Villa Vie Residences cruise delayed by 2 months [Video]

First there was the three-year cruise that never took off. Now, another company aiming to be the first to produce a round-the-world residential cruise at a reasonable price has delayed departure by two months.

Villa Vie Residences was due to depart from Belfast on May 30. But after a couple of unexpected hiccups, the ship – the Villa Vie Odyssey – is still in the Northern Irish city.

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Passengers were flown home to wait for a new departure date.

The cruise is now expected to embark on July 30, but it could be delayed by a day or two, CEO Mikael Petterson told CNN Travel on July 27.

“We will launch this coming week for sure,” Petterson said.

Petterson said that an initial issue with grey-water tanks turned into a bigger problem when the company …