COVID-19: The Inside Story Of The Diamond Princess Coronavirus Infection | Outbreak Onboard

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2020
  • In early February 2020, the Diamond Princess cruise ship was quarantined off the coast of Yokohama, Japan. Hundreds of passengers tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and fourteen people died. As Chinese authorities were just beginning to deal with the outbreak of the disease in Wuhan, the Diamond Princess became the largest site of infection outside China. The viral outbreak tore through the ship as authorities desperately scrambled to curb the spread of the infection by confining over 2,500 passengers to their rooms. Within two weeks, passengers and crew members were pleading with their governments to be taken off the ship. This is the story of how a luxury cruise liner turned into a floating epidemiological disaster- taking an in-depth look at how the authorities responded to an unprecedented situation when there were still so many unknowns.
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  • @jadew-w8815
    @jadew-w8815 Před 2 měsíci +71

    Is anyone else watching this in 2024?

    • @RaginMunchkin
      @RaginMunchkin Před měsícem

      Yep! Scary to think back to that time. I didn't realize until the end that it wasn't a recent documentary 😮

    • @juliebriz1703
      @juliebriz1703 Před 22 dny +1

      Yes!

    • @pamelawalker3317
      @pamelawalker3317 Před 22 dny

      We have cruised since in May 2023 and April 2024, and on both cruise ships, there have been outbreaks of covid. May 23 Alaska cruise, over 200 of 6,000 passengers reported on FB group (not every passenger was on FB), and they contracted covid, including me. April 24, a 17 day cruise with bad weather the last 5 days requiring guests to be inside, several hundred of 2,200 passengers got sick with respiratory virus, not all positive for covid but other respiratory viruses were included some requiring hospitalization. Cruise ships are not designed for adequate ventilation to prevent the spread of any viruses.

    • @benjamincaron46
      @benjamincaron46 Před 21 dnem

      I remember watching this before my virtual high school graduation in 2020.

    • @sandey22
      @sandey22 Před 18 dny

      Never thought we would see 2024..

  • @user-teabager
    @user-teabager Před 3 lety +1243

    Wow Imagine being the ones without the windows

    • @sandygrogg1203
      @sandygrogg1203 Před 3 lety +7

      Australia Made since 1981 YIKES!

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 Před 3 lety +51

      Imaging actually being on a cruise?! Seen how they all dance? Hell on earth, even with no virus.

    • @patwats8860
      @patwats8860 Před 3 lety +66

      I immediately thought “no windows?” Those poor people! I find cruising rather boring myself and being locked in would be awful.

    • @MsUa125
      @MsUa125 Před 3 lety +53

      No windows and no natural light equals severe depression. They have to quarantine can’t get out for weeks. I wouldn’t want to be in that situation.

    • @weissschnee7743
      @weissschnee7743 Před 3 lety +13

      they had minimal contact with the outside world once they left their room :I it was only for an hour so within an hour during that time 1 got contact with the virus

  • @irishpotatoperson1291
    @irishpotatoperson1291 Před 3 lety +1466

    It’s insane to realize that we’ve been living like this for over a year now.

    • @luisnoterindastupuedes4162
      @luisnoterindastupuedes4162 Před 3 lety +8

      This is the beging

    • @amdz4696
      @amdz4696 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol oooo so scary..

    • @elizabethgrogan8553
      @elizabethgrogan8553 Před 3 lety +35

      At least we now have the Vaccine. I've had both shots, as have all of my friends. Last October I didn't know how. Long that would take. Now, there's light at the ed of the tunnel.

    • @airsickspace9272
      @airsickspace9272 Před 3 lety +4

      @@luisnoterindastupuedes4162 pretty much. We’re having higher and higher chances of more pandemics and causing ourselves to be put in bad spots in various other ways

    • @micahpinto8368
      @micahpinto8368 Před 3 lety +6

      And we're just getting started here in India

  • @nebulasfart
    @nebulasfart Před 3 lety +510

    It’s weird how normal this all feels now. It’s so weird to look back at videos now in the earlier times of this. Feels so far away.

    • @ladyjustice9457
      @ladyjustice9457 Před 3 lety +39

      I was cringing when they were all dancing together, but then I remembered that dancing together used to be proper normal.

    • @-First-Last
      @-First-Last Před 3 lety +2

      @@ladyjustice9457
      Make sure you are scared. Get your "vaccine". You will be "safe".

    • @kiwikiwi2483
      @kiwikiwi2483 Před 3 lety +10

      @@-First-Last Why are you putting quotations? you can't just write normally?

    • @-First-Last
      @-First-Last Před 3 lety +7

      @@kiwikiwi2483
      Maybe in one day you will understand the meaning of the quotations just make sure you finish the school.

    • @michelleevans5531
      @michelleevans5531 Před 3 lety +3

      I will never accept this as normal. Living away from loved ones, lonely holidays, face diapers, are not supposed to be normal.

  • @blazehogie6037
    @blazehogie6037 Před 3 lety +2427

    This is going to be in a lot of peoples recommend videos in 2031

    • @houseofbows
      @houseofbows Před 3 lety +5

      Why?

    • @JesseAGoncalves
      @JesseAGoncalves Před 3 lety +45

      If we make it to that

    • @jalealdritzjalosjos8795
      @jalealdritzjalosjos8795 Před 3 lety +15

      we are at the prelude of world war 3 this world wont make it to 2031

    • @maelyncribello5646
      @maelyncribello5646 Před 3 lety +1

      @@JesseAGoncalves a

    • @AviationNut
      @AviationNut Před 3 lety +29

      @@houseofbows
      Because for some weird reason lately CZcams has been recommending 10 year old videos and no one knows why. Some videos had maybe 1k or 2k views that were posted in 2009 or 2010 and suddenly that video that was never popular pops up everywhere as recommended and the video suddenly gets a million views within a week and everyone is trying to figure out why CZcams is recommending these 10 year old unpopular videos, it's like they're making money or something out of these old videos.

  • @melissahollowell7255
    @melissahollowell7255 Před 3 lety +1872

    The crew did not "infect themselves". They were infected by a passenger who spread it to both crew and fellow passengers.

    • @PeterJohnJnb
      @PeterJohnJnb Před 3 lety +54

      @@mrtisal not true, we work six - 9 month contracts at a time on a single ship before going home. Trans-shipping is limited.

    • @PeterJohnJnb
      @PeterJohnJnb Před 3 lety +22

      WE did not.

    • @fayeozburn4695
      @fayeozburn4695 Před 3 lety +1

      Peter-John de Kock u

    • @poorboy2400
      @poorboy2400 Před 3 lety +18

      @emosh73 you are really stupid to make that kind of statement

    • @Sailor92
      @Sailor92 Před 3 lety

      @@mrtisal no

  • @shelbs6910
    @shelbs6910 Před 3 lety +232

    I think that we all have felt bad for all the people stuck on the ship after their trip was supposed to end but we forget about the crew. What they did for all those people. They were forgotten about. And they risked their safety to take care of those people on board.

    • @olivedog1880
      @olivedog1880 Před 2 lety +15

      Amen to that. They were treated horribly. So sad.

  • @ChillkittzGT
    @ChillkittzGT Před 2 lety +41

    Kudos to my uncle. He is one of the crew members in that said cruise ship. They were locked up in the ship for almost a month and he possibly got infected by one of his crewmates cuz he was one of the last people to got out of the cruise ship. He has no choice tho because they were told that they might get fired if they stop working and go into isolation.
    We were so worried rlly. After he finally reached our homeland he was even been quarantined again for another 3 weeks and found out he has covid. He got isolated on his family for 2 months, and thankfully he beat covid. He's now currently taking a break as a seaman.
    I'm proud for my uncle. Thanks goodness he didn't suffered very bad from it.
    It's just glad to see him alive and well again after the first anniversary of this incident.

    • @CSIsland
      @CSIsland Před 11 dny

      I went on a cruise and a week or so after we returned, everyone in the Diamond Princess was infected. It turns out that our ship was supposed to be the Diamond Princess, but was changed for some reason. But my mom who booked the trip, recognized the name as soon as she saw it on TV. Maybe we would have seen your uncle.

