Windstorm Tilts MSC Preziosa During DJ Alok Cruise Show, Delays Return to Santos

Overview

• Passengers reported the vessel listed during sudden high winds around 12:27 a.m., with conditions easing after roughly 20–30 minutes.
• The performance stopped as security evacuated areas near the stage, with one account citing firefighters assisting.
• Videos show people running, cans spilling from refrigerators, and many retreating to cabins, including elderly passengers who struggled to move.
• An internal notice the next morning said the ship altered course due to the storm and would dock late in Santos, with disembarkation around 11 a.m.
• The incident occurred on a New Year’s-themed voyage that departed Santos, watched Copacabana fireworks, and was returning from Búzios toward the São Paulo coast.