'Please don't let us die slowly': HBO documentary reveals how crew members aboard doomed COVID cruise sobbed in fear while forced to attend to quarantined guests in their rooms The Last Cruise, a new HBO documentary, captures life inside the Diamond Princess ship during the COVID-19 outbreak last year Using footage from passengers and crew members, director Hannah Olson shows what it was like from boarding, which began on January 20, through quarantine, which ended for most at the end of February Most onboard were unconcerned about COVID-19 as the ship traveled, disembarking to explore through the end of January and early February