I-Carnival Cruise Line izokhuphula umthamo eSouthern California lapho iCarnival Splendor yethula uhambo lwesonto lonke lwe-Mexican Riviera lusuka eLong Beach, eCalifornia, kusukela ngo-2018.
Ngalokhu kunwetshwa komthamo, iCarnival iqhubeka nokuqinisa isikhundla sayo sobuholi endaweni ethandwayo nefanelekile, yengeza umkhumbi omusha, omkhulu ogwini oluseNtshonalanga ngeCarnival Splendor.
I-Carnival isanda kumemezela ukuthi isayine isivumelwano nomnikazi wendawo i-Urban Commons kanye neDolobha laseLong Beach sokwandisa indawo yesikhumulo sesitimela iLong Beach Cruise Terminal ukuze kuhlaliswe imikhumbi emikhulu njengeCarnival Splendor futhi ithuthukise ukusebenza kwayo. I-Carnival isebenzise i-Long Beach Cruise Terminal kusukela ngo-2003 isebenzisa indawo eyingxenye ye-Geodesic Dome okwakuyindawo egcina imnyuziyamu ekhangwa u-Howard Hughes '"Spruce Goose". Isivumelwano sinikeza iCarnival amaphesenti angu-100 ukusetshenziswa kweDome, cishe ngokuphindwe kathathu ubukhulu besikhungo sayo samanje. Ukwakhiwa kuhlelwe ukuthi kuqedwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2017.
Ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwenkonzo evela eLong Beach, iCarnival Splendor izohlinzeka ngohambo lwezinsuku eziyi-13 lwePanama Canal ngoJanuwari 2018 oluzoba namachweba ahlukahlukene amangalisayo kulo lonke elaseCaribbean, eMexico naseCentral America. I-Carnival Splendor izophinde isebenzise uhambo lwezinsuku eziyi-14 lwaseHawaii lokuya nokubuya olusuka eLong Beach.
“I-Long Beach iyichweba lasekhaya elisebenziseka kalula futhi elidumile futhi siyajabula ukunikeza izivakashi zethu izinketho zokuvakasha zonyaka wonke ezijabulisayo ngomkhumbi omusha, omkhulu kule makethe,” kusho uChristine Duffy, umongameli weCarnival Cruise Line. “Ngaso leso sikhathi, sijabule kakhulu ngokuthi sikwazile ukukhulisa izindawo zethu zokugcina e-Long Beach ngokusetshenziswa ngokugcwele kwe-dome okuzoqinisekisa ukuthi sinikeza izivakashi zethu ulwazi oluseqophelweni eliphezulu nokusebenza kahle echwebeni. ”
