Photo: Charles McQuillan (Getty Images) After a four-month delay caused by maintenance issues, the Villa Vie Odyssey finally left Belfast, Northern Ireland, and steamed out of port on Monday, only to stop a few hours later. The 31-year-old cruise ship was still in Belfast Lough, the bay connecting Belfast with the Irish Sea. Its crew … Read more
Photo: Ein Dahmer / Wikimedia Commons Imagine paying six figures on an around-the-world cruise and being stuck in Northern Ireland for three months. The Villa Vie Odyssey has been stuck at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, where the Titanic was built, instead of embarking on a three-year voyage. The ship’s operator states that … Read more
With oceans covering 71 percent of the Earth’s surface, it’s easy to assume that cruise ships never have any issues maneuvering. However, the world’s largest all-inclusive cocktail dispensers must take extreme measures to sail underneath suspension bridges. Ships are designed with features to duck under the road deck and crews are encouraged to punch it, … Read more
A man died after falling from the deck on the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas last week. The massive vessel had just started a seven-night cruise from Miami, Florida, when the man fell from one of its 20 decks, sparking a two-hour rescue mission. Treat Yourself To A Dodge Challenger R/T | … Read more
Sometimes you have to break cruisers to make a supership.Gif: Silversea via YouTube There’s something slightly unnerving about seeing an enormous cruise ship out of water. A skyscraper-sized vessel propped up by a few planks of wood in a barren dry dock is definitely strange to see, but it gets even odder when you watch … Read more
Nine passengers from a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship found out the hard way just what happens when you miss the departure time for your ship, after they were abandoned by the rest of their cruise. The group of stricken cruisers is now attempting to be reunited with the ship in a trans-African adventure. Neolun Concept … Read more
