ʻO ka huakaʻi, ʻoi aku ka holo ʻana, he wahi mālamalama i loko o ka makahiki piha i nā lono hoʻokele waiwai. Aia kekahi o nā makana maikaʻi loa i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi, a e hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā moku hou he 14 a puni ka honua ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki.
Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Carnival i kāna moku nui loa. A ke kau nei ʻo Royal Caribbean International i nā paʻi hope loa i ka moku holo moku nui loa ma ka honua - ʻo Oasis of the Seas, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe holo moku holo lōʻihi.
ʻO ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻo ia ka holo hihiu no ka ʻoihana holo moku i hopena i kekahi mau kumukūʻai e hāʻule ana i nā mea kūʻai.
"ʻAʻole haʻahaʻa ke kumu kūʻai e like me ka post-9/11, akā ua kokoke loa ia," wahi a Tom Baker o CruiseCenter ma Houston.
Eia nā ʻano e nānā ai.
Nā uku haʻahaʻa.
I ka huli ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, hoʻomaka nā laina holo moku e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai e hoʻihoʻi i nā huakaʻi, wahi a ka poʻe loea. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke holo moku no nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa aʻu i ʻike ai i loko o koʻu ola i nā manawa he nui," wahi a Carolyn Spencer Brown, ka luna hoʻoponopono o ka pūnaewele mokuahi Cruise Critic.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi: Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brown i nā manawa he nui hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke holo ma luna o nā moku hou aʻe a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā kumukūʻai like i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā moku kahiko. No ka laʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia i ʻehiku mau lā holo moku Karipiano ma lalo o $249 - akā ʻo ka holo moana like ma luna o kahi moku hou no $299 wale nō.
Wahi a Baker ua kokoke piha nā moku no ke kauwela, akā e ʻimi i nā kuʻikahi e hoʻomau i ka hāʻule a me ka hoʻoilo.
Ua wela ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā minuke hope loa i kēia makahiki - makemake nā laina holo moku e holo piha. Ke hāʻawi nei lākou i nā mea hoʻoikaika e hoʻopaʻa mua. ʻO Carnival, no ka laʻana, he Early Saver rate e hōʻemi ana i nā kumukūʻai e like me $200 i kēlā me kēia kanaka no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ʻekolu a ʻelima mau mahina ma mua, wahi a ka ʻōlelo a ka hui ʻo Vance Gulliksen. ʻO ia ka unuhi ʻana i loko, no ka laʻana, kahi holo moku ʻehiku lā ʻo Alaska no ka haʻahaʻa e like me $449. No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai, e kelepona i kahi ʻelele huakaʻi a i ʻole e hele i www.carnival.com. E hoʻomanaʻo ʻo kahi mākaʻikaʻi kāu hoaaloha i ka wā e hele mai ai i nā moku holo moana. ʻAʻole ʻoe e uku ʻia no nā puke holo moku, a hiki i kahi luna maikaʻi ke kiʻi i nā kumukūʻai maikaʻi loa a nānā pono iā lākou, e noi ana i ka uku haʻahaʻa no ʻoe inā hāʻule nā kumukūʻai.
Nui - nui maoli - nā moku hou.
ʻO Baker lāua ʻo Brown he poʻe loea i ʻike i nā mea āpau a holo i ka hapa nui o ia mea. A ʻo lāua ʻelua e pili ana i ka Oasis of the Seas.
He aha ka haunaele?
E hoʻokipa ka moku i 5,400 mau kaʻa (ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, paʻa ka Carnival Ecstasy i 2,052).
Hoʻokaʻawale ka hoʻolālā iā ia i "nā kaiāulu," e like me Central Park, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o kahi kahua pôpeku, wehe ʻia i ka lewa a kanu ʻia me nā kumulāʻau a me nā pua kau. Hiki ke loaʻa nā hale kākela e nānā pono ana i nā kaiāulu, a me ka balconies maʻamau a me nā lumi maʻamau. A ʻo nā keʻena "loft" kiʻekiʻe ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka moku e loaʻa nā puka makani papahele a hiki i ke kaupaku e kū pono ana i ke kai.
