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Furious cruise ship passengers nearly rioted at sea after their luxury trip turned into a 'nightmare'.

Hundreds of passengers chanted 'get us off this ship' as their cruise went on to skip its key destinations— ending up in Belfast instead of Iceland.

The €5,900-a-ticket cruise descended into near mutiny as passengers staged a massive on-board protest on the ship over the conditions of 'stale food' and overflowing toilets, Mirror.co.uk reports.

The 2,000 tourists who paid for a trip of a lifetime on the two-week Norwegian Spirit tour, were instead stuck at sea for three days after the ship reportedly failed to dock.

(Image: @NCLHELL1/Twitter) (Image: @NCLHELL1/Twitter)

Norwegian Spirit refused to provide full refunds to the angry passengers, instead offering them a 25 per cent voucher.

The liner was meant to stop at France, Amsterdam, Norway and Iceland.

Instead the trip turned into a series of calamities that left passengers feeling mutinous.

First, Amsterdam was cut from the trip, which they were told was because high winds prevented the vessel from docking.

The boat then reportedly stopped at a 'deserted' Norwegian town that was closed to tourists, before a scheduled visit to Iceland was replaced with a trip to Greenock, near Glasgow.

The cruise ship was denied permission to dock in Greenock on Monday, prompting the captain to change course for Belfast.

Passengers were stuck on the ship for three days, eventually being served stale food in the ship's restaurants, it is claimed.

Frustrated customers staged a demonstration in the ship's grand atrium, chanting 'shame on you', 'get us off this ship' and 'we want refunds'.

(Image: @NCLHELL1/Twitter)

Deena Roland, 48, from Taunton, Devon, told Mail Online : "There are a lot of angry people on this ship and the lack of adequate explanation as to what’s going on almost caused a riot this morning.

"It’s been a nightmare of a holiday, and now many of the toilets in the cabins are overflowing with sewage.

"It’s really not my idea of a luxury cruise break.’

(Image: @NCLHELL1/Twitter) (Image: @NCLHELL1/Twitter)

On Monday, many passengers disembarked from the ship when it docked in Belfast, returning to London on their own.

A spokesman for Norwegian Cruise Line told Mail Online: "Norwegian Spirit was forced to cancel her call to Greenock due to weather conditions as well as a delay caused by a departing Navy vessel that experienced a technical malfunction."

The US-based firm refused to provide full refunds, instead offering a 25 per cent discount voucher for other cruises.