  • @leannemac5958
    @leannemac5958 Před 3 lety +2690

    Is anyone else still sitting here thinking how these past 7 months possibly can't be real life?!?! So surreal to me still.

    • @lohaye3260
      @lohaye3260 Před 3 lety +42

      Ikr, it's very strange even after months

    • @gushernandez25
      @gushernandez25 Před 3 lety +61

      This year thrashed me mentally, I am still in disbelief.

    • @nicole1846
      @nicole1846 Před 3 lety +11

      Yeah it's been awful 😔

    • @tifb94
      @tifb94 Před 3 lety +21

      We’ve been shut down since March 17th

    • @breeannwalker8309
      @breeannwalker8309 Před 3 lety +25

      This is my life every year, I've been isolated for years because I'm chronically ill

  • @kansaibeyond
    @kansaibeyond Před 3 lety +2263

    I remember following some twitter accounts of people who were "released" from quarantined on the cruise, but instead of going home, they decided to try and stay in Japan to travel more. Like, how irresponsible can you be??

    • @prettyastounding7924
      @prettyastounding7924 Před 3 lety +94

      cyberslowpoke magnificently STUPID. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ARE ‘the special ones”.

    • @senyoraangelita5711
      @senyoraangelita5711 Před 3 lety +39

      well japan is one of the safest place to stay. very good helath care system

    • @todchackers_getoffmyphone
      @todchackers_getoffmyphone Před 3 lety +28

      I think these decisions are up to the individual. Everyone is different. They wanted to enjoy the rest of their trip. They weren't hurting anyone.

    • @kansaibeyond
      @kansaibeyond Před 3 lety +209

      @@todchackers_getoffmyphone that's true if we're talking about the flu, or the cold. COVID19 has been proven (even at the time of disembarkment) to spread via asymptomatic people, or people that only later tested positive after initial negative tests. You can't say they aren't hurting anyone if there is even a small chance that he/she can infect other people unknowingly. That's exactly the mindset of an irresponsible person.

    • @Cherryblossoms110
      @Cherryblossoms110 Před 3 lety +70

      @@kansaibeyond Well, to be fair, if 'home' happened to be the United States, they were actually better off staying in Japan...

  • @peggyhill7283
    @peggyhill7283 Před 3 lety +80

    R.I.P. to the ones who passed away on the Diamond Princess. To the Captain & Crew for putting others before yourselves. For all the passengers who remain, I wish you a safe journey for the rest of your lives. 💗

  • @hitokage4
    @hitokage4 Před 3 lety +50

    That couple celebrating his 65th birthday? Are just absolutely the cutest thing. They are so sweet and clearly in love.

  • @bartrese
    @bartrese Před 3 lety +366

    My friend was on this ship for over a month until she finally got evacuated to California where they were then quarantined again. When she tried to fly back to China (where we live) she was informed she was on a do not fly list. When she was finally allowed to fly China had banned foreigners so she has been literally trapped away from home for 6 months as a result of being on this cruise.

    • @RonLarhz
      @RonLarhz Před 3 lety +67

      But hey. She survived. She'll have a story to tell.

    • @_memorycore_8867
      @_memorycore_8867 Před 3 lety +4

      What is she gonna do in Canada then? Continue education?

    • @mipoorboy1478
      @mipoorboy1478 Před 3 lety +25

      Omg. I cannot even imagine how horrible this must all be for her. I will make sure that I do not let myself feel sorry for myself or complain. Ur poor friend. I hope she is at least somewhere where she has some friends to reach out to.

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp Před 3 lety +6

      But she’s alive ...sorry it was inconvenient....others were not so lucky to be alive and moan

    • @cavaalli
      @cavaalli Před 3 lety +2

      @@_memorycore_8867 canada?

  • @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt
    @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt Před 4 lety +556

    That couple singing in the beginning were so beautiful together.

    • @NT-dd7fu
      @NT-dd7fu Před 4 lety +60

      My parents!! ☺️

    • @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt
      @DawnDiggetyNoDoubt Před 4 lety +17

      @@NT-dd7fu awe yay! They made a beautiful child too!!!

    • @bryantpark88
      @bryantpark88 Před 4 lety +11

      I could tell they are Filipino-Canadians. Glad they got home Covid free.

    • @michele2855
      @michele2855 Před 4 lety +11

      N T oh my. I’m only 4:00 into the video and I had to pause because I was moved by your wonderful parents. My goodness what a lovely spirit that comes from them. You are blessed with your parents. God bless you all ❤️ I am from Canada 🇨🇦

    • @chellyw63
      @chellyw63 Před 4 lety +5

      N T they are lovely parents and glad they are ok

  • @cloutelfin8323
    @cloutelfin8323 Před 3 lety +97

    Them saying “we’re not ready to go home!” and then having to stay on board because of the COVID outbreak reminds me of how me and my friends were like “omg I hate school I hate this place I’d do anything to get out of here” school closed due to there being COVID cases around our area and uh yeah we never went back and regretted ever saying it. Be careful what you wish for.

    • @Crazyreviewer123
      @Crazyreviewer123 Před 3 lety +4

      Good point this is a life changing situation that will make lots of people regret saying this sort of stuff

  • @comradeendo5261
    @comradeendo5261 Před 3 lety +235

    Who is here almost one year later?

    • @latanyakay943
      @latanyakay943 Před 3 lety +5

      Can u blve its almost 1 yr since corona virus have been here

    • @pleasantville4529
      @pleasantville4529 Před 3 lety +6

      @@latanyakay943 It was here a long time before it was identified! My partner had it in November 2019 in the UK. It was not diagnosed as it was still an unidentified illness. I am in absolutely no doubt that what my partner suffered from was Covid.

    • @Mwc07
      @Mwc07 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pleasantville4529 haha no.

    • @stephaniemalley5694
      @stephaniemalley5694 Před 3 lety +1

      You

    • @comradeendo5261
      @comradeendo5261 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stephaniemalley5694 fax

  • @romeoslover817
    @romeoslover817 Před 3 lety +228

    The captain stayed with the ship. I salute you sir.

    • @levijackalope561
      @levijackalope561 Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah,... it's not a shipwreck. There s captain on the ship at all times. My captain is still on the ship right now with crew.

    • @Wroco
      @Wroco Před 3 lety +3

      but didn't the captain kept quiet even after learning about the situation with a man who tested positive for covid-19?

    • @hannahdyson7129
      @hannahdyson7129 Před 3 lety +17

      @@Wroco Probably a genuinely heart felt attempt to stop panicking. And maybe waiting on advice, it may have been that officials from Hong Kong and Japan told him to keep quiet. They weren't sure how easily it spread .
      Japan has said it regretted how they handled the suitation .
      The last thing you need is a ship full of scared people

    • @Wroco
      @Wroco Před 3 lety +2

      @@hannahdyson7129 very insightful, thank you!

    • @mattaaron9865
      @mattaaron9865 Před 3 lety +3

      for better or worse.. a captain stays with his ship

  • @roverdover4449
    @roverdover4449 Před 3 lety +697

    Wow, that crew was really thrown to the wolves.

    • @teamholmez86
      @teamholmez86 Před 3 lety +28

      I suppose what else could the company do though the government in Japan wouldn't let them let people off they had no choice but to quarantine passengers to their cabins somebody had to deliver food and other stuff to the passengers they couldn't let them starve but they could have looked at medical Histories of the staff and let those quarantine that were at high risk and pay them danger money

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 Před 3 lety +1

      @Lil. Kev Jr. Seems like a blind spot among lockdowns is the protection of those being locked down from infecting one another. There might be some parallels to Singapore's circuit-breaker measures & lockdown of migrant workers' dormitories which were soon followed by mass infections within the dormitories

    • @sandygrogg1203
      @sandygrogg1203 Před 3 lety

      Rover Dover yes, they were...

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 Před 3 lety +15

      Foreign workers are always the first to be trampled. Look at the building conditions in Dubai & other countries.

    • @laland209
      @laland209 Před 3 lety +12

      Cruise lines treats a lot of their workers like crap before covid so it seems on brand. Makes me so sad.

