“We were all told not to worry, that there would be a pro-rated refund, the cruise-line would handle it. “There were people who had saved up for this one-time cruise,” Barry said. Courtesy of Barry Shulman and Allyn Jaffrey ShulmanĪnd that’s the next big worry - getting refunds. “They knew something was going on before they took off and they should have said, ‘Sorry we can’t leave Miami.’ But they began the cruise because this way they can keep money from the first segment of the trip.” After making landfall in Fort Lauderdale, passengers were told to go to hotels - but not which ones. He and his wife are confused, and angry, about why the ship left Port of Miami in the first place. It was past midnight and they were getting yelled at for being in the wrong place.” They wound up at the Intercontinental but had rooms at the Hilton. “A lot of people didn’t check ahead of time. It was a shameful sight.”įinally, as midnight neared, exhausted passengers boarded buses that would take them to hotels in Miami, almost an hour away. Courtesy of Barry Shulman and Allyn Jaffrey ShulmanĪs Allyn, a former attorney, wrote on Facebook: “We get off the ferry only to find all the luggage dumped everywhere, colors and numbers NOT together, luggage falling down, no porters and NO CRYSTAL REPS. It was completely disorganized.” Barry said passengers were “panicking” upon learning they had to flee the boat, while Allyn noted there were no Crystal reps to help. Then there were no carts, no porters … People couldn’t find their bags. “We got to the terminal and there were, initially, two customs guys. Then they let everybody off all at once, instead of by section, and there was pandemonium,” he said. Once arriving, “We had to stay on the boat for another hour. A couple weeks earlier, a Crystal ship and everyone was throwing up on the ferry. “Luckily we had decent seas for the ferry trip. Passengers were first told they would have to leave in Aruba - which was then changed to Bimini, without explanation. The ship was then rerouted to Bimini, where passengers were to board a two-hour ferry ride that would drop them off in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Other people thought it was because Aruba didn’t want to get involved in the lawsuit or the taking of the boat.” “There was a lot of stress and a million rumors. “It reported that Aruba won’t take us,” said Barry, adding that no specific reason was given. An announcement was made that the ship’s some 450 passengers would have to disembark because the cruise line was out of money. Things got even weirder that night, when the crew slipped a sheet of paper under each room door. They’re used to being pampered and they were getting dropped off near the tip of South America. “There were people who did not know how they would get home from Aruba. Courtesy of Barry Shulman and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Barry Shulman, and his wife, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, spent six figures for their top-tier cabin on the Crystal Serenity. “We’re talking about senior citizens, on a boat, who didn’t know what was going on … this was disturbing. “A lot of people were panicking some were crying,” said Shulman of being kicked off the Serenity. It was the end of everything.”Īccording to The Post, on Friday, the boat was seized from Bahamian waters by US Marshals over an unpaid $4.6 million gas bill - four days after the Crystal Cruises liner had unceremoniously dumped its 450 or so passengers. “The captain got on to say it was the end of the cruise. “On the third day, announced that they’re going broke and dropping us off in Aruba,” said Barry, the 75-year-old owner of Card Player magazine in Las Vegas. Tropez and beyond.īarry Shulman, and his wife, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, spent six figures for their top-tier cabin on the Crystal Serenity.īut the first wave of bad news came fast. It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: four months on a luxury cruise ship, motoring from Miami through the Caribbean before stops in Barcelona, Athens, St. Man arrested after hidden camera found in cruise ship public bathroom: FBIĬoast Guard helicopter nearly crashes during cruise ship rescueįamily ‘heartbroken’ as search called off for cruise passenger who fell overboard near Hawaii ‘Insane’ image reveals true size of Titanic compared to modern-day cruise ship
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