I-Canaveral Port Authority kunye ne-Disney Cruise Line bafikelele kwisivumelwano esitsha seminyaka engama-20 sokwandisa imisebenzi kunye nokwenza i-Port Canaveral ikhaya leenqanawa ezintathu ezintsha zeDisney Cruise Line.
Isivumelwano esitsha sokusebenza siza kuqalisa ngomhla woku-1 kuJuni, ngo-2019, kwaye sithatha indawo yeSivumelwano esikhoyo saseLwandle esimiselwe ukuphelelwa ngomhla wama-31 kuDisemba, 2027. Sibonelela ngesithuba esiyiminyaka engama-20 eprayimari kunye nohlaziyo lweminyaka emihlanu eyongezelelweyo. Ekuqaleni, isiqinisekiso sokufowuna sihlala sikwiifowuni ezili-150, kodwa sinyuka siye kutsho kwiifowuni ezili-180 ngo-2023 kunye nokuya kuthi ga kwiifowuni ezingama-216 ngo-2024 kwisithuba esishiyekileyo se-20 yeminyaka.
“Kangangamashumi eminyaka sisebenze neDisney Cruise Line sisakha ubambiswano olusekwe kukuzinikela kwethu sonke ekugqibeleleni. Siyazingca kakhulu ngempumelelo yethu esihlangeneyo kwaye sijonge phambili ekukhuliseni ikamva elichulumancisayo ngakumbi ngeDisney Cruise Line kunye nePort Canaveral njengezibuko leenqanawa ezintsha,” utshilo uMlawuli wePort Authority kunye neCEO uKapteni uJohn Murray.
Imiqathango yesivumelwano esitsha iqhubeka nokusebenza okukhethekileyo kwe-Disney ukusuka kwi-Cruise Terminal 8, ngaphezu kokubonelela ngokusetyenziswa okukhethekileyo kwe-Port's Cruise Terminal 10 kwinqanawa yesithathu ye-homeport. Uphuculo olucetywayo olusecaleni kwamanzi kunye necala lomhlaba kwiCruise Terminal 8 kunye neCruise Terminal 10 iya kwamkela ukukhula kweenqanawa zeDisney zenqanawa. Iinqanawa ezintsha kulindeleke ukuba zihanjiswe ngo-2021, 2022 kunye no-2023, ezimbini kuzo zithunyelwa ekhaya ePort Canaveral ubuncinane iminyaka yazo emihlanu yokuqala yokusebenza.
“IPort Canaveral yayilizibuko lokuqala lenqanawa yethu yokuqala kwaye isebenze njengendawo yokungena kwiiholide zokuhamba ngomlingo ukusukela oko,” utshilo uJeff Vahle, umongameli weDisney Cruise Line. "Siyabuxabisa ubudlelwane bethu obude kunye nePort Canaveral kwaye sijonge phambili ekwandiseni ubukho bethu apho njengoko sizisa iinqanawa ezintsha kunye namava amatsha okukhenketha osapho."
Isivumelwano phakathi kweDisney Cruise Line kunye nePort Canaveral siyaqhubeka nobudlelwane obaqala ngothethwano ngo-1994 ukwakha i-terminal yokuqala ye-Disney e-Port Canaveral. Zonke ezine zeenqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa zeDisney kwiinqanawa zayo ezikhoyo zenza iPort Canaveral ichweba labo lasekhaya xa beqala. Iinqanawa ezinkulu ezimbini zomzila wokuhamba ngenqanawa, iDisney Dream kunye neDisney Fantasy, ngoku zithunyelwa ekhaya ePort Canaveral unyaka wonke, ngelixa iDisney Magic kunye neDisney Wonder zijikeleza amazibuko asekhaya.
Ibhodi yabaKhomishinala baseCanaveral Port Authority ivotele ngamxhelo mnye ukuba bamkele imiqathango yesivumelwano esitsha kwintlanganiso yabaKhomishinala ebicwangciswe rhoqo ngoLwesithathu, umhla wama-22 kuCanzibe, ngowama-2019.
