ʻO kahi pāʻani o ka ante-upping mau ka mea i mālama i ka ʻoihana holo moana. A i nā manawa o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa honua, ʻo nā moku hou o ka honua i hoʻomaka e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2009 ke hoʻokūkū nei kekahi i kekahi i nā kumukūʻai a me nā pono e like me ka wā ma mua.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻomau nā mīkini holo nalu, nā paka wai a me nā papa puhi aniani i ke kumuhana hoʻokipa ma luna o ka moku e ulu aʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki. E like me ka holo ʻana o ka holo ʻana, ʻo ka Oasis of the Seas hou o Royal Caribbean e hoʻomaka i ka laina zip-line mua o ka honua a me ka loko hohonu e lana ana, ʻo ka AquaTheater (e hoʻohana ʻia no nā mākaʻikaʻi luʻu kiʻekiʻe).
Akā ma kahi o nā moku hou maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki 2009 i ka manaʻo nui loa o ka nui.
ʻElima o nā moku he 10 ma kā mākou papa inoa i kēia makahiki, ʻo ia nā moku nui loa i kā lākou papa. ʻO nā moku kahawai, i maʻa i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kaohi nui, ke kiʻi nei i ka mea nui i kahi notch. Ke hiki mai ka Viking Legend i ʻApelila, e hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā suites holo moana nui loa o ʻEulopa i nā poʻe e ʻimi ana i nā wahi e like me Slovakia a me Netherlands.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka nūhou nui loa ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka hopena o ka hopena o ka Oasis of the Seas. Me ka lumi no 5,400 mau ohua, ʻo kēia scale-buster (220,000 tons) ka moku holo moana nui loa ma ka honua ma kahi pana lōʻihi. Ma luna o ka moku, ua wāwahi ʻia ka moku i ʻehiku mau 'kaiapuni' i mea e maʻalahi iki ai ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale lana.
"He mea kupanaha loa keia moku," wahi a Steven Hattem, Hope Peresidena o Marketing no South Florida-based CruiseOne & Cruises Inc. ʻO nā hōkele maikaʻi loa ma Las Vegas a i New York.
ʻO nā loft o Oasis of the Seas nā keʻena moku he nui mua e lana ana - a ʻo ia hoʻi nā hale kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke kai. ʻO nā lofts ʻelua ʻelua o kēia manawa, i kāhiko ʻia me nā kiʻi kiʻi hou a me nā mea pono āpau e noʻonoʻo ʻia, loaʻa nā puka makani papahele a hiki i ke kaupaku e hana i nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole. ʻO kēlā'ōlelo, e hoʻokūpaʻa maikaʻiʻia ka holoʻana o ka moku: Ma Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Oasis of the Seas 'e pili i nā moku holo moku Caribbean.
E wehe ana ka Yachts of Seabourn i ka mea hou loa i kona mau moku i ka waena o Iune - ka $250 miliona Seabourn Odyssey. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana e hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o kahi kūkulu hou ma ka mākeke holo moana ultra luxury i nā makahiki ʻeono. E lilo ana ka Odyssey i ka moku nui loa, ma kahi o ʻekolu manawa ka nui o kekahi moku Seabourn.
ʻO kēlā lumi ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokipa ʻia ma kahi o ʻelua wale nō ka nui o nā poʻe kaʻa, e kau ana i ka manaʻo nui i nā stateroom nui a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pono o luna. E kaena ʻo Odyssey i ka spa nui loa i loko o nā ʻauwaʻa, piha me nā villa spa pilikino me kā lākou mau ʻāina sunbathing ponoʻī.
Akā ʻoi aku ka lohi o nā laina hanohano kiʻekiʻe e hoʻonui i kā lākou helu.
"ʻOiai ka ulu nui ʻana o ka ʻoihana holo moku i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole i ulu nui nā hōʻailona waiwai - Seabourn, Silversea, Regent, Crystal," wahi a Tom Coiro, ka mea hoʻokumu o Direct Line Cruises.
He mea kupanaha paha, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Coiro ʻaʻole pili iki ka stagnation pili i ka mākeke waiwai me ka hoʻokele waiwai.
"Ma muli o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kekahi o nā hōʻailona waiwai ʻole - nā ʻoihana premium - ua hopu maoli i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka mākeke nani me ka manaʻo o ka moku i loko o kahi moku," wahi a Coiro.
ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Silversea Cruises i kāna kūkulu hou ʻana mai ka makahiki 2001 ma hope o kēia makahiki. Lawe mai ka Silver Spirit i nā keʻena mokuʻāina nui loa i nā ʻauwaʻa, a me kahi hale ʻaina ʻĀsia hou a me ka manaʻo hui ʻaina ahiahi. Makaukau no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 2009 ʻo Celebrity Cruise's Equinox, ka moku kaikuahine i ka Solstice mahalo nui ʻia, i hoʻomaka i ka hopena o 2008.
"He lumi ʻaina kaʻawale nā hale penthouse suites (ma ka Equinox) a me kahi lumi hoʻokipa me kahi piano nui pēpē, nā keʻena hele wāwae, nā leo hoʻopuni," wahi a Coiro. "Aia nā verandas pilikino me nā whirlpools i loko o kēia mau suites, ma 400-square-feet, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka stateroom maʻamau i ka mea i kapa ʻia nā moku nani," wahi āna. "Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi hale ma ke kai."
