Inkululeko yeeLwandle ifika

PORT CANAVERAL - U-Emmanouil Kasselas, ukapteni weRoyal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, wayibiza le nqanawa “njenge njana yakhe encinci” emva kokumisa izibuko ePort Canaveral ngoMvulo.

"Inja enkulu" ifanelekile ngakumbi.

Kwaye izinja ezininzi ziyeza.

Inkululeko yoLwandle yeyona nqanawa inkulu emhlabeni, ihamba ngaphezu kwe-1,100 yeenyawo ubude kwaye ibambe abakhweli abangama-4,375. Yeyokuqala kwezine iinqanawa ezinkulu eziza kuqala ukusuka ePort Canaveral phakathi ngoku ukuya ku-2012, kwaye amagosa ezokhenketho kunye namazibuko athe ubukho babo apha buza kuvelisa izigidi kwinkcitho yokhenketho eyongezelelweyo kwaye kuqinise isidima salo mmandla njengomdlali ophambili kushishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa.

Babhanka kubakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa abaza eBrevard County usuku okanye ezimbini ngaphambi kohambo lwabo lokuya kuhlala kwiihotele zasekhaya, batye kwiindawo zokutyela kwaye batyelele ezinye zeendawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi.

"Namhlanje lixesha elichazayo kwimbali yezibuko," utshilo uJ. Stanley Payne, igosa elilawulayo lasePort Canaveral, ngoMvulo emva kokhenketho olufutshane kunye nomthendeleko kwi-Freedom of the Seas, ephawula ukhuphiswano olushushu oluvela kumazibuko kwihlabathi jikelele ukuya. izivumelwano ezikhuselekileyo neenqanawa ezinkulu.

U-Payne wongeze wathi: "Sivakalelwa kukuba lo ngumlinganiselo ofanelekileyo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ubungakanani obufanelekileyo kwimarike esinayo."

INkululeko yeeLwandle eziziitoni ezili-154,000, ebibonakala ikwazi ukugila iRoyal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas, imise kufutshane, kungekudala iza kuba nenkampani enkulu.

Oku kuwa, iCarnival Cruise Lines izisa inqanawa yayo enkulu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ePort Canaveral, iPhupha leCarnival yeetoni ezili-130,000. Eli phupha lithwala abakhweli abangama-3,652.

Emva koko i-Disney Cruise Line iceba ukuseka iinqanawa zayo ezimbini ezinkulu, i-Dream kunye neFantasy, e-Port Canaveral kwi-2011 kunye ne-2012. Iinqanawa ezintsha ze-Disney ziya kuba nesisindo seetoni ze-122,000 nganye kunye ne-double-occupancy umthamo we-2,500 abagibeli.

Ngelixa kukho ukukhula mva nje ekudumeni kohambo olufutshane, lweentsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezine, iingcaphephe zeshishini zivumelana ngokubanzi ngeenqanawa ezinkulu kwaye uhambo olude olunikezwayo kufuneka luxube kakuhle noko sele kunikezelwa ePort Canaveral.

"Bathandwa kakhulu ngabantu abathanda ukuhamba ngenqanawa, abafuni ukuthatha uhambo olufutshane," utshilo uPaul Motter, umongameli weCruiseMates, incwadi yesikhokelo yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwi-Intanethi, ethetha ngohambo olude.

“Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ucinge ngazo njengemveliso eyongezayo yokuhamba ngenqanawa engayi kukhuphisana nemveliso yeentsuku ezintathu nezine. Iinqanawa zaseRoyal Caribbean's zodidi lweNkululeko zithandwa kakhulu ngenani elikhulu labakhenkethi abaqhelekileyo, kwaye iPort Canaveral inethamsanqa kakhulu ukuba nazo, utshilo uMotter.

U-Oivind Mathisen, umhleli weCruise Industry News, uthe ngamaxesha oqoqosho anzima, ukuhamba ngenqanawa okufutshane kuyathandeka kodwa kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, lo mkhwa ibiluhambo lweentsuku ezisixhenxe.

"Ndicinga ukuba ishishini lokuhamba ngeenqanawa liye laguquguquka kakhulu - ukulungelelanisa iimfuno kunye neemeko zeemarike, ukunika ubude obuhlukeneyo bokuhamba ngeenqanawa, ukuhambisa iinqanawa ukuya kumachweba ahlukeneyo, ukuphucula imveliso ye-onboard, ngaphezu kwezicwangciso zexabiso lokuzalisa iinqanawa," kusho uMathisen.

Inkululeko yeeLwandle ihambe ngoMvulo emva kwemini kunye nabakhweli abangama-3,900 kuhambo lweentsuku ezintandathu ukuya kwintshona yeCaribbean. Ukubuya kwayo, inqanawa iya kube ihambisa uhambo lweentsuku ezisixhenxe ukusuka ePort Canaveral ukuya empuma nasentshona yeCaribbean.

Abakhweli baqale ukukhwela kusasa ngoMvulo, kwiiyure nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba inqanawe imise intsimbi yesi-6 kusasa ePort Canaveral’s Terminal 10. Iindwendwe zabuliswa ngeendondo zechampagne, kwaye uninzi lwazo lwachitha ixesha elincinane phambi kokujonga izinto eziluncedo enqanaweni.

“Bendicinga ukuba sisixeko,” utshilo u-Issie Bell-Yovich, umhlali waseWest Melbourne owayehamba ngenqanawa yomtshato nomyeni wakhe, uGeorge.

UBell-Yovich uthe ebekuhambo olufutshane kodwa ukhetha ezinde kuba uyakwazi ukukhulula izinto kwaye uziqhelanise ngokucokisekileyo nendawo ohlala kuyo.

“Ikuvumela ukuba uphumle,” utshilo.

Amagosa endawo yaseBrevard ekhenketha inqanawa kwaye adibana nabasebenzi ngexesha lomsitho okhethekileyo wasemini athe abatyeleli abangaphandle kwedolophu kufuneka bahlawule isiseko sokhenketho kwaye bangenise izigidi kwingeniso eyongezelelweyo.

“Siza kuba nama-7,000 ukuya kuma-8,000 abatyeleli abatsha esixekweni,” utshilo uRocky Randels, usodolophu waseCape Canaveral. Uninzi lwabo luza kuhlala kwiihotele zethu. Baya kubuza: 'Nditya phi? Ndingaya phi kwivenkile yeziyobisi?' ”