E-NEW YORK - Izinketho eziningi zokudla, imisebenzi, izindlela zohambo kanye nokunethezeka ngezinye zezitayela ezibumba imboni yezokuvakasha ngo-2008. Kodwa okukhulu okungaziwa ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngamanani.
I-Cruise Lines International Association ilinganisela ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingu-12.6 abahamba ngomkhumbi ngo-2007, okuwukukhula ngamaphesenti angu-4.6 ngonyaka ka-2006. I-CLIA ikholelwa ukuthi isidingo sizodlula, njengoba kulindeleke ukuthi kube nabagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-12.8 ngo-2008 naphezu komnotho obuthakathaka. Inhlolovo yakamuva ye-CLIA yama-agent angama-500 athola ukuthi amaphesenti angu-90 alindele ukuthengiswa kwe-cruise ka-2008 kube kuhle noma okungcono kuno-2007.
Kodwa abathengi abanezinhlelo zeholide eziguquguqukayo bangase bangene kwamanye amadili. "Uma kunokungaqiniseki okwengeziwe esigcawini, kuzoba nezivumelwano eziningi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi," kusho uHeidi Allison Shane, okhulumela i-CruiseCompete.com. “Lapho imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ibiza amanani aphezulu futhi ingadayisi, iba nkulu izaphulelo kamuva.” Izimakethe ezithambile kakhulu, wabikezela, zizoba semikhumbi-mganyana eya eCaribbean naseBermuda.
UCarolyn Spencer Brown, umhleli we-CruiseCritic.com, naye ulindele “amanani ancintisana kakhulu ngokuqinisekile, ngoba umnotho uyantengantenga, kodwa lapho ozothola khona amadili wangempela asemikhunjini emidala emikhunjini ye-cruise line, hhayi amamodeli amasha namakhudlwana. . I-Per diem emikhunjini efana neNdlovukazi yaseCunard uVictoria, i-Eurodam yaseHolland America kanye neSolstice Yosaziwayo izobiza futhi isidingo siqinile ngoba zontathu ziyimiklamo emisha.”
Ngaphezu kwe-Eurodam kanye neSolstice, eminye imikhumbi emikhulu emisha eyethulwa ngo-2008 i-Independence of the Seas yeRoyal Caribbean International ngoMeyi; I-MSC Cruises' Poesia ngo-Ephreli; I-Carnival Splendor, ngoJulayi; I-Princess Cruises 'Ruby Princess, November, kanye ne-MSC Cruises' i-Fantasia yabagibeli abangu-3,300, ngoDisemba.
Khonamanjalo iQueen Elizabeth 2 yaseCunard, okungeminye yemikhumbi edume kakhulu emhlabeni, izoyekiswa ukusebenza ngoNovemba bese iphendulwa ihhotela eliwubukhazikhazi elintantayo eDubai.
Nazi ezinye izindaba ezihamba ngomkhumbi zalo nyaka.
IMISEBENZI: Ngonyaka odlule, imikhumbi enezindawo ze-bowling namagagasi ayimishini okuntweza yahlanganisa imikhumbi enezindonga ezigibela amadwala namarenki okushushuluza eqhweni. INdlovukazi yaseCunard uVictoria, eyethulwe ngoZibandlela wezi-2007, yaba umkhumbi wokuqala ukunikeza izifundo zokubiya olwandle.
NgoZibandlela wezi-2008, i-Celebrity Cruises izokwethula i-Celebrity Solstice enotshani obuyisigamu esingamahektha otshani bangempela obumila endaweni ephezulu. Izivakashi zizomenywa ukuthi zidlale i-bocce ne-croquet, ipikiniki newayini noshizi, noma zijwayeze igalofu putts. Futhi ugibele i-Solstice: imibukiso yokucwenga ingilazi edalwe i-Corning Museum of Glass yaseNew York.
Imikhumbi ye-Princess izosingatha umboniso wokuqala wefilimu ngesonto lika-Feb. 11: "Bonneville," edlala u-Jessica Lange, u-Kathy Bates no-Joan Allen njengabangani abathathu ohambweni lomgwaqo. Ifilimu itholakala kumatiyetha ngomhlaka-29 Febhuwari.
