Umkhumbi omusha kanokusho we-Seabourn, i-Seabourn Ovation, uzuze enye ingqopha-mlando ebalulekile yasolwandle ngokuphothulwa komzuliswano wawo wokugcina wokuhlola olwandle eMedithera ngasogwini lwase-Italy.
U-Seabourn Ovation usuke endaweni yemikhumbi yase-Fincantieri ngoMashi 14 izinsuku ezine olwandle, lapho ithimba lezikhulu kanye nonjiniyela bahlola izinhlelo zezobuchwepheshe nezemishini zomkhumbi. I-Seabourn Ovation ibuyele endaweni yemikhumbi eGenoa ngoMashi 18, kanti abasebenzi nabasebenzi bathinta okokugcina emkhunjini. Umcimbi wokulethwa komkhumbi uhlelelwe ukuba wenziwe ngo-Ephreli 27, 2018.
“Manje sekusele amasonto ukuthi ulethwe, futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngenqubekelaphambili kanye nokulungela komkhumbi njengoba ukuhlolwa kolwandle sekuqediwe,” kusho uRichard Meadows, umongameli waseSeabourn. "Izihambeli zethu zokuqala ezingenayo zizogibela ngoMeyi 5, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi zizokujabulela ukubona lokhu kungezwa okusha emkhunjini we-Seabourn."
U-Seabourn Oover uzoqala isizini yakhe yokuqala ngohambo lokuqala lwezinsuku eziyi-11 olusuka ngoMeyi 5, 2018, lusuka eVenice, e-Italy, luye e-Barcelona, eSpain. Umcimbi wokuqamba igama lomkhumbi uzoba ngoLwesihlanu, Meyi 11, ethekwini elihle le-baroque laseValletta, eMalta. Omunye wabalingisi nabaculi abahlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni, u-Elaine Paige, uzosebenza njengonkulunkulukazi futhi uzoqamba umkhumbi ngesikhathi somcimbi omangalisayo ozokhanyisa indawo yamagugu omhlaba ye-UNESCO kanye neNhlokodolobha Yezamasiko YaseYurophu ka-2018.
Lo mkhumbi uzochitha ingxenye enkulu yesizini yawo yokuqala uhamba emanzini aseNyakatho Yurophu, unikeza uchungechunge lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa zaseBaltic naseScandinavia phakathi kweCopenhagen neStockholm, okuzohlanganisa nokusayina komugqa izinsuku ezintathu eSt. Petersburg, eRussia. I-Seabourn Ovation izophinde ihambe ngomkhumbi ohambweni olude lwezinsuku eziyi-14, ivakashele ama-fjords amahle aseNorway kanye neziqhingi zaseBritish.
I-Seabourn Ovation iwumkhumbi wesihlanu wokunethezeka kakhulu emikhunjini yase-Seabourn. Ngaphakathi kwesimanjemanje okumangalisayo ngesithonjana somklamo u-Adam D. Tihany, uchwepheshe bezokupheka ngumpheki onenkanyezi yaseMichelin uThomas Keller, ezokuzijabulisa ezigunyazwe ngokukhethekile nguSir Tim Rice kanye nohlelo olujabulisayo lwezipikha zasemkhunjini, u-Ovation uzohamba ngomkhumbi ohambweni oluhlukahlukene lokungena nasendaweni ezungezile phakathi kweYurophu. Meyi noNovemba 2018, sidumisa emachwebeni kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Yurophu kanye neMedithera.
I-Seabourn Ovation izonweba futhi yakhe phezu kwemikhumbi ye-Odyssey-class ezuze imiklomelo nehlonishwa kakhulu, eguqule uhambo lolwandle olusezingeni eliphezulu ngezindawo zokuhlala ezithuthukisiwe kanye nezinsiza ezintsha ngenkathi yethulwa phakathi kuka-2009 no-2011. Umkhumbi ongudade oya e-Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Encore, Seabourn izoba nama-suites angu-300 futhi igcine isilinganiso esiphezulu somugqa wesikhala isivakashi ngasinye, okuvumela isevisi yomuntu siqu kakhulu.
