The ship was on a short, two-night mini-cruise to Zeebrugge. Oriana left Southampton on Saturday and arrived in Zeebrugge on Sunday, before returning back to Southampton on Monday. However after a fight broke out between family members late Saturday evening and the early hours of Sunday, the crew on board Oriana refused to allow the passengers to remain on board.
The group were interviewed by Belgium police and were told they would have to make their own travel arrangements to get back to Southampton.
In a brief statement, a spokesman for P&O Cruises told the Daily Echo:
We can confirm five passengers were asked to disembark Oriana following an incident during the early hours of Sunday morning.