Instead of finding themselves in Bermuda last week more than 3,000 passengers on the Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas had to settle for a much cooler trip along the foggy coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Voyager of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships at sea today, was scheduled to depart Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey on Sunday July 24 for a five night Bermuda cruise. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line was forced to alter the route of the Voyager at the last minute due to the pending threat of severe weather from tropical storm Franklin, which had been churning just off the southwestern coast of Bermuda for several days.

Royal Caribbean says that it had no choice but to modify the Voyager's itinerary to ensure the safety of the more than 4,000 cruise passengers and crew that would be aboard the ship.

The problem was, most passengers did not find out about the revised itinerary until they showed up at the pier in New Jersey on Sunday afternoon. Some passengers were so angry they refused to even board the ship, others reluctantly accepted the alternate Canada cruise itinerary, and everyone was demanding answers from the powers that be at Royal Caribbean.

Michael Sheehan, a spokesman for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, released a statement stating that: "Simple common sense dictates that you cannot sail a ship with over 3,000 guests into a known tropical storm, which may become a hurricane."

Mr. Sheehan also went on the state that Royal Caribbean was not obligated to and most likely will not reimburse passengers any of their cruise fare.

But Cruise Network.com, a leading national provider of cruise vacations aboard some of the most magnificent cruise ships at sea today, has decided to offer a very special gift to all those Royal Caribbean passengers that were scheduled to be aboard the July 24 Voyager of the Seas Bermuda sailing.

Cruise Network has already sent all of their own clients that were aboard the Voyager a complimentary gift containing a generous contribution towards their next cruise vacation aboard any major cruise line.