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Hell of a Cruise

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When passengers and crew members boarded the luxury Diamond Princess cruise ship in January of 2020, they had no idea that the deadly novel coronavirus boarded the ship with them turning the floating paradise into their worst nightmare. With access to hours of never-before-seen self-shot footage from passengers, this premium two-hour feature documentary will explore what went wrong and why only one week later were other cruise ships sent out to sea -- where the same nightmare occurred again.

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John Sooja Common Sense Media The film does well to convey these fears and dangers passengers and employees suffered. Unfortunately, there isn't a happy ending, as most passengers state afterward that they'd love to continue their "cruise life" once life gets back to normal. Rated: 4/5 Sep 22, 2022 Full Review John Serba Decider Hell of a Cruise could use a little more focused, detailed approach. But as a wide-ranging look at a key moment in the Covid pandemic, it’s compelling and informative. Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Scott F It's easy to forget the desperation we all had in the early days of the pandemic, wondering just how contagious and dangerous this mysterious virus was. This film accurately portrays the intense fear and emotions of those passengers on the Diamond Princess who were quarantined for weeks wondering what their fate would be. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/08/24 Full Review Troy D Good documentary, editing and information. While most eyewitnesses were good and realistic. A few were really over the top with the doom and gloom, over exaggerated commentary. I was on a cruise ship in Australia and the South Pacific during this time and we were not allowed to dock. Cruise line did everything in their control to do what they could to accommodate us. NCL Jewel Feb 14 from Sydney. Hopefully I never see a few of these attention seekers on this show on a cruise ship again. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/04/23 Full Review Johnnie J Hell of a Cruise presented the information, it detailed passenger and on board staff account of what occurred, It appeared that the Princess Cruise line including Diamond Princess were ground zero for Coronavirus and its continued growth as many died. Toward the end of the documentary, it was in poor taste and clearly he was singled out to publish Arnold Donald CEO of Carnival Cruises Salary, but didn't publish Jan Swartz-President of Princess Cruises or the other cruise lines shown President or CEO Salaries. What was the point? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Nick Quested

Director

Brett Kincaid

Producer

Mehdi Darlis

Producer

David Kennedy

Producer

Gretchen McGowan

Producer

Nick Quested

Executive Producer
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Synopsis When passengers and crew members boarded the luxury Diamond Princess cruise ship in January of 2020, they had no idea that the deadly novel coronavirus boarded the ship with them turning the floating paradise into their worst nightmare. With access to hours of never-before-seen self-shot footage from passengers, this premium two-hour feature documentary will explore what went wrong and why only one week later were other cruise ships sent out to sea -- where the same nightmare occurred again.
Director
Nick Quested
Producer
Brett Kincaid, Mehdi Darlis, David Kennedy, Gretchen McGowan
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 14, 2022
Runtime
1h 18m