Passengers set for world's first continual cruise after repair delay in Belfast
Cruise passengers are to set sail from Belfast on Monday on a three-and-a-half-year world voyage after being stranded in the city for months as the ship underwent unexpected repair works. Some plan to make it their forever home.
A cruise ship bound on a round-the-world voyage leaves Belfast after a 4-month delay
A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage has finally sailed from Belfast, after spending four months stuck in the Northern Ireland capital.
Cruise ship remains in Belfast hours after leaving harbour
A cruise ship, which finally set sail on Monday after months of delays, remains in Belfast Lough on Tuesday afternoon. Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey was scheduled to leave the city in May, but five months after arriving, the ship is yet to leave Northern Ireland waters after being beset with delays.
Stranded round-the-world cruise ship set to return to Belfast just hours after leaving
A luxury cruise ship is set to return to Belfast just hours after it finally set sail on its three-year trip around the world. The Villa Vie Odyssey was due to embark on its lengthy cruise from Northern Ireland on 30 May, but emergency repair works left the boat - and its passengers - stranded for four months while they waited for it to leave.
‘Cursed’ cruise ship returns to Belfast less than 24 hours after leaving
The 'cursed' cruise ship that left Belfast after being stranded in the city for four months on Monday night is reportedly making it's return to Ireland not even 24 hours later.
'Hip hip hooray': Stranded cruise ship leaves Belfast
There were shouts, clapping and cheers of "hip, hip hooray" as it was announced that a cruise ship stranded in Belfast for the last four months would finally leave on Monday night. Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey, which was being outfitted in Belfast, should have departed in May but was delayed as it needed repairs.
Cruise ship stuck in Belfast for months heads back to port hours after leaving
A luxury cruise liner which embarked on a voyage around the world following a four-month delay is returning to port just hours after it set sail...
Delayed cruise to finally set sail from Belfast as ‘excited’ passengers spend last day in city
Ahead of the expected departure, Lesly Curtis, a passenger from the US city of Seattle, told The Independent: “I’m excited and sad at the same time. I’m going to miss Belfast and the wonderful folks I’ve met here – they have been warm and welcoming, making my stay in Belfast amazing. I love the city and I’m taking great memories of my time here.
A residential cruise ship is heading back to port less than 24 hours after finally being released from its 4-month purgatory
Villa Vie Odyssey is returning to Belfast under 24 hours after departing. Customers on the ship said final paperwork needs to be completed.
Cruise ship finally sets sail on world voyage after 4-month delay
After a four-month delay in Belfast, cruise passengers aboard the Odyssey have finally begun their 3½-year around-the-world voyage.
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