Passengers onboard ‘cursed’ cruise ship stranded for 4 months face ANOTHER night time in Belfast after vessel turned again for excruciating purpose

A ‘cursed’ luxurious cruise liner which had been stranded in Belfast for 4 months solely to lastly embark on its world cruise yesterday has been struck by an astonishing new delay.

Passengers on The Villa Vie Odyssey boat believed the jinx that had delayed their journey for thus lengthy had ended final night time once they lastly sailed out of the Northern Irish capital heading for Brittany.

However simply hours later passengers had been advised that there was an excellent admin matter that meant the boat needed to return instantly for a short spell again in Belfast.

And this night passengers are actually reporting that there’s now apparently no free berth for the ship to maneuver again into to resolve the problem – so they’re anchored in Belfast lock for the night time.

The newest delay comes after final week the homeowners of the docks the place the boat had been moored since Might went bankrupt – which means that they had nowhere to board passengers and had been delayed for an extra 5 days after the engine bother had lastly been solved.

Now the curse of The Villa Vie Odyssey seems to have struck as soon as once more – with greater than 125 passengers as soon as once more in limbo as they’re anchored simply 10 miles from the town the place they’ve been stranded for thus lengthy with no concept of how lengthy this newest delay will take.

As a substitute, nevertheless, these aboard the liner – who’re paying as a lot as £27,000-a-month for his or her cabins on the all-inclusive three yr world cruise – are bobbing at sea simply outdoors Belfast, 24 hours after leaving.

This morning passengers had been led to consider they might be returning to Belfast Harbour at round noon for a few hours to finish some last paperwork.

However this afternoon the boat nonetheless remained anchored and sat idle with its engine off.

No official announcement has been made onboard, with many unaware of the place they’re subsequent heading to, in accordance with the ship’s new residents who’ve been having fun with adjusting to their new life at sea.

Some sources aboard mentioned it’s ‘ironic’ that Belfast is to grow to be their first port of name as a result of most of the passengers have spend weeks killing time there – visiting native vacationer sights like The Large’s Causeway greater than as soon as.

Once they last set sail in earnest their world-wide journey will see them stopping at seven continents, 147 ports and 425 totally different areas over the three-and-a-half yr interval.

Workers working for the harbour additionally advised MailOnline they had been unaware of Odyssey returning to the dock.

MailOnline has tried to contact CEO Mike Peterson for an replace.

The ship was first set to sail on Might 30 however a damaged rudder and gearbox points meant passengers onboard had been compelled to spend their summer season within the dreary British rain quite than sunning themselves within the Caribbean.

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