Carnival Panorama is a Vista-class cruise ship set to operate for Carnival Cruise Line, a division of Carnival Corporation & plc. She is due to debut in December 2019 in Long Beach, California and is the third and final Vista-class ship in the Carnival fleet, joining her sisters, Carnival Vista and Carnival Horizon. Upon delivery, she became the 27th vessel in the Carnival fleet. At 133,868 GT and 323 m (1,060 ft) long, she will be the largest ship of the Carnival fleet until Mardi Gras debuts in 2020.

History

Planning and construction

In March 2015, Carnival Corporation and Fincantieri made an agreement for five ships to be delivered between 2019 and 2022. On an announcement released on 30 December 2015, Carnival Corporation further established that the planned 4,200-passenger ship was set to be delivered to Carnival's sister brand, P&O Cruises Australia. A year later, on 15 December 2016, Carnival Corporation announced that Carnival Cruise Line would receive a third Vista-class vessel, meaning the original order for P&O Cruises Australia was transferred over to Carnival Cruise Line. The announcement stated that delivery for the vessel was set for the fall of 2019. On 1 December 2017, Carnival Corporation officially announced that the third and final ship in the Vista class of the fleet would be named Carnival Panorama.

Construction officially began on the then-unnamed vessel on 7 July 2017 at Fincantieri's shipyard in Marghera with a steel-cutting ceremony. The keel was laid on 10 January 2018. Carnival Panorama was officially launched from the shipyard on 6 December 2018. On 18 July 2019, she completed her sea trials in the Adriatic Sea.

Delivery and christening

On 29 October 2019, Fincantieri officially presented Carnival Panorama to Carnival Cruise Line at the Marghera shipyard. To travel from Marghera to Long Beach for her christening and debut, Carnival Panorama embarked on a 38-day journey that takes her across the Atlantic Ocean and through the Strait of Magellan to sail up the western coast of South America, making stops in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Montevideo, Santiago, and Puerto Vallarta, before arriving at her final destination in December.

Carnival Panorama is scheduled to be christened on 10 December 2019 in Long Beach by her godmother, Vanna White, the hostess of American game show, Wheel of Fortune.

Itinerary

Carnival Panorama is scheduled to debut in December 2019. The vessel will be homeported at the Port of Long Beach, and she will embark on a three-day inaugural voyage to Ensenada before doing 7-day Mexican Riviera cruises year-round. Ports of call in the Mexican Riviera cruises include Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán, and Puerto Vallarta.

Facilities

The vessel's public facilities will be similar to and evolve from those offered on the Carnival Vista and Carnival Horizon. One distinct feature is a Sky Zone trampoline park in place of the IMAX theater found on her older sister ships. The ship will continue to include a bevy of restaurants, shops, and activity venues, such as a Waterworks aqua park inspired by Shaquille O'Neal, and the Liquid Lounge, housing all of the shows onboard.