Newark to Munich was uneventful and we arrived there the morning of April 2. Munich to Marseille started out great. We had a beautiful view of the Alps, but on our approach to Marseille the captain announced there was a technical problem and we were returning to Munich. Back in Munich we found out from another passenger that it was some kind of computer problem and the captain told him that if we had landed in Marseille they would not have been able to fix the problem and the plane would not be able to leave that airport. Seems unlikely to me. I would think that it merely needed a part and someone who could fix/install it. Couldn't they have flown the part and the person to Marseille instead of flying all of us back to Munich?! After waiting a couple of hours for a new plane, we left Munich for the second time and arrived safely in Marseille. There we were met by our cruise representative and transported by four vans to our boat an hour away in Avignon (there were twenty of us "cruisers" on that flight). Door to door it took 24 hours.
We missed the safety drill and the welcome briefing, but we made it in time for a late dinner. We were too tired to attend the evening entertainment in the lounge. We watched the safety video on the TV in our room as required, showered, and then slept.
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