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Fred Olsen details new ship’s 2006 cruises
The first brochure featuring cruises by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ fourth ship Boudicca has been released
Itineraries on the ship’s first season range from a three-night mini cruise to a 28-night voyage to the Caribbean. The inaugural 15-night cruise to the Canaries departs from its home port of Dover on February 25 next year.
New ports of call for 2006 include Kemi and Vaasa in Finnish Lapland, Tripoli in Libya and the Azores.
Boudicca will undergo a comprehensive refit from October 2005, including the creation of many extra balcony cabins and suites, as well as the fitting of new engines and propellers for faster, smoother sailing, the company said.
The completed ship will have 450 cabins and carry around 850 passengers, in keeping with Fred Olsen’s philosophy of operating smaller, more intimate vessels.
The sister ship to Fred. Olsen’s Black Watch will visit destinations including the Adriatic, Baltic, Canaries, Caribbean, Mediterranean and Scandinavia in its first season.
The maiden cruise sees the ship call at Funchal (Madeira), San Sebastian la Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arrecife (Lanzarote), Agadir (Morocco) finally Lisbon (Portugal) before returning to Dover. Prices for this cruise start at £1,397 per person including a 30% early booking discount for reservations made at least six months in advance.
Boudicca’s second cruise is to the Caribbean from Dover, including Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts, Antigua and the Azores on the return voyage. This cruise starts at £2,394 including a 40%early booking discount.
The vessel will also visit Scandinavia, the eastern and western Mediterranean, Norway, the Baltic and Iceland in the spring and summer before returning to the Canaries and also visiting the Adriatic in the autumn.
Marketing director Nigel Lingard said: “We are delighted to be able to introduce a fourth ship to our fleet and especially excited to be reuniting these two sister ships. The extra capacity will allow us to offer an even more varied choice of destinations and unusual ports, as well as offering more ex-UK cruises which we know our customers especially value.”
Report by Phil Davies
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