Imikhumbi emikhulu, izindawo ezintsha, amanani aphansi

Ukuhamba, ikakhulukazi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, kuyindawo ekhanyayo onyakeni ogcwele izindaba ezingezinhle zezomnotho. Ezinye zezivumelwano ezinhle kakhulu kule minyaka eyishumi zisekhona, futhi imikhumbi emisha engu-14 izokwethulwa emhlabeni wonke ngaphambi kokuba unyaka uphele.

I-Carnival yethula umkhumbi wayo omkhulu kunawo wonke. Futhi iRoyal Caribbean International yenza ukuthinta okokugcina ngomkhumbi omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni - i-Oasis of the Seas, enabantu asebenesikhathi eside behamba ngomkhumbi abayaluza.

Ukuntengantenga komnotho kuye kwasho ukugingqika kwemboni yezokuvakasha okuholele ekwehleni kwamanani entengo kubathengi.

"Intengo ibingekho phansi njengangemuva kuka-9/11, kodwa ibisondele kakhulu," kusho u-Tom Baker we-CruiseCenter e-Houston.

Nawa amathrendi ongawabuka.

Izinkokhelo eziphansi.

Lapho umnotho ushintsha, imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi yaqala ukwehlisa imali yokugibela ukuze ihehe abahambi ukuthi babuye, kusho ochwepheshe. UCarolyn Spencer Brown, umhleli oyinhloko wengosi edumile ye-Cruise Critic ithi: “Ungathenga amanani ashibhile kunawo wonke engake ngawabona ekuphileni kwami.

Okungcono nakakhulu: UBrown uthi ezimweni eziningi abahambi bangahamba ngemikhumbi emisha, esezingeni eliphezulu cishe ngamanani afanayo nalawo asetshenziswa emikhunjini emidala kuphela. Isibonelo, uthe ubone uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa lwaseCaribbean lubiza u-$249 - kodwa uhambo olufanayo ngomkhumbi omusha ngama-$299 kuphela.

U-Baker uthi imikhumbi isicishe yagcwala ihlobo, kodwa bheka amadili azoqhubeka ekwindla nasebusika.

Ukubhukha ngemizuzu yokugcina kushisa kuze kube manje kulo nyaka - imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ifuna imikhumbi ukuthi ihambe igcwele. Manje banikeza izikhuthazo zokubhukha kusenesikhathi. Ngokwesibonelo, i-Carnival inenani le-Early Saver elinciphisa imali yokugibela ngemali efinyelela ku-$200 umuntu ngamunye ngokubhuka ngaphambi kwezinyanga ezintathu kuya kwezinhlanu, kusho umkhulumeli wenkampani uVance Gulliksen. Lokho kusho ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa lwase-Alaska olubiza cishe u-$449. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe mayelana nemali yokugibela, xhumana ne-ejenti yezokuvakasha noma uye ku-www.carnival.com. Khumbula ukuthi i-ejenti yezokuvakasha ingumngane wakho uma kuziwa ekuhambeni komkhumbi. Ngeke ukhokhiswe imali eyengeziwe ngokubhukha uhambo, futhi umenzeli omuhle angakwazi ukukhipha amanani angcono kakhulu futhi awabhekisise, akucelele imali yokugibela ephansi uma amanani ehla.

Emikhulu - emikhulu ngempela - imikhumbi emisha.

U-Baker no-Brown bangochwepheshe abangomakadebona ababone konke futhi bahamba ngobuningi bakho. Futhi zombili ziyi-gaga mayelana ne-Oasis of the Seas.

Isiphithiphithi?

Umkhumbi uzothatha abagibeli be-5,400 (ngokuqhathanisa, i-Carnival Ecstasy iphethe i-2,052).

Idizayini iyihlukanisa ibe “izindawo ezingomakhelwane,” kuhlanganise neCentral Park, eyinde kunenkundla yebhola, evulekele esibhakabhakeni futhi izotshalwa izihlahla nezimbali zonyaka. Amakhabethe azotholakala abheke omakhelwane, kanye ne-balcony evamile namakamelo ajwayelekile. Futhi izindlu “eziphakeme” phezulu ezinhlangothini zomkhumbi zizoba namafasitela asuka phansi aye ophahleni abheke ulwandle.

