Article: Couple tell how wave of problems on cruise ship wrecked dream holiday

A SCOTS couple yesterday described how their holiday was ruined when a catalogue of problems forced them to abandon a troubled cruise ship after only three days.

David and Fiona Kinniburgh from Leven, Fife, had planned for years for the 18-day cruise from Athens to the Gulf of Mexico.

On Monday they and 754 other Thomson Holidays passengers were flown back to Britain from Valletta in Malta. Hundreds of angry passengers bombarded cruise staff with complaints even before the ship set sail from Athens on Friday evening. Mrs Kinniburgh said passengers boarding the ship complained about blocked toilets, faulty showers, wash hand basins that were cracked, parts of toilets that were missing, cabins ...

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