‘A crushing blow’: what happens if your cruise changes to have too much sea and not enough sight-seeing?

Customers dismayed after cruise ship's time in Hobart cut in half due to port conflicts', but experts say consumer remedies are difficult to obtain

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When Paul and Mary McGuirk booked their six-night cruise from Sydney to Tasmania, they were expecting to spend more than one day in the island state.

But two months after making their booking, the couple was told that due to a port conflict" they would be spending just 26 hours on the ground in Hobart in March.