Ngenkululeko eminingi, Inkululeko, Ukuzimela, njll. (konke "koLwandle", kunjalo) kulula ukulahleka.
Ngokushesha, sho umugqa ozokwethula umkhumbi obizwa nge-Eurodam.
Uma uke wahamba ngomkhumbi, uyayazi impendulo: Holland America. Le nkampani idume ngamagama agcina "ngedamu" - isiko lekhulu leminyaka elenze imikhumbi yayo yabonakala ngokushesha.
Manje kuthiwani nge-Independence of the Seas, eqala ukubonakala ngoMeyi?
Kunjalo, Royal Caribbean. Ngokwethulwa, ulayini uzoba nerekhodi lemikhumbi engu-22 ehamba negama eligcina ngegama elithi "of the Seas" elisetshenziswe isikhathi eside.
Eminye imigqa igqamile ekuqhamukeni namagama akhumbulekayo. Abanye, kahle ...
“Ngikuthola kuxaka ngendlela engachazeki ukuthi imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ayikwazi ukuklama kakhulu,” kusho isibukeli semboni uCarolyn Spencer Brown, umhleli we-Cruisecritic.com.
Imboni yezokuvakasha ekhula ngokushesha yethule inqwaba yemikhumbi eminyakeni yamuva nje, kanti eminye eminingi iyasebenza. Lokho kwenza igama elihehayo libaluleke kakhulu ukugqama esixukwini. Kodwa njengoba inani lemikhumbi likhula, ukuthola owinile kubonakala kuba nzima.
Njengoba uSpencer Brown ebonisa, isivuno sakamuva samagama asikhuthazi neze. Futhi eminye imigqa iphendukela ekukopisheni amagama asevele esetshenziswa abanye.
Ngokwesibonelo, iRoyal Caribbean, isanda kwethula i-Liberty of the Seas, eminyakeni emibili nje ngemva kokuba imbangi ye-Carnival yethule umkhumbi wayo obizwa ngokuthi i-Liberty. Yebo, mhlawumbe kwakuyimbuyiselo yokusebenzisa kweCarnival igama elithi Legend emkhunjini omusha ngo-2002, eminyakeni eyisikhombisa ngemva kokufika kwe-Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas.
Eqinisweni, iCarnival isiba i-serial copier. Kuleli hlobo, ulayini uzokwethula i-Carnival Splendor, enanela i-Royal Caribbean's Splendor of the Seas. Imikhumbi elandelayo ye-Carnival nayo izozwakala ijwayelekile: Iphupho Le-Carnival kanye ne-Carnival Magic afaka amagama asevele asetshenziswa yi-Norwegian and Disney.
“Mfana, ingabe kuyadida,” kusho uSpencer Brown, ephawula amanye amagama asetshenziswa imigqa eminingi, njengoDawn, Jewel, Mariner, Navigator, Freedom, Crown kanye nePride.
Isazi-mlando semikhumbi u-Peter Knego we-maritimematters.com usola imikhankaso yezinkampani ezishibhile ngalokho athi inkathi yokungasho lutho ngamagama emikhumbi. Imigqa efana ne-Carnival ne-Norwegian manje igcizelela igama labo lomkhiqizo ezihlokweni zemikhumbi, ebhangqwe namagama ajwayelekile kakhulu, angacasuli njengeliphupho noma i-Dawn, esho.
"Lena (i) indlela engathandeki kakhulu yokuhlukanisa (a) imikhumbi kunemigqa yemikhumbi yakudala," kusho u-Knego.
Ngempela, inkathi yegolide yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ingxenye yokuqala yekhulu lama-20, kwakuyisikhathi samagama anemibala - uma ngezinye izikhathi amafomula - amagama, uthi. I-White Star Line yodumo yayihlala iphetha amagama ayo emikhumbi ngo-“ic,” - njengaku-Titanic ne-Olympic. Imbangi uCunard ibambelele emagameni agcina ngo-“ia,” njenge-Aquitania, Britannia kanye ne-Franconia.
