URuby Princess usuke eGalveston namhlanje ntambama ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyi-11 oluya eMexico naseCaribbean, okuphawula uhambo lokuqala lukaPrincess Cruises olusuka eTexas eminyakeni eyisithupha.
Ukuhamba kwanamuhla okokuqala kwezingu-16 zohambo lukaseyili olusuka e-Galveston ohlelweni lwasebusika lwe-Ruby Princess oluhlanganisa nohambo lwezinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyi-11 kanye nezinsuku ezimbili eziyi-16, ezokuthutha ze-Panama Canal ezisuka olwandle ziye olwandle phakathi kwe-Galveston ne-San Francisco.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi uRuby Princess uzothwala abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-50,000 besuka eGalveston phakathi nesimiso sayo sasebusika/entwasahlobo ka-2022-23, kanti izivakashi eziningi zikhetha ukuhlala ngaphambi noma ngemva kokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuze zihlole idolobha eliyingqopha-mlando elingasolwandle.
Ukuze kuphawulwe ukubuya kweNkosazana e-Galveston, uMongameli weNkosazana u-John Padgett usingathe ukushintshisana kwamaplakhu okuvamile olwandle noMqondisi we-Galveston Port u-Rodger Rees ngaphambi kokuhamba.
“I-Galveston iyichweba elibalulekile le-Princess Cruises, futhi inikeza inketho ethokozisayo nefinyeleleka kalula ezigidini zabantu abahlala eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-US ukuze bajabulele amaholide okuvakasha asendulo amakwe isevisi yethu ye-Princess MedallionClass,” kusho uPadgett. "Siyakwazisa ukwesekwa kwePort of Galveston kanye nomphakathi omkhulu waseGalveston ngokusiza ukuthi lolu suku lube yimpumelelo."
URees wengeze wathi, “Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi usuka eGalveston akukaze kube ngcono. Ukwengeza i-Ruby Princess yekilasi lokuqala ohlelweni lwethu lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, nezinhlelo zayo ezihehayo, kunikeza amakhasimende ethu ohambo ngomkhumbi okunye okumangalisayo kokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Lezi zinhlelo zohambo ziyisengezo esihle kumachweba wethu wamanje wezingcingo. Njengechweba lesine elidume kakhulu e-US, sijabule ukwamukela lo mkhumbi omuhle oya eGalveston.”
I-Ruby Princess engu-113,561-tons inikeza izivakashi izinhlobonhlobo zezinsiza ze-onboard ezihlanganisa cishe ama-balcony cabins angu-900, kanye ne-spa kanokusho, uchungechunge olumnandi lwezinketho zokudlela, ukuzijabulisa okukhazimulayo, amachibi amane namahektare we-teak-planked decks ukuze ushise futhi uphumule. .
Umkhumbi othwala abantu abangu-3,080 unamadekhi abagibeli abangu-19 futhi izivakashi zihlinzekwa ngabasebenzi abangu-1,100.
