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RETURNED TO DRYLAND BUT THEY HAVE QUITE THE STORY TO TELL AFTER THEY SAY THEY WENT TO THE RESCUE OF ANOTHER SHIP IN TROUBLE. >> THEY WERE UPSTAIRS EATING. THEY WERE BRINGING OUT FOOD AND MORE FOOD AND MORE FOOD. AND THEY GOT TO EAT. I FELT BAD FOR THEM. JUST SITTING THERE SO QUIETLY AND THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY. THEY WERE NICE PEOPLE. TERACE: 2000 CREW MEMBERS BOARDED THE GRAND CELEBRATION AFTER THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP TURNED ON ITS SIDE AND BEGAN TAKING ON WATER. HOWEVER, VISA AND PASSPORT ISSUES FORCED THE GRAND CELEBRATION TO LEAVE THOSE CREW MEMBERS WITH ITS SISTER SHIP THE GRAND CLASSICA, WHICH ALSO CAUSED A DELAY IN ITS RETURN. >> WE LOST OUR RENTAL CAR. WE LOST OUR HOTEL. WE HAD TICKETS TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. IT WAS MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY. SO, THEY JUST TOLD US THEY’LL GIVE US TWO FREE DRINKS FOR THAT. TERACE: THE KANSAS CITY COUPLE SAY THEY ARE NOW HEADING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER THE CRUISE LINE REFUSED TO HELP HER. DURING WHAT SHE THINKS MAY HAVE BEEN AN ALLERGIC REACTION. >> THEY COULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN MORE ACCOMMODATING TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE S

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Passengers on the Grand Celebration returned to the Port of Palm Beach Tuesday afternoon after providing humanitarian aid to Royal Caribbean crew members stranded in the Bahamas.Jacklyn Morales was aboard the Grand Celebration when the 2,000 Oasis of the Seas crewman boarded.“They were upstairs eating. They were bringing out food and more food and more food,” Morales said. “They got to eat, so I felt bad for them. Just sitting there so quietly and they were really friendly. They were nice people.”The Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas was dry docked in the Bahamas when the crane crashed on top of the ship, causing it to flip on its side and take on water.At the time of the accident the Grand Celebration cruise ship was docked nearby. But due to visa and passport issues, the crew members were transferred to its sister ship, the Grand Classica. Transferring the crew and severe weather conditions caused a delay in the Grand Celebration’s scheduled return.Lenore Levine, a Boynton Beach resident, said she felt the crew did a wonderful job handling the situation.“There were 650 people from the Oasis that came on, they showered and they slept overnight and then they left them off at the morning,” Levine said. “Our crew was wonderful to us. They gave us two more free drink coupons each. They extended the brunch. And we had a movie again this morning, to keep us busy because we were delayed.”A spokesman for the cruise line said the company is offering reimbursements to passengers that miss their flights, but the Haynes family says that is not enough. “They didn’t help us at all….” Harriett Haynes said. “We lost our rental car. We lost our hotel. We had tickets to Universal Studios. It was my husband’s birthday. So, they just told us they’ll give us two free drinks for that.” Shamoun and Harriett Haynes flew in from Kansas City for the cruise. They said it was their 11th cruise, but after this experience they’ll “never take another cruise with the line again.”“They could have at least been more accommodating to the people that were already on the cruise before they try to go help somebody else,” Harriett told WPBF. The couple said they will be heading to the emergency room after Harriett had an allergic reaction and the Grand Celebration crew “refused” to help her.The Oasis of the Seas crew are expected to stay overnight on the Grand Classica in Grand Bahamas. They are expected to return to Palm Beach Wednesday afternoon.