PORT CANAVERAL - Emmanouil Kasselas, kaputeni weRoyal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, akadana ngarava iyi "kambwanana" maawa mushure mekumira paPort Canaveral neMuvhuro.
"Imbwa huru" inonyanya kukodzera.
Uye imbwa dzakawanda dziri kuuya.
Rusununguko rweMakungwa ndicho chikepe chikuru chepasi rose chekufamba, chinomhanya mamita anopfuura 1,100 kureba uye chinotakura vanhu vanosvika 4,375. Ndiyo yekutanga yezvikepe zvihombe zvina zvichatanga kufamba kubva kuPort Canaveral kubva zvino kusvika 2012, uye vakuru vezvekushanya nevezviteshi vakati kuvapo kwavo kuno kuchaunza mamirioni ekuwedzera mari yekushanya uye kusimbisa mukurumbira wenzvimbo semutambi mukuru mubhizinesi rekufamba.
Vari kubhengi kune vanofamba nechikepe vanouya kuBrevard County zuva kana maviri vasati vasimuka kuti vagare mumahotera emuno, vadye kumaresitorendi uye kushanyira zvimwe zvenzvimbo inokwezva vashanyi.
"Nhasi inguva inotsanangura munhoroondo yechiteshi chengarava," J. Stanley Payne, mukuru mukuru wePort Canaveral, akadaro Muvhuro zvichitevera rwendo rupfupi nemhemberero muchikepe cheRusununguko rweMakungwa, achicherekedza makwikwi anopisa kubva kumachiteshi pasi rose kusvika. zvibvumirano zvakachengeteka nezvikepe zvikuru.
Payne akawedzera kuti: "Tinonzwa kuti saizi yakakodzera, uye saizi chaiyo yemusika watinayo."
Rusununguko rweMakungwa rwematani 154,000, rwairatidza kuti ruchikwanisa kubata Monarch diki yeMakungwa yeRoyal Caribbean, yakamira pedyo, munguva pfupi iri kutevera ichave neimwe kambani hombe.
Kudonha uku, Carnival Cruise Lines inounza ngarava yayo huru kusvika parizvino kuPort Canaveral, iyo 130,000-ton Carnival Dream. Chiroto ichi chinotakura vanhu 3,652.
Ipapo Disney Cruise Line inoronga kumisa zvikepe zvaro zviviri zvikuru, Dream and the Fantasy, paPort Canaveral muna 2011 uye 2012. Zvikepe zvitsva zveDisney zvicharema matani 122,000 imwe neimwe iine huviri hwekugara kwevanhu 2,500.
Nepo pave nekukura nguva pfupi yadarika mukuzivikanwa kwenzendo rwendo rupfupi, rwemazuva matatu kusvika mana, nyanzvi dzeindasitiri dzinowanzobvumirana kuti ngarava hombe uye rwendo rurefu rwekufamba rwunofanirwa kusanganiswa zvakanaka nezviri kutopihwa kuPort Canaveral.
"Ivo vanofarirwa zvikuru nevanofarira rwendo, vasingade kutora rwendo rupfupi," Paul Motter, purezidhendi weCruiseMates, bhuku rinotungamira rwendo rweInternet, akadaro nezvekufamba kwenguva refu.
"Ini ndinofunga unofanirwa kufunga nezvavo sechigadzirwa chekuwedzera chikepe icho chisingazokwikwidza nechigadzirwa chemazuva matatu nemana. Ngarava dzeRoyal Caribbean's Freedom-class dzinofarirwa zvakanyanya nenhamba huru yevanofamba nechikepe, uye Port Canaveral ine rombo rakanaka kuva nazvo, "Motter akadaro.
Oivind Mathisen, mupepeti weCruise Industry News, akati munguva dzakaoma dzehupfumi, kufamba nzendo pfupi kunowanzoitika asi mumakore mashoma apfuura, maitiro anga ari nzendo dzemazuva manomwe.
"Ini ndinofunga kuti indasitiri yezvikepe yave ichichinjika - kugadzirisa kune zvinodiwa nemusika uye mamiriro, kupa hurefu hwakasiyana hwekufamba, kufambisa ngarava kuenda kumachiteshi akasiyana, kusimudzira chigadzirwa chemubhodhi, mukuwedzera kune nzira dzemitengo yekuzadza ngarava," akadaro Mathisen.
Rusununguko rweMakungwa rwakabva Muvhuro masikati nevafambi zviuru zvitatu nemazana mapfumbamwe kwerwendo rwemazuva matanhatu kuenda kumavirira kweCaribbean. Pachadzoka, ngarava ichave ichipa rwendo rwemazuva manomwe kubva kuPort Canaveral kuenda kumabvazuva nekumadokero kweCaribbean.
Vakwiri vakatanga kukwira Muvhuro mangwanani, maawa mashoma pashure pokunge ngarava yamira paPort Canaveral's Terminal 6. Vaenzi vakakwaziswa namagirazi echampagne, uye vazhinji vavo vakapambadza nguva shoma vasati vatarisa zvinobetsera zvengarava.
"Ndaifunga kuti iguta," akadaro Issie Bell-Yovich, mugari weWest Melbourne aitora rwendo rwehusiku nemurume wake, George.
Bell-Yovich akati anga ari munzendo pfupi asi anofarira dzakareba nekuti unogona kuburitsa uye kunyatsogadziridzwa kune yako yekugara.
"Zvinokubvumira kuti usununguke," akadaro.
Vakuru vemunharaunda yeBrevard vakashanyira ngarava uye vakasangana nevashandi panguva yemhemberero dzemasikati dzakakosha vakati vashanyi vekunze kweguta vanofanirwa kubhadharisa nzvimbo yekushanya yemuno uye kuunza mamirioni ekuwedzera mari.
"Tichava ne7,000 kusvika ku8,000 vashanyi vatsva muguta," akadaro Rocky Randels, meya weCape Canaveral. “Vazhinji vavo vanenge vachigara kumahotera edu. Vanenge vachibvunza kuti: ‘Ndinodyira kupi? Ndoendepi kuchitoro chezvinodhaka?' ”
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- It's the first of four huge cruise ships that will begin sailing from Port Canaveral between now and 2012, and tourism and port officials said their presence here will generate millions in additional tourism spending and solidify the area's reputation as a major player in the cruise business.
- They're banking on cruise passengers coming to Brevard County a day or two prior to their cruise to stay in local hotels, eat at restaurants and visit some of the area's tourist attractions.
- Stanley Payne, chief executive officer of Port Canaveral, said Monday following a brief tour and ceremony on board the Freedom of the Seas, noting the heated competition from ports worldwide to secure deals with the massive ships.
