Conde Nast Mufambi wepagore "Top Cruise Ships" poll, yakaburitswa online muna Ndira, yaisanganisira vazhinji vevanowanzo fungirwa. Ongororo iyi yakaitwa vanopfuura zviuru gumi nezviuru zvevatori vechikamu vakasarudza Disney Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises uye Princess Cruises muchikamu chepamusoro-hombe-chikepe (vapfuura 11,000 vafambi). Royal Caribbean, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Disney neSeaDream vakagamuchira rukudzo rwainyatsokodzera nzvimbo dzepabhodhi. Uye Grand Circle Cruises' Bizet yakahwina nzvimbo yepamusoro muchikamu chengarava-diki (vasingasviki mazana mashanu) kwegore rechipiri rakateedzana.
Asi mucherechedzi weindasitiri yerwendo rwegondo, Teijo Niemela, muparidzi weCruise Business Review, akafadzwa neakapinda mutsva pane gumi neshanu runyorwa rwezvikepe zvepakati (15 kusvika 500 vafambi). Ikoko kumusoro naCrystal - ane Crystal Serenity naCrystal Symphony akaisa nhamba yekutanga nembiri - uye neRegent Seven Seas - ane Seven Seas Voyager uye Seven Seas Mariner aive matatu nemana - yaive ngarava iyo vazhinji vekuNorth America vangangove vasina kumbonzwa nezvayo.
Iyo Viking XPRS inotakura vanhu zviuru zviviri nemazana mashanu, yakatangwa muna 2,500, yakatumidzwa nevaverengi veConde Nast sechikepe cheshanu chepakati nepakati pasi rose, ichirova “vakanakisa” venguva dzose kubva kumitsetse yakaita seOceania Cruises neHolland America.
Asi heino rub. "Ichi hachisi ngarava zvachose," Niemela anodaro. "Icho chikepe chinotakura vanhu nemotokari kubva kunzvimbo A kusvika B, nekukurumidza sezvinobvira."
Ichokwadi kuti Viking XPRS inopa zvimwe zvekushanya-maitiro anobatsira. Kune makabhini anokwana muchikepe kuti arare vanhu mazana manomwe nemakumi matatu nevaviri panguva yerwendo rwemaawa maviri neshanu (aya akawanda ekuzorora kana kurara kupfuura chero chinhu chipi zvacho; vasara vasara vanongogara mumakamuri eruzhinji). Yakagadzirwa neSweden Tillberg Design, iyo inozivikanwa zvakare nekugadzira nzvimbo dzeveruzhinji mungarava dzakaita seCunard's Queen Mary 732 uye NCL's Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Gem uye Norwegian Jewel. Maresitorendi arimo; iyo Bistro Bella inzvimbo yebuffet, uye Viking's Inn Pub inopa chikafu chebhawa. (Kudyira hakusanganisirwe mumitengo uye kunowedzerwa mutengo.) Kune zvakare varaidzo yakawanda papombi yerwendo rupfupi rwakadai. Sarudzo dzinobva kutroubadour uye DJ kuenda kubhendi rekutamba.
Kupfuura mwero wakazara we88.2 uyo wakaisa Viking XPRS munzvimbo yechishanu, vaverengi veConde Nast vakavhotawo mumapoka ega ega, kubva kumakabhini kuenda kuimba yekudyira uye kubva kuzviitiko kuenda kugadzira. Chikepe chepamusoro-soro chekufamba kwemahombekombe (92.7), chimwe chikamu, kunyanya hazvina musoro. Niemela anoti “rwendo” chete rwunopihwa itikiti rebhazi kubva kuchiteshi cheTallinn kuenda kuguta chairo. Zvakare, chiyero chayo chakafanana chakakwira kune mafambiro (96.3) inokwenya musoro; Viking XPRS inofamba nechikepe ichidzoka nekudzoka pakati peFinland neEstonia mazuva ese, ichimira pasina zviteshi munzira.
