Iminyaka eminingi, noma nini lapho noma ubani engicela iseluleko sami mayelana nohambo lwasechwebeni ohambweni lomkhumbi, ngiye ngathola iseluleko esifanayo: Ungawakhokheli.
Ngokuvamile ungabona itheku ngenani eliphansi, ngokushesha, nangokujula okwengeziwe uma uqhela emaqenjini okuvakasha futhi uzenzele yonke into.
Ungalokothi ukhokhe u-$100 nangaphezulu ukuze uhlanganiswe kumqeqeshi futhi ulandele umhlahlandlela onesizungu ophethe uphawu olunenombolo usuku lonke. Kuhlala kukhona itekisi, iveni yedola, noma umgwaqo oseceleni ozokuyisa emicimbini yakho ngaphandle komugqa we-cruise markup. Ngaphandle uma inhliziyo yakho izimisele ngohambo oluthile olungenasici olufana ne-zip-lining, uhambo lwe-cruise port ngokuvamile luyinto enenani eliphezulu epakisha kabusha izinto ongazithenga ogwini ngemali encane. Abasona nje isidingo. Vele uqiniseke ukuthi ubuyela emkhunjini wakho ngesikhathi futhi ungakwazi ukuzenzela ngokwakho.
Okungenani, leso bekuyiseluleko sami kuze kube manje. Isiphakamiso sisasebenza kumachweba amaningi amancane, njengakuwo wonke lawo ase-Caribbean nase-Alaska. Kodwa manje ngibuya ohambweni lwaphesheya kwezilwandle (ngibhala lokhu ngikwenye indawo phezu kweLatvia) lapho ngilandele abasebenzi beDisney Cruise Line nxazonke njengoba belungiselela uhambo lwabo olusogwini ngohambo lwabo olusha lwase-Europe ngo-2010.
Futhi ngivuma ngobudedengu ukuthi manje kumelwe ngibuyekeze iseluleko sami.
Angicabangi ukuthi kufanele uhlale ubhukha ama-port excursions. Kukude nakho. Ngisacabanga ukuthi iningi labo liwukumosha isikhathi nemali e-Caribbean. Kodwa manje ngicabanga ukuthi noma yimuphi umgibeli ohamba ngomkhumbi kufanele azi ulwazi olulodwa olubalulekile ngokushesha nje lapho ebhukha iholide lakhe: Lapho amachweba ahlobene nezinto ezikhangayo ezinkulu.
E-Caribbean, izinto ezinhle ziseduze nje kwe-gangplank, noma ingaphezu kwentaba noma ngaphesheya kwetheku futhi ihanjiswa uxhaxha lwamatekisi aselungile alinde abagibeli ukuthi behle emkhunjini (ulungele ukuthengiselana). Kodwa e-Europe, kunamanye amachweba lapho unethuba elihle lokuphuthelwa, noma ngisho nokuqolwa, uma ugwema uhambo lomkhumbi bese uzama ukuhlanganisa ukuvakasha kwakho ndawonye.
I-Disney Cruise Line ibe ne-savvy kakhulu. Noma ngabe ngamabomu noma cha, angikwazi ukusho, kodwa ikhethe isileti samachweba esidinga ukuthi izivakashi zithenge uhambo uma zihlela ukwenza noma yini. Ungehla emkhunjini echwebeni laseTunis uwedwa, kepha uma wenza kanjalo, usenemizuzu engama-20 ukusuka ezingxenyeni ezithokozisayo zedolobha elidala, futhi isiko laseNyakatho Afrika ngeke lijwayele ngokwanele kubagibeli abaningi. ukwenza lokho kube ngokoqobo ngaphandle kosizo. ILa Spezia imane iyichweba lase-Italy elibuthuntu, futhi amagugu, iPisa, uLucca, neFlorence, aqhele ngamahora amabili uma uhamba ngebhasi. IRoma nayo ikude netheku layo. Amachweba ambalwa e-Disney alula, njenge-Barcelona, kodwa ubungeke ukwazi ukuthi uma ungazange uthathe amahora ambalwa ukwenza umsebenzi wesikole ngaphambi kohambo lwakho.
