IHolland America Line iqoka ifulegi layo elisha

Ngokuhlonishwa kweminye yemikhumbi ekhumbuleka kakhulu ku IHolland America LineCishe umlando weminyaka eyi-150, i-premium cruise line ishintsha igama lesakhiwo sayo esisha sisuka e-Ryndam siye e-Rotterdam futhi sisenza sibe ifulegi elisha lemikhumbi. Umkhumbi wesikhombisa ozobizwa ngaleli gama eliyingqopha-mlando, i-Rotterdam uzolethwa unyaka owodwa kuze kube yimanje ngoJulayi 30, 2021, uhlehliswe kancane ekulethweni kwawo kwasekuqaleni ngoMeyi 2021 ngenxa yesimo sezempilo somhlaba wonke.

Lapho i-Rotterdam ilethwa endaweni yemikhumbi yase-Fincantieri e-Marghera e-Italy, izochitha ihlobo ihlola iNyakatho Yurophu ne-Baltic ohambweni lokuya nokubuya olusuka e-Amsterdam, e-Netherlands. Izivakashi nabeluleki bezokuvakasha abanamakhasimende abhukhelwe ku-Premiere Voyage yomkhumbi ngoMeyi kanye nezinhlelo zohambo kuze kube nguJulayi 30 bathintwa ngezinketho zokuphinda ubhukhe.

“Umkhumbi wokuqala owaya e-Holland America Line kwakuwukuqala kwe-Rotterdam, inkampani yayinekomkhulu edolobheni lase-Rotterdam iminyaka eminingi, futhi igama beliwuphawu kuwo wonke umlando wethu kusukela ngo-1872 ... ngakho-ke ngokusobala igama linamandla futhi lingokomfanekiso,” kusho UGus Antorcha, umongameli we-Holland America Line. “Njengoba i-Rotterdam yamanje ishiya inkampani, sasazi ukuthi sibe nethuba eliyingqayizivele lokwamukela igama njengesizinda sethu esisha futhi siqhubekisele phambili isiko lokuba ne-Rotterdam emkhunjini wethu. I-Seven iyinombolo yenhlanhla, futhi siyazi ukuthi izoletha intokozo enkulu ezivakashini zethu njengoba ihamba imbulunga yonke.”

Umlando Wegama elithi Rotterdam

Umkhumbi wokuqala we-Holland America Line kwakungu-Rotterdam, owahamba ngomkhumbi wawo wokuqala usuka eNetherlands uya eNew York Oct. 15, 1872, futhi waholela ekusungulweni kwenkampani ngo-April 18, 1873. I-Rotterdam II yakhiwa ngo-1878 yeBritish Ship Owners Co. futhi yathengwa yi-Holland America Line ngo-1886. I-Rotterdam III yasungulwa ngo-1897 futhi yaba nenkampani kwaze kwaba ngu-1906. I-Rotterdam yesine yajoyina umkhumbi ngo-1908 futhi yasebenza njengomthwali wamasosha lapho kuphela iMpi Yezwe I. Ngemva kwempi yenza izikebhe ezivamile ukusuka eNew York kuya eMedithera.

I-Rotterdam V, eyaziwa nangokuthi “i-Grande Dame,” yahamba ngomkhumbi ngo-1959 futhi yaqala ukuwela i-atlantic ngamakilasi amabili enkonzo. Kamuva yaguqulelwa ekubeni umkhumbi wezinga elilodwa ngo-1969. Wahamba no-Holland America Line iminyaka engu-38 kwaze kwaba ngu-1997, kuhlanganise nama-Grand World Voyages amaningana, futhi okwamanje iyihhotela nomnyuziyamu edolobheni lase-Rotterdam. I-Rotterdam VI, eyakamuva kakhulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi i-Holland America Line, yethulwa ngo-1997 kanye nomkhumbi wokuqala ku-R Class.

Isizini yokuQala yokuhlola iMedithera, iBaltic neNorway

Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi i-Rotterdam VII kuqala ngo-Aug. 1 ngomkhumbi we-Premiere Voyage wezinsuku eziyisikhombisa usuka e-Trieste, e-Italy, uya e-Civitavecchia (Roma), e-Italy, nezingcingo zamachweba kulo lonke uLwandle i-Adriatic naseningizimu ye-Italy. Umkhumbi uhamba ngo-Aug. 8 usuka e-Civitavecchia ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyi-14 unqamula entshonalanga yeMedithera udlulele e-Amsterdam.

