The Sea Princess was supposed to be taking her passengers on a luxury voyage from Sydney to Dubai recently.
However mid-way through the 104-day journey the ship entered dangerous waters, and staff had to tell the 1,900 passengers to turn off their lights and music between sunset and sunrise for 10 days so as not to attract the attention of Somalian pirates.
Passengers who paid $55,000 (£42,000) for the trip said the vessel turned into a ‘ghost ship’ as it passed through the India Ocean, with the lavish parties and boisterous nights suddenly halted by the crew.
The crew even put the alarmed passengers through a ‘pirate drill’, which involved everyone returning to their cabins so they could be counted.