ʻO kahi makahiki i hala aku nei he mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka ʻoihana holomoana, me ka lūlū ʻana i nā helu o ka poʻe ohua a me kahi hanana o ka hana moku. Akā i kēia manawa ka manawa e nānā i mua i nā mea holo mua no 2008. ʻ Oh, Caribbean, e haʻo nō mākou iā ʻoe, akā manaʻo mākou iā ʻoe i ka wā e hele ana i ka lā Mediterranean.
Ua hoʻomaka ka honua holoholo '08 me ka ikaika ikaika. Wahi a ka US Department of Transportation, he 2.5 miliona mau ohua i holo ma nā huakaʻi he 1,063 o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hapahā o ka makahiki 2007, ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala. ʻO kēlā helu he ʻelima wale nō ia o nā holomoku holoʻokoʻa 2007 - 12.6 miliona, no kēlā me kēia koho ʻia e ka Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), ʻo ia ka mea hōʻike i nā laina holoholo nui. I mea e hoʻokipa ai i kēia poʻe huakaʻi, he ʻumikūmālua mau moku hou i kū i ke kai maikaʻi.
No kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoihana e mālama pono i kāna mau hama. Ua wānana ʻo CLIA i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu kaʻa e 1.6 pakeneka, i 12.8 miliona. "Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana holo moku i ka poʻe i holo ʻole ma mua," wahi a Carolyn Spencer Brown, ka luna hoʻoponopono o Cruise Critic, nāna i hoʻopuka i kahi makasina huakaʻi online (www.cruisecritic.com). "E ulu ana ka holo ʻana."
No laila he aha ka mea e manaʻo ai ka Cruising Class o 2008? Eia kekahi mau hanana e hiki mai ana.
Maui
ʻO ka poʻe huakaʻi mokulele mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e ʻeha paha i ʻEulopa, akā ʻo ka poʻe e hōʻea mai ana ma ke kai ke mākaukau nei lākou no ka Continent. "He wela loa ʻo ʻEulopa i kēia makahiki," wahi a Paul Motter, ka mea hoʻoponopono o CruiseMates, he alakaʻi holo moku ma ka pūnaewele (www.cruisemates.com). "ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kālā, ʻoi aku ka kaulana (ʻike iā ʻEulopa ma ka holo moana)." ʻO ka mea kikoʻī, ʻo nā huakaʻi wela loa ma ka Mediterranean a me Baltic.
ʻO kekahi o nā kumu nui loa e holo ai i ʻEulopa ka hoʻonohonoho hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka ʻoihana, i ʻae ai i nā ʻAmelika e uku i nā kālā a no laila e hōʻalo i ka uku hoʻololi kālā nawaliwali. ʻAʻole like me nā huakaʻi helehelehele i ʻike i ka ʻeha i kēlā me kēia manawa a lākou e uku ai no kahi pāʻina, hōkele a i ʻole ke kaʻa ʻana, uku nā mea hoʻokele i hoʻokahi puʻupuʻu e uhi ana i kā lākou mau lilo nui.
"He ʻano hoʻololi hou kēia ma 'Inā ʻo ka Pōʻalua, pono mākou i Belgium,'" wahi a Spencer Brown. “He ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻāʻo ai iā ʻEulopa. Hoʻopili ʻoe i hoʻokahi a moe i ka moena hoʻokahi.
ʻOiai, i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaulana o ʻEulopa, pēlā nō nā kumukūʻai holo moana. Hiki ke kiʻekiʻe i nā kumukūʻai, a kūʻai wikiwiki aku nā hale kaʻa. Kuhi ka poʻe loea i ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i ʻeono a i ʻeiwa mahina. E mālama kālā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Motter e holo i Mei a i Kepakemapa paha. "E like me ka piha o ka moku, lilo ia i mea pipiʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “E nānā i kahi moku i piha ʻole a maʻalahi hoʻi me nā lā. Ma ka Baletika a me ke Kaiwaenahonua, ʻo ke alahele like e hiki ke 30 a 40 paha ka pākēneka e emi ai a i ʻole ka hopena o ke kau. ”
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, nui nā laina e kū nei i ka noi e ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lako. Ke hoʻouna nei kekahi mau laina i nā moku mai Caribbean a ʻEulopa (e loaʻa i Carnival hoʻokahi moku i kēlā me kēia ma ke Kaiwaenahonua a me ka Baletika, ʻo ia ka manawa mua) a i ʻole ke hoʻokau nei iā lākou ma ʻEulopa a puni ka makahiki, e like me kā Royal Caribbean a me Costa e hana nei.
Ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka ʻAkelanika, ʻaʻole pono i ka Caribbean, akā e ʻimi nei nā mea huakaʻi i nā mokupuni me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hui a me nā ʻano like ʻole.
Hāʻawi ʻo Spencer Brown i kahi laʻana ʻo St. Maarten, hiki ke hoʻokipa ʻia i ʻeono mau moku kūloko he ʻeono 3,000 i kahi lā kūlana kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.
"Ua huikau loa ka Caribbean komohana, a ua luhi nā holoholo holoholo i ka hele ʻana i nā wahi kahiko," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. “Piha nā kahakai. Makemake ka poʻe i kahi loli. ”
No kekahi mea ʻokoʻa iki, kuhikuhi ka poʻe loea i nā wahi like o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e like me Belize a me Panama. ʻIke pū ʻo Motter iā ʻAmelika Hema ma ka pae: "He holo lōʻihi ʻo ʻAmelika Hema a pono ʻoe e lele ma laila, akā ʻo ke kumukūʻai like nā kumukūʻai a i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ʻEulopa - a ʻoi aku ka nui o kāu kālā."
Nā hana hou o ka moku
I loko o ka makahiki, e hōʻike ana ka ʻoihana i ka make o nā moku hou, e like me ka 3,006-pasahero ʻo Carnival Splendor (Iulai), a me nā laina holo kai hou. E hoʻolauna ka Jewel River Cruise Line i kāna moku waiwai nui mua, ʻo Jewel Imperial Blue, i nā waikahe ʻEulopa i Mei, ʻo kahi laʻana; a i ʻAukake, e hoʻomaka ʻo Pearl Seas Cruises i kāna huakaʻi moku liʻiliʻi i Caribbean a me Kanada.
Ke kūkulu nei nā laina holo moana i nā papa hou o nā moku, kahi hoʻomohala nui i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ke anahulu. "Aia he nalu holoʻokoʻa o nā hoʻolālā hou o nā moku e hoʻomaka ana i ka 2008," i ʻōlelo ʻo Motter. Aia ka mea kaulana i mua me kāna mau ʻauwaʻa papa Solstice, e puka mai ana i Kēkēmapa. Ke kuhi nei kekahi mau ʻoihana i ka huakaʻi i loko o ka hoʻolālā, e like me Costa a me nā loko wai aniani (no laila hiki i nā mea holoholo ma ʻEulopa ke ʻauʻau "ma waho" i nā mahina anuanu).
Ma kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e huki i nā poʻe kaʻa ʻōpio, ke hoʻokomo nei nā laina nui i kekahi hipness i kā lākou moku. Manaʻo lākou e hele aku i nā ʻohana a me ka poʻe ma lalo o 50 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā pono ʻōpio e like me nā hale pō (Crystal Symphony), nā pā heʻe nalu (Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma Mei, Independence. o nā Kai), nā ala pōpeku (Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Pearl), bungee trampolines (P&O Cruises 'Ventura) a me ka pā (Cunard's Queen Victoria). "He ikehu hou ia," wahi a Spencer Brown. "ʻO ka ʻōpio a me ka ikaika kahi e hele ai ka ʻoihana."