Ngo-Agasti, i-Nickelodeon, inethiwekhi yezintambo zezingane, inikeza uhambo lwayo lokuqala lomndeni ngomkhumbi i-Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, ngohambo lwaseNtshonalanga Caribbean.
Uhambo lolwandle kuyo yonke imboni yezokuvakasha luyaqhubeka nokubonisa isidingo sabathengi solwazi olusebenzayo noluyiqiniso, okuhlanganisa i-kayaking, amawashi ezilwane zasendle kanye nokuvakasha kwamabhayisikili. I-Regent Seven Seas' Mariner cruises inikeza ukugibela endizeni entantayo e-Alaska njengoba iletha imeyili. Uhlelo lwe-“Silver Links” lwe-Silversea Cruise lunikeza uhambo lokuya ezinkundleni zegalofu emhlabeni jikelele.
Imikhumbi eminingi yokuvakasha manje inikeza ukufinyelela kuma-imeyili olwandle, kodwa ngamanani afana namasenti angu-75 ngomzuzu, ungase ufune ukulinda i-Internet cafe echwebeni.
UKUDLA: Impela, uhambo oluningi lomkhumbi lusanikeza ukudla okusemthethweni ngo-8:30 pm kanye nama-buffet aphakathi kwamabili. Kodwa imikhumbi eminingi inikeza ukudla okuvamile, njengohlelo lwe-Norwegian Freestyle Cruising oluphumelelayo, olungafaki izihlalo ezihleliwe kanye nezingubo ezisemthethweni ematafuleni amakhulu nabantu ongabazi.
Olunye uhambo lolwandle lunikeza nezindawo zokudlela ezinamamenyu akhethekile nezindawo zokudlela eziklanywe abapheki abadumile. Imikhumbi ingase ikhokhise imali eyengeziwe yezindawo zokudlela ezikhethekile.
I-Queen Victoria entsha ihlanganisa indawo yokudlela i-Todd English, njengoba kwenza omunye wemikhumbi yaseCunard, i-Queen Mary 2. Umpheki wodumo we-sushi uNobuyuki Matsuhisa - owaziwa ngendawo yakhe yokudlela yase-Nobu emhlabeni jikelele - uzogibela i-Crystal Symphony ukuze ethule izindawo zokudlela ezimbili ezingaphakathi, usilika. Umgwaqo kanye ne-Sushi Bar, ngoMashi 21 eHong Kong ukuya eBeijing ngomkhumbi. I-Nobu isivele inezindawo zokudlela ku-Crystal Serenity.
Abagibeli bangakwazi futhi ukujabulela ukunambitha kwewayini olwandle, amakilasi okupheka kanye nezinhlelo zokudla ezingemuva kwesigcawu. Isidlo sakusihlwa seTable Chef sikaPrincess Cruises, esiqale ngoMeyi futhi manje esesiphuma ngobuningi, sinikeza ulwazi lwetafula labapheki olwandle, lapho umpheki ethula imenyu ekhethekile bese ejoyina iqembu le-dessert ($75 umuntu).
INKCAZELO: Imizila eminingi yokuvakasha inikezela ngezindawo zokuhlala ezinkulu nezinethezeka kakhulu ezinamakheshi angasese, amagceke angasese kanye namagumbi akhiwe eduze kwespa. Izivakashi ze-spa ngokuvamile zithola kuqala noma ukufinyelela okuthuthukisiwe kumasevisi e-spa.
Ngisho nolayini ohamba ngezimakethe ezinkulu we-Carnival ungena esenzweni sokunethezeka nge-Carnival Splendor, yethulwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka ngamasudi e-spa angu-68 afaka ukungena ngekheshi elizimele endaweni ye-spa engu-21,000-square-foot. Omunye umkhumbi omusha, i-MSC Cruises' MSC Fantasia, uzophinde ube nama-suites angu-68 okungenwa kuwo amakheshi azimele.
I-Norwegian Gem, eyethulwe ngo-2007, ayinayo kuphela ingaphandle yokuhlobisa kakhulu yanoma yimuphi umkhumbi olwandle - idizayini yobucwebe obunemibala engemuva elimhlophe - kodwa inamagumbi amakhulu anekamelo elilodwa namabili e-Courtyard Villa yayo. Igceke langasese okwabelwana ngalo linedamu langasese langasese, ubhavu oshisayo, amagumbi omusi kanye nendawo yokuqina.