UDouglas Ward, umbhali weBerlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships, naye ogxeka amagama emikhumbi yanamuhla, uthi imigqa emidala yayiphethwe futhi iqhutshwa abantu ababephila impilo yonke yemikhumbi ababenekhono lokudala futhi bevame ukubheka olwandle ukuze bathole amagama. . Namuhla, uthi, “olayini abaningi bayizinkampani ezinkulu ezingenamuntu ovela emkhakheni wezokuthutha.” Iqanjwa yikomidi lezentengiso.
Ngakho yini eyenza igama elihle lomkhumbi?
Okokuqala, kufanele kube lula ukukhumbula, kusho uWard. Uthi iDisney Magic igqamile kulokho. Futhi uCunard ushaye igolide nezindlovukazi zakhe ezintathu: Indlovukazi u-Elizabeth 2, iNdlovukazi uMary 2 kanye neNdlovukazi uVictoria.
Kodwa uWard uthi amagama angcono kakhulu ahambisana kahle namagama eminye imikhumbi emkhunjini. I-solstice Yosaziwayo, eyethulwa ngoDisemba, ihambisana netimu yasezulwini ye-Galaxy Yosaziwayo, i-Constellation ne-Mercury. I-MSC Cruises iwine ukuhlonishwa kwamagama anetimu yomculo afana no-Lirica, Melody, Musica, Opera, Orchestra kanye ne-Sinfonia.
UWard uthi ukuqamba umkhumbi kunzima kunokubukeka. Uthi: “Amagama angase asebenze kolunye ulimi ngokuvamile awasebenzi kolunye. Futhi amanye amagama emikhumbi, njenge-National Geographic Endeavor, made kakhulu, usho kanje. Amanye amagama emikhumbi awalingani nesithombe. I-Ocean Majesty encane, ngokwesibonelo, ayikude nobukhulu.
Bese kuba nodaba olubucayi lokubuyisa amagama adlule. “Amagama abuyayo anobuqili ngenxa yezincazelo ezidlule,” kusho uWard. Amagama afana ne-Bismarck, ehlotshaniswa neJalimane lamaNazi, ayinkundla yemigodi. I-Ditto ye-Titanic, ngezizathu ezisobala.
Njengo-Knego, u-Ward uncoma i-Holland America ngokunamathela esikweni “sedamu” (ukwethulwa kwakamuva kuhlanganisa i-Zuiderdam ne-Oosterdam). Okhulumela i-Holland America u-Erik Elvejord uthi ngokomlando, ulayini oneminyaka engu-135 ubudala wasebenzisa isijobelelo “sedamu” emikhunjini yabagibeli kanye nesijobelelo esithi “dijk” noma “dyk” emikhunjini ethwala impahla. Ingxenye yokuqala yamagama alayini ngokwesiko asuka emifuleni, emadolobheni nakwezinye izindawo e-Holland, uthi.
I-Holland America, njengoCunard, yaziwa ngokugaya kabusha amagama emikhumbi yomlando. Lo mzila ulithanda kakhulu igama elithi Rotterdam, elinikeze imikhumbi ngo-1882, 1886, 1897, 1908, 1959 kanye no-1996 (inguqulo ehamba ngomkhumbi namuhla).
Amagama amabi kakhulu emlandweni wemikhumbi yomkhumbi? Imikhumbi ebizwa nge-R eyethulwe yi-Renaissance Cruises engasekho, kusho uMike Driscoll, umhleli wephephandaba lemboni i-Cruise Week. Imikhumbi yayiqanjwe ngo-R1, u-R2, u-R3 njalo njalo - eyisishiyagalombili isiyonke. Umugqa wagoqa ngemva nje kweminyaka eyishumi nambili.
"Bekuzwakala njengokuthile okusemgqeni womhlangano," kusho uDriscoll, "Kodwa ngenhlanhla, lawo magama asethathelwe umhlalaphansi."
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