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<\/p>\nTHE WORLD'S longest cruise has scrapped its three-year maiden voyage – just days before it was due to set sail.<\/p>\n
Life at Sea was announced last year, with passengers able to buy entire apartments onboard.<\/p>\n
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The three-year journey would travel 130,000 miles, travelling to 135 countries along the way including across South America, Antarctica, the Caribbean and North Asia.<\/p>\n
Along with apartments, there would also be a wellness centre, swimming pool and restaurants onboard.<\/p>\n
If you didn't fancy an entire apartment, you could opt for a suite which started from around \u00a32,000 a month.<\/p>\n
The journey was set to depart on November 1 from Istanbul in Turkey<\/span>, although this was postponed to November 11.<\/p>\n The departure destination was then moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands on November 30.<\/p>\n However, passengers have since been told the cruise is not taking place at all – as they couldn't get a ship in time.<\/p>\n Life at Sea Cruises was planning to buy the AIDAaura ship, a former Carnival cruise liner which retired this summer.<\/p>\n The sale had hoped to take place in September, where it would then be renovated in time for the cruise.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Yet the cruise ship was then bought out by Celestyal Cruises on November 16, with investors also withdrawing from Life at Sea.<\/p>\n Ex-CEO Kendra Holmes resigned earlier this month and has since moved to HLC Cruises.<\/p>\n A message from owner Vedat Ugurlu said they were "extremely sorry for the inconvenience".<\/p>\n Chief Operating Officer Ethem Bayramoglu said in a message: "Although we are all disappointed and frustrated that we didn\u2019t sail this time, it is important to us that you feel positive overall about your experience with us.<\/p>\n "Vedat in particular is still hopeful that Miray will someday soon have an option for you to consider.\u201d<\/p>\n But passengers have been left fuming, with some claiming they had sold their homes and belonging in preparation for the three-year journey.<\/p>\n One person wrote on Facebook: "Sounds like the FYRE Festival to me."<\/p>\n And a passenger told CNN: "I\u2019m very sad, angry and lost.<\/p>\nRead more on cruises<\/h2>\n
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