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Hey, how's it going? My name is Doug Parker.

Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here, my friend. Coming up on this week's show, a review of Carnival Vista. Now, I know what you're thinking. You did Carnival Vista a few months back, but this time it was with a guest who was stuck right in the middle of all those propulsion issues and kind of gave us some context with the crew of what's really going on and what they're going to be doing once the ship

goes into the repair mode, which is happening right now where it's not sailing.

But first, as always, staff writer Richard Sims is here with Cruise News.

Hey, Richard.

Hey, Doug.

So we kick things off this week with a not so great development for those would-be passengers on that Villa V. Odyssey, three-and-a-half-year world cruise.

Yeah, I'm starting to think it's going to be three and a half years before they tip sales, if it ever does.

Every week we seem to be playing the will-day-or-won-they-sale game.

And if this week you put your money on them not sailing, you win.

Unfortunately, that's not good news for the people who are waiting to sail. Although the company said that the Odyssey's sea trials were a success,

it turns out there's more certifications and more,

you know, hoops that they have to jump through. So the ship isn't ready to sail. But the real

problem is they're basically running out of money. So there have been a lot of people,

not a lot of people, but there have been a fair amount of people who have been kind-time living on the ship. They are people who bought rooms on the ship and have gone

to Belfast, where the ship is, and during the day they are staying on the ship, and then at

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