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Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker. Thanks for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. A review of Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas today. Also, Sherry Laskin standing by with Cruise News over in, or I should say up in Haines, Alaska. We'll be checking in with her in just a couple of moments. Cruise Radio News are daily quick hits of the news Monday through Friday. You can find that by typing in Cruise Radio News on your favorite podcast catcher. Let's see. The Cruise Radio YouTube channel have a deck-by-deck walkthrough of Norwegian Pearl on there. And if you're a new listener, thank you so much for being here. Happy to have you. If I can do anything for you, drop me an email, Doug, at cruiseradio.net. All right, Sherry Laskin is here with Cruise News. Hi, Sherry. Hi, Doug. Carnival Panorama is one step closer to the U.S. Yeah, Carnival Panorama left the shipyard in Italy last weekend, but it was only for a brief trip out to sea. And in case you didn't know,

if someone out there doesn't know, Panorama was supposed to be a part of Carnival's P&O fleet,

when Carnival executives saw how popular the first two Vista class shifts were, and that would be the

Vista and the Horizon, they decided that the Panorama would instead join the Carnival

fleet, and it will become the first new carnival ships be home ported on the West Coast

in 20 years.

So when Panorama is completed, the ship will head across the Atlantic to Long Beach, California,

but without any passengers, after a three-night inaugural cruise, the ship will offer seven-night Mexican Riviera cruises

that include Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Porto Bayarta.

I know you're over in Alaska and you don't have the best signal, but did you get to see

that video of the ship leaving Dry Dock?

I tried to and it wouldn't play.

It looked like it was going to be a really neat video with people on shore and everything,

but I had that broken face that said, nope, you can't play this.

I hear you.

And speaking of Long Beach, a Cunard exhibit is launching on the Queen Mary over there tomorrow.

Yeah, and like you said, back in Long Beach, the RMS Queen Mary, which is now a ship hotel,

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