“Norwegian Dawn”
Cruise passengers left behind go back on board after six days
The “Norwegian Dawn” (archive photo) has all cruise passengers on board again
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After six days, the “Norwegian Dawn” has all cruise vacationers on board again. Eight of them have completed an odyssey lasting several days – probably at their own expense.
For a total of eight fellow passengers on the “Norwegian Dawn”, an unpleasant cruise experience is now over. The cruise ship left because passengers from the USA and Australia did not make it back on board in time after an excursion. However, the trade magazine “Crucero” now reports that, according to the shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), vacationers were able to get on board again in Dakar on April 2, 2024.
The total of six days that they were unable to be on the ship involved a lot of travel hardship. When the group did not return on time after the excursion on São Tomé, the ship’s management handed over the guests’ passports to the local port authority. From then on they had to organize their onward journey themselves.
“Norwegian Dawn” took stranded people back on board in Senegal
First we went to Banjul in Gambia. However, due to low water, the “Norwegian Dawn” was unable to dock off the West African country as planned. So we continued on to the cruise ship’s next scheduled stop in Dakar, Senegal. Here the eight were able to move back into their cabins after six certainly exciting days.
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It remains questionable whether those affected will be reimbursed for the financial expenses for their unplanned stopovers. Airline tickets, renting a van, fees for new visas as well as accommodation and food costs were incurred. But if the original delay was entirely the responsibility of the eight travelers, things probably look bad for them. “In this case I would […] see no leverage for compensation,” says travel law expert Mirko Göpfert in an interview about the case with the broadcaster n-tv. This applies at least if the events occurred in Germany. In the USA, on the other hand, the first lawyers are likely to bend over the travel contracts .