  • @sunnyie2863
    @sunnyie2863 Před 2 lety +25

    My grandparents were on this ship during this. My grandma had been diagnosed with heart cancer but did not tell us before going because she didn't want us to tell her she couldn't. When on the ship my grandma started to get sick. They were scared it was because of covid so they evacuated her off the ship with nearly nothing but her phone. My grandpa had to stay on the ship which meant that my grandma, with heart cancer, doesn't know Japanese, and had barely anything was all alone. We shortly lost connection to my grandma because her phone had died and she didn't know how to ask help from the doctors because none of them spoke english. My grandpa and my family were very scared because we had know that before they left my grandma was having health complications and didn't know what they were doing to her. A few days into them being stuck my dad got a call from my uncle who is a doctor. I was sitting right next to him and the time and I could hear my uncle talking. My uncle got connections to my grandmas doctor and found out that she had cancer. That was really terrifying to hear. I was scared that she might die there. We could all tell that my grandpa was getting very depressed because he was stuck in his room all alone. We would call him and my dad would talk to him about basketball just to get his mind off of things. After a while my aunt connected to one of her friends who were in Japan to help my grandma. They were able to talk to the doctors and get her a charger for her phone so we could talk to her. She was doing fine and we then found out that she did not have covid but they had been giving her some types of medicine for her cancer but we had no idea what it was. My grandma said that they would not tell her what they were doing and would give her different shots and fluids. My grandma was doing fine and my grandpa got told that they would have to leave. My grandma was told that she was allowed to go when everyone else was going but the only problem was they didn't know where her passport was. My grandpa had looked everywhere but it was not with him. But the people told him that he had to leave. So he left with out her. My grandpa was taken to the military base and stayed there for a period of two weeks to quarantine. My grandma on the other hand could not leave japan without here passport which was missing. My grandpa found her passport when unpacking at the military base so he sent it to her in Japan so she could come home. The day after her passport was delivered to her she left. She came right back to her house and the next day my grandpa was home as well. My grandparent have many stories about that experience but they don't wish to share because it was a dark time to think about.

  • @111highgh
    @111highgh Před 3 lety +135

    People with the flu: Imma stay at home.
    People with coronavirus: Imma travel the world, far and wide.

    • @somsangsi
      @somsangsi Před 3 lety +4

      Ikr 💀

    • @CosiRose4
      @CosiRose4 Před 3 lety +8

      I mean at this time, it was not really known to the western world. But even until today, so many people, especially in Europe and America, are still traveling for fun because they feel "restricted in their rights."

    • @-First-Last
      @-First-Last Před 3 lety +1

      @@CosiRose4
      Just make sure YOU'RE taking the "vaccine".

    • @midnight_x_edits
      @midnight_x_edits Před 3 lety +1

      Covid IS the flu you numnuts

    • @CosiRose4
      @CosiRose4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@midnight_x_edits ?

  • @taliafatafehi6385
    @taliafatafehi6385 Před 3 lety +613

    The fact that other cruise ships set sail even after this... A JOKE especially the people that carelessly got on

    • @cho6140
      @cho6140 Před 3 lety +27

      Because the Worthless Health Organization telling everyone not to bother wearing masks and Siding with the CCP.

    • @annetteyoutube742
      @annetteyoutube742 Před 3 lety +25

      In February, I was buying athletic shoes here in Texas, and struck up a conversation with another shoe-shopper. She (65+yo) was buying shoes for her upcoming cruise.
      At that time, quarantines and masks weren't on our minds. This lady *did* mention that her cruise was still green-lighted to set sail. I stated that I'm not sure that I'd go. I hope she is faring well, wherever she is.

    • @todchackers_getoffmyphone
      @todchackers_getoffmyphone Před 3 lety +4

      It really isn't our business. At least they aren't staying locked in a house. They want to enjoy life. How do we know that they only have a year yo live due to some dreadful diagnosis.

    • @bruh_hahaha
      @bruh_hahaha Před 3 lety +8

      People who cruise are naturally low IQ to start with.

    • @jilltibbettstuley879
      @jilltibbettstuley879 Před 3 lety +14

      @@bruh_hahaha What a PATHETIC, IGNORANT, STUPID STATEMENT!!! How in this entire world did you ever come to such an ABSURD CONCLUSION? You left no "wiggle room" to extricate yourself from this corner that you are painted into...the corner where you sit on the stool backwards, facing the 45 degree angle, and wearing the cap that has "DUNCE" written on it in HUGE LETTERS!!! Go back to school yourself, and gain a PROPER EDUCATION!!! But wait, I forgot...You only have half a brain!!! There is no cure for STUPIDITY; I should take "stupid" out of the terms I applied to you...Oh well. At least your ignorance can be cured, or in your case, perhaps not.

  • @aztroboi08
    @aztroboi08 Před 3 lety +745

    One word how a lot of people onboard got infected: VENTILATION

    • @janetdouglas1272
      @janetdouglas1272 Před 3 lety +62

      Airborne !! Anyone with common sense could see this in very early Febuary.

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 Před 3 lety +55

      Rooms with no windows, you will not get me on a cruise for love nor money.

    • @patwats8860
      @patwats8860 Před 3 lety +8

      A nightmare!!!

    • @Coastermania15
      @Coastermania15 Před 3 lety +37

      All that Recirculated air through all of those rooms of course they got infected that way

    • @MsUa125
      @MsUa125 Před 3 lety +25

      @@DMWBN3 No windows no natural light equals severe depression. And they can’t get out. They have to quarantine. It’s mandated. Yikes. I would not want to be in that situation.

  • @Kelly-jn4cp
    @Kelly-jn4cp Před 3 lety +55

    💜The couple celebrating his 65 birthday, the two that were cuddling and singing as the walked down the corridor warmed my heart, so sweet.💜 I hope my husband and I will be that happy in 20 years. 💜 I hope the got off healthy and made it home safely. God bless. 💜

  • @annearly3200
    @annearly3200 Před 3 lety +9

    The crew were not allowed to leave even after let the passengers leave. They were still not allowed to leave after two to three months not getting paid, running out of food. Some committed suicide. Much smaller cabins.

  • @rainbowwriter672
    @rainbowwriter672 Před 3 lety +186

    Im in a nursing home. Weve been on lockdown for 8 months. We got word yesterday that, by appointment only, we are going to be allowed 15 minute in person, socially distant visits with family.
    Not gonna lie. I cried. I am so happy! It feels amazing to think I might be able to talk with my father without a pane of glass between us.

    • @damaribrackett1159
      @damaribrackett1159 Před 3 lety +9

      I'm so happy for you plz be safe the second wave is coming may god bles you and your family

    • @jorossi927
      @jorossi927 Před 3 lety +2

      better safe than sorry

    • @joshualee4251
      @joshualee4251 Před 3 lety +4

      I remember following some twitter accounts of people who were "released" from quarantined on the cruise, but instead of going home, they decided to try and stay in Japan to travel more. Like, how irresponsible can you be??

    • @madalyn_2091
      @madalyn_2091 Před 3 lety +4

      I’m 2 months late, but I hope you’re doing well! No one deserves this, but I feel especially terrible for the older generations who have bore the worst of the virus but with a grace not seen in the younger generations. I pray you are able to see your family without any barriers in the near future! Much love!

    • @alext8020
      @alext8020 Před 3 lety +3

      @@madalyn_2091 Just because they're in a nursing home doesn't mean they are old, dipshit. She spoke of her father -- not many old ass people still have fathers.

  • @ArtimusAttack
    @ArtimusAttack Před 3 lety +403

    I had a friend on that ship... they were lucky enough to never get it.

  • @lavinaabaonza4802
    @lavinaabaonza4802 Před 3 lety +32

    Makes me sad to think it’s been a year already. I remember reading this on my phone at work thinking it was all a joke & would go away after a couple of weeks next thing you know it’s globally & here we are still...

  • @jackhynes7268
    @jackhynes7268 Před 3 lety +22

    God bless the crews and passengers onboard to those who didn’t make it RIP heart goes out to friends and family.
    Love from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤️🙏🏻 🕯🌹

  • @goddesskate5958
    @goddesskate5958 Před 3 lety +541

    The crew may want to go home but they are still heroes for keeping it all going even with death lurking around

  • @nicoleloves9483
    @nicoleloves9483 Před 3 lety +137

    window or no window makes a great difference. A balcony is the best!

