It was a nightmare of a day for dozens of airline passengers after their Spirit Airlines flight was canceled.

Spirit Flight 149 was supposed to take off from Newark Liberty International Airport Friday morning en route to Orlando. But the flight was canceled because a flight attendant assigned to the flight was delayed on another plane.

A family tells News 12 New Jersey that about 30 people on the flight were supposed to be heading to Florida for a cruise that leaves Saturday. They say that Spirit could only offer them options that would cause them to miss the cruise.

The family was eventually able to rent a charter bus that will get them down to Florida in time for the cruise.

A spokesperson for Spirit tells News 12 that seat availability was low because of flight cancellations in the northeast due to the recent inclement weather.