Saka chikepe chakasvika sei paConde Nast's gold-chip list yezvikepe zverwendo? Kufungidzira kwakatekeshera kuti prankster angave akakwanisa kugadzika mhedzisiro.
MuWikipidia yeViking XPRS yekupinda, pane chinyorwa chekuti "kuiswa kwechikepe kwepamusoro mudanho raive, chokwadi, mhedzisiro yehunyengeri hwerumwe rudzi." Zvakadaro, mupepeti weConde Nast Traveler, Beata Loyfman, aitarisira ongororo iyi, anodzivirira huchokwadi hwayo. "Mushure mekunge tawana iyo data," akaudza Cruise Critic nhasi, "inofamba nenzira yakaoma yekutarisa uye zviyero, kwatinoiisa kuburikidza neakasiyana akaturikidzana kuti tive nechokwadi chekuti havasipo nekuda kwekuvhota.
"Viking XPRS yakapfuura macheki ayo ese."
Kuiswa kwechifambiso chemotokari pachirongwa cheConde Nast chepagore chakanakisa-mu-cruising chinosekesa kupfuura chero chimwe chinhu (kunze kwekunge mumwe munhu anyora "rwendo" muchikepe, achitarisira kugona kunoenderana neCrystal, Regent Seven Seas neOceania). Chero chingave chikonzero chekuonekwa kwechikepe pane rondedzero, zvakakosha kuziva kuti, gore rino, kupfuura nakare kose, kwaive nekuvapo kwakasimba kwenyika dzese muongororo.
"Gore rino takaedza kuvhura nzvimbo yevhoti yekufamba," Loyfman anodaro. "Nyika yakakura uye inogara ichichinja, uye tiri kuyedza kunyatsonzwisisa sezvinobvira."
Saka nekudaro, ongororo yaConde Nast ye “Top Cruise Ships 2009” yakafukidza ngarava mazana mana negumi nesere uye yakapa vanovhota mukana wekuyera mitsetse yezvikepe, kupfuura Viking Line, asiri iwo mazita emhuri. Loyfman anocherekedza kuti Malaysia-yakavakirwa Star Cruises, iyo inonyanya kukoshesa vafambi vekuAsia, uye Naples-based MSC Cruises, pan-European mutsara - uyo uri kutanga kuita kuti uzivikanwe muUS - zvese zvakaratidza zvakasimba musarudzo yegore rino (kunyangwe. isina kusimba zvakakwana, mune chero mamiriro ezvinhu, kuita iyo yakanakisa-yerondedzero).
Aussie-based Orion Expedition Cruises 'Orion - iyo yakakodzera Cruise Critic yekupedzisira shanu-ribhoni chiyero kubva kune vese vapepeti nenhengo - yaive imwe yakasarudzika rwendo rwerwendo rwakasanganisirwa naConde Nast muongororo kekutanga. "Ndiyo yakanakisa pasirese," anodaro Loyfman, "inopa ... zvese zvinowanika muchikepe chemhando yepamusoro, kwaunogona kuwana spa kurapwa uye kunakidzwa nekuzorora kwegwayana chop, uchienda kunzvimbo dziri kure kwazvo dzepasi - nzvimbo dzakaita senge. Papua, New Guinea neAntarctica.”
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- In Wikipedia’s Viking XPRS entry, there’s a note that “the ship’s high placement in the ranking was, in fact, the result of a hoax of some kind.
- Whatever the reason for the ship’s appearance on the list, it’s important to note that, this year, more than ever, there was a strong international presence in the survey.
- Iyo Viking XPRS inotakura vanhu zviuru zviviri nemazana mashanu, yakatangwa muna 2,500, yakatumidzwa nevaverengi veConde Nast sechikepe cheshanu chepakati nepakati pasi rose, ichirova “vakanakisa” venguva dzose kubva kumitsetse yakaita seOceania Cruises neHolland America.
