ʻO ka koho balota makahiki "Top Cruise Ships" a Conde Nast Traveler, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ma Ianuali, ua komo pū kekahi o nā mea kānalua maʻamau. ʻOi aku ma mua o 11,000 poʻe i komo i ka noiʻi i koho ʻia ʻo Disney Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises a me Princess Cruises i ka ʻāpana moku nui loa (ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,500 mau mea hele). Ua loaʻa iā Royal Caribbean, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Disney a me SeaDream nā hoʻomaikaʻi kūpono no nā spas ma luna. A ua lanakila ʻo Grand Circle Cruises 'Bizet i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ka moku liʻiliʻi (emi ma mua o 500 mau ohua) no ka lua o ka makahiki ma ka lālani.
Akā, ʻo Teijo Niemela, ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i ka Cruise Business Review, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka mea nāna i ʻike i ka ʻoihana holo moku ʻaeto e kekahi mea komo hou ma ka papa inoa 15 kiʻekiʻe no nā moku liʻiliʻi (500 a 1,500 mau ohua). Aia ma laila me Crystal - nona ka Crystal Serenity a me Crystal Symphony i kau i ka helu ʻekahi a me ʻelua - a me Regent Seven Seas - nona ʻehiku Seas Voyager a me ʻEhiku Seas Mariner ʻekolu a ʻehā - he moku i lohe ʻole ʻia e ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau.
ʻO ka 2,500-passenger Viking XPRS, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 2008, ua kapa ʻia e ka poʻe heluhelu Conde Nast ʻo ia ka lima o ka moku waena waena o ka honua, e lanakila ana i nā "maikaʻi" maʻamau mai nā laina e like me Oceania Cruises a me Holland America.
Akā, eia ka rub. "ʻAʻole kēia he moku holo moku," wahi a Niemela. "He moku kaʻa e lawe i nā kānaka a me nā kaʻa mai nā wahi A a i B, me ka wikiwiki."
He ʻoiaʻiʻo ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Viking XPRS i kekahi mau mea hana holo moana. Ua lawa nā kaʻa ma luna o ka moku e hiamoe ai 732 poʻe i ka wā o ka huakaʻi 2.5-hola (ʻoi aku kēia no ka hoʻomaha ʻana a i ʻole ka hiamoe ʻana ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe; ʻo ke koena o nā mea kaʻa e kau wale ana ma nā lumi lehulehu). Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e Sweden's Tillberg Design, ka mea i ʻike ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā wahi ākea ma nā moku e like me Cunard's Queen Mary 2 a me NCL's Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Gem a me Norwegian Jewel. Aia nā hale ʻai ma luna o ka moku; ʻO ka Bistro Bella kahi wahi kīʻaha, a lawelawe ʻo Viking's Inn Pub i nā meaʻai pā. (ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia ka ʻai ʻana i nā kumukūʻai a hoʻonui ʻia ke kumu kūʻai ʻia.) Nui nō hoʻi nā leʻaleʻa ma ka pā no kahi huakaʻi pōkole. Loaʻa nā koho mai kahi troubadour a me kahi DJ i kahi hui hula.
Ma waho aʻe o ka helu holoʻokoʻa o 88.2 i pae iā Viking XPRS i ka pae ʻelima, ua koho pū ka poʻe heluhelu Conde Nast i nā ʻāpana pākahi, mai nā hale ʻaina a i ka ʻaina a mai nā hana a hiki i ka hoʻolālā. ʻO ka helu kiʻekiʻe o ka moku no nā huakaʻi kahakai (92.7), kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe kumu kūpono. Wahi a Niemela, ʻo ka "huakaʻi" wale nō i hāʻawi ʻia he tiketi kaʻa mai ke awa o Tallinn a i ke kūlanakauhale ponoʻī. Eia kekahi, ʻo kona helu kiʻekiʻe like no nā itineraries (96.3) he poʻo-scratcher; Holo aku ʻo Viking XPRS ma waena o Finland a me Estonia i kēlā me kēia lā, e kū ana ma nā awa ʻole ma ke ala.
No laila, pehea ka holo ʻana o ka ferry i ka papa inoa o nā moku holo moku o Conde Nast? Ua nui ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo i hiki i kahi mea hoʻopunipuni ke hoʻopaʻa i nā hopena.
I loko o Wikipedia's Viking XPRS komo, aia kahi memo "ʻo ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka moku i ka pae, ʻo ia ka hopena o kahi hoax o kekahi ʻano." Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea hoʻoponopono Conde Nast Traveler, ʻo Beata Loyfman, nāna i mālama i ka nānā ʻana, pale i kona pololei. "Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia iā Cruise Critic i kēia lā, "e hele ana i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana koʻikoʻi o nā loiloi a me nā kaulike, kahi a mākou e hoʻokomo ai i nā ʻāpana like ʻole e ʻike pono ʻaʻole lākou ma laila ma muli o ka hoʻopili balota.
"Ua hala ʻo Viking XPRS i kāna mau hōʻoia āpau."
ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o kahi moku kaʻa ma ka papa inoa holo moku ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Conde Nast i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka ʻakaʻaka ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe (koe ke kākau ʻia e kekahi i kahi "cruise" ma luna o ka moku, me ka manaʻo i ka maikaʻi e like me Crystal, Regent Seven Seas a me Oceania). ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o ka moku ma ka papa inoa, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka wā ma mua, aia kahi kūlana honua ikaika i ka noiʻi.
"I kēia makahiki ua hoʻāʻo mākou e wehe i ka nui o nā koho balota," wahi a Loyfman. "He nui ka honua a ke loli mau nei, a ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e ʻike i ka mea hiki."
No laila, ua uhi ʻia ka noiʻi "Top Cruise Ships 2009" a Conde Nast i nā moku i hoʻonui ʻia he 418 a hāʻawi i ka poʻe koho balota i manawa e kaupaona i nā laina holo moku, ma waho o Viking Line, ʻaʻole ia he inoa ʻohana. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Loyfman e pili ana ʻo Malaysia Star Cruises, ka mea e mālama nui i nā poʻe kaʻa ʻĀsia, a me Naples-based MSC Cruises, kahi laina pan-European - e hoʻomaka ana e ʻike iā ia iho ma US - ua hōʻike ikaika lāua i ka koho balota o kēia makahiki (ʻoiai. ʻaʻole lawa ka ikaika, i kēlā me kēia hihia, e hana i ka papa inoa maikaʻi loa).
ʻO Orion Expedition Cruises 'Orion - ka mea i loaʻa i ka helu ʻelima lipine hope loa a Cruise Critic mai nā mea hoʻoponopono a me nā lālā - ʻo ia kekahi laina holo moana ʻē aʻe i hoʻokomo ʻia e Conde Nast i ka loiloi no ka manawa mua. "ʻO ia ka mea maikaʻi loa o nā ao ʻelua," wahi a Loyfman, "e hāʻawi ana ... i nā pono āpau o kahi moku holo moana maikaʻi, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa spa a hauʻoli i kahi ʻoki hipa leʻaleʻa, ʻoiai e holo ana i nā wahi mamao loa o ka honua - nā wahi like. Papua, New Guinea a me Antarctica.
