A festive celebration marked the arrival of Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains’ Borealis because the 1,400-guest ship operated her first turnaround cruise on the Port of Dover. A water cannon heralded the ship’s entrance to the port on July 11, 2024, after she sailed previous the well-known White Cliffs.
As soon as docked, port officers welcomed Borealis with a standard plaque trade onboard the 61,849-gross ton ship.
“It was a pleasure to present the great Borealis a particular welcome as she sailed in for her first full turnaround day right here. We have now a unbelievable relationship with Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains and are delighted to have their latest vessel primarily based right here for 10 calls all through the 2024 and 2025 season,” mentioned Peter Wright, head of cruise on the Port of Dover.
Borealis is at present working an 11-day “Whales and Volcanic Landscapes of Iceland” cruise, calling at Akureyri, Isafjordur, Reykjavik, and Heimaey Island, Iceland, and Shetland, Scotland. It’s the first in a sequence of voyages the ship will sail by mid-August, when she is going to shift homeports and function cruises from Southampton, Portsmouth, and Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Borealis will return to Dover in Might 2025, providing cruises to the Norwegian fjords, Iceland, and the Azores.
The ship will not be the primary within the Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains fleet to name at Dover. She is the seventh, and continues a longstanding relationship the road has had with the port for almost 30 years.
The cruise line just lately enhanced its ties with the port by turning into the lead sponsor of the 2024 Dover Regatta, a serious fundraising occasion for the port that was held on July 6, 2024.
“We’re extremely pleased with our longstanding partnership with the Port of Dover and for Borealis to be the seventh of our ships to homeport within the city in that point,” mentioned Samantha Stimpson, CEO of Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains.
“We have now a busy cruising schedule for each 2024 and 2025 with great locations together with the Dalmatian coast, Norway, Iceland and the Azores. We stay up for many extra years of delivering distinctive cruise experiences for friends embarking in Dover,” added Stimpson.
Dover, in southeast England, is an hour’s practice journey from London. Its location on the English Channel makes it the quickest sea crossing to Europe. Cruise arrivals usually attain about 250,000 every year, as greater than 20 cruise strains go to or function turnaround voyages from the port. Different cruise strains scheduled to name in 2024 embrace AIDA Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Carnival Cruise Line, Saga Cruises, Viking Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line, and Celeb Cruises.
Azores, Norway Amongst Locations Borealis Will Go to
Upcoming cruises that Borealis will function from Dover embrace a 9-night “Scenic Landscapes and Wildlife of the British Isles” voyage departing on July 22, 2024. The ship will name at locations together with St. Peter Port, Guernsey; Inishnabro and Killybegs, Eire; and Stornoway and Kirkwall, Scotland.
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On July 31, 2024, Borealis will depart on a 14-night “Volcanic Islands of the Azores and Madeira” cruise, with port calls scheduled for Lisbon and Funchal, Portugal; and Praia de Vitoria and Ponta Delgada, Azores, amongst others.
Her closing cruise from Dover in 2024 will depart on August 14, 2024. The 8-night “Summertime Norwegian Fjords” voyage will take friends to Eidfjord, Bergen, Flåm, and Olden, Norway, with scenic cruising featured in Maurangerfjord and Hardangerfjord.
Waiting for 2026, Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains just lately introduced that Borealis will sail a 76-night South American Exploration cruise that can go to cosmopolitan cities together with the distant Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The cruise departs from Southampton on January 28, 2026.
Borealis joined the Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains fleet in 2021, after her acquisition from Holland America Line, the place she had operated for 22 years as Rotterdam. The ship entered service in 1997.