Abagibeli abaningi abahamba ngomkhumbi bavele babhukhe uhambo lwabo futhi bacabange ukuthi abanye bazonakekelwa futhi bakhokhelwe. Ngeke kube njalo. Ngaphambi kokuba ukhokhele uhambo lwakho lomkhumbi, kufanele wazi imininingwane ye-nitty-gritty geographical mayelana nendawo ngayinye oya kuyo, ngoba uma usukwenzile lokho, uzoba nombono wokuthi kungakanani, okungaphezu kwemali yakho yokugibela, okufanele ukuchithe ohambweni lwamachweba.
Isibonelo, ichweba likaMykonos's cruise port, elakhelwe imikhumbi yesimanjemanje, liwuhambo lwetekisi lwemizuzu eyi-10 ukusuka edolobheni. Ichweba laseDubrovnik liseduze nedolobha, futhi ungakwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo. Vele uye esitolo sezincwadi sangakini bese ubheka ulwazi ngokwakho, noma uhlole umugqa wakho wohambo lwesikebhe mayelana nechweba olisebenzisayo - futhi ukhumbule ukuthi amadolobha amaningi aseYurophu angase abe namachweba ambalwa; imikhumbi isibe mikhulu kangangokuthi kudingeke ukuthi imbe emisha, futhi emikhulu yayo emibili ivamise ukuba ngamamayela ukusuka emadolobheni asendulo.
Petersburg, eRussia, iyichweba eliyivelakancane okufanele uthenge kulo uhambo lokuya echwebeni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-Russian Federation inamathela kakhulu ekubhaleni amaphepha. Uzovunyelwa ukungena ezweni ngaphandle kwe-visa uma usogwini, kodwa uma ungenjalo, kufanele uchithe amakhulu amadola ukuze uthole i-visa yakho yezivakashi, futhi kuzodingeka uthathe amasonto thumela ipasipoti yakho kunxusa laseRussia ukuze uyenze.
Ngenxa yokuthi amachweba amaningi ohambo lwe-Disney akude nesenzo, inkampani imele ukuphinda kabili imali yayo ngisho nangemva kokuba usuyikhokhile imali yokugibela. Ngobuhlakani, uhambo lwe-Disney ogwini (lulubiza ngokuthi "i-port adventures," la ti da) luye lwahehwa ukuze lwenze izindleko ezengeziwe zibe buhlungu kancane. E-Russia, uzokwazi ukuxoxa (usebenzisa umhumushi) nezingane ezifunda esikoleni se-Russian ballet sangempela, noma uhambele ibhola langemva kwamahora angemva kwehora le-Disney Princess e-Catherine's Palace, okuyindawo ene-Amber Room edumile. E-Florence, izingane zipenda ama-mini-frescoes azo.
Kuyabiza? Yebo, kuyengeza. Kodwa okungenani ayathandeka. Ezikhathini eziningi, ukubona i-Europe kungase kube yindaba yokugitsheliswa noma ukwehliswa emabhasini, ukungqubuzana kwezindololwane ezinamabhulabhu anyakazayo ezivakashi ezibuthaka, isikhathi esiningi esidliwa amakhefu okugeza kanye nokuthenga okuyisikhumbuzo ezigibeni zezivakashi. Ukuze wazi uma uthola uhambo lwe-rubber-stamp shore, nokuthi ungakwenza yini ushibhile ngaphandle kokugqoka ijoka le-cruise line, kufanele wenze ucwaningo oluthile kusengaphambili. Kodwa lokho, ngiyazi, kungaphezu kwalokho abagibeli bezikebhe abangafuna ukukwenza.
Ungathintana namawebhusayithi ambalwa anamabhodi emiyalezo ahlukanisa umkhiqizo we-cruise (I-Cruise Critic eyodwa, noma ugxilise amabhodi emiyalezo yabafundi endaweni efana ne-Fodor's noma i-Frommers), kodwa lokho kungase kubangele, njengoba akubona bonke abazinikele ngomkhumbi abanamazinga afanayo wena. Isayithi i-ShoreTrips.com ihlola lonke uhambo elubalayo ngaphambi kokuyidayisela umphakathi futhi yenza konke kuzwakale njengephupho, kodwa ayihloli umbuzo obalulekile: Ingabe udinga ngempela ukukhokhela lolu hambo? Ukuze uthole leyo mpendulo, kungcono uqale ngencwadi yomhlahlandlela engabhekisiwe yimboni yezokuvakasha futhi uhlole isimo lapho.
