Carnival Panorama arriving at the Portland drydock
KetAwesomeness / Ketner Mizée
Older son noticed there was a cruise ship docked at Swan Island. He noticed it because he could see a water slide poking up above the warehouses. Swan Island is an industrial district, full of warehouses, train tracks and shipyards, so a water slide was definitely out of place.
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| Carnival Panorama Water Slide |
The water slide is perched on top of a cruise ship that has come to Portland for repairs. We were driving around down there Saturday morning and every so often you could catch a glimpse of it, but nowhere could you get a good view of it.
Near as I can make out, this ship operates out of Long Beach, California. They had some engine trouble and decided to send it to the Vigor Shipyard in Portland for repair. Vigor has only drydock on the west coast that is big enough to accommodate this ship.
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| Carnival Panorama funnel Notice scaffolding around the funnel |
Before they could come here they first had to stop at Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, to have the top part of the funnel removed so the ship could sail under the bridges on the way up the Columbia River to Portland.
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| Bridges between Swan Island and the Pacific Ocean |
Bridges between Swan Island and the Pacific Ocean
P. S. Most every web site about cruise ships is so loaded with ad-ware that it drug my computer back into the dark ages. Very annoying.
Very cool. Thank you for your research.
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