(cc) antisocialtory/Flickr the Showboat Branson Belle was stuck overnight after high winds pushed it ashore.

A relaxing dinner cruise turned into an unwanted sleepover for the more than 600 people stranded on a Missouri lake cruise boat Saturday night.

After setting off on 4 p.m. for what was supposed to be a dinner cruise and a comedy show on the Showboat Branson Belle, the boat ran into problems after strong winds and problems with its thrusters pushed it against a shoreline, CNN reported.

“We were almost back to the dock, when we heard a couple of loud noises. the comedian said something funny and we all laughed,” Jim Wellborn, a passenger on the boat, told CNN.

But then the captain interrupted the show to tell them something had gone very wrong and they would be stuck for a little while.

A passenger told local television station KY3 that most passengers remained calm as company spokespeople told CNN they were moving “heaving and earth to get to them.”

The 640 crew members and guests on board weren’t harmed and had heat, electrical power, food and beverages on board, a spokesman for the boat company told reporters.

Nine passengers with pre-existing medical conditions – including two who reportedly had seizures on board – were rescued early from the boat, which was supposed to be on water for only a few hours when it set out to sea around 4 p.m. on Saturday.

The rest of the passengers on the Showboat Branson Belle finally began disembarking around 9 a.m. Sunday morning after spending the night on the cruise ship.

To rescue the passengers, response crews built a temporary road and ramp to get to the stranded boat, which gained enough propulsion to push itself to an inlet cove, local television station KSFX reported.all passengers will have the cost of their ticket refunded and will receive season passes to Silver Dollar City, a theme park in Branson, Missouri, KY3 reported.

The strong wind was part of a winter weather storm system that’s moved across the Midwest this weekend, where a combination of heavy snow and strong winds have swept across the region, crippling travel and even causing the Metrodome roof to collapse in Minneapolis.

nmandell@nydailynews.com

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