Cruise passengers have been left stranded in Belfast for three months after their round-the-world cruise for a new operator was beset by delays.
US based operator, Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey arrived at Harland & Wolff to be outfitted at the Queens Island facility before it was scheduled to leave on 30 May for the first leg of a three-year cruise.
The former Fred. Olsen Lines cruise ship Braemar, as Afloat previously reported, was originally to have made its inaugural cruise from Southampton but earlier in that same month.
The 24,344 gross tonnage Odyssey had been in Belfast Dry Dock (as above), but the 1993 built residential cruise ship remains at a nearby quay with problems with its rudders and gearbox.
Among the passengers is Holly Hennessey, a resident from Florida who is on board and has "hunkered down," which has led her to make the city her unexpected home along with her cat.
To read more about the self-proclaimed ‘cruise addict’ travelling with her feline companion named Captain, BBC News reports.