Kusukela ngomhla ka-Aug. 22 kuya ku-Oct. 10, umkhumbi uzohamba uye nokubuya usuka e-Amsterdam ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa oluya eNorway, usuku olulodwa lwe-14 ukuya e-Baltic kanye nolunye lwezinsuku eziyi-14 ukuya eNorway, e-Iceland nase-British Isles. I-trans-Atlantic iqeda isizini yokuqala yaseYurophu ngohambo lwezinsuku eziyi-14 ukusuka e-Amsterdam ukuya e-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida.

Ukuze kwamukeleke izihambeli ezibhukhelwe ohambweni olukhanseliwe lwase-Ryndam kusukela ngoMeyi kuya kuJulayi, uhambo lwe-Nieuw Statendam lokuhamba ngomkhumbi luzobona izinguquko ezithile ezizohambisana kakhulu nohambo lwangaphambili lukaseyili lwe-Ryndam.

"Izivakashi nabeluleki bezokuvakasha bazokwaziswa namuhla ngalezi zindaba nezinguquko ezizayo ezinhlelweni zamanje," kwengeza u-Antorcha. “Sicela wonke umuntu, nokho, ukuthi asibekezelele amasonto ambalwa ngayo yonke imininingwane njengoba sakha kabusha izindlela zohambo futhi siqeda izindlela ezimbalwa ezifiselekayo. Sizolandela imininingwane ethile maduze nje ukuze wonke umuntu azi izinketho zakhe. ”

Izivakashi ezibhukhelwe ohambweni lokuqala oluhleliwe lwe-Premiere Voyage zizobhukhwa kabusha ku-Premier Sailing for Rotterdam, esuka ngo-August 1, futhi zizothola u-$100 umuntu ngamunye ngekhredithi yebhodi lomkhumbi. Zonke ezinye izihambeli ebezibhukhwe ohambweni oluthintekile lwase-Ryndam noma lwase-Nieuw Statendam zizobhukhwa kabusha ngokuzenzekelayo zibe yidethi efanayo yesikhathi esizayo yohambo ngomkhumbi ehlobo ngemali yokugibela efanayo ekhokhiwe. Izivakashi zizothola u-$100 umuntu ngamunye wekhredithi yebhodi lomkhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi izinsuku eziyi-10 noma ngaphansi kanye no-$250 ngomuntu ngamunye ochungechungeni lwezinsuku eziyi-12 noma ngaphezulu. Izivakashi zicelwa ukuthi zilinde zize zithole iziqinisekiso zokubhukha ezibuyekeziwe emasontweni ambalwa alandelayo ngaphambi kokuxhumana ne-Holland America Line ukuze uthole izinguquko ezengeziwe ekubhukheni.

Mayelana ne-Rotterdam VII

Okwesithathu ochungechungeni lwe-Pinnacle Class, i-Rotterdam izothwala izivakashi ezingu-2,668, ilinganise amathani angu-99,500 futhi ibonise izinsiza eziphumelele kakhulu nezinto ezintsha ezethulwe ngemikhumbi engudadewabo, okuhlanganisa isikrini esizungezile esingu-270-degree World Stage, i-Sel de Mer kaRudi kanye ne-Grand Dutch Café. Iletha okuhamba phambili kwakho konke, i-Rotterdam ibungaza umculo obukhoma ngeqoqo elikhethekile lemidlalo esezingeni lomhlaba njalo ebusuku - kusukela eLincoln Center Stage kanye ne-BB King's Blues Club kuya eRolling Stone Rock Room kanye ne-Billboard Onboard.

Kuwo wonke umkhumbi, i-Rotterdam izophinde ibonise izimpawu ze-Holland America Line ezishayela amanani aphakeme kakhulu okuphinda izihambeli embonini: ukudla okuhle okuqondiswa abapheki abayisishiyagalombili abahamba phambili emhlabeni; isevisi enomusa, ewina imiklomelo; kanye nama-stateroom nama-suites aqokwe ngendlela encomekayo, okuhlanganisa indawo yokuhlala yomndeni kanye neyomuntu oyedwa.
I-Rotterdam ingumkhumbi we-17 owakhelwe i-Holland America Line yi-Italian shipyard Fincantieri, esanda kwakha i-Nieuw Statendam. Imininingwane yokuqamba ayikaphothulwa futhi izomenyezelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

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