Belfast cruise deliver: Stranded Villa Vie Odyssey couple marry at sea

They will have to had been on a round-the-world cruise for the following 3 years – as an alternative they had been stranded in Belfast.

The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise deliver was once to leave from Northern Ireland final May, however problems with its rudder shares supposed its visitors had been marooned within the town for greater than 4 months.

Shipmates Angela Harsanyi and Gian Perroni met whilst commuting day-to-day from lodge lodging to the deliver, the place they had been allowed to paintings remotely right through the day whilst upkeep had been performed.

Behind agenda, and at the dry dock, the upkeep paintings was once lengthy sufficient for the pair of strangers to satisfy, fall in love and get engaged through the River Lagan.

They “started to become friends, then best friends, and then romance bloomed”, Gian mentioned.

From delays to departure, the next move was once “I do” – on board the lining itself, off the coast of Costa Rica in April.

They were given engaged at the banks of the River Lagan in Belfast – and Gian mentioned the site was once “just as exotic” as Costa Rica.

It was once to be Angela’s first time down the aisle, whilst Gian has youngsters from a prior marriage.

The couple additionally were given matching Celtic trinity knot tattoos.

They advised BBC News NI the marriage rite on board was once “incredible”.

“It’s been magical, it’s beyond my wildest dreams,” mentioned Angela.

“We’re on a perpetual honeymoon now, for real.

“After we were given engaged, he checked out me so sincerely and mentioned, ‘you realize honey, I’m going to take you on an international cruise for our honeymoon’.

“I just cracked up laughing of course, because that’s what any woman would want to hear, but it’s our life, so it’s pretty wonderful. He was a man of his word.”

The pair had a non-public rite with friends and family on board, sooner than a 2nd ship-wide match with 300 visitors the next day, together with round 100 in their unique Belfast shipmates.

They had family and friends fly in “from the four corners” to the marriage off the coast of Costa Rica, sooner than crusing north in opposition to central America.

Celebrations incorporated conga strains, bubble machines, dolphins swimming within the ocean along them, and sunsets burning orange at the horizon.

Their foundations in Northern Ireland performed an element within the nuptials 5,000 miles away.

“From Belfast to Forever” was once inscribed at the floor used as the marriage aisle for Angela to stroll down.

Both the officiators on the two ceremonies discussed Belfast within the weddings. The 2nd rite was once officiated through the deliver’s captain which the couple described as an “honour”.

Gian added: “He was there for the whole four months in Belfast as well, and he understood the frustrations.

“At the time it was once a sore level – ‘we are nonetheless right here’ – however now it is roughly a shaggy dog story.”