Passengers on a round-the-world cruise now stuck at port have to get off every evening and stay at hotels while the cruise company tries to 'reactivate' the vessel

"We can spend all day aboard the ship, and they provide shuttle buses to get on and off. We can have all of our meals and they even have movies and trivia entertainment, almost like cruising except we're not going anywhere."

"Sebastian Stokkendal, a marketing manager for Villa Vie Residences told the outlet that the company was humbled by the scale of what it takes to reactivate a 30-year-old vessel from a four-year layup."

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