Balmoral
Fred Olsen · 1988
Balmoral measures 43,537 gross tons, with room for 1,350 guests. Balmoral sails 10-night cruises from Limassol and moves to Southampton in Dec 2026.
- BuiltYear built
- 1988
- TonnageGross tonnage
- 43,537
- Decks
- 11
- Cabins
- 710
- Guests
- 1,350
- 1,420 at full occupancy
- Crew
- 510
Balmoral cruise schedule
37 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local
- Sat 31 Oct11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaSun 1 Nov
- Mon 2 Nov 11:59 pmTue 3 Nov 11:59 pm
- Wed 4 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- Thu 5 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- Fri 6 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaSat 7 Nov
- Sun 8 Nov 11:59 pmTue 10 Nov 11:59 pm
- At seaWed 11 Nov
- Thu 12 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaFri 13 Nov
- Sat 14 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaSun 15 Nov
- Mon 16 Nov 11:59 pmTue 17 Nov 11:59 pm
- At seaWed 18 Nov
- Thu 19 Nov 11:59 pmFri 20 Nov 11:59 pm
- At seaSat 21 Nov
- Sun 22 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- Mon 23 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaTue 24 Nov
- Wed 25 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- Thu 26 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaFri 27 Nov
- Sat 28 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
- At seaSun 29 Nov
- Mon 30 Nov 11:59 pm
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Where Balmoral sails
Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027
LimassolPiraeusSanta Cruz de TenerifeSouthamptonLeith (Edinburgh)AlicanteNumber = cruises starting that month
Ports Balmoral visits
99 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted
How Balmoral sails
Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027 · from published itineraries
Sailing mix
Upcoming sailings by length
36sailings
- Up to 5 nights38%
- 7 nights26%
- 6, 8 or 9 nights719%
- 10–14 nights1747%
- 15+ nights719%
Turnaround ports
- Southampton21 sailings
- Leith (Edinburgh)9 sailings
- Piraeus2 sailings
- Alicante2 sailings
- Limassol1 sailing
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife1 sailing
Port intensity
Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return
- Time in port
- 24 h
- median · 23 – 48 h
- Port days
- 59%
- of days between embarkation and return
- Overnight calls
- 26
- staying past midnight
- Late departures
- 200
- after 8:00 pm · latest 11:59 pm
Cruise patterns
- 2 ports · 2 sea days5 nights3 cruises
- 3 ports · 2 sea days7 nights2 cruises
- 9 ports · 8 sea days20 nights1 cruise
- 5 ports · 4 sea days10 nights1 cruise
- 5 ports · 3 sea days10 nights1 cruise
Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown
Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 8:00 pm, local time.
Balmoral specifications
From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units
Ship
- Cruise line
- Fred Olsen
- Class
- Not yet published
- Year built
- 1988
- Status
- In service
- IMO
- 8506294
- MMSI
- 308785000
Size
- Gross tonnage
- 43,537 GT
- Length
- 217.91 m
- Beam
- 28.2 m
- Decks
- 11
- Cruising speed
- 16 knots
Capacity
- Guests, double occupancy
- 1,350
- Guests, full occupancy
- 1,420
- Cabins
- 710
- Crew
- 510
- Guests per crew member
- 2.6
- Space per guest
- 32.2 GT
How it compares
268th largest of 350 ships in service
Gross tonnage
- Balmoral43,537
- Fred Olsen average56,040
- All ships in service91,156
Guests, double occupancy
- Balmoral1,350
- Fred Olsen average1,378
- All ships in service2,189
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About Balmoral
Balmoral was built by Meyer Werft at Papenburg and delivered in June 1988 as Crown Odyssey for Royal Cruise Line. She became Norwegian Crown for Norwegian Cruise Line in 1996 and later sailed for Orient Lines. In November 2007 Fred. Olsen had her lengthened with a 30 m midsection at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg, raising her to 43,537 GT, and renamed her Balmoral.