    • @bellam31
      @bellam31 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes! I didn’t realise this and booked a non-window room (just 3 nights, well before covid) and it was horrible, in the morning it was so hard to wake up properly cause there was no light what so ever, and you had to cover your eyes when you turned on the light!

    • @oliviamartini9700
      @oliviamartini9700 Před 3 lety +5

      This was definitely a situation where you wished you'd spent the extra money!

    • @arminehh2242
      @arminehh2242 Před 2 měsíci

      been on 14 cruises, last 8 have been balcony, once you go balcony can not go b ack

  • @MrsEJV
    @MrsEJV Před 8 měsíci +9

    I remember mid March when my grandkids were supposed to be out of school two weeks. They were homeschooled a year and a half.

    • @deborahstone9696
      @deborahstone9696 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I myself kept my grand child home schooling until 2023 September. Due to the fact I myself am in my 60s. Haven't had covid or the needles so far. January 2024.❤❤❤😮

    • @cristalirizarry4429
      @cristalirizarry4429 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I was a sophomore in high school when all this happened, let’s say, it was such a horrible experience for me. Like at first I was so happy we were able to have a 2 week break from school hopefully come back afterwards, but I was wrong…it turned out to be a whole different story. Remote learning was pretty stressful, couldn’t get that much attention we had in regular classes. For someone that’s social and likes to do things, it was mentally exhausting staying home nonstop. I remember how afraid I was not knowing how long all this would last for, how afraid to get COVID-19. Besides all the worries and negative stuff, I had fun with my family, we did cool activities at home even though it was difficult staying home everyday but overall I still had a good time with them. Now 4 years later at 19 almost 20 in April out of high school, survived Covid 3 times throughout the years, still living strong. The Covid pandemic will always be a memory I and all of us won’t forget.

    • @ll93111
      @ll93111 Před 3 měsíci +1

      You kept strong and are living during these times for a reason... your story will bring comfort and hope to others who went through the same thing as you and will let other young people know they are not alone. You are all survivors! God bless you🙏

  • @anitachin596
    @anitachin596 Před 3 lety +23

    It has brought into sharp relief how germs / bacteria / viruses spread. The best and saddest biology experiment ever. I can remember watching the news and seeing this unfold. There was another ship as well where no-one was infected and they had to stay on board too. Condolences to everyone who lost their loved ones

  • @jaelzion
    @jaelzion Před 4 lety +423

    It was really criminal that the Ruby Princess was allowed to set sail on March 8. They saw what happened with the Diamond Princess and thought "What the heck, let's sail anyway". And the passengers who chose to embark on the Ruby Princess in March were irresponsible with their own health.

    • @markdunn2795
      @markdunn2795 Před 3 lety +8

      During a Pandemic you should be Responsible for your Health

    • @Amy-xo2xn
      @Amy-xo2xn Před 3 lety +26

      The people who chose to embark on that are absolute morons.

    • @icequeen6512
      @icequeen6512 Před 3 lety +7

      Yes but like right now there are people that think it's just like the flu!

    • @jenniferfields7113
      @jenniferfields7113 Před 3 lety +4

      @@icequeen6512 Nope not a flu when you caught your ribs and body hurts like hell.

    • @ChloeLouiseeB
      @ChloeLouiseeB Před 3 lety +6

      Unfortunately if you choose not to get on you lose all the money you’ve paid. Some will have saved for years for these luxury cruises.
      If you get on and then they choose to cancel the sailing you get your money back.
      Plus the world was still bloody downplaying it in March.

  • @nette9836
    @nette9836 Před 4 lety +375

    You couldn't even pay me to take a cruise anymore. Among the capsized, crashes, and now this outbreak - no thank you.

    • @Foreverenpointe
      @Foreverenpointe Před 4 lety +50

      Don't forget all the missing persons that the cruise liners don't give a crap about.

    • @Tuck31r
      @Tuck31r Před 3 lety +12

      :)) Don`t go , you know nothing about cruising industry

    • @ilovetyraandnaomi
      @ilovetyraandnaomi Před 3 lety

      Oookay Girl

    • @chocolatetop5861
      @chocolatetop5861 Před 3 lety +1

      NO LIES DETECTED!!!

    • @zsigzsag
      @zsigzsag Před 3 lety +5

      I would only take a freighter cruise but not till pandemic is over. Freighter cruises are cheap and you get great accommodations excellent food. They require a certificate of health as well. many even have pools and entertainment. They only take about 12 passengers usually, to me that's crowd enough.

  • @taissasantos718
    @taissasantos718 Před 9 měsíci +7

    This subject still gives me traumatic flashbacks. I had to stop watching the news because my mental health was completely destroyed by everything that was going on. I remember the news about this ship on tv but I never really got deep into what happened. God, it hurts to see how really trapped we all were. All the deaths... All that unveiled. I'm glad to see happy stories from this terrible moment.

  • @teddy9770
    @teddy9770 Před 2 lety +11

    I was in quarantine in my apartment for 5 weeks when I had Covid and that was bad, but in a tiny cabin without windows far away from home? A nightmare!

  • @jiyefuuu
    @jiyefuuu Před 3 lety +740

    This will definitely be Made into a movie

    • @jasonfang9425
      @jasonfang9425 Před 3 lety +13

      Jeffrey Alvin wonder if it will be in history textbooks

    • @bridgetclutten1703
      @bridgetclutten1703 Před 3 lety +19

      It would make an interesting movie. I’d watch it.

    • @CT-vm4gf
      @CT-vm4gf Před 3 lety +1

      Totally.

    • @lillyroon5937
      @lillyroon5937 Před 3 lety +2

      There is one similar contagion and the actor himself got the virus lol.

    • @victoria2425
      @victoria2425 Před 3 lety +6

      i mean they’ll prob be a lot of covid related movies in the future but i agree, the stories of the cruises are riveting enough on their own

  • @darrinbrunner6429
    @darrinbrunner6429 Před 3 lety +244

    Last year I thought I might go on a cruise for the first time. Now, I'm never going on a cruise. Not just because of the virus, but because of all the other things I've learned about the industry since then.

    • @chenellebeautytv
      @chenellebeautytv Před 3 lety +6

      Same

    • @Mat-xy7gb
      @Mat-xy7gb Před 3 lety +14

      Jennifer Blane Yeah if you think hotels are clean think again

    • @janettehamilton9839
      @janettehamilton9839 Před 3 lety +3

      I love cruises this was just a global tragedy no one could avoid.

    • @whiile1239
      @whiile1239 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Mat-xy7gb yep even during corona 19 some were proved to still not wash sheets and pillows in hotels

    • @bridgetclutten1703
      @bridgetclutten1703 Před 3 lety +7

      Go on a luxury train trip instead. After the pandemic of course. (If there is ever an end to it).

  • @JennyWren333
    @JennyWren333 Před 3 měsíci +6

    People don't give enough creedence to how hard service crews work.

  • @Incognito-vc9wj
    @Incognito-vc9wj Před rokem +5

    That crew should’ve been given handsome bonuses.

  • @supernes235
    @supernes235 Před 3 lety +606

    For anybody that wishes to make a negative post against Princess or the passengers. Try to remember that we didn't know enough back then and neither did you.

    • @Hollandreviewer
      @Hollandreviewer Před 3 lety +41

      That doesn't excuse the bad treatment the staff got

    • @supernes235
      @supernes235 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Hollandreviewer What bad treatment? We where all in the same situation. One staff member freaked out and made it worse for the rest of us. and if I re-call, I did say WTF is your problem. He thought India was going to save him or some BS. Crybaby

    • @marcusngeow6306
      @marcusngeow6306 Před 3 lety +4

      ***************
      czcams.com/video/ouZjTuoOmoM/video.html
      Yes, that's right. We are now in mid-Sep and certainly know a lot more than then, yet some of the US population is still taking it for granted:
      czcams.com/video/ouZjTuoOmoM/video.html
      ***************
      Feel so sorry for those who are affected

    • @juliemacayanan1979
      @juliemacayanan1979 Před 3 lety +17

      Tobio none of the crew are being treated bad during this unprecedented situation that happened onboard. I know really well since I am one of the crew members onboard when the outbreak happened. We are all lucky and thankful for what Princess had done to us since we disembarked the ship until we reach our home countries.

