Luxury cruise liner Villa Vie Odyssey has made headlines after its worldwide voyage was stalled in Northern Ireland, where it remained all summer as it needed major repairs. On Wednesday, it was reported that the Villa Vie Odyssey would return to Belfast Harbour. However, it anchored just off the coast of Bangor.
Luxury liner sets off from Belfast after being stranded for four months According to ‘Shipmonk’, AKA cruise writer Dave Monk who first reported on the ship’s new departure date, passengers “cheered” when they were told they were departing from Northern Ireland...
to Scotland, where the ship will refuel. “CEO Mike Petterson tells them: ‘We are not going to Belfast,’" said Mr Monk on social media. “The ship needs fuel, but Petterson told the planner he ‘doesn’t care where we go, just go — but not to Belfast’, reports resident Randy Cassingham.
“Fellow passenger Holly Hennessy reports the ship has moved and they’re about to perform a christening ceremony at 3.45pm They are going to Scotland for fuel.” Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, passenger Kit Cassingham also confirmed that the ship had begun to move again as of Thursday afternoon.
“I just heard five blasts of the horn and I left my room, running to go down to see my fellow passengers, and noticed that we are now finally moving,” she said. Along with their respective spouses, Mrs Cassingham, originally from Colorado, and fellow passenger Dr Richard Namikas, from Florida, had bee.
