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Round-the-world cruise delay keeps passengers in Belfast for three months
Oceangoers waiting to start three-year voyage can spend days onboard docked ship but must disembark overnight
It was supposed to be a life on the ocean wave, a home on the rolling deep. Instead, cruise passengers who signed up for a three-year voyage around the world have been gazing at a rainswept quayside in Belfast for the past three months after a series of delays.
The Odyssey, operated by the US cruise line Villa Vie Residences, was scheduled to depart from the Titanic Quarter in Belfast on 30 May. But problems with the ship’s rudders and gearbox mean the Odyssey is still docked.
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