E hoʻonui ka Carnival Cruise Line i ka hiki ma Kaleponi Hema ke hoʻōla ʻo Carnival Splendor i nā holoholo Mīkini Riviera he mau pule mai Long Beach, Kaleponi, e hoʻomaka ana ma ka makahiki 2018.
Me kēia hoʻonui ʻana, ke hoʻoikaika hou nei ʻo Carnival i kona kūlana alakaʻi i kahi homeport kaulana a kūpono hoʻi, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi moku hou aʻe ma ke Komohana Komohana me Carnival Splendor.
Ua hoʻolaha aku nei ʻo Carnival ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me ka konohiki ʻo Urban Commons a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Long Beach e hoʻonui i ka hale ʻo Long Beach Cruise Terminal e hoʻokipa ai i nā moku nui e like me Carnival Splendor a hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau hana terminal. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Carnival i ka Long Beach Cruise Terminal mai ka makahiki 2003 me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻāpana o ka Geodesic Dome ʻo ia ka hale hōʻikeʻike mua o Howard Hughes '"Spruce Goose" attraction. Hāʻawi ka ʻaelike i ka Carnival 100 ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Dome, kokoke i ka ʻekolu o ka nui o kāna hale kikowaena o kēia manawa. Hoʻopau ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hopena o 2017.
Ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka lawelawe mai Long Beach, e hāʻawi ʻo Carnival Splendor i kahi huakaʻi 13-lā Panama Canal i Ianuali 2018 e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano awa kupaianaha ma ka Caribbean, Mexico a me Central America. E hana pū ana ʻo Carnival Splendor i nā huakaʻi holo kaʻapuni Hawaiʻi he 14 lā mai Long Beach.
"ʻO Long Beach kahi homeport kūpono a kaulana a hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā mākou poʻe malihini i nā koho hoʻomaha holo moana hou a puni ka makahiki ma luna o kahi moku hou aʻe i kēia mākeke," wahi a Christine Duffy, pelekikena o Carnival Cruise Line. "Ma ka manawa like, hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonui i kā mākou mau kikowaena kikowaena ma Long Beach me ka hoʻohana piha ʻana i ka dome e hōʻoia ai e hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kā mākou mau malihini i kahi ʻike kiʻekiʻe a maikaʻi hoʻi ma ke awa. ”
