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Cruise founder calls himself 'the villain' as 203 residents are…

Villa Vie Residences blamed fuel costs and gave 203 residents of the Odyssey roughly eight hours to leave in Cambodia; a restructuring review runs sixty days.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMore than two hundred people who live on a cruise ship were told to get off it in Cambodia, and the founder says he's the villain.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFox News reports two hundred and three residents were forced to disembark in Sihanoukville because of a critical fuel shortage.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVilla Vie Residences suspended operations on October twenty-seventh and gave them roughly eight hours.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEight hours? The ship was sold as a nonstop trip around the world.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt launched in October twenty twenty-four as a continuous voyage.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA passenger from Brisbane paid one hundred seventy thousand dollars and had eighteen months left on it.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSome suites reportedly ran past two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and some people sold their homes. So where does the refund come from?

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe company says extraordinary increases in fuel costs put its operating model under unsustainable financial pressure. It is exploring restructuring over sixty days.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is coordinating temporary accommodations.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSixty days.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPassengers got eight hours. The company is taking sixty days to think about it. Governments call that a timeline.

  12. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIn fairness, he did call himself the villain, which is more than most companies do.

  13. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd it's the same boat that got stuck in Belfast for months in twenty twenty-four.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorEighteen months left on the ticket, eight hours on the notice. Nobody can say it was not efficient.

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