Imboni yezokuvakasha esalulama yaseNew Orleans ithole ithuba kwezomnotho namuhla lapho iCarnival Cruise Lines imemezela ukuthi ithutha umkhumbi omusha, omkhulu - umgibeli weCarnival Triumph abangu-2,758 - ukuya ekwindla elandelayo.
I-Triumph ingena esikhundleni se-Fantasy egibele abagibeli abangu-2,056, iCarnival ememezele izolo ukuthi izosuka eNew Orleans iye ku-Mobile unaphakade ekwindla elandelayo ngemuva kokuba izinze lapho kusukela ukushayisana kwesikebhe esihamba ngesikebhe kuvalwe isikhashana uMfula iMississippi ngoJulayi. Ngesikhathi se-drydock kulo Septhemba, i-Fantasy izothola ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Evolutions of Fun, okuhlanganisa nepaki entsha ye-WaterWorks aqua eneslayidi sikakhokho esikhulu esingamamitha angu-300, indawo yelanga yabantu abadala kuphela kanye nezindawo zomndeni ezinwetshiwe ne-spa.
Ukufakwa esikhundleni kwe-Triumph enkulu ye-Fantasy kungasho izivakashi ezihamba ngomkhumbi ezingu-50,000 ngaphezulu eziya eNew Orleans unyaka ngamunye, kuphawula i-New Orleans Times-Picayune. Kusukela ngoNovemba, 2009, uhambo lwezinsuku ezine lwe-Triumph luzosuka eNew Orleans ngoLwesine luya e-Cozumel, uhambo lwezinsuku ezinhlanu luzosuka ngoMsombuluko nangeMigqibelo luye e-Cozumel naseProgreso, eMexico, kanti uhambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa luzosuka ngeMigqibelo luye eBelize City, eRoatan. , kanye ne-Cozumel noma i-Key West, i-Freeport ne-Nassau.
Isimemezelo se-Carnival siwuphawu lokuthi imali iphezulu phakathi kwabagibeli bemikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi eNew Orleans, okwakuyichweba lasekhaya lemikhumbi emine esuka emigqeni emithathu ngenkathi iSiphepho uKatrina sigadla ngo-Agasti 29, 2005, kuphawula i-Associated Press. Ngaphezu kwe-Carnival Conquest elayisha abantu abangu-2,974 kanye neSensation yabagibeli abangu-2,052, iNorwegian Cruise Lines yayineNorwegian Dream enabantu abangu-1,754 kanye neRoyal Caribbean ibe noGrandeur of the Seas enabagibeli abangu-1,950 ethekwini.
Cishe abagibeli abangu-734,000 bagibela futhi basuka emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eNew Orleans ngo-2004, unyaka owandulela uKatrina. "Njengamanje sifinyelela kuma-400s aphezulu - asondele ku-500,000," okhulumela ichweba uChris Bonura etshela i-AP.
AbaseNorway babuye nomkhumbi othe ukukhudlwana, i-Norwegian Spirit elayisha abantu abangu-1,999. Yize iRoyal Caribbean yamemezela ngo-2006 ukuthi izoqala kabusha ngomkhumbi isuka eNew Orleans, lokho akuzange kwenzeke.
