An “endless” cruise has come to a grinding halt.
According to reports from Travel Gossip and elsewhere, passengers on the Villa Vie Odyssey were told to get off the “residential” cruise ship with all their belongings, after CEO Kathy Villaba announced that the company was “unable to secure the fuel necessary to continue operations.”
“As a result, the Odyssey will enter a temporary layup this afternoon, with crew remaining onboard to maintain the vessel and its essential systems,” she said in a message board post. “All residents must disembark by 2 pm today.”
The company made the news official in a media statement this morning that, like the announcement, was notably bereft of an apology. Villa Vie was halting operations in Cambodia, where the ship is currently located, it said, because of “extraordinary increases in fuel costs.”
