PERTH: A potential Australian passenger mutiny is simmering aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship currently steaming through the Malacca Straits en route to Phuket, Thailand.
Passengers are enraged by what they believe is duplicitous behaviour by the captain of the Legend of the Seas and have suggested that he might “walk the plank” before the ship docks in Singapore in four days.
An angry email was received from one of the passengers who claimed the Royal Caribbean and ship’s captain deceived them about a scheduled stop in Broome.
Instead, they stopped at Port Hedland, the highlight of which they said, was a bus trip to the local Woolworths.
“Garry” said that like many of his fellow passengers, he booked the cruise as it included the iconic Australian destination of Broome.
“It was to be the highlight of the cruise for most of the passengers,” he said.
After they boarded on September 27, Garry said passengers were told the ship would now not visit Broome, but would instead dock at the less picturesque mining hub of Port Hedland.
“No other announcement was made by Royal Caribbean staff and it appears that most people learnt of the cancellation by ‘Chinese whispers’ around the ship,” Garry said.
The 14-day cruise attracted 1700 passengers and was scheduled to visit two Australian ports and several Asian ones before finally docking in Singapore.
Shipping activity at Port Qasim on February 11
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