Passengers aboard a Norwegian cruise ship are stuck at sea this week after the cruise line decided to cancel the cruise mid-voyage due to COVID-19 concerns.
Aimee Focaraccio, who boarded a 10-day cruise on the Norwegian Gem from New York, told USA Today that she was notified on Thursday that the cruise would be canceled due to issues related to COVID-19, but was not provided an early return date.
“We will arrive as per schedule on the 19th in the morning,” cruise ship personnel reportedly said, according to a recording Focaraccio provided the news outlet.
Focaraccio detailed that after the ship made a stop in St. Maarten on Friday, it would not be making any other stops at ports or islands.
“I really can’t imagine four more sea days back to back without much to do,” she told USA Today.
She also added that earlier on Friday the ship made the decision to forgo port calls in Grand Turk, St. Thomas and Tortola prior to its arrival in St. Maarten and before the decision was made to cancel the remainder of the stops.
Norwegian Cruise Line’s senior vice president of branding and communication Christine Da Silva told USA Today that the Norwegian Gem was scheduled to return to New York “shortly,” without providing a definite date.
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