A True Classic Ocean Liner
Inothi Lomlobi: I-cruise ye-classics eyinhloko ye-SS Norway yonakaliswa kanzima ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi 2003 ngenkathi e-Dock eMiami. Ngo-Agasti 2006, iNorway yayibanjwe emkhunjini odumile we-ship, e-Alang, eNdiya, kanti abasebenzi baqeda ukuchithwa kwe-SS Norway ngo-2008.
Lesi sihloko sephrofayela sabhalwa ngaphambi komlilo ka-2003. Nakuba i-SS France noma i-SS Norway ngeke iphinde ihambe ngomkhumbi, le phrofayela kufanele ibuyise ezinye izinkumbulo kulabo abathanda umlando we-sea liner.
I-Norway yaseNorway yayiyingxenye yezilwandle zasendulo zokugcina, ezakhiwe eCantiers de l'Atlantique eSt. Nazaire, eFrance futhi zazwakalisa i-SS France ngo-1962. I-SS France yayingabikho izindleko ezisekelwe eFrance ngesikebhe isiko. I-France yayingumsebenzi obalulekile wokwakha owawuqashwe ngokucophelela uMongameli waseFrance uCharles DeGaulle. Lapho sekuqediwe, i-SS France ibhekwa njengengcweti yokwakha izakhiwo zasolwandle, futhi indawo yokudlela yayo ibhekwa njengenye yezinketho zokudlela ezihamba phambili eFrance.
Ngesinye isikhathi, i-SS France yayingumkhumbi omkhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke, futhi ngamamitha angu-1,035 namanje kunenye yezona ezide kakhulu ezakhiwe ngekhulu lama-20. Wathwala abantu abangaphezu kuka-2000 futhi walinganiselwa ngamathani angu-76. Nakuba umkhumbi wawuneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 ubudala ngesikhathi eyeka ukuthwala abagibeli, wayesengumshayeli oyinhloko ngokubukeka kwakhe okubukeka kahle. Umdwebo ojulile womkhumbi (ama-35 amamