Stern’s Guide to the Greatest Resorts of the World, Stern’s Guide to the
Cruise Vacation and The Indispensable Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases by Steven B. Stern (Sponsored by Stern’s Travel Guides, Ltd.)
FRED OLSEN CRUISE LINE
In U.S. In U.K.
c/o Borton Overseas
5412 Lyndale Avenue S
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419
(800) 843-0602
(612) 822-4755
Fred Olsen House
White House Road
Ipswich 1P1 5LL
England
Tel. 01473292200
BALMORAL (formerly Crown Odyssey and Norwegian Crown): entered service 1988; 34,242 G.R.T.; 614’ x 92.5’; 1,104-passenger capacity; 552 cabins; Norwegian officers, British cruise staff, and Filipino crew; cruises to Caribbean from Miami, to the Mediterranean from Rome, and to the Baltic and northern waters from UK. (Category C—Not Rated)
Medical Facilities: C-2; P-1; N-1; CM, OX, WC.)
BLACK WATCH (formerly Royal Viking Star): entered service 1972; renovated 1998; 28,492 G.R.T.; 630’ x 83’; 798-passenger capacity; 427 cabins; Norwegian officers, British cruise staff, and Filipino crew; cruises in North Sea, Baltic, Canary Islands, and around South America and Caribbean. (Category C/D—Not Rated)
BOUDICCA (formerly Royal Viking Sky, Superstar Capricorn, Birka Queen, and Grand Latino): entered service in 1973; 25,000 G.R.T.; 593’ x 84’; 836-passenger capacity; 420 cabins; Norwegian officers, British cruise staff, and Filipino crew; cruises to be announced. (Category C—Not Rated)
BRAEMAR (formerly Crown Dynasty and Norwegian Dynasty): entered service 1993; renovated 2001; 19,089 G.R.T.; 537’ x 74’; 821-passenger capacity; 377 cabins; Norwegian officers; British cruise staff and Filipino crew; cruises in North Sea, Baltic, Arctic Circle, Mediterranean, Canary Islands, and Caribbean. (Category C—Not Rated)
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.
