Stranded in Belfast and banned from speaking out: How a $300k three-year cruise sank the dreams of passengers who gave up everything to get on board Have you bought a villa on Villa Vie? Email brittany.chain@mailonline.com By Brittany Chain For Dailymail.
Com Published: 19:58 BST, 18 September 2024 | Updated: 21:14 BST, 18 September 2024 e-mail 4 View comments Wealthy travelers hoping to live a life at sea on a problem-plagued 'continuous world cruise' were gagged from speaking out by intimidating non-disclosure orders - but now legal experts have cast doubt over whether they'd even hold up in court. The Villa Vie Odyssey is currently stuck at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in gloomy Belfast - the same firm which built the Titanic over 100 years ago. It should have set sail for Norway in May , but a series of setbacks have left people who spent upwards of $300,000 to purchase a cabin in limbo - questioning how their summer abroad turned into endless nights shivering through Northern Ireland 's famously gray and rainy weather.
And when Jenny Phenix spoke out about the shoddy treatment she received from the ship's owners - who banned her from boarding over a series of WhatsApp messages in which she complained about the delay - she was reminded of a non-disclosure agreement she'd signed. 'Ms Phenix broke multiple terms and conditions and signed a non-disclosure agreement,' chief executive Mike Petterson said. But Jamie Wright, founder of Los Angeles based The Wright Law Firm, told .