Fred Olsen Cruise Strains introduced it’s going to broadcast main sporting occasions aboard its fleet this summer time, together with the Union of European Soccer Associations’ (UEFA) European Soccer Championship, Wimbledon Championships, and the 2024 Summer season XXXIII Olympics.
The matches and video games might be proven in public areas and visitor cabins on the cruise line’s three smaller ships, Bolette, Borealis, and Balmoral.
Beginning June 14, 2024, all 51 UEFA European Soccer Championship matches might be aired, that includes 24 groups over 30 days and culminating within the closing in Berlin on July 14. Wimbledon might be broadcast from July 1 to 14, and the Olympic Video games in Paris might be accessible for viewing from July 26 to August 11.
Clare Ward, director of product and customer support at Fred Olsen Cruise Strains, commented on the announcement, “We all know that sporting occasions are essential to lots of our friends, and we wouldn’t need them to overlook out on these three key occasions within the sporting calendar whereas on board a cruise.”
To enhance the sporting broadcasts, Fred Olsen Cruise Strains can be introducing a brand new vary of themed cocktails, together with the Strawberry Striker, Kick-off Collins, Matchday Mojito, and Penalty Punch.
“We’re thrilled to share that might be showcasing such a variety of great occasions this summer time throughout our fleet. Friends may very well be watching an exhilarating match or an intense sport, all whereas having fun with a superbly themed cocktail alongside glorious meals, service, and leisure that include being on a Fred Olsen cruise,”added Ward.
Cruises Crusing Throughout the Broadcasts
The published of UEFA and Wimbledon matches, and the Olympic Video games might be accessible in public areas and visitor cabins on Bolette, Borealis, and Balmoral, together with inside cabins, porthole cabins, image window cabins, terrace cabins, and varied suites with balconies.
Balmoral is at the moment crusing a 14-night roundtrip cruise from Newcastle, England, to a number of calls in Norway, and can reposition from Newcastle to Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 26. From there, the 1,340-passenger ship will sail numerous roundtrip voyages to Norway and Iceland, in addition to a Baltic Cities and Scottish Isles cruise.
Earlier than the sporting occasions finish on August 11, the 43,537-gross ton Balmoral will enterprise off the coast of Portugal to benefit from the Perseid meteor bathe throughout a 15-night roundtrip journey from Edinburgh from August 7 by way of 22.
In the meantime, the 1,404-passenger Bolette is at the moment on a 12-night Icelandic journey that explores Reykavik, Isafjord, Akureyri, and Seydisfjordur, in addition to two calls within the Faroe Islands.
The Liverpool-based ship, which weighs almost 62,000 gross tons, will spend 13 nights within the Azores and Portugal from July 6 by way of 19, 2024, and can expertise a 27-night voyage to Canada and Greenland from July 19 by way of August 15.
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The sporting occasions may also be accessible on Borealis, which is at the moment on a 20-night roundtrip Adriatic discovery cruise from Southampton that known as on Gibraltar; La Valletta, Malta; Dubrovnik and Break up, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; Tunis, Tunisia; Cartagena, Spain; and Lisbon, Portugal.
Borealis, which additionally carries 1,404 passengers, will set sail once more on June 19 to Norway from Southampton earlier than providing a 14-night voyage from Dover, England, to the Baltic, Iceland, and across the British Isles. The 61,849-gross-ton ship may also sail to Portugal between July 31 and August 10, earlier than the matches conclude.
