PORT CANAVERAL - Ua kāhea ʻo Emmanouil Kasselas, ke kāpena o ke Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, i ka moku i kāna "ʻīlio pēpē" mau hola ma hope o ke ku ma Port Canaveral i ka Pōʻakahi.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka "ʻīlio nui".
A ke hele mai nei nā ʻīlio hou aʻe.
ʻO Freedom of the Seas ka moku holo moana nui loa o ka honua, e holo ana ma mua o 1,100 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a hiki i 4,375 mau ohua. ʻO ia ka mua o nā moku holo moana nui ʻehā e hoʻomaka ana e holo mai Port Canaveral ma waena o kēia manawa a me 2012, a ua ʻōlelo nā luna mākaʻikaʻi a me nā luna o ke awa i ko lākou hele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi e hoʻonui i nā miliona o nā hoʻolimalima huakaʻi hou a hoʻopaʻa i ka inoa o ia wahi ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani nui i ka ʻoihana holo moku.
Ke mālama nei lākou i nā poʻe holo moku e hele mai ana i Brevard County i hoʻokahi lā a i ʻole ʻelua ma mua o ko lākou holo ʻana e noho ma nā hōkele kūloko, ʻai i nā hale ʻaina a kipa aku i kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻO kēia lā kahi manawa kūpono i ka moʻolelo o ke awa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo J. Stanley Payne, ka luna nui o Port Canaveral, i ka Pōʻakahi ma hope o kahi huakaʻi pōkole a me kahi hanana ma luna o ka Freedom of the Seas, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū wela mai nā awa a puni ka honua. nā hana palekana me nā moku nui.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Payne: "Ke manaʻo nei mākou ʻo ka nui kūpono kēia, a ʻoiaʻiʻo ka nui kūpono no ka mākeke i loaʻa iā mākou."
ʻO ka 154,000-tonna Freedom of the Seas, ka mea i ʻike ʻia e hiki ke hoʻopau i ka Mōʻī liʻiliʻi o ka Mōʻī o ke Kai Karipiano, i ku kokoke mai, e loaʻa koke ana kekahi hui nui.
I kēia hāʻule, lawe mai ʻo Carnival Cruise Lines i kāna moku nui loa i kēia lā ma Port Canaveral, ka 130,000-ton Carnival Dream. Hiki i ka Dream 3,652 ohua.
A laila, hoʻolālā ʻo Disney Cruise Line e hoʻokumu i kāna mau moku nui hou ʻelua, ʻo ka Dream and the Fantasy, ma Port Canaveral i 2011 a me 2012. ʻO ke kaumaha o nā moku Disney hou he 122,000 tons kēlā me kēia me ka hiki ke noho ʻelua o 2,500 mau ohua.
ʻOiai ke ulu nei i kēia mau lā i ka kaulana o nā huakaʻi holo moana pōkole, ʻekolu a ʻehā mau lā, ʻae like ka poʻe loea o ka ʻoihana i nā moku nui a ʻo nā makana holo moku lōʻihi e hui maikaʻi me nā mea i hāʻawi ʻia ma Port Canaveral.
"Aloha nui lākou i ka poʻe hauʻoli holo moku, ʻaʻole makemake e lawe i nā moku holo pōkole," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Paul Motter, pelekikena o CruiseMates, kahi puke alakaʻi holo moana pūnaewele, no nā huakaʻi lōʻihi.
"Manaʻo wau e noʻonoʻo ʻoe iā lākou he huahana holo moana hoʻohui ʻaʻole maoli e hoʻokūkū me nā huahana ʻekolu a me ʻehā lā. ʻO nā moku ʻo Royal Caribbean's Freedom-class ka mea kaulana loa me ka nui o nā moku holo moku maʻamau, a ua laki loa ʻo Port Canaveral i ka loaʻa ʻana iā lākou, "wahi a Motter.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Oivind Mathisen, ka mea hoʻoponopono o Cruise Industry News, i ka wā paʻakikī o ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā holo moku pōkole akā i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huakaʻi ʻehiku mau lā.
"Manaʻo wau ua maʻalahi loa ka ʻoihana holo moku - hoʻololi i nā pono o ka mākeke a me nā kūlana, e hāʻawi ana i nā lōʻihi like ʻole o nā moku holo moana, ka neʻe ʻana i nā moku i nā awa like ʻole, hoʻonui i ka huahana ma luna o ka moku, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kumu kūʻai e hoʻopiha ai i nā moku," wahi a Mathisen.
Ua haʻalele ka Freedom of the Seas i ke awakea o ka Pōʻakahi me 3,900 mau ohua no ka holo moana ʻeono lā i ke komohana Caribbean. I kona hoʻi ʻana mai, e hāʻawi ana ka moku i ʻehiku mau lā holo moana mai Port Canaveral a i ka hikina a me ke komohana Caribbean.
Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe holo e kau i ke kakahiaka Pōʻakahi, he mau hola wale nō ma hope o ka hola 6 o ka moku e ku ana ma ka Terminal 10 o Port Canaveral.
"Ua manaʻo wau he kūlanakauhale ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Issie Bell-Yovich, he kamaʻāina ma West Melbourne e holo ana i ka holo moana me kāna kāne ʻo George.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bell-Yovich ua hele ʻo ia ma nā moku holo pōkole akā makemake ʻo ia i nā mea lōʻihi no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe a hoʻololi pono i kou wahi noho.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o Brevard kūloko i kaʻahele i ka moku a hui pū me ka poʻe ʻauwaʻa i ka wā o kahi hanana awakea kūikawā i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā malihini o waho o ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻonui i ke kahua mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a lawe mai i nā miliona o nā kālā hou aʻe.
"E loaʻa iā mākou he 7,000 a 8,000 mau malihini kipa hou i ke kūlanakauhale," wahi a Rocky Randels, mayor o Cape Canaveral. “E noho ana ka nui o lākou ma ko mākou mau hōkele. E nīnau ana lākou: 'Ma hea wau e ʻai ai? Ma hea wau e hele ai i ka hale kūʻai lāʻau?' ”
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
