Most cruise lines add new ships, Fred Olsen add more balconies.

More balcony cabins are to be added to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Boudicca as part of a revamp.

The work, which started on 18th November will see 28 cabins fitted with balconies.

The new terrace balcony cabins will extend out 1.2 metres from the ship’s bulkhead to give an increased choice of cost-effective balcony accommodation on the 880-passenger vessel.

The ship will undergo various engineering works, general refurbishment plus interior and exterior painting at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Mosrt Fred Olsen cruisers will agree that the cost from an Outside cabin to a Balcony is quite a high jump, with more balconies the cost should be a little more bearable.

The line’s managing director, Mike Rodwell, said: “We experience extremely high demand for balcony cabins across our fleet, in particular on a smaller-sized ship such as Boudicca, and our new terrace balcony cabins are an innovative response to this.

“We installed the new terrace balcony cabins on sister ship Black Watch during her dry dock last autumn, and these have proved very popular with our guests.”

Fred Olsen’s fleet of four ships – Balmoral, Braemar, Boudicca and Black Watch – will visit a record 253 destinations in 84 countries in 2016/17.

Have you not booked with Fred Olsen before because they could not offer a Balcony cabin? Would this revamp get you interested in them?