ʻO nā holoholo maikaʻi loa o ka honua, manawa

Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i holo i ka holo moku i 30 mau makahiki, aia ʻoe i kahi kahaha nui. Ua hala nā lā o nā kupuna wahine ʻulaʻula e hoʻopiʻi ana i ke keʻena bingo a me nā kupuna kāne creaky-hipped e hakakā nei e noho pololei ma nā pā shuffleboard. I kēia mau lā, ʻo kēlā me kēia laina holo moku e pono ai kona paʻakai kai e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaina maikaʻi, nā hōʻikeʻike kahua kaila ʻo Las Vegas a me nā mea leʻaleʻa pākaʻi wai a me ka hihiu. Inā ʻo kou manaʻo o ka huakaʻi nui he kīʻaha ʻai a pau a me kahi pā ʻai ʻai e holo ana mai ke kakaka a i hope, e hoka paha ʻoe i nā mea hou loa o ka ʻoihana.

ʻOi aku ma mua o ka wā ma mua, ke koho ʻana i ka laina holo moana kūpono - a i kekahi manawa he moku kikoʻī - e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i kāu kālā e like me kāu mau manaʻo. A i kēia mau lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka holo ʻana i kāu kālā: Ua hoʻopuka ka ʻoihana capsized i nā kumukūʻai no nā moku holo kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻoiai inā ʻoe e kau inoa i ka minuke hope.

A laila, pehea e koho ai i ka mea kūpono?

I ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole kūpono ka nui o nā mea āpau, ua hōʻuluʻulu nā mea hoʻoponopono o Forbes Traveler i kahi papa o nā loea holo moku a noi aku iā lākou e ʻike i nā holo moana maikaʻi loa ma 12 mau ʻano like ʻole. Ua huki ʻia nā Panelists mai nā hui huakaʻi, nā puke a me nā pūnaewele e nānā ana i nā moku holo moku a mai loko mai o ka ʻoihana holo moku ponoʻī. Mahalo paha kekahi o kā lākou mau pane.

ʻO kahi e hele ai, ʻo ia ka nīnau mua a ka poʻe holo moku e nīnau ai iā lākou iho, no laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Best Ports of Call i nā pane ʻoi loa o ka "nani i ka maka o ka mea nānā" mai kā mākou panelists. ʻO ke kaona kahakai ʻo Karipiano ʻē aʻe o kekahi kaʻahele ka pahele mākaʻikaʻi piha o kekahi. Akā, ʻo ka mea holoʻokoʻa, wahi a Jason Colman, he loea ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mokuahi elite i hōʻoia ʻia e ka Cruise Lines Industry Association (CLIA), hāʻawi ʻo Oceania Cruises i "ka nānā koʻikoʻi loa i kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa o ka honua - me ka hapa nui o nā holo moku me hoʻokahi pō a ʻelua paha ma ke awa. ” Ua ʻae ʻo Maria Saenz, ke kākāʻōlelo huakaʻi nui ma Montrose Travel. “Maikaʻi ka hele ʻana o ka waihona mea kūʻai aku o Oceania a paʻa lākou i nā awa maikaʻi loa i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi. ʻIke lākou i ka wā a me kahi e noho ai i ka pō.

ʻElua mau kula noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ke koho ʻana i kāu keʻena. Wahi a kekahi, e hoʻolilo i ka manawa liʻiliʻi i loko o kou lumi e like me ka hiki. Aia nā huakaʻi e leʻaleʻa (a i ʻole, nā noho hoʻomaha e noho ai). Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu i kāu mau "hola hoʻomaha" ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻomaha - a me ka ʻike holo moana holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, e like me ka hapalua o kā mākou poʻe loea, loaʻa nā lumi maikaʻi loa ma luna o nā moku Regent Seven Seas. ʻO Lori Herzog, he loea holo moku nui ma CruiseCenter.com, e wehewehe ana i nā keʻena holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa e hōʻike ana i ka "mea hoʻonaninani hale, nā kīwī pālahalaha, nā wahi noho nui no ka hoʻokipa a me ka ʻaina i loko o ka lumi." A, he 350 kapuai kuea ko lakou awelika.