I-aquatheatre izoba nemibukiso engaphansi kwamanzi ehlanganisa ukubhukuda okuvumelanisiwe nokunye.

Umculo we-Broadway "Hairspray" uphakathi kwezinketho zokuzijabulisa.

Itheku lasekhaya lase-Oasis kuzoba yi-Port Everglades e-Fort Lauderdale, e-Fla., kanti uhambo lokuqala luhlelelwe uDis. 12. Ekupheleni kuka-May, amagumbi angaphakathi ohambo lwango-December oluya e-Labadee, e-Haiti, abetholakala ngo-$889. (www.royalcaribbean.com). Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe nge-Oasis, vakashela ku-www.oasisoftheseas.com.

Okunye okusha kulo nyaka: I-Carnival Dream, eyakhiwa e-Italy futhi yethulwa ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyi-12 lwaseMedithera ngoSepthemba, ingumkhumbi omkhulu weCarnival, ophethe abagibeli abangu-3,646. Iphupho ngokuhamba kwesikhathi lizohamba ngomkhumbi liye eNew York bese libuyela endaweni yalo entsha, ePort Canaveral eFlorida. Iphupho linohambo lwezinsuku ezi-2 lwe-"Cruise to Nowhere" olusuka eNew York luya eNew York, oluqala ku-$364 ngo-Nov. 13, uma ufuna ukumhlola (www.carnival.com).

I-Caribbean iyashisa.

I-Texans ibilokhu ithanda iziqhingi, futhi izwe lonke liphezu kwabo kulo nyaka, lihlala liseduze nasekhaya ukonga imali.

Isiphetho, kusho u-Baker, ukuthi ungase ucabange ukubheka imali yokugibela ngomzuzu wokugcina eya e-Alaska, lapho abantu abambalwa abahamba ngomkhumbi futhi olayini bohambo lwesikebhe bafuna ukugcwalisa imikhumbi.

Indawo entsha yangaphandle okufanele icatshangelwe.

Abagibeli bemikhumbi bonga imali futhi babhukha uhambo olumbalwa lwe-Australia-New Zealand kulo nyaka. Kepha i-Middle East ibonakale njengendawo eshisayo kubahambi bomhlaba. Imikhumbi eminingi futhi enekhwalithi engcono isuka e-Dubai, kusho uBrown, esanda kusuka ohambweni lwakhe lwase-Singapore-Dubai.

Uthi kuyindlela enhle yokubona i-Middle East kubahambi abangase babe novalo ngokuya lapho. Uthi: “Ungathatha uhambo lwakho lokuqala ngomkhumbi lapho ume emachwebeni ayisithupha ngezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, futhi izindawo zokulala ziseNyakatho Melika noma eYurophu ngomqondo ophusile.”

Zombili iCosta Cruises neRoyal Caribbean zihamba ngomkhumbi zisuka eDubai. Uhambo lohambo lobusuku obuyisikhombisa e-Royal Caribbean lusuka e-Dubai ludlula kwezinye ze-United Arab Emirates futhi lubuye luqala ku-$689 (www.royalcaribbean.com). I-Costa inikezela ngohambo lwesikebhe olufanayo ngo-$799 kanye nokuya e-Egypt usuka e-Dubai ngo-$1,439 (www.costacruises.com). Uhambo lomkhumbi oluya eNdiya lusuka eDubai nalo lusemisebenzini, kusho uBrown.

Ukudla okwengeziwe.

Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwaziwa ngokutholakala njalo kokudla, kodwa imboni inyuse izinga ngezindawo zokudlela eziyisipesheli ezedlula indawo yokudlela esemthethweni kanye nama-buffet avame ukunikezwa. Okuhlangenwe nakho okukhethekile, okufana nezindlu zenyama, kuza nemali, noma kunjalo - efika ku-$30 ngesihlalo ngasinye. Qiniseka ukuthi ubheka izinkokhelo ngokujwayelekile. UBrown uthi ezinye izinsiza ebeziyingxenye yaleli phakethe, njengenkonzo yasekamelweni ebusuku kakhulu, sezifika nezindleko zesevisi kwezinye izikebhe.