Hapless couple caught chasing after their Royal Caribbean cruise ship as it left without them are revealed as honeymooning Costa Rican actress and her husband
- Maria Gonzalez Roesch and Alessandro Di Palma were stranded in Bahamas
- Pair missed ship after showing up more than 45 minutes after all-aboard call
- Video shows honeymooning couple waving in vain as massive cruise ship leaves
- She took to Instagram to joke about incident, saying they were ‘vacay goals’
The hapless couple who were caught on camera desperately chasing a Royal Caribbean cruise ship as it left without them have been revealed as a Costa Rican actress and her husband.
Maria Gonzalez Roesch and Alessandro Di Palma were left stranded when they arrived just minutes after their ship Symphony of the Seas left Nassau, Bahamas, on February 15.
Mrs Roesch, 26, took to Instagram to reveal to her followers that it was her in the hilarious clip, which showed the couple looking devastated.
She shared several screenshots of articles about the video, joking that they were ‘vacay goals’ and complaining that the video had gone viral.
Costa Rican actress Maria Gonzalez Roesch and her newlywed husband Alessandro Di Palma (pictured) have been revealed as the hapless couple left stranded on Nassau, Bahamas
The couple had been enjoying their honeymoon on the seven-day Royal Caribbean cruise ship when it left without them
A person from a neighboring ship caught the couple on camera waving frantically as the Symphony of the Seas left them behind on February 15
She later explained that the cruise had left each port at 5.30pm, but had changed the itinerary on the sixth night of the seven-day cruise.
Mrs Roesch added that six other passengers had made the same mistake and were also stranded as the boat headed back to Miami.
The pair had been enjoying their honeymoon after marrying in late January.
According to a person who shot the video from the deck of the nearby Norwegian Bliss, the all-aboard call came at 3.30pm.
At 4.15pm, workers began removing the gangway and closing the hatch.
Mrs Roesch took to Instagram to joke about the mistake, saying the trip was ‘vacay goals’
The pair married in late January. Mrs Roesch said that six other passengers were also stranded
About five minutes later, the clueless couple showed up, arms laden with shopping bags from their excursion on shore.
At first frantic and waving, the couple quickly sink into dejection as the ship’s propellers begin to churn the water.
Other passengers on the Symphony of the Seas can be seen looking on complacently from their balconies as the ship pulls away from the stranded couple.
Mrs Roesch and her husband are seen speaking to several dockworkers as the ship pulls away.
Forlorn, the couple walk down the pier as the ship pulls away, looking across the water after it.
One-way plane tickets from Nassau to Miami run about $180 apiece.
She explained on Instagram that the cruise had left each port at 5.30pm, but had changed the itinerary on the sixth night of the seven-day cruise.
The couple were stranded at the last port of call on the seven-day Caribbean cruise
According to a person who shot the video from the deck of the nearby Norwegian Bliss, the all-aboard call came at 3.30pm