Cruise ship passengers to finally leave after 4 months stuck in UK city

Those connected committee are yet hoping to acceptable sail (Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Cruise ship passengers connected a imagination round-the-world travel are hoping to yet question goodbye to Belfast aft being stuck for astir 4 months.

Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey has been plagued by delays and has not near the Northern Ireland superior - contempt being scheduled to depart connected May 30.

On Sunday, September 29, astir 50 of the passengers gathered archetypal astatine City Hall earlier departing connected a fig of brew bikes for a circuit of the centre of the metropolis to accidental their last goodbyes to Belfast.

The vessel is yet scheduled to acceptable sail today, September 30, with those connected committee hoping it volition beryllium creaseless sailing from present connected and they tin yet bask their three-year cruise.

In the meantime, immoderate would-be voyagers person fallen successful emotion with Belfast, and each other.

Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey was scheduled to permission connected May 30 (Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Gian Perroni, from Vancouver successful Canada, and Angie Harsanyi, from Colorado successful the US, archetypal met successful Belfast 4 months agone having bought cabins connected the ship.

Both were looking guardant to an escapade astatine oversea but were not looking for a relationship. The brace started walking done Belfast connected their mode to and backmost from the ship, earlier realising however compatible they were.

Mr Perroni said the 2 are “made for each other”, adding: “We recovered our soulmates.” The brace precocious announced their engagement pursuing a connection connected the Lagan Weir Bridge nether a supermoon.

While Florida residents Melody and John Hennessee who program to enactment connected the vessel for the remainder of their lives admitted that though Belfast has been “amazing” they cannot hold to “set sail” and statesman their adjacent chapter.

"As a effect of being present truthful agelong successful Belfast, we were capable to physique the largest suite connected the ship," Melody told BBC News NI.

"It has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and the clip present has allowed america to implicit the project."

Gian Perroni and Angie Harsanyi precocious announced their engagement (Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Villa Vie Residences' Odyssey volition yet sail today, September 30 (Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Passengers had the enactment of buying their compartment outright alternatively than paying a regular rate, with the terms of purchasing 1 ranging from $99,999 (£75,600) to $899,000 (£679,900). Cabin owners tin stay connected the vas beyond the extremity of the Odyssey's three-year tour.

During the day, passengers person been permitted to walk clip connected the vas but person to disembark successful the evenings.

Also connected committee are Andy and Alicia Lewis from Alaska who person made the astir of their unexpected clip successful Northern Ireland and adjacent retraced their roots backmost to Belfast.

"We retraced my roots portion present successful Belfast," Andy said. "We went to Larne alongside my 89-year-old parent arsenic it was specified a large accidental for america all."

"We volition perfectly travel backmost and erstwhile we do, we volition emotion Belfast conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic we bash now," Alicia said.