    • @supernes235
      @supernes235 Před 3 lety +8

      @@gerysphotos3519 The only people who lied to us was our own Government, I'm an Australian passenger.

  • @Davidlp70
    @Davidlp70 Před 3 lety +87

    "Initially passengers remain in good spirits"...sure, for those with balcony cabins that get 24/7 fresh air and a sense of more space. Passengers with inner rooms are in a box 23 hours a day.

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 Před 3 lety +10

      I've never been on a 'cruise ship', and certainly wouldn't bother if I couldn't afford a room with a balcony. I _have_ stayed in a windowless box for a 12 hour trip aboard a ferry, but I can't imagine enduring that for _days_ or _weeks,_ pandemic or not. Sounds more like torture than a "pleasure cruise".

    • @em84c
      @em84c Před 2 lety +2

      @@anhedonianepiphany5588 I guess people think they will only go to their room to sleep. It would be a nightmare stuck in there. At least if you had a balcony you could think about jumping into the water. Even if you don't do it just having the option would be comforting.

  • @laurenmikles6605
    @laurenmikles6605 Před 3 lety +14

    I really do hate that the workers had to live in such fear, but honestly, there’s no way they could’ve stopped working. If they had quarantined too, nobody would be able to eat, not even the crew.

    • @Chinggay
      @Chinggay Před 2 lety +2

      Truth... plus it will be selfish for them to ask to leave... this is exactly why the coronavirus had spread. Even after knowing that they've been exposed, people still travel... it takes how many hours to get yohr result, in that span of hours you shouldn't be exposed to other people because you might be carrying a virus but for these people, even without a result, they continued on eating together.

  • @rhonplays
    @rhonplays Před 2 lety +8

    I was returning from a mini cruise from Amsterdam back to the UK on the 13th February and that's about the time they started to do worldwide coverage of the Diamond Princess. In the morning as we were all waiting to get off, they were playing the breaking news about there being a death on board it and the quarantine of their cruise liner. There were about 250 people in this waiting area with the big screen projector playing this and we were all silent and scared. Little did we all know that would be the last part of normality we would see for a long time.

  • @amyhartman6786
    @amyhartman6786 Před 4 lety +335

    What is sad is that Princess and other cruise lines kept sailing after this case. They kept sailing and infecting until mid March. Some crew members are still stuck on ships at sea.

    • @jhowardsupporter
      @jhowardsupporter Před 4 lety +7

      When your running a business it's hard to stop. Some of the airline companies went under completely because they have what the news calls a "cash burn".

    • @moonnoodles6954
      @moonnoodles6954 Před 3 lety +4

      Well I went on a cruise on February 22-26 with Royal Caribbean but at the time the US and North America only had 1 or 2 cases. What’s even crazier is that I never knew about all of this until around March . But they did ask if we had symptoms of anything or have been to China recently . And they took our temps

    • @MrStian78
      @MrStian78 Před 3 lety +13

      MoonNoodles do you live under a rock? Covid-19 was all over the news i february. Lockdown of all countries in Europe happened mid march.

    • @moonnoodles6954
      @moonnoodles6954 Před 3 lety +3

      Stian Tveit well it wasn’t really wide spread over here in my state and I was also currently at school. So we heard about it but we had no health hazard announced to us yet

    • @DanceMomsMad
      @DanceMomsMad Před 3 lety +1

      Stian Tveit my school wasn’t closed until mid March. Everyday I was going to school with around a thousand other people. We had assemblies of around 400 students in a hall, where we weren’t even a foot a part. No precautions were in place, we were continuing the same way we did for years. In February my school took 40 students to Italy skiing, very close to a large outbreak. They all returned to school the following week, missing 14 days of school would ‘disrupt their learning too much’. Very few people were taking the virus seriously, and being in school was just as dangerous as cruise ships.

  • @simrag
    @simrag Před 3 lety +295

    Everyone: we're not ready to go home
    COVID 19: Okay here you go...

  • @luisdasilva4117
    @luisdasilva4117 Před 3 lety +15

    The cruise liner and the captain did their best considering this was a new virus and no one knew how to deal with it, god bless you all 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @katiecronin7512
    @katiecronin7512 Před rokem +8

    And here we all now with millions and millions of deaths worldwide, and our lives changed forever 💔

    • @Unknown0ne
      @Unknown0ne Před 3 měsíci +1

      cite your stats on that one!!!

  • @Jessicaddy
    @Jessicaddy Před 3 lety +123

    I had a knot in my throat throughout this entire video. Just the thought of so much fear and uncertainty condensed in such a small area, and the number of people affected, whether they contracted the virus or not- it’s gut wrenching.

    • @scottk3402
      @scottk3402 Před 3 lety +3

      And to add the fact that most of them were in a foreign country during a pandemic.

    • @lindsay3484
      @lindsay3484 Před 2 lety

      Ya we are going oppty have fun today

  • @thelight2230
    @thelight2230 Před 3 lety +240

    At first I was thinking "why are all of the passengers Asian"?
    Had no idea the cruise was based in Japan, lol.

    • @holliebailey2809
      @holliebailey2809 Před 3 lety +9

      Heidi Scott that’s not what she’s saying ya muppet

    • @MrStian78
      @MrStian78 Před 3 lety +2

      And many americans

    • @Minnastina
      @Minnastina Před 3 lety

      Dude... they say it all through the video!🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @thelight2230
      @thelight2230 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Minnastina That's why I said "at first". Like within the first 2 minutes of video.

  • @kaylin5900
    @kaylin5900 Před 3 lety +24

    1 year later, still here, still killing.

    • @tunnjessica
      @tunnjessica Před 2 lety +5

      And more people denying its happening 😔

    • @dylanbivins847
      @dylanbivins847 Před 2 lety +1

      Still killing. Even more now. It's killed 3 of my family members so far, the latest just this morning.

    • @paulreiche2746
      @paulreiche2746 Před 3 měsíci

      Lost my sister in April of 2022 -- she was a medical professional with a master's degree in public health ---- there is no immunity, still. It is a virus--do you see any innoculated immunity for morphing viruses of colds and flu???

    • @MrStarsuicide
      @MrStarsuicide Před 2 měsíci

      But now no one is dying .

  • @wendajones9040
    @wendajones9040 Před 3 lety +15

    One of the really interesting things with the whole pandemic is how important it is to recognise real danger early. Myself, I’ve been on one cruise and although it was enjoyable I’d never do it again, especially after now knowing the shocking conditions for the crew. And just knowing there is the possibility of being stuck on the ship is enough to put me off.

    • @paulreiche2746
      @paulreiche2746 Před 3 měsíci

      I still cruise and purposefully tip in amounts enough to make a difference for those serving me.

  • @plantadelbosque
    @plantadelbosque Před 3 lety +55

    I am impressed by the speed you were able to put a documentary together of something that happened so recently.
    It was kind of surreal to watch it too. I am living in Japan, and I saw all of this unfold day by day on the news, yet watching it now (not even half a year later) it sounds so far away, with all the infection data we have now and all the countries affected, that I am shocked to stop and think that yes, just five months ago things were like this

  • @Jackson_Roch
    @Jackson_Roch Před 3 lety +58

    AUGUST 2020 - THERE ARE STILL 12,000 CRUISE STAFF STUCK ABOARD THESE SHIPS WORLDWIDE. please pray for them and their families. God bless the crew.

    • @kessmarl
      @kessmarl Před 3 lety +4

      Lol “God” “Pray” ... hahaha.

    • @franciscomunoz4940
      @franciscomunoz4940 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kessmarl huh god bless the crew

    • @pamelawalker3317
      @pamelawalker3317 Před 22 dny

      We were stuck in the bahamas when the outbreak occurred and saw many cruise ships sitting off the coast with crew stuck on board because no country would let the ships port in their country. They just anchored off shore or coast very slowly. This went on for many months. It was sad.
      To get back to the USA, 6 months later, we had to charter a private airplane from Florida to come get us and take us back to the USA. That was the only way we could get back. All public transportation into the USA was halted.