ʻO kahi hōʻike ʻano CLIA i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia manawa e wehewehe hou i ka neʻe ʻana: "ʻO nā ʻohana a me nā huakaʻi lehulehu ka wahi ulu nui loa no ka ʻoihana holo moku, a ukali ʻia e Baby Boomers (makahiki 43-62) - ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻopau i ka manaʻo no ka poʻe ʻelemakule. a i ʻole nā kāne. ʻO nā mea hana hou a me nā mea holo moku mua he ʻāʻī a me ka ʻāʻī i nā helu ulu.
Ke hoʻololi nei nā laina holo moku i kā lākou mau koho ʻai e mālama i ka legion ulu o nā meaʻai hoʻomaha. ʻOiai ke hoʻomau nei nā lumi ʻaina a me nā noho i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, ke hana nei nā moku i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me nā hale ʻaina kaulana-chef (e laʻa, ʻo Wolfgang Puck's Jade Garden ma Crystal Symphony, Charlie Palmer's Tastings@2 ma Seabourn) a me nā menus pākahi.
ʻO ka lalo o kēia mau keu he bila nui aʻe; ʻO ka ʻaina ʻaina ʻo Carnival's Supper Club, no $ hoʻokahi. "Ke piʻi nui aʻe nei nā moku, nui aʻe nā mea i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo kālā," i ʻōlelo ʻo Spencer Brown. "Aia ma laila nā manawa kūpono e māmā ai kāu pēke." Ma waena o nā splurges: wai ʻona (ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā moku e pili ana i nā cockta contraband), nā kaʻina hana keʻokeʻo niho, nā akupunkure a me nā papa mokomoko. A ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka uku wahie i hōʻino nui ʻia, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi o $ 30 i ka lā.
ʻO ka moʻomeheu holoholo
Ma muli o ka ikaika o ka euro a me nā kālā ʻē aʻe, ke kū nei nā ʻAmelika mai ko lākou mau noho aliʻi chaise-longue. Ke hele mai nei nā Kelemania, Palani, Pelekania, Australia, Iapana a me nā huakaʻi huakaʻi honua ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole wale ma ko lākou kua.
E lele ana nā mea holo moana ʻē ma nā moana āpau e holo ai i Alaska a i ʻole ka Caribbean, nā mākeke e hoʻomalu ʻia e nā ʻAmelika. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke piʻi nei nā Lūkini i ka papa kiʻekiʻe.
Ke kamaʻilio nei ka ʻoihana i kahi hoʻololi ākea ākea i nā ʻono huakaʻi: ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha (kino a / a i ʻole ka noʻonoʻo). ʻO kekahi o nā mea hou loa, ʻo ia ka male ʻana i nā hana moku moku me nā huakaʻi kahakai.
No ka laʻana, hāʻawi ʻo Regent Seven Seas i kahi "polokalamu hoʻonui" kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ke lawe i nā papa kiʻi ma luna o ke kiʻi, ke ʻano, ka mōʻaukala, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā moku holo moku i nā makemake kūikawā pū kekahi, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā moku holo kumumanaʻo i kā lākou papahana.
"Nui loa nā holo moana kumuhana," wahi a Spencer Brown. "Makemake ka poʻe e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka holo moana ma mua o ka hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha. Makemake lākou e hele i kahi haʻiʻōlelo a aʻo paha i kahi leʻaleʻa. " Ma ka huakaʻi ʻo Crystal Serenity i nā lā 12 o Mei mai Ladana a i Roma, no ka laʻana, e mālama ka chef a me ka sommelier i nā papa ma luna o ka moku, a ʻo ka hapakolu o nā huakaʻi kahakai he 57 e pili ana i ka meaʻai. ʻAʻole e waiho ʻia ka poʻe me nā kuko ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka uapo maloʻo: Pehea e pili ana i ka holo ʻana a i ʻole ka holo ʻokoʻa, a i ʻole ka holo ʻana me ka hui Motley Crue?
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole emi ka makemake e ʻike i nā penguins a me nā boobies wāwae uliuli. Ke holo ikaika nei nā Eco-cruises, me Antarctica mau ka huhū.
E hoʻomanaʻo wale i ka refrain o 2008: Book early!
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