# ‘Never-ending’ cruise grinds to devastating end, stranding over 200 passengers abroad

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/never-ending-cruise-grinds-to-devastating-end-stranding-over-200-passengers-abroad/
- Published: 2026-10-28T20:11:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T04:40:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/never-ending-cruise-grinds-devastating-end-stranding-over-200-passengers-abroad
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Villa Vie Odyssey has ended its voyage in Cambodia.
- 203 passengers were aboard when it arrived.
- Fuel costs per cabin reached as much as $8,000 monthly.

## Summary

Villa Vie Odyssey’s around-the-world cruise has stopped in Cambodia after its operator said rising fuel costs made the voyage financially unsustainable. More than 200 passengers were told to leave at short notice, leaving many to arrange accommodation themselves; the abrupt end matters because some had bought cabins intending to live aboard for years.

The ship arrived in Sihanoukville carrying 203 passengers, mostly Americans, and 156 crew. It had departed Belfast in October 2024 for a planned three-and-a-half-year journey. Villa Vie said monthly fuel costs per cabin had risen from about $1,800 to as much as $8,000 in parts of Asia. Its lifetime-access programme had been marketed for one-off payments of $299,999 for single occupancy or $499,999 for two; some passengers described repeated requests for extra fuel money.

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