NgoMeyi, i-Celebrity Cruises yethula ulayini omusha wokunethezeka, i-Azamara, enemikhumbi emibili ephakathi nendawo - i-Azamara Journey kanye ne-Azamara Quest. Yomibili imikhumbi ithwala izivakashi ezingama-694 futhi inikeza i-Sky Suites enamasevisi e-spa angaphakathi. Uhambo oluningi ubusuku obuyi-12-18 obunamachweba angaziwa kangako njenge-Cartagena, i-Colombia, ne-Puerto Limon, e-Costa Rica. Ehlobo, yomibili imikhumbi iya eYurophu. I-Azamara Quest izohamba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi e-Asia.
I-ITINERARIES: Inhlolo-vo evela kuma-Cruise Holidays, ezibiza ngebhizinisi lokudayisa ngomkhumbi elikhulu kunawo wonke eNyakatho Melika, yathola ukuthi ngo-2007, iCaribbean yayinamaphesenti angu-43 okubhuka okuhamba ngomkhumbi, i-Alaska amaphesenti angu-15, iMexican Riviera amaphesenti angu-8, kanti iYurophu/iMedithera yayingamaphesenti angu-8. .
Uma kuqhathaniswa no-2006, ucwaningo lwathola ukuthi ukubhuka kwe-Alaska kwakukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-17, iCaribbean ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-4 kanti iYurophu inyuke ngamaphesenti angu-42.
Akumangalisi ukuthi imigqa eminingi ye-cruise inikeza uhambo olwengeziwe lwase-Europe kulo nyaka. I-NCL America's Pride of Hawai'i izoqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Norwegian Jade ngoFebhuwari futhi izosebenzela i-Europe kuleli hlobo esikhundleni se-Hawaii.
Izikebhe zase-Europe ziyathandeka naphezu kwedola elibuthakathaka ngoba libhukhwe ngamadola ase-US kusengaphambili, elimboza yonke indawo yokuhlala nokudla. Inhlolovo ye-Cruise Holidays ithole ukuthi izindleko ezijwayelekile zomuntu ngamunye ngosuku ngosuku lwezinsuku eziyi-12 zohambo lomkhumbi lwaseMedithera zingama- $269, cishe okukhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-7.6 ngonyaka owedlule.
I-CLIA ithi abanye olayini abahamba ngomkhumbi bavakashela eSouth America kulo nyaka okokuqala, ne-Australia, New Zealand ne-Asia njengezindawo ezisafufusa.
UKUBHEKA: Nakuba ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-50 ohambo lonke lubhukhwe ku-inthanethi, amaphesenti angu-7 kuphela ohambo lomkhumbi olubhukhwa ku-inthanethi, ngokusho kukaDouglas Quinby wePhoCusWright, inkampani elandelela umsebenzi wokuvakasha ku-inthanethi. UQuinby uthi ukuthembela okuqhubekayo kwabasebenzeli bezokuvakasha kubunkimbinkimbi bokubhukha izindawo zokuvakasha kanye nesidingo sokwelulekwa, ikakhulukazi kwabahamba ngesikebhe okokuqala ngqa.
“Cabanga ngazo zonke izinqumo ezahlukene okufanele uzenze,” kusho uQuinby. "Ngizoyaphi, ngifuna luphi uhlobo lwesikebhe, ngifuna yiphi ikhabethe, ikuphi ukudla kwakusihlwa, yiziphi izinkambo, kuthiwani ngemibhalo yami yangaphambi kokugibela." Ngisho nabathengi abenza ucwaningo noma abakhetha ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ku-inthanethi ngokuvamile balandela izingcingo.
Ngempela, abagibeli abambalwa abangakujabuleli ukuhamba ngomkhumbi cishe babedinga ukuqondiswa okwengeziwe. Lapho bebuzwa ukuthi yini imbangela yokunganeliseki kwamakhasimende, impendulo engunombolo 1 evela kubasebenzeli be-Cruise Holidays yathi: “Bebesendleleni engalungile yohambo lwemikhumbi.”
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