Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 1st october 2024A cruise ship, which finally set sail from Belfast on Monday after months of delays, is set to return to the port on Tuesday afternoon. Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey in Belfast Lough as pictured from the Co. Down coast at Bangor.
Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye Steve and Angela Theriac onboard the Villa Vies ship Passengers set for a three-year around-the-world-cruise have still yet to see much else other than Belfast, after being docked at the city for the past five months – and despite setting sail on Monday night, they’re still here. The Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey arrived in Belfast in May, where it had remained all summer as it needed major repairs, but finally left the city harbour earlier this week and anchored not far off the coast, near Bangor. However, the luxurious liner was delayed once more as it waited for “paperwork” to be completed, before passengers could finally embark on their journey around the world.
Residents onboard the ship were told before departing on Monday that they would be returning to Belfast on Tuesday afternoon, as some 'paperwork’ needed to be finished. Despite being told that the vessel would depart on Tuesday night at 11pm — for a final time – it’s still there, with the updated departure time now set for 3pm today. Steve and Angela Theriac (both 53), who are from Central Florida originally, have started social media accounts (‘MidLife Cruising’) to document.