FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Ruby Princess - chombo chatsopano kwambiri cha zombo za 17 za Princess Cruises - chinagunda nyanja zazikulu mwezi watha popanda kusowa kwa mafani.
Kuperekezedwa ku Port Everglades ndi mabwato oyaka moto akupopera madzi ofiira kumwamba, Ruby adabatizidwa ndi okonda zenizeni pa TV Trista ndi Ryan Sutter a "The Bachelorette." Ngakhale Gavin MacLeod, Captain Stubing pa "Boti Lachikondi," adawonetsa zikondwererozo, ngakhale sindingathe kulingalira khadi la kuvina la MacLeod likudzaza kwambiri masiku ano.
Pambuyo pa kutchuka ndi zochitika, inali nthawi yoti a Ruby ayambe bizinesi - bizinesi yonyamula anthu okwana 3,080 paulendo wamlungu umodzi kudutsa kumadzulo kwa Caribbean, kuyima panjira ku Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Mexico, ndi Princess Princess. chilumba ku Bahamas.
Ndidayendapo ku Cuba m'mbuyomu, kotero kuti madoko oimbira mafoni sanandisangalatse pafupifupi ngati mwayi wowona sitima yapamadzi yatsopano. Ndipo kutalika kwa 951 mapazi ndikulemera matani 113,000 - kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa Titanic - panali zambiri zoti muwone.
Malo opitilira masikweya 122,000 apanja adapangitsa malo ambiri opangira mahole asanu ndi anayi, bwalo la tennis la paddle, maiwe anayi ndi skrini yayikulu, ya Times Square-ngati LED. Apa ndipamene Mfumukazi imasewera "Movies Under the Stars" yotchuka, njira yolandirira anthu (monga ine) omwe samasamala mawonetsero a nyimbo ndi kuvina kwamtundu wa Broadway. Apaulendo adazengereza ndi mabulangete pamipando yabwino ndikudya ma popcorn aulere uku akuwonera "The Dark Knight" al fresco. (Joker ndiyowopsa kwambiri mukakhala pakati pa nyanja yakuda.)
Mkati mwa sitimayo, mudali ndi zosangalatsa zanthawi zonse zapaulendo monga malo ochitira masewera ausiku, zisudzo ndi kasino. Koma Princess amapezanso ma bonasi pochita zinthu zina. Pa sitima yapamadzi 5, mkati mwa sitimayo, bwalo la nsanjika zitatu, la piazza-style atrium nthawi ndi nthawi limasinthidwa kukhala siteji ya "ochita mumsewu" kuchita chirichonse kuyambira zamatsenga mpaka kugwedezeka panjinga ya BMX.
Zodabwitsazi zinapitilira usiku wina pamene amuna awiri ovala zovala owoneka ngati ofufuza otayika a ku Arctic anabwera akudutsa Crooner's, martini bar ya sitimayo, akufunsa njira yopita ku North Pole.
"Tidawapeza mu [London] Covent Garden," atero a Martin Hall, wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wotsogolera zosangalatsa. “Kodi si anzeru?”
Osawoneka bwino ngati mawonekedwe a Ruby. Ndikusakanikirana kwa malo ang'onoang'ono - malo 23 odyera ndi kumwa - zomwe zimapangitsa kuti bwato likhale logwirizana kwambiri kuposa momwe liliri. Zipinda zodyeramo zazikulu zitatu za Ruby pampando uliwonse pafupifupi anthu 500, chiwerengero chocheperako cha liners chachikulu chotere.
Chipinda chodyeramo chimodzi chokha mwa zitatuzo chili ndi nthawi yokhazikika yokhalamo; zina ziwirizo zimasungidwa "Kudya Nthawi Iliyonse," kulola apaulendo kusankha nthawi yomwe akufuna kudya - komanso ndi ndani.
M'malingaliro anga, chakudya chabwino kwambiri m'sitimayo chikudyetsedwa m'malesitilanti awiri apadera: Sabatini's eatery ya ku Italy ndi Crown Grill, ophatikizana ndi steak-ndi-seafood. Tsoka ilo, onse amabwera ndi chivundikiro chokwera $20 ndi $25 munthu, motsatana.
Sabatini's ndi Crown Grill amapezekanso pazombo zina za Princess Princess. Koma pa Ruby, apaulendo apaulendo amapeza zochulukirapo potha kukhala ndi chakudya cham'mawa ku Sabatini, komwe kumawoneka bwino kwambiri pamasana.
Kusiyana kwina pakati pa Ruby ndi zombo za alongo ake kumaphatikizapo nkhomaliro yaulere, yachingerezi pamasiku osakhala pa doko ku Wheelhouse Bar, karaoke yokhala ndi bandi yamoyo, intaneti yopanda zingwe mu stateroom yanu komanso ulendo wautali wam'mbuyo zomwe zimatengera anthu opitilira 12 kupita kumadera ena a boti nthawi zambiri osaloledwa kwa wina aliyense kupatula ogwira nawo ntchito.
Ma Princess nthawi zonse amazindikira zofunikira kwambiri paulendo wapamadzi, monga malo otchedwa Lotus Spa otsogozedwa ndi Asia komanso Sanctuary ya akulu-okha, malo abata akunja kwa iwo omwe akufuna kupewa ana akukuwa komanso makamu amowa. (Mtendere ndi bata la Malo Opatulika zidzakutengerani $10 kuloledwa kwa theka la tsiku; $20 tsiku lonse.)
Kuti muthane nazo zonse, palibe malo ngati khonde lanu. M'zaka za m'ma 1980, Princess adayambitsa lingaliro la khonde lotsika mtengo, lokhala ndi moyo wapamwamba lomwe limasungidwa ma suites okwera mtengo kwambiri. Masiku ano, Princess ali ndi imodzi mwamakhonde apamwamba kwambiri pamsika m'magulu onse anyumba. Pafupifupi 58 peresenti ya makabati a Ruby 1,540 amabwera ndi ma verandas apadera.
Koma chenjerani: Makhonde apansi pa chisanu ndi chinayi ndi 10 alibe madenga, kupatsa anthu okwera pamwamba pa maso a mbalame pobisala mwachinsinsi - chowonadi munthu m'modzi yemwe ndidalankhula naye adaphunzira movutikira.
Iye anati: “Ndikuyang’ana m’mwamba n’kuona anthu onsewa akutiyang’ana pansi ndi mantha.
"Tinkawotha dzuwa tili maliseche."
