Viking Cruises will compensate hundreds of passengers on its Orion cruise ship after vacationers were forced to stay on board and miss multiple stops because officials blocked port access after small amounts of biofoul were found on the vessel
The 930-guest capacity Viking Orion docked in Sydney on Wednesday, the final stop on what is normally a 15-day, 9-stop cruise of New Zealand and Australia.
Steaming directly to the southern Australian port of Adelaide and bypassing planned stops in Tasmania and New Zealand's south island, officials stopped the ship approximately 12 nautical miles out to sea while professional divers cleared the hull.Stranded on board for eight days, Miami-based lawyer Julie Reby Waas said missing scheduled stops like Tasmania was "enormously disappointing" but it would not dissuade her from cruising again.
"I think everybody is very tired of it. The ship is beautiful, but you know, there’s only so much space to explore, and so I guess claustrophobic in some ways.”
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