The Costa Deliziosa — the last cruise ship at sea during the coronavirus pandemic — spent weeks at sea without landfall. Here’s what happened on board.
In January 2020, the gigantic Costa Deliziosa cruise ship slipped its moorings in the Italian city of Venice and headed out into the Adriatic Sea on an around-the-world voyage. Around 2000 passengers were on board for what they hoped would be the trip of a lifetime.
Then, as the ship cruised into February, Covid-19 began to stalk the voyage. Worrying headlines out of Asia, including the controversial quarantining of a ship full of passengers -- the Diamond Princess -- in Japan, began to heighten concerns, prompting a revision of the Deliziosa's itinerary to avoid the region.Courtesy Carlos Páya
"Covid-19 was behind us. We were circling and dodging it, so to speak," he tells CNN, looking back at the oceanic odyssey. "We were very happy," Payá says, recalling a pleasant evening spent celebrating St Patrick's Day in a local bar."We didn't know that happiness ended right there."Nicolò Alba, captain of the Costa Deliziosa
As the ship arrived at Fremantle, Australia on March 16, Alba, in agreement with Costa Cruises, decided that no passengers would be allowed off the ship. "We [...] decided to return to Europe by making only technical stops for supplies, without disembarking our guests, in order to guarantee guests' maximum protection," says Alba."It was a right choice, because in the end the ship proved to be the safest place to be for them."For many, the first two weeks following the departure from Australia were the toughest.
Tensions heightened as reports of how Covid-19 was impacting Europe circulated the ship. Many of those on board were from Italy, Spain and France, some of the worst-hit nations."It was difficult, not knowing what was going on with the virus," says Lindberg, the retiree from Texas."At first I was watching the numbers daily. Italy and then Spain and then France were being affected so much. The cases and deaths per million were hard to believe.
Plus, Seidler adds, she was still working. With no days off at port in sight, her team were busier than ever.
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