  • @silverstar501
    @silverstar501 Před 2 lety +18

    It is heart breaking to view people's stories during the beginning of Covid-19. We knew it's gonna become an outbreak somehow since it happened in china. But never expected it to still be happening after almost 2 years.

    • @tandiparent1906
      @tandiparent1906 Před 2 lety

      Soo very true 🥺 I'm in SW Oklahoma, US n have known several people who have passed away from it in the past 6 months.

    • @dressedasyournightmare6695
      @dressedasyournightmare6695 Před 2 lety

      Viruses gonna virus. It’s what they do. Stay home if you’re scared.

  • @vc7442
    @vc7442 Před 3 lety +29

    I remember sitting with my boss and coworker watching this on tv thinking how screwed we all were. I was working at a hospital little did we know how screwed we were. That calm before the storm.

  • @nmrudolph
    @nmrudolph Před 3 lety +42

    I work in hazardous waste and when we enter a contamination zone we are completely covered from head to toe and taught how to properly remove our PPE by going through a decontaminated zone so that we don’t get contaminated or bring contamination with us. What the professor from Japan said made so much sense to me.
    We would do drills with shaving cream. It is easier to understand how contamination is spread and how important it is to decontaminate. Try getting out of your PPE without getting shaving cream on you is easier said than done.
    They really needed to zone areas, but did not have the training. I feel in the case of the diamond princess it was the ventilation system as well as the improper decon of items that caused the spread in aerosol form and it kept re-infecting people. There was a case study done on a family from Wuhan had gone to a restaurant in Southern China and it was the ventilation system that caused people at other tables to get infected. This is so sad. 🙏🏻 prayers to all affected by this.

  • @Simeonital
    @Simeonital Před 3 lety +38

    We were on Royal Caribbeans Harmony of the Seas in February watching what was unfolding on the Diamond Princess. How the hell cruise companies kept inviting passengers onto their ships at the end of February and beyond and the fact people still went was just incredible. And people were still desperate to cruise in April and May while cruise companies were giving them hope that it was possible. Crazy

    • @ttc958
      @ttc958 Před 2 lety +2

      Capitalism. Also cruising is SO bad fr the environment

  • @Sweetness-nh8ec
    @Sweetness-nh8ec Před 2 lety +9

    Me & my family had went on a Carnival Cruise months before the outbreak!! So very thankful that we didn’t have such a experience as these poor people had too😟😢

  • @crunchies4me
    @crunchies4me Před 3 lety +23

    My heart goes out to those who end up testing positive for this virus.

    • @mom4u412012
      @mom4u412012 Před 2 lety

      My son now has it. Slowly recovering from It. Lost 2 freinds to it. And know 3 people who lost 1 or both parents to it

  • @hdlsdudetats
    @hdlsdudetats Před 3 lety +105

    It's funny how when I watch a documentary of an outbreak this big, it's usually a thing in the past and I didn't live through it, hence I could only sympathize and use it only as information. But now, I'm actually living it. This documentary gives me flashback of how intense and scared everyone all over the world was during this diamond princess cruise ship case. It was the first evidence outside China of how infectious the virus is; double that with the general idea of cruise ship being a petri dish of bacteria and viruses. I remember very well how cases started popping up in more countries all over the world, mostly in Asia first, soon after this cruise ship. It's as if this cruise incident finally wakes us up to the horror of the reality that this virus has a high potential to cause a pandemic. I don't just sympathize with it anymore, I can still remember the chills running down my spine during those months, every morning, when I woke up to another dreadful news about the virus.

    • @icequeen6512
      @icequeen6512 Před 3 lety +3

      And those images ,I will never forget them it was like the apocalypse!

    • @mwolfuboo1202
      @mwolfuboo1202 Před 3 lety +2

      And now it's getting bad for a third time

    • @cassidees7708
      @cassidees7708 Před 3 lety +1

      *Cries in America*

    • @glampinggrandmas1849
      @glampinggrandmas1849 Před 2 lety

      We

    • @SoKelly
      @SoKelly Před 2 lety +2

      I remember one day looking at the worldwide statistics of deaths and how it kept going up, completely breaking down and pained at heart. I’m still sad so many have lost their lives.

  • @teamholmez86
    @teamholmez86 Před 3 lety +304

    I cant believe anyone got on a cruise ship after this happened but people did

    • @mscolli3
      @mscolli3 Před 3 lety +17

      I personally went on a cruise in March.. I never heard of Covid 19 until I got back.

    • @blablabla1185
      @blablabla1185 Před 3 lety +16

      When you see the anti lock down demonstration in the USA, you will understand.

    • @tongthanawat
      @tongthanawat Před 3 lety +1

      Now staying in some country is more dangerous. but people still stay there.

    • @hothotheat3000
      @hothotheat3000 Před 3 lety +15

      People are stubborn and dumb. They don’t even wear masks or distance because MAH RIGHTS so of course they’d defy common sense.

    • @EchaKiut
      @EchaKiut Před 3 lety +4

      They dumb

  • @marsiling
    @marsiling Před 3 lety +10

    "The US is one of the first to evacuate its citizens" - those who were evacuated diligently wear their masks. But those who were back home refused to follow health and safety protocols.

  • @TheRealmusic18
    @TheRealmusic18 Před 3 lety +5

    One of the reasons I will not go on a large company cruise ship is that at the end of the day, they put business ahead of humanity. They did not help their workers and even threatened to send their names to the company's headquarters?!! They were AFRAID and woking tirelessly! Also, I don't understand how that tiny windowless room with 4 people is even legal. I hope God Blesses all those who had to endure on this ship. Shame Shame Shame on Diamond Princess.

    • @AssistanceDogEducation
      @AssistanceDogEducation Před 3 měsíci +1

      no one forced them to get that tiny room.
      I shared a hotel room with my sister that was so small the 2 single beds were almost touching, you couldn't get between them, and even at the end of the beds there was a tiny little space basically just enough for each of us to stand at the end of our beds, then a toilet in what was like a tiny cupboard, we didn't even have a shower or anything cuz it was so insanely tiny.
      that's all our mum was willing to pay for for us, her and our stepdad had a good room, but they wanted the cheapest room for us. it was horrible but you get what you pay for, as long as you're made aware of the rooms size/conditions then no it shouldn't be illegal. banning tiny rooms would simply prevent people without much money from going on holiday

  • @janelleaddison
    @janelleaddison Před 3 lety +172

    Can't believe that the covid situation advanced so quickly we have more than 16 million people affected oh gosh

  • @fayecox9401
    @fayecox9401 Před 3 lety +37

    Well done to all staff on that ship for taking such great. Care of the passengers

  • @FranciscoHenriques
    @FranciscoHenriques Před 3 lety +27

    "All of us were thinking of extending our trip,s we were not ready to go gome".
    Captain: ....
    Finances: ....
    Virus: Hey, I have a crazy idea! Hear me out...

  • @lawrencemaweu
    @lawrencemaweu Před 6 měsíci +5

    Honestly, I do not remember 2021, that year is just blank for me

  • @mustanggtcruzin
    @mustanggtcruzin Před 3 lety +34

    Their actually hero’s. Someone had to feed the people stuck on the ship. I’m sure it was a tough choice the cruise liner company had to make. Nobody from any government was going to come on board and do their jobs. They were already on the ship too. I just don’t think they should of had to work 13 hours a day

  • @mizuki7yearsago626
    @mizuki7yearsago626 Před 4 lety +106

    best diamond princess documentary I have ever seen

    • @GVal_87
      @GVal_87 Před 4 lety +1

      You sound stupid 😅

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 Před 4 lety +11

      @@GVal_87 You sound stupid. Have you seen all the documentaries about the virus on the ships? I have..........and this is from the passengers and crew point of view, what they experienced. You are clueless and not in a position to criticize.

    • @GVal_87
      @GVal_87 Před 4 lety +1

      Juanita Richards Hahaha point is why do you need to see a great documentary about that

    • @juanitarichards1074
      @juanitarichards1074 Před 4 lety +14

      @@GVal_87 Knowledge is power. Forewarned is forearmed. Until these documentaries aired, many people were still planning on going on their long booked cruises and greedy cruise companies were prepared to take them rather than refund their money.......these documentaries woke a lot of people up and the canceled their cruises......And cruise ships were grounded at last, due to negative publicity and public and health department pressure. I can't believe I have to explain this to you.

