He aha ka makemake ʻole – mai ka hiʻohiʻona o ke keiki.
ʻO ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻike ʻana, ʻo ka moku holo moku ka lani hoʻomaha, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kahi paka kumuhana.
Aia nā meaʻai āpau a me ka lawelawe lumi manuahi. “E piha ʻoe i kou haʻalele ʻana,” wahi a Matthew Moris, he 11 makahiki.
Aia nā keiki ʻē aʻe a pau ma luna o ka moku (ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona keiki e holo ana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hōʻike ʻia e ka Cruise Lines International Association, ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,000 ma kēlā me kēia moku Disney) a hoʻonohonoho i nā hana keiki a me nā ʻōpio mai ke kakahiaka a hiki i ka pō. "E loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hoaaloha ma ka lā mua," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Brooke Abzug, 10.
Aia ke kūʻokoʻa a pau e hele e like me ko lākou makemake, ka lā ma ka wai ʻauʻau, pā i ka arcade, nānā i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hopu i kahi ʻāpana pizza a i ʻole ice cream. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Alyssa Baron, 15, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻae ʻia e noho hoʻokahi ma ka home a i kahi hale hoʻomaha.
"I koʻu komo ʻana i loko o ko mākou hale noho, ua hiamoe koʻu mau mākua!"
"ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e noho pū me kou mau mākua, koe wale nō paha i ka ʻaina ahiahi," wahi a Allison Clayton, 12. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Clayton, Abzug a me Moris - mai South Florida mai - ma kahi papa aʻu i hoʻoponopono hou ai ma Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., ma cruise3sixty, ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki o ka ʻoihana holo moku no nā ʻelele huakaʻi a me nā laina holo moku, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka Cruise Lines International Association. ʻO nā keiki i loko o ka hui mai ka 7 a hiki i ka 15 a he poʻe kahiko holo moana. ʻO kā lākou kuleana: E hāʻawi i ka poʻe mākua i ka nānā ʻana o nā keiki no ka holo ʻana.
ʻAʻole lākou i liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e ka poʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,000 o ka lehulehu. ʻO kahi moku holo moku, ʻae lākou, paʻi i kahi paka kumuhana i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma kahi paka kumuhana, "ʻAʻole nui ka hana, a i ʻole ka nui o ka meaʻai maikaʻi," wahi a Mathew.
ʻO kekahi mau kī i ka holomua:
- E koho i ka moku kūpono no kou ʻohana. (E kipa www.cruising.org.) E hōʻoia i loaʻa nā papahana no nā makahiki o kāu keiki.
- Inā hiki iā ʻoe, e splurge i kahi lumi lua no nā keiki ʻōpio.
Nā laina holo moku aloha keiki:
- Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ʻo Royal Caribbean (www.rccl.com) i nā moku holo moana ʻo Nickelodeon e hoʻomaka ana i kēia kauwela ma Freedom of the Seas, a nā keiki e makemake ai ma muli o ka simulator heʻe nalu ʻo FlowRider a me ke kahua pāʻani wai H20 Zone.
- ʻO Carnival (www.carnival.com), ka mea e manaʻo nei e halihali i nā keiki 600,000 i kēia makahiki, ke hoʻohui nei i nā paka wai ʻo WaterWorks piha me nā paheʻe wai corkscrew 300-footlong, ka paka wai a me nā paheʻe heihei pālua.
-Norwegian Cruise Line (www.ncl.com) ʻoi aku ka nui o nā staterooms e pili ana ma mua o nā laina holo moku ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā ʻohana e like me ka “Freestyle Dining.” ʻAʻole pono e ʻaʻahu a ʻai pū me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
-Regent Seven Seas (www.rssc.com) hāʻawi i kahi papahana ʻōpio "Ambassadors of the Environment" ma kekahi mau huakaʻi huakaʻi Alaska a me Tahiti i hana ʻia e Jean-Michel Cousteau, ke keiki a Jacques Cousteau. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka papahana e hoʻolako i nā ʻohana, ma o nā hana lima, ka ʻike a me nā mākau e pono ai ke kūkulu i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni i ko lākou ola.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- There’s all the freedom to roam as they please, sun by the pool, hit the arcade, watch a movie, grab a slice of pizza or an ice cream cone.
- There are all the other kids onboard (more than a million children cruise every year, reports the Cruise Lines International Association, more than 1,000 on each Disney ship) and organized kids’.
- Alyssa Baron, 15, says she would never be permitted to be on her own as much at home or at a resort.
