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Carnival AirShip to fly monthlong tour over California

PHOTO: Carnival Cruise Line
The AirShip followed Carnival Vista on the East Coast earlier this year
Carnival Cruise Line will deploy its #ChooseFun AirShip on a monthlong tour across California as part of a yearlong promotion leading up to Carnival Panorama's introduction.

The AirShip tour will launch Dec. 31 in conjunction with Carnival's first Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day.

Over schools, events, homeports, Sky Zone parks

The 120-foot Carnival AirShip will journey throughout Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Bernardino and Riverside counties and then to Northern California, heralding the December 2019 introduction of Carnival Panorama in Long Beach.

The AirShip will fly over major cultural moments including the Rose Parade and visit schools, Carnival’s homeports in Long Beach and San Diego, travel agent viewing parties and some trampoline park locations of Sky Zone, Carnival Panorama’s new all-ages attraction.

Sweepstakes and support for St Jude

In conjunction with the aerial tour, Carnival is offering the chance to win prizes including a cruise for two in a sweepstakes that begins Dec. 31. Details on the sweepstakes will be announced later this month.

In addition, when people post a picture of the blimp using the hashtags #ChooseFun and #JumpIntoFun, inspired by the first Sky Zone at sea on Carnival Panorama, Carnival will make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The Carnival AirShip made its inaugural journey this past summer when it toured the Southeast US in August and September to mark the arrival of new Fun Ships in multiple homeports.

600,000 West Coast cruisers a year

Carnival Panorama will debut with a three-day inaugural cruise from Long Beach on Dec. 11 next year, followed by year-round, seven-day Mexican Riviera service. The ship joins Carnival Imagination and Carnival Inspiration to carry upwards of 600,000 passengers annually from the West Coast—more than any other cruise line.