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Carnival Cruise Line takes advertising campaign to the Southern California skies

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  • Blimp pilot Terry Dillard navigates the Carnival Airship over the ocean off Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship announces the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise LineÕs newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • The Carnival Airship flies over the Queen Mary and the cruise ship Carnival Imagination in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019 to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. It’s expected to arrive in Long Beach in December. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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  • Crew members prepare the Carnival Airship prior to take-off at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship was launched to to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • The shadow of the Carnival Airship can be seen in the parking lot, bottom, as it flies past the Queen Mary in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019 to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. It’s expected to arrive in Long Beach in December. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Blimp pilot Terry Dillard, bottom and travel industry reporter Julianna Shallcross are seen in the rear view mirror of the Carnival Airship as it flies over Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The flight of the airship is to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise LineÕs newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Blimp pilot Terry Dillard takes off from the Long Beach Airport in the Carnival Airship in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship announces the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • The Carnival Airship takes off toward the sun from the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship announces the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • The Carnival Airship takes off from the Long Beach Airport at a steep 7-degree angle in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship announces the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise LineÕs newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

  • Crew members prepare the Carnival Airship prior to take-off at Long Beach Airport in Long Beach on Thursday, January 10, 2019. The airship was launched to to mark the upcoming arrival of Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Carnival Panorama. It will be the first Carnival ship to homeport in California in 20 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Carnival Cruise Line is taking to the air to promote its latest development on the water.

The Carnival AirShip, with the message #ChooseFun on its side, flew over Long Beach on Thursday, Jan. 10, as part of a California tour advertising the imminent arrival of the Carnival Panorama cruise ship, which will call Long Beach its home port by year’s end.

The 3,954-passenger Carnival Panorama, which will weigh in at 133,500 tons, is scheduled to debut with a three-day cruise out of Long Beach beginning Dec. 11. It will then offer week-long Mexican Riviera cruises beginning Dec. 14.

The 120-foot-long AirShip is scheduled to fly over San Diego on Sunday and then San Francisco on Jan. 25.