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March 19, 2020 9:00PM PT

Coral Princess Update

Princess Cruises confirms that Coral Princess was required to abruptly depart the port of Buenos Aires late on March 19, before all guests were disembarked. Argentine President, Alberto Fernandez, issued a decree at 8:00 pm local time that began at midnight. The decree would require the ship to remain in port for an indeterminate number of days, and no guests would have been permitted to disembark during that time. Therefore, the decision was made to leave port immediately.

Coral Princess is now sailing to Montevideo, Uruguay, where it will take delivery of supplies and fuel on March 20. We have been, and will continue to, seek permission to complete guest disembarkation there. Princess Cruises port operations is exploring all avenues, including diplomatic channels. Also, we are working with our shoreside teams on several options to disembark should there be any issues with Montevideo.

Internet and guest stateroom telephone service remain complimentary so that guests can stay in touch with family. Updates will be made available as we obtain more information.

This is an unprecedented situation and we thank our guests for their continued patience and understanding. The safety, health and well-being of everyone on board remains our highest priority.

https://www.princess.com/news/notices_and_advisories/notices/coral-princess-updates.html

9 minutes ago, san diego sue said:

Just got a phone call from a friend (passenger)on the ship. She was waiting in a lounge to get off. Their flight hasn't been cancelled. Then they were told to go to passengers services to get their luggage back.Hadn't been off loaded yet.  She said Argentine passengers were called to get off.She thinks they did. No other announcements. So they are back in their cabin waiting for more information and missing their flight.She said she will email me when she knows more.

Oh no. That's bad news. Thanks for the info.

Hi.

My parents are in the ship right now and today they were suppose to disembark. They don't know how to use any technology, so it's been really hard to me to communicate with them.

Do you know if the passengers are disembarking right now?

They have a confirmed flight not for today but for the 21st.