Port CANAVERAL - Emmanouil Kasselas, mokapotene oa Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, o bitsitse sekepe "lelinyane la hae" lihora tse ngata kamora ho emisa Port Canaveral ka Mantaha.
"Ntja e kholo" e loketse haholoanyane.
Le lintja tse ling li ntse li tla.
Freedom of the Seas ke sekepe se seholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng, se bolelele ba limithara tse fetang 1,100 'me se nka bapalami ba 4,375. Ke sekepe sa pele sa likepe tse kholo tse 'ne tse tla qala ho tloha Port Canaveral lipakeng tsa hajoale le 2012, mme liofisiri tsa bohahlauli le tsa boema-kepe li boletse hore boteng ba bona mona bo tla hlahisa limilione tsa tšebeliso e eketsehileng ea bohahlauli le ho tiisa seriti sa sebaka seo e le sebapali se ka sehloohong khoebong ea maeto.
Ba ts'oara bapalami ba likepe ba tlang Brevard County letsatsi kapa a mabeli pele ho leeto la bona la sekepe ho ea lula lihoteleng tsa lehae, ho ja lireschorenteng le ho etela libaka tse ling tsa sebaka seo.
"Kajeno ke nako e hlakileng nalaneng ea boema-kepe," J. Stanley Payne, ofisiri e kholo ea Port Canaveral, o boletse Mantaha kamora leeto le lekhuts'oane le mokete o neng o le ka sekepeng sa Freedom of the Seas, a hlokomela tlholisano e futhumetseng ho tloha likoung tsa lefats'e ho isa. litumellano tse sireletsehileng le likepe tse kholo.
Payne o ile a eketsa: "Re ikutloa hore ena ke boholo bo nepahetseng, 'me ka sebele ke boholo bo nepahetseng bakeng sa mmaraka oo re nang le oona."
Tokoloho ea Maoatle ea boima ba lithane tse 154,000, e neng e bonahala e ka khona ho soma Morena e monyenyane oa Maoatle oa Royal Caribbean, e emisitsoeng haufi le moo, haufinyane e tla ba le k'hamphani e kholo.
Hoetla hona, Carnival Cruise Lines e tlisa sekepe sa eona se seholohali ho fihlela joale Port Canaveral, toro ea Carnival ea lithane tse 130,000. The Dream e nka bapalami ba 3,652.
Joale Disney Cruise Line e rera ho theha likepe tsa eona tse peli tse kholo tse ncha, Dream and Fantasy, Port Canaveral ka 2011 le 2012. Likepe tse ncha tsa Disney li tla ba boima ba lithane tse 122,000 ka 'ngoe e nang le bokhoni ba ho lula habeli ba bapalami ba 2,500.
Leha ho bile le kholo morao tjena botumong ba maeto a makhutšoane a matsatsi a mararo ho isa ho a mane, litsebi tsa indasteri li lumellana ka kakaretso hore likepe tse kholo le linyehelo tse telele tsa maeto li lokela ho tsoakana hantle le tse seng li ntse li fanoa Port Canaveral.
"Li tumme haholo ke batho ba chesehelang maeto a sekepe, ba sa batleng ho nka maeto a makhutšoane," Paul Motter, mopresidente oa CruiseMates, buka ea tataiso ea maeto a Marang-rang, o itse mabapi le maeto a malelele.
"Ke nahana hore u lokela ho nahana ka tsona e le sehlahisoa sa tlatsetso sa sekepe se ke keng sa qothisana lehlokoa le sehlahisoa sa matsatsi a mararo le a mane. Likepe tsa Royal Caribbean's Freedom-class li tumme haholo ka palo e kholo ea bapalami ba kamehla, 'me Port Canaveral e lehlohonolo haholo ho ba le tsona, ”ho boletse Motter.
Oivind Mathisen, mohlophisi oa Cruise Industry News, o itse linakong tse thata tsa moruo, maeto a makhutšoane a atisa ho ba teng empa lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng, mokhoa ona e bile maeto a matsatsi a supileng.
"Ke nahana hore indasteri ea likepe e 'nile ea fetoha haholo - ho ikamahanya le litlhoko le maemo a' maraka, ho fana ka bolelele bo fapaneng ba maeto a sekepe, ho tsamaisa likepe ho ea likoung tse fapaneng, ho ntlafatsa sehlahisoa sa sekepe, ho phaella maqheka a theko ea ho tlatsa likepe," ho boletse Mathisen.
The Freedom of the Seas e tsamaile ka Mantaha thapama ka bapalami ba 3,900 bakeng sa leeto la matsatsi a ts'eletseng ho ea bophirima ba Caribbean. Ha se khutla, sekepe se tla be se fana ka maeto a matsatsi a supileng ho tloha Port Canaveral ho ea bochabela le bophirima ba Caribbean.
Baeti ba ile ba qala ho palama Mantaha hoseng, lihora tse seng kae feela ka mor'a hore sekepe se eme ka hora ea botšelela hoseng Port Canaveral's Terminal 6. Baeti ba ile ba lumelisoa ka likhalase tsa champagne, 'me ba bangata ba bona ba ile ba senya nako e nyenyane pele ba sheba lintho tsa bohlokoa tsa sekepe.
"Ke ne ke nahana hore ke toropo," ho boletse Issie Bell-Yovich, moahi oa West Melbourne ea neng a nka leeto la hanimoon le monna oa hae, George.
Bell-Yovich o itse o tsamaile maeto a makhutšoane empa o khetha a malelele hobane o khona ho phutha thepa le ho ikamahanya hantle le sebaka sa hau sa bolulo.
O ile a re: "E u lumella hore u phomole.
Basebeletsi ba lehae ba Brevard ba ileng ba etela sekepe mme ba kopana le basebetsi nakong ea mokete o khethehileng oa mots'eare ba boletse hore baeti ba kantle ho toropo ba lokela ho lefisa setsi sa bohahlauli sa lehae mme ba tlise limilione tsa lekhetho le eketsehileng.
"Re tla ba le baeti ba bacha ba 7,000 ho isa ho 8,000 ba tla etela toropo," ho boletse Rocky Randels, ramotse oa Cape Canaveral. “Ba bangata ba bona ba tla be ba lula lihoteleng tsa rona. Ba tla be ba botsa: 'Ke ja hokae? Ke ea hokae lebenkeleng la lithethefatsi?' ”
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- 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.
