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‘Ecstatic’ cruise ship passengers lastly depart Belfast after 4 months

By Editorial Board Published October 1, 2024 4 Min Read
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‘Ecstatic’ cruise ship passengers lastly depart Belfast after 4 months

A US cruise ship has departed on a round-the-world journey after passengers have been left stranded in Belfast for 4 months.

Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey sailed out of Belfast Harbour simply after 11pm on Monday night time, after a collection of delays and technical issues that pressured many friends into an unscheduled keep in Northern Eire.

The ship had been set to sail on a three-and-a-half yr journey round all seven continents on 30 Might, however was as a substitute pressured right into a collection of repairs in Belfast.

Visitors – who had bought cabins for between $99,999 (£75,000) and $899,000 (£670,000) – have been allowed to make use of the ship’s facilities in the course of the day, however have been required to sleep in accommodations as a result of restore work.

Many passengers returned residence because the collection of delays grew longer, however round 100 are believed to have remained in Northern Eire for the previous 4 months.

Amongst them have been John and Melody Hennessee from Palm Seashore in Florida, who had offered up every thing to spend a couple of million {dollars} buying three cabins on the Odyssey. They purpose to make the ship their everlasting residence.

“We were ecstatic,” Melody mentioned of the second the departure was confirmed. “Now we can start partying,” mentioned John.

Barring a few journeys to Tenerife and Paris, the couple have spent the previous few months exploring Eire.

“We’ve done pretty much every tourist thing you have to offer here in Belfast, so we know Belfast pretty well,” mentioned Melody. “Today we’re playing miniature golf. We’ve frequented every restaurant you have in Belfast, and bars. We now love Guinness, that’s a big thing. We have one every day.”

The Florida couple mentioned they’d miss the individuals most from Northern Eire.

“The people are amazing, they’re so kind, genuine. So amazing. We don’t have that in the US. We’ve made a lot of new friends, it’s been a lot of fun.”

“Everybody is just ready to go,” mentioned passenger Andy Garrison. “It got very frustrating,” he mentioned of the delays. “What’s nice is the people are being really resilient about it.”

Initially from Dallas in Texas, he was boarding clutching a mannequin of the Titanic, and wasn’t anxious if different passengers thought it was a foul omen. “They may, but that’s their problem, that’s not my problem,” he mentioned, laughing.

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Andy Garrison together with his mannequin model of the Titanic

Angie Harsanyi from Colorado and Gian Perrroni from Canada fell in love and have become engaged throughout their pressured sojourn in Belfast.

They met in Might over drinks in a metropolis lodge, and steadily received to know one another strolling to and from the moored ship. Do they suppose their engagement would have occurred with out the delay in Northern Eire?

Gian Perrroni and Angie Harsanyi, who found love while stranded in Belfast

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Gian Perrroni and Angie Harsanyi, who discovered love whereas stranded in Belfast

“I don’t,” Angie replied.

“Obviously we were already friends,” mentioned Gian, “but the fact that we had all this time to ourselves, as opposed to being with several hundred other people, definitely sped things up.”

The couple at the moment are trying ahead to the ship’s captain marrying them on board in April, someplace between Panama and Costa Rica.

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