ʻO ka makaʻu o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ʻekolu mau moku holo moku e hoʻopōʻino iā Sydney i kēia lā e like me ka hōʻea ʻana o Queen Mary 2 i ka makahiki i hala a ʻo ka QE2 i hōʻoia ʻia ʻaʻole kumu.
ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma ka Hikina Distributor e like me ke Kamāliʻiwahine Diamond, ke Kamāliʻiwahine Lā a me ka superliner hou o ka Pacific Jewel e holo ana ma nā poʻo ma lalo o ka lani hina ma mua o ka hola 7 ma kahi hōʻailona ʻoiaʻiʻo ke holo nei ke kau holo moana.
Aia nā moku ma waena o 118 mau moku holo moku i manaʻo ʻia ma ke awa o Sydney i kēia kau holo moana.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike Access Economics, i kauoha ʻia e Carnival Australia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kēia pule, ua hāʻawi ka ʻoihana holo moku i $1.2 biliona i ka hoʻokele aupuni ma 2007/2008.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o Carnival Australia, ʻo Ann Sherry, hiki ke pālua i ka helu i loko o hoʻokahi mau makahiki inā hoʻomaikaʻi nā aupuni i nā keʻena awa.
Hoʻohana nā moku i kahi hui hui o 2500 a hiki ke hoʻokipa ma mua o 6500 mau mea kaʻa i ka huina.
ʻO kahi hōʻikeʻike wai huki ahi, mahalo ʻia e Sydney Ports, i kēia lā i hele pū me ka Pacific Jewel, kahi mea hou mai nā hana hou ʻana ma Singapore.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carnival Australia ʻōlelo ʻo Anthony Fisk, ʻo ka spruced-up, i kapa ʻia ʻo superliner e lilo i ʻehā mau lā ma Sydney ma mua o ka hana ʻana i kāna huakaʻi mua ma ka Lāpule.
ʻO ke Kiaʻāina Nui, ʻo Quentin Bryce, e kapa inoa i ka Pacific Jewel ma kahi hui ma ka Overseas Passenger Terminal i ka pō Pōʻaono.
Ua kono ʻia nā poʻe Sydneysiders e hele i ke ahiahi o ka ʻahaʻaina ma Circular Quay. E hoʻokani ʻo Wes Carr lāua ʻo Stan Walker nā mea lanakila o Australian Idol.
