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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. A review of Carnival Glory this week and staff writer Richard Sims on Deck with Cruise News. Hey, Richard.

Hey, Doug. It's another one of those stories we've heard a lot of over the past few years.

Yeah, that's right. And here is the lesson. Before you go all in on

any investment, make sure the company, you know, actually has the thing that you're supposedly

investing in. Otherwise, you could wind up like the dozens of people who paid thousands

upon thousands of dollars for an opportunity to live aboard a cruise ship for three years.

No, we're not talking

about Villa V Residences at sea this time, but rather a company called Victoria Cruises Line.

According to a report by the BBC, and if you can't trust the BBC, who can you trust?

Would-be passengers ponied up a whole lot of cash to secure their place on

Victoria Cruise Line's three-year sailing. Forgive me, people, I have a little bit of a cough today.

There was, it turns out, one big problem. There wasn't actually a ship for them to sail on.

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