    • @GVal_87
      @GVal_87 Před 3 lety +1

      Juanita Richards hahaha don’t think you had to watch a documentary to know all that 😅 Go do something with your life

  • @animoni7
    @animoni7 Před 2 lety +4

    The most insane thing about this cruise line is that I was on another ship in February 2020 right before the worsening of the outbreak and we actually saw the cruise like princess docked in the middle of the ocean (she was near a docking station but definitely nowhere close to letting passengers off). We were arriving at our final stop for the 7 day cruise actually. At the time my family and I hadn’t heard of the severity of Covid since we didn’t have signals on our phones during the trip, being in the middle of ocean and a foreign country primarily. That being said, when we returned and our lives resumed, so many people at work asked me about the Princess ship and I was like I only saw that she was seemingly isolated but we never got near her / nor her to us. Also, Covid qas suddenly serious and we had just gone on a 7 day cruise in foreign countries without masks. Thankfully no one in my family (still to this day) contracted the deadly virus. I am sorry to hear about that outbreak through. It’s crazy to think that we actually witnessed it firsthand and none of us had any idea what qas actually going on inside the ship itself. And for perspective, at the port we landed at, we were 1 of about 9 other ships. Princess was the only one not docked for passengers to exit. I remember thinking it was because they were leaving but also that didn’t make sense considering other cruise ships on different routes were docked with us.

  • @CeCe-xv1fr
    @CeCe-xv1fr Před 3 měsíci +4

    I'm here in 2024. How the world has never went back to the way it was before

  • @nickseunath4110
    @nickseunath4110 Před 3 lety +58

    Is it a bad that I would miss and worry more about my pets then myself

    • @sandygrogg1203
      @sandygrogg1203 Před 3 lety +5

      Nick Seunath I would be the same way... We know we can take care of ourselves, but our petscare vulnerable... They depend on us for everything.

    • @Zerin666
      @Zerin666 Před 3 lety +2

      Normal reaction.I would worry about my pets more definitely

    • @Anitamustdie
      @Anitamustdie Před 3 lety +1

      Same

    • @sigsin1
      @sigsin1 Před 3 lety +3

      Yup, same 🐕🦎🐶

    • @tabithabryan
      @tabithabryan Před 3 lety

      Same here.

  • @BuhayArkitektoVlog2021
    @BuhayArkitektoVlog2021 Před 3 lety +35

    Working at saudi i was infected by corona virus march 23 2020 . I dont have travel history. Corona virus attack my body at nigth
    By: diarhea,backpain, legs pain, fever , cough, bloated , soarthroat , tiredness shortness of breath and lost of memory a severe infection . I nearly died. Luckily i survive i boost my immune system by eating a lot. To fight the corona virus. I treated my self by boiling water with 4 spoon of salt and inhale the smoke. Dringking turmeric, tea and exercise breathing, after i defeat the first infection. I infected again by second time , same treatment boil water with salt. So be carefull everybody corona virus will infected 2 or morethan that. Announce to everyone Keep social distantcing corona virus is not a joke.

    • @4everu984
      @4everu984 Před 3 lety +1

      🤙🏼 glad you made it to warn us!

    • @heatherstub
      @heatherstub Před 3 lety

      Have you used garlic? The Alycin (I think that's how it's spelled, but please forgive me if I'm wrong and correct me.), will help your body along with Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin D3, Zinc, L-Yceine along with the tumeric really helps. You'll need up to 3 grams of Vitamin C, 800 IUs of Vitamin E, (Toccopherols from fish liver oil, Vitamin D3 is 5,000 IUs, 25-35 mgs of zinc Citrate or Zinc Silicate, 1,000 mgs of Garlic oil in a soft jel or up to 4 cloves of raw garlic with food including salad, fish, chicken or shellfish along with vegetables. Soups are great, too, but crush the raw garlic and rub it on toasted bread or in warm rice with broth to make it taste a bit better. I prefer to take the soft jels, because I don't want my breath to smell or taste of too much garlic. You may also make Sadziki sauce with Greek yogourt with chopped cucumber, olive oil and just a touch of lemon juice. Make sure the garlic is raw, and you can crush one clove in a cup of the yogourt mixture.
      I really hope you'll continue to heal and regain your strength, and I hope you don't mind if I pray for you along with the sisters at Holy Transfiguration Monastery. Please let me know if that's okay with you if I give them your first name. If not, I won't be mad or disappointed, because I know some people would rather keep it private. To me, we're all God's children, and we're made in His Image, and what really matters is that we treat everyone with equal respect and honor. We never force anything. That's just the Eastern Christian Way.
      Happy New Year, and many more, especially happy and healthy years.

    • @BuhayArkitektoVlog2021
      @BuhayArkitektoVlog2021 Před 3 lety +1

      @@heatherstub after 11 monhts all the pain in my body is gone. Im back to normal now. My experience being a survivor of the virus, i gain more self confindence and value of life. Thank you to your advice

    • @heatherstub
      @heatherstub Před 3 lety

      @@BuhayArkitektoVlog2021 Thank God! You certainly did a lot to get better yourself. You're fortunate, too. Some people took home remedies they made and stil died from the disease, and some even died from the toxicity of their home remedies, because they even injected themselves with them. You've obviously got to know what you're doing, and some people might learn a thing or two from your experience, as long as they use common sense and take precautions to make sure they don't do anything that would hurt them or others. I'm so glad you're well. Thank you for your response.

  • @himynameischarlotte
    @himynameischarlotte Před 3 lety +48

    This is a national disaster. I feel so bad for all of those people who got infected aboard the ship and around the world. I hope everyone gets better and that no one else gets COVID 19. I hope people keep on wearing masks, and keeping their distance even though it’s extremely hard on everyone. What a scary virus. Stay safe, everyone.

    • @midnight_x_edits
      @midnight_x_edits Před 3 lety +2

      Sadly for you not many people are gonna continue to wear masks social distance or lock themselves away in their houses im sure as hell not why? Mask dont work for one theres many studies on this and its just common knowledge and two if they did work why havent we seen a slow of infections yet and why has the CDC come out and said half the death count or more than half isnt covid? Explain that one to me

    • @lanaistheneworange3013
      @lanaistheneworange3013 Před 3 lety +2

      *international

    • @JustCallM3Karma
      @JustCallM3Karma Před 3 lety +1

      Are you serious? 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @mom4u412012
      @mom4u412012 Před 2 lety

      Over 5 million dead now world wide

    • @UncoordinatedPixie
      @UncoordinatedPixie Před 2 lety +1

      Not my job to keep you safe. Mask yourself.

  • @lauriesmith4575
    @lauriesmith4575 Před 2 lety +9

    Really, Diamond Princess did all they could to keep the passengers safe, especially given that we didn't know then what we know now about it. They did the best they could with *what they had*, and should be commended for doing all they could. As soon as the first case hit, they basically shut down, which is more than could be said for other ships, like the Ruby Princess.

  • @bridgettesullivan6513
    @bridgettesullivan6513 Před 3 lety +14

    I LOVE the couple who were celebrating his 65th or 60th Bday ❤️❤️❤️

  • @royjamestocmo7061
    @royjamestocmo7061 Před 3 lety +47

    I am a crew member that was onboard during this whole period. I must say tha Princess Cruisess took extremely great care of all the guests and crew onboard. The guests were given everything and anything thay wanted for free.
    I strongly feel that two people from this video (Suryatapa Bhattacharya and Maggi Morris) do not have a clue about what they are talking and their facts are completely wrong.

    • @LunaVioletta7
      @LunaVioletta7 Před 3 lety +1

      Can you please share - what did the guests get for free?

    • @royjamestocmo7061
      @royjamestocmo7061 Před 3 lety +9

      Everything that was on their shipboard account all that they had purchased during the course of their cruise. Additional to that during the quarantine period they were given unlimited alcohol beverages, sundries and some guests even asked for makeup products and clothes from the onboard Boutique and they were given everything.

    • @royjamestocmo7061
      @royjamestocmo7061 Před 3 lety +8

      Hello Haruka. How do you know this. Were you there? Don't make up false statements if you don't know the facts. Get a life for yourself.

