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It lastly set off on a three-and-a-half-year cruise from Belfast, Northern Eire on Monday evening after months of setbacks.
However almost two days later, Villa Vie Odyssey stays just some miles into its journey, having dropped anchor within the Belfast Lough waterway inside hours of embarking.
The ship, which was scheduled to set sail on its round-the-world voyage Could, was hampered by yet one more delay when excellent last “paperwork” meant it needed to halt at round 11:30 p.m. on Monday.
“We’ll keep within the basic Belfast space till the ultimate administrative paperwork is signed off,” Villa Vie CEO Mike Petterson informed CNN on Tuesday.
As of 1200 GMT (8 a.m. ET) Wednesday, Villa Vie Odyssey was nonetheless in the identical place, based on marine monitoring web site Vesselfinder.
Petterson has but to reply to a request from CNN for updates.
The delayed departure had beforehand been blamed on an extended than common certification course of.
The ship, previously the Braemar operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Strains, was in-built 1993, however has been held to the requirements of a brand new vessel, based on Petterson.
The lengthy delays meant that passengers, a lot of whom have paid tens of 1000’s of {dollars} and, in some instances, given up their houses, had been ready to embark Odyssey for 4 months.
“We’re excited and relieved,” passenger Lanette Canen mentioned shortly earlier than the ship was attributable to set sail on Monday.
“We’re at our muster station doing the security drills now. [Villa Vie] did it! There may be nothing however smiles right here.”
CNN’s Julia Buckley and Marnie Hunter contributed to this report.