ʻOiai ma ka holo moana maikaʻi loa, pono ʻoe e haʻalele i ka moku i hoʻokahi manawa. Makemake nui nā hui holo moku e hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi mai nā huakaʻi kūʻai maʻalahi ma nā kūlanakauhale kokoke i nā huakaʻi helikopa puʻuwai. I ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Best Excursions, meaʻai a me ka mea kākau huakaʻi ʻo Janice Wald Henderson, i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo Crystal Cruises e haʻalele i "nā mea hoʻokūkū i ka lepo." Ma mua a i ka wā o ka holo moana, hiki i nā ʻelele o Crystal ke hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi no nā poʻe holo o kēlā me kēia manaʻo - mai nā huakaʻi hele maʻalahi e makemake i nā huakaʻi hele maʻalahi a hiki i nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻoi aku ka makemake e "hoʻokahi pō ma ka glacier" a i ʻole e hele i ka "heʻe nalu ma Turkey."

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke ulu nui nei nā huakaʻi huakaʻi, a mai nā huakaʻi luʻu moana hohonu loa ma ka Caribbean, a i ka ʻauʻau ʻana me nā manō ma ʻApelika Hema, a hiki i ka huli ʻana i nā kapuaʻi o Darwin ma Galapagos. Wahi a kā mākou papa, hāʻawi ʻia ka Best Adventure Cruises e Lindblad Special Expeditions. Hele kēia hōʻiliʻili o nā moku huakaʻi liʻiliʻi i nā wahi mamao loa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Antarctica, ka Arctic, ʻApelika a me ka Moana Inia—me ka ʻoluʻolu. E like me nā laina holo moana ʻē aʻe, hāʻawi lākou i nā huakaʻi i nā mokupuni ʻo Galapagos, akā mālama ʻia kā lākou me ka National Geographic Society - kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia mai Stuart MacDonald, Luna Nui o Tripharbor.com a me CMO mua o Expedia.com

Aia kekahi kumu i kaulana ai ka holo moana ma waena o nā ʻohana: He mea maʻalahi ka hana ʻana i nā keiki, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā kamaliʻi ke nalowale. (Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa ʻaʻole no ka lōʻihi.) Akā ʻo wai ka holo moana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā ʻohana? ʻO ka pane kuʻuna ʻo Disney Cruise Line, e hana ana i ʻelua mau laina like like, ʻo Disney Magic a me Disney Wonder. Wahi a Bob Mick, aka Dr. Kruz Nutty, maikaʻi ʻo Disney no nā ʻohana me nā keiki liʻiliʻi no ka mea "ʻike maoli lākou i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻomaha hoʻokalakupua no nā ʻohana" - akā hiki ke hāʻule i ka wā e pili ana i nā keiki ʻōpio.

Ma ka heihei kokoke loa o ka noiʻi, ʻaʻole i lawe ʻo Disney Cruise Line i ke poʻo inoa no ka Best Family Cruise. Akā, ua uē ka Royal Caribbean International ma mua o ka ʻiole me ka 45 pakeneka o ka balota (hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Disney he 42 pakeneka). Wahi a CruiseCenter.com's Lori Herzog, "Ke hāʻawi aku nei ʻo Royal Caribbean i kahi papahana maikaʻi loa no nā ʻohana no ka mea he nui kā lākou moku a he nui nā wahi e hoʻokipa ai i nā keiki a me nā ʻohana o nā makahiki āpau." Hōʻike ʻo ia i kahi papahana ʻōpio Adventure nui no ka poʻe ʻōpio a me kahi "Just For Teens" Center. Hōʻike ka poʻe panelist ʻē aʻe i ka hau hau e pili ana i nā keiki, ka pōʻaleʻa piha piha, ke kolepa liʻiliʻi, ka piʻi pōhaku, nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hōʻikeʻike kahua.

"ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻopā i ka papa honua a me ka huahana ʻohana nui o Royal Caribbean," wahi a Herzog. ʻO ka mea hou aʻe, ʻo Tom Coiro, ka hope pelekikena o Direct Line Cruises, wānana ʻo Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Dekemaba 2009, e hāʻawi i "nā ʻano hana kupanaha loa o nā hana ʻohana e noʻonoʻo ʻia."

Akā ʻo ka ʻoihana holo moku he ʻoihana e ulu mau ana. Manaʻo ka Avid Cruiser's Ralph Grizzle i ka poʻe holo moku ʻohana e hoʻolohe i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana. "He hana hoʻopunipuni ʻo Disney a ʻelua paha i kona mau lima me kāna mau moku hou ʻelua, ʻo ka mea mua e hiki mai ana i 2010."