Cruise passengers blast trip after ship docks in Great Yarmouth, Dunkirk, and Dutch port

Cruise passengers stage ‘mutiny’ after mystery trip to ‘undiscovered gems’ stopped in Great Yarmouth, Dunkirk, and a Dutch industrial port that ‘was like being on a council estate with pound shops’

  • Passengers on board a mystery cruise have ‘mutinied’, according to reports 
  • Their ‘undiscovered gems’ mystery cruise docked at Great Yarmouth, Dunkirk and a Dutch industrial port that was ‘like being on a council estate’
  • Furious customers became so irate they ‘refused to leave the 710-room vessel’ 

Passengers have ‘mutinied’ after their ‘undiscovered gems’ mystery cruise docked at Great Yarmouth, Dunkirk and a Dutch industrial port that was ‘like being on a council estate’. 

Roughly 900 customers on board the Balmoral ship were expecting an exciting first stop on the ‘special voyage’, with some paying £1,400 for 11 nights on the trip. 

But furious customers became so irate they refused to leave the 710-room vessel because of the itinerary made by holiday operator Fred. Olson, the Sun reported. 

Others on board the ship reportedly engaged in heated arguments with staff over the locations on the trip, having set off from Newcastle on Tuesday. 

Pictured: Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ‘Balmoral’ leaves Port of Southampton (file photo)

Those on board were astonished to stop at Great Yarmouth - with some passengers having travelled from the resort in the first place - followed by Dunkirk, France (pictured: Dunkirk)

Those on board were astonished to stop at Great Yarmouth – with some passengers having travelled from the resort in the first place – followed by Dunkirk, France (pictured: Dunkirk)

One passenger said: ‘It’s mutiny on here. God knows where we will end up next.’  

Those on board were astonished to stop at Great Yarmouth – with some passengers having travelled from the resort in the first place – followed by Dunkirk, France.

Next stop was Antwerp, Belgium, before arriving at a port in Ijmuiden 20 miles from Amsterdam.   

Another passenger said: ‘It’s been dreadful so far. We’ve saved up all year and end up in these places.’

Pictured: A fish and chip shop in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth

Pictured: A fish and chip shop in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth

The Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Councillor Michael Jeal, and the Mayoress, wife Paula, greet Fred. Olsen guests, as they set off to explore Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas

The Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Councillor Michael Jeal, and the Mayoress, wife Paula, greet Fred. Olsen guests, as they set off to explore Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas

Chimneys emit vapor at the Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV steel plant, a unit of Tata Steel Ltd., in Ijmuiden, Netherlands

Chimneys emit vapor at the Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV steel plant, a unit of Tata Steel Ltd., in Ijmuiden, Netherlands

They added: ‘Ijmuiden in Holland, it was like being on a council estate, with cheap shops like Poundland. There have been a lot of complaints and the crew know people are not happy.’ 

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines say they offer a ‘holiday experience like no other’, billing the cruise as an ‘unmissable mystery’. 

A spokesperson said it was a shame that a minority of guests felt the cruise did not meet expectations, but they had also received several positive comments.  

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