Ok, here is what was ultimately decided:
The owner of the cruise company addressed everyone explaining that the rule in this situation is that the stack is blinded out, and there was also some last minute rumbling about moving the stack between tables so it was fair, but this was more so an idea than the intended ruling.
Then they made a suggestion to take $1,100 out of the prize pool, and only do this if it was unanimous. I really dislike putting being the bad
guy on the players as a rule (like asking if anyone cares if someone short buys, no one wants to be the asshole). So they started asking if anyone disagrees, and I suggested an anonymous poll instead. Everyone gets a red card and black card, they put red in the middle if they agree. To their credit, all of the players threw in a red card and agreed to the refund.
In the end, I like that they talked to the players remaining.