A cruise ship that was stranded in for four months after a string of delays and is now en route to France on its first stop of an around-the-world voyage. The is believed to be on its way to Brest in France, with marine traffic website CrusieMapper showing the ship sailing south past west England as of Friday morning, with an expected time of arrival in France around 8pm this evening. The Villa Vie Residences chief executive, Mikael Petterson, said Thursday evening: “We’re now moving towards our first destination, Brest, France.
With a community united by adventure, the journey we’ve all anticipated has begun. The world awaits us.” Petterson initially said that the ship would dock overnight on Thursday (3 October) in Hunterston in Ayrshire before travelling south, reported.
Passengers were also under the impression they would stop in Scotland overnight to refuel, as many reported that is what they had been initially told, but reports that the ship changed direction for France as scheduled as it had enough in the tanks to make the journey. The Villa Vie had been scheduled to leave in May for a three-year, round-the-world cruise but was . After four months of being stranded in the Northern Irish city, the on Monday night but only travelled a few miles before dropping anchor in Belfast Lough.
Petterson blamed administrative paperwork for the delay in Lough, yet Thursday afternoon, the ship began to sail away from Northern Ireland. Passenger Holly Hennessey said: “Halle.