E loaʻa i kahi hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni nā hōʻikeʻike ma lalo o ke kai me ka ʻauʻau ʻana a me nā mea hou aku.
ʻO ka mele Broadway "Hairspray" kekahi o nā koho hoʻokipa.
ʻO ke awa home o ka Oasis ʻo Port Everglades ma Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka huakaʻi hoʻomaka no Dec. 12. Ma ka hopena o Mei, ua loaʻa nā keʻena kūloko no ka holo moku ʻo Dekemaba i Labadee, Haiti, no $889. (www.royalcaribbean.com). No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Oasis, e kipa www.oasisoftheseas.com.
He mea hou hou i kēia makahiki: ʻO ka Carnival Dream, ke kūkulu ʻia nei ma Italia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma kahi holo moana Mediterranean he 12 mau lā i Kepakemapa, ʻo ia ka moku nui loa o Carnival, e paʻa ana i 3,646 mau ohua. E holo ka Dream i New York a laila hoʻonoho hou i kona home hou, ʻo Port Canaveral ma Florida. ʻO ka Dream he 2-lā "Cruise to Nowhere" mai New York a New York, e hoʻomaka ana ma $ 364 ma Nov. 13, inā makemakeʻoe e nānā iā ia (www.carnival.com).
He wela ka Caribbean.
Ua makemake mau nā Texans i nā mokupuni, a ʻo ke koena o ka lāhui ma luna o lākou i kēia makahiki, e noho kokoke ana i ka home e mālama i ke kālā.
ʻO ka hopena, wahi a Baker, hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e nānā i nā kumukūʻai hope loa i Alaska, kahi e liʻiliʻi ai ka poʻe e holo ana a makemake nā laina holo moku e hoʻopiha i nā moku.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi exotic hou e noʻonoʻo ai.
Ke mālama nei nā moku holo moku i ke kālā a hoʻopaʻa liʻiliʻi i nā moku holo moku Australia-New Zealand i kēia makahiki. Akā ua puka mai ka Middle East ma ke ʻano he wahi wela no nā huakaʻi honua. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā moku e holo ana mai Dubai mai, wahi a Brown, he mea hou mai ka moku ʻo Singapore-Dubai iā ia iho.
ʻŌlelo ʻo ia he ala maikaʻi ia e ʻike ai i ka Hikina Waena no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hopohopo paha e hele i laila. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kāu huakaʻi mua i kahi holo moana kahi āu e kū ai i nā awa ʻeono i nā lā ʻehiku," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hale noho i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a i ʻole ʻEulopa i ka noʻonoʻo."
Holo ʻo Costa Cruises a me Royal Caribbean mai Dubai. ʻEhiku pō holo moku ma Royal Caribbean mai Dubai mai kekahi o nā United Arab Emirates a hoʻomaka i ka $689 (www.royalcaribbean.com). Hāʻawi ʻo Costa i kahi huakaʻi like no $799 a hoʻokahi i ʻAigupita mai Dubai no $1,439 (www.costacruises.com). ʻO ka holo ʻana i India mai Dubai e hana pū ana, wahi a Brown.
ʻOi aku ka ʻai.
ʻIke ʻia nā holo moku no ka loaʻa mau ʻana o ka meaʻai, akā ua hoʻonui ka ʻoihana i ka ante me nā hale ʻaina kūikawā i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻai maʻamau a me nā buffets i hāʻawi mau ʻia. ʻO nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa, e like me nā steakhouses, hele mai me ka uku, ʻoiai - e like me $30 no ka noho. E mālama pono i nā uku ma ka laulā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Brown, ʻo kekahi mau mea pono i lilo i ʻāpana o ka pōʻai, e like me ka lawelawe lumi ahiahi, ke hele mai nei me ka uku lawelawe ma kekahi mau moku holo moana.
