An ‘Odyssey’ Indeed: Three Months Into a Three-Year-Long Voyage, This Cruise Ship Still Hasn't Set Sail
The Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey was supposed to embark on the first voyage in a three-year-long round-the-world cruise on May 30, but has instead been stuck in rainy Belfast for the past three months while its crew attempt to resolve mechanical problems.
The cruise company ““humbled by the scale of what it takes to reactivate a 30-year-old vessel from a four-year layup,” Villa Rie Residences marketing manager Sebastian Stokkendal said in a statement provided to the Associated Press.
While work continues to shore up the vessel, onboard activities and meals are offered during the day, but passengers in the Odyssey's 509 cabins are required to disembark every evening, and are shuttled to local hotels.