    • @Jackson_Roch
      @Jackson_Roch Před 3 lety +2

      This is nice to hear!!!!!

    • @levijackalope561
      @levijackalope561 Před 3 lety +2

      @Haruka Kitamura crew members have very strict rules. During these times crew areas are closed and meal times are distanced.

  • @cheriecoffee336
    @cheriecoffee336 Před 2 lety +5

    Such an amazingly REAL account of this snapshot of these peoples’ lives. It was hard to not become emotional while watching this documentary. Now as we are coming to the end of 2021, it is surreal to see how our world has evolved to the needs associated with this virus that is still such a threat. It makes me wonder if we will ever get to the point where we can talk about this deadly virus in the past tense.

  • @AcerDyan
    @AcerDyan Před 3 lety +7

    From an ex-passengers point of view holding back tears and emotions are almost impossible

  • @bryantpark88
    @bryantpark88 Před 4 lety +22

    Nice documentary. I was really sad watching this as I had the chance to cruise the Diamond Princess in Nov. 2018. It's a beautiful ship and had lots of fond memories cruising with them. Both the Diamond and Ruby Princess are currently anchored in Manila Bay alongside two dozen or so other large cruise ships form Carnival, Costa, Royal Caribbean, Holland America, P&O, Cunard including the Queen Elizabeth, among others and most of the Princess Cruise fleet.

    • @jhowardsupporter
      @jhowardsupporter Před 4 lety

      Yeah I've been on a few different ones when I was young. Favorite thing to do was go and stuff myself with desserts at the buffet. Surprised my parents just let me, especially my dad who was strict. My mum would let me do whatever I felt like though.

  • @lynnkeller8187
    @lynnkeller8187 Před 3 lety +44

    We used to cruise all the time when our son was growing up 1994 - 2012 and through that time we were never sick on board and it was great, fun and exciting!!! Today, 2020 cruising is OVER!!!

    • @PeterJohnJnb
      @PeterJohnJnb Před 3 lety +6

      No it's not. Cruises are selling really well for next year and even as far as 2021.

    • @poorboy2400
      @poorboy2400 Před 3 lety +4

      @@PeterJohnJnb i don't understand why so many people want the cruising industry to fail so bad. Cruising will be back!

    • @nightlock-cf3br
      @nightlock-cf3br Před 3 lety +1

      stance yes!

  • @McJam0
    @McJam0 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Watching this back in 2023 is wild, this time was so scary. Really felt as though it was an apocalypse.

  • @deby5983
    @deby5983 Před 3 lety +8

    Do did the passengers get laundry done? 38 days of isolation - Wow. These were some strong people, especially those with no windows or balconies. Amazing strength do deal with that situation.

  • @kolio4917
    @kolio4917 Před 3 lety +3

    On the last day the ruby was in port otago I took 4 crew for a wee trip up to larnach castle etc... was a lovely time.... a week and a half later everyone was in lock down and the ship was locked down with crew on it over 90 days later they finally got to go home. They were looked after so very well, and I'm happy to see all crew members I know survived. Doing tour dispatch when these ship arrive is always a treat x much love to princess lines...you will be back!!!

  • @na6241
    @na6241 Před 3 lety +36

    Praying for the crews of the ship still at sea. 🙏🏽

  • @chloe-zq8ex
    @chloe-zq8ex Před 3 lety +2

    imagine going there for a holiday, but that holiday turned into ur worst nightmare. the past year has been so sad that it’s surreal to know it’s true.

  • @kiwisunshine9631
    @kiwisunshine9631 Před 3 lety +16

    Wow. Thanks to everyone who shared their part of the story. Please take care and stay well:-)

  • @trevorjohn5239
    @trevorjohn5239 Před 4 lety +63

    When a pandemic happens, we on land can get handsanitizer and masks. But they are not able to do that onboard.

    • @yallv3rylittl3tam3
      @yallv3rylittl3tam3 Před 4 lety +5

      But they do have soap and water..

    • @chrisv2172
      @chrisv2172 Před 3 lety +3

      They were provided with it as soon as the outbreak begun

    • @fredflintstone5356
      @fredflintstone5356 Před 3 lety +12

      I have been on several cruises and they have always had hand sanitizer stations throughout the ship. Also before you enter the restaurants and buffets they had hand sanitizer stations set up.

  • @mvvagner
    @mvvagner Před 3 lety +58

    To me this was proof that the virus is airborne

  • @MilkmanCR
    @MilkmanCR Před rokem +4

    Getting stuck in those inside cabins must’ve been TORTURE. Atleast the Balcony is more comfy

  • @marygonmez1151
    @marygonmez1151 Před 3 lety +4

    Excellent documentary , very informative .
    Thank you but wont get on a cruise ship for quite a while.

  • @christopherang9658
    @christopherang9658 Před 4 lety +9

    I saw the programme on TV. It came across very well done.

  • @rorschacht8478
    @rorschacht8478 Před 3 lety +28

    "Celebrating his 65th birthday".
    Me: Excuse me, was he born 50? Cause that guy looks younger than me, I'm 29...

  • @yomama1169
    @yomama1169 Před 2 lety +7

    It's so surreal to watch this back after over a year of lockdowns and restrictions and we are still living with covid

  • @ollehyolo9019
    @ollehyolo9019 Před 2 lety +6

    imagine when the year 2020 was just starting 500 plus cases and deaths were this alarming for me, now that it surpasses 3M plus is just-

  • @Strangernightg
    @Strangernightg Před 3 lety +10

    It's so sad, from one human being to all those families who lost someone due to the covid19 I send you my sincere condolences and may the person who lost their lives may they rest in peace!!!! As I'm watching this video I started to cry because I am so upset. I wonder if this was done because of the population of people that are growing around the world that maybe that's why someone invented the coronavirus. Just imagine if there were no more wars, all countries worldwide would live in peace, love, and respect!!!

  • @cutelittlemochicalledchimc9851

    funny how they complains getting stuck in the ship and not getting enough medical tests or wanting to go home when the situation outside is just the same, youll either get stuck or get infected on hotels, airports and terminals

    • @ilovetyraandnaomi
      @ilovetyraandnaomi Před 3 lety +9

      I hear u but being stuck in a small cabin isn't cool yo

    • @wtm956
      @wtm956 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ilovetyraandnaomi yea but being allowed to go out would increase the chances of infecting others, and further increasing the risk of spreading the virus INTO the country of japan and not just on the ship. and even if they were let out and allowed to stay in hotels they would have to do the same thing, 14 days in isolation, except in a hotel room.

    • @babylionssirenblack1595
      @babylionssirenblack1595 Před 3 lety +2

      @@wtm956 if u havent gone through quarrantine in an eclosed space u will never understand.

    • @PurposefullyDriven
      @PurposefullyDriven Před 3 lety +1

      Whilst the crew had to continue working

  • @ambientgamesound
    @ambientgamesound Před 3 lety +13

    It's crazy how this all happened so quickly. I am glad that they are docked though. Imagine being stuck in the middle of the sea. Kudos to all of the crew tho that continued to work

    • @annat6249
      @annat6249 Před 3 lety +1

      I understand the fear and concern of crew worker but during COVID, they are now a frontline worker like the doctor and nurse. Imagine all employee of food industry stop working, who would feed those citizens forced at home? Imagine the crime when people attacking each other for limited food supplies. The customers in this ship need basic supply like food after all.

    • @ambientgamesound
      @ambientgamesound Před 3 lety

      @@annat6249 They are awesome and having them docked helps restock the ship

  • @shopsshire9282
    @shopsshire9282 Před 3 lety +13

    If they were wearing masks on the Diamond Princess back in February, why can't some people in the United States do it in December 2020 into January 2021 I don't understand

    • @michelleevans5531
      @michelleevans5531 Před 3 lety

      Because this has been milked to smithereens for a lot longer than it was intended to be. Enough is enough.

    • @michelleevans5531
      @michelleevans5531 Před 3 lety

      Fauchi got very rich of this thing. You think that nut job is gonna quit making money now while he's ahead?

    • @midnight_x_edits
      @midnight_x_edits Před 3 lety +2

      Cuz masks dont do anything