😂. We’d say the food is much better than ‘pub grub’ as we said it’s a 4* ship not a 6* luxury line..
@leetony7468 the food on Fred Olsen is way better than pub food, I don't know what pubs you go to maybe you need to find a better pub?
Enjoyed your travel blog, just one question I thought I saw on instagram that you left the ship early and flew home due to a bad storm sailing to Liverpool- is that right. Also what made you decide to go on Fred Olson?
@@LizMckenzie-n3j Yes we disembarked our second cruise in Norway as we had elderly parents with us who didn’t like the rough crossing and wanted to get off before the return journey! Joan is 91 and was having trouble standing in a force 7/8. We’ve been Fred Olsen before and we enjoyed it, and especially the parents, as it does attract an elderly age range.
Thanks for clarifying this so I presume you did a back to back cruise with Fred Olsen and the 2nd one was to Norway? Where is your next cruise going to be and which cruise company are you going on? Liz
@@LizMckenzie-n3j Yes it was a back to back. Still planning the next one! 😂👍
What time does the shops open on sea days
What's the tipping situation? Are you constantly dipping in your pocket for tips
It’s not compulsory but you can pre pay and from memory it was £5 per passenger per day which we didn’t think was too bad.
Does the ship get rocky sometimes
What time does shops open and close on seadays
Usually around 10am until late (10pm)
What cereal is there in the buffet
Whatever they can get away with not serving you.
Can we book from USA?
Hi yes we can book you on a cruise only basis and you will need to arrange your own flights. The prices will be in £. Let us know if you want us to check anything for you, our numbers are on www.aquamarinetravel.co.uk Have a look at their website for cruises.. www.fredolsencruises.com/ 💙
Also painting is not too bad for a first try 😂
@@MargaretAndrews-c4f 🤣🤣 watermelon 🍉 or colourful sausages! 🤣🤣🤣💙
Sorry guys but I find it hard to listen to you compare your suite on here with the ocean view stateroom on Oceania Sirena. Of course it’s much bigger. You’ve booked very different category staterooms. The size of your ocean view was on line when you booked it so you would have been fully aware of the square footage.
It’s like me booking an Owners Suite and then saying it’s so much nicer than an inside cabin. If you are going to make comparisons they need to be of the same category.
@@leetony7468 it wasn’t a price comparison.. we said in the video we have just come off Oceania and had a small cabin and this time we booked a suite. We didn’t say ‘for the same money we got this suite’….
@@theposhtravelblog no I appreciate that, that’s my point. You said it was so much bigger and better than your previous cruise. Unless you make that clear, it sounds like you are comparing when really there is no comparison as you’ve upgraded by several suite categories.
I’m not trying to cause an argument, we’ve always enjoyed watching your videos but I don’t think the comparison was fair.
@@leetony7468 Point taken! Will watch out for this next time. Think after coming off Oceania Sirena we were so disappointed that we were excited even though it was only a 4* ship! 😂
@@leetony7468 looking at going on Vista asap to set the record straight!
Why was the sea so rough
God’s work! 😂 Plus of course it can always be like that in the North Sea ..
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Excellent vlog guys. Only just discovered your channel so have subbed.
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Thanks both! Subscribed back ❤️