E-PORTLAND, E-Maine – Lapho i-Explorer ye-Seas eyi-1,020-foot ihamba ngomkhumbi emanzini aseNyakatho ye-Atlantic ngonyaka ozayo, izochitha isikhathi esiningi isuka ogwini lwaseNew England kanye nesikhathi esincane eduze nogu lwaseCanada, futhi akungenxa ye-vistas engcono.
I-Royal Caribbean International kanye nezinye izindlela zokuhamba ngomkhumbi seziqalile ukuhlela indlela entsha yokufuna imizila edla uphethiloli omncane. Kakade enye yezindleko ezinkulu embonini, amanani kaphethiloli aqopha umlando ehle kakhulu.
Umthelela wokushintsha kwezinhlelo zohambo ngokuqinisekile uzoba nomthelela ngale komugqa obalulekile wabaqhubi bemikhumbi, udale abawinile nabahluliwe emadolobheni asezikhumulweni zonke izindawo.
Lapho imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi ingena eMaine's Bar Harbor, abagibeli bachitha isilinganiso sama-$105 umuntu ngamunye lapho usogwini, ngokocwaningo lwango-2002 lweNyuvesi yaseMaine.
I-Explorer of the Seas ingathwala abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-3,000.
Umkhumbi ngisho nohhafu walowo sayizi ungasho cishe u-$160,000 ngokuvakasha ngakunye. Lokho kusho imali enkulu ePortland, elindele ukuvakashelwa okungaphezu kuka-30 ngonyaka ozayo emikhunjini engathwala abagibeli abayi-1,000 kuya ku-3,000.
Ngenkathi i-Portland imele ukuvuna imivuzo emikhulu kusukela ezinguqukweni zohambo, amadolobha asechwebeni agudle ugu lwaseCanada lwase-Atlantic angase alahlekelwe.
Amachweba aseCanada ase-Atlantic abone ukweqa okungamaphesenti angama-33 ekuhambeleni kwemikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi phakathi kuka-2000 no-2007, ngokusho kwe-Atlantic Canada Cruise Association.
"Kuyadumaza ukulahlekelwa ibhizinisi elincane, kodwa siyaqaphela ukuthi imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi kufanele yenze izinqumo ezisekelwe ezenzweni zebhizinisi ezihamba phambili," kusho uBetty MacMillan, iphini likasihlalo we-Atlantic Canada Cruise Association kanye nemenenja yokuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi echwebeni laseSaint John. , New Brunswick.
I-Royal Caribbean International yashintsha uhambo lwasekwindla lwe-Explorer of the Seas ngomzila wayo osenyakatho ngonyaka ozayo, yanciphisa ibanga phakathi kwamachweba. Kunokuba uhambe ngomkhumbi usuka eNew Jersey uye eQuebec City ubuye, umkhumbi uzokwengeza izitobhi eNew England futhi ungadluleli phambili kuneHalifax, eNova Scotia.
Ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli yisona sizathu esiyinhloko, kusho iPhini likaMongameli uDiana Block.
“Kufanele ubheke ukuthi inzuzo enkulu ikuphi ngokwezimali okunomthelela omncane kubavakashi,” kusho yena.
Izindleko zaminyaka yonke zikaphethiloli zemizila yohambo ngomkhumbi zingafinyelela kumakhulu ezigidi zamaRandi futhi imikhumbi yabo ingadla amashumi ezinkulungwane zamalitha kaphethiloli kunoma yiluphi uhambo lomkhumbi. Intengo kawoyela kaphethiloli ophakathi nendawo, esetshenziswa imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ikhuphuke ngokuhambisana nowoyela ongahluziwe.
Imizila eminingi yezokuvakasha yengeze amanani engeziwe kaphethiloli ezikweletini zabagibeli, kodwa izindleko zamandla ziyaqhubeka zehla zibe yinzuzo futhi ziminyanise amamajini.
Imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi nayo isiqalile ukusebenzisa amalambu okukhanyisa akonga amandla kanye namafasitela amasha afaka ukushisa okuvela elangeni ukuze kugcinwe amagumbi epholile. Bebesebenzisa nopende omusha wesikhumba onciphisa ukudonsa komkhumbi emanzini.
Futhi ngokwandayo, imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ishintsha izindlela zohambo ukuze imikhumbi yehlise ijubane futhi yehlise amabanga ayo okuhamba, kusho uLanie Fagan, okhulumela i-Cruise Line International Association. ICarnival Corp., Norwegian Cruise Line nabanye bathe izindleko zikaphethiloli eziphakeme ziyisici emizileni emisha.
“Nakuba kubalulekile ukunikeza isivakashi esifuna ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, idizayini nokulandelana kwalolo hambo kungahlolwa ukuze kuncishiswe ibanga phakathi kwamachweba ocingo kanye nesivinini esidingekayo ukuze kufezwe lolo hambo,” kusho u-Fagan.
Ezimweni eziningi, abagibeli ngeke bawubone umehluko.
Ngaphandle kokushintsha izingcingo zamachweba kweminye imizila, iRoyal Caribbean ibuyekeza ukusuka nokufika kwayo. Kwezinye izimo, imikhumbi isuka echwebeni isigamu sehora ngaphambi kwesikhathi ebusuku noma ifike ngemva kwesigamu sehora ekuseni - ivumela imikhumbi ukuthi ihambe ngesivinini esincane phakathi kwamachweba.
Ukusika izindleko zokuncishiswa kwesivinini. Isibonelo, ukuhamba ngamafindo angu-23 kuzodla uphethiloli ophindwe kabili njengokuhamba kwamafindo angu-15 ekilasini elisha le-Solstice lomkhumbi owethulwa kulo nyaka yi-Celebrity Cruises, kusho uJohn Krousouloudis, iphini likamongameli eliphezulu kwezokusebenza zasolwandle.
Ngisho nalapho olayini bemikhumbi bebuka amanani kaphethiloli enyusa izindleko, amanye amadolobha asezikhumulweni zemikhumbi abesevele alibonile ithuba.
E-Maine, umfelandawonye ophromotha i-Portland njengendawo oya kuyo ngomkhumbi usebenzisa izindleko eziphakeme zikaphethiloli njengengxenye yesu layo lokumaketha.
Ngekwindla edlule, uMqondisi Omkhulu wakwa-Discover Portland & Beyond uSandra Needham uhlangane nengxenye yeshumi nambili yezinkampani zemikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eningizimu yeFlorida. Ubanikeze izinhlelo ezihlekisayo zohambo lwemikhumbi yabo echaza ukuthi yimalini abangayonga ezindlekweni zikaphethiloli uma befaka iPortland emizileni ethile.
Ngaphandle kokuncoma izindawo ezikhangayo zaseningizimu yeMaine, iNeedham ibifuna ukukhombisa abaphathi bezaketha ukuthi ukuba nezingcingo ezisondelene kakhulu kungabasindisa kanjani imali.
Ngokuma emachwebeni asondelene kakhulu, imikhumbi ingahamba ngesivinini esingamafindo angu-12 noma ngaphezulu kunokuba isivinini esikhulu sikaphethiloli, esho. Uhambo lwakhe lubonise ukuthi ukulungisa okumbalwa lapha nalaphaya kungasindisa imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi phakathi kuka-$40,000 no-$100,000 ngesonto kuphethiloli wodwa - futhi lokho kwakuyizinyanga eziyishumi ezedlule, lapho amanani kaphethiloli ayephansi.
Ucabanga ukuthi intengo ephezulu kaphethiloli ingesinye sezizathu zokuthi abahamba ngomkhumbi bazibophezele ekuletheni imikhumbi emikhulu, leyo enabagibeli abangaphezu kwenkulungwane, ePortland izikhathi ezingama-1,000 ngonyaka ozayo, isuka ezitobhini ezingama-34 kulo nyaka.
