Cruise ship stuck : The Odyssey cruise ship from Villa Vie Residences was scheduled to set sail around the world in May.
However, the vessel has been undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Villa Vie Residences stated that the ship could resume sailing this week.
Passengers planning a three-and-a-half-year global journey on Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey cruise ship have been left waiting for three months.
According to Villa Vie’s itinerary, the cruise liner will visit 147 countries across seven continents over its 1,301-day tour, including France, Mexico, and Japan.
In December, the business announced the purchase of a vessel from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. The more than 30-year-old ship was supposed to set sail in May.
However, mechanical challenges, including as problems with the aged ship’s rudder stocks and recertification, have forced Odyssey to remain in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Villa Vie’s marketing manager, Sebastian Stokkendal, told the Associated Press that the company was “humbled by the scale of what it takes to reactivate a 30-year-old vessel from a four-year layup.”
The yacht is now stationed at Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard, best known for building the ill-fated Titanic ocean liner.
Due to the requirement for repairs, the Odyssey’s passengers have also been stuck in Belfast.
Residents can spend the day on the ship, but they are not allowed to stay overnight. Mikael Petterson, the founder and CEO of Villa Vie, told Business Insider in August that the company is giving would-be residents with shuttles to and from the ship, food, drinks, and lodging — or a daily per diem for those who “choose to do their own thing.”
Prospective passengers Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin told BI that Villa Vie had also sent them on other excursions, including a vacation to the Canary Islands and a cruise through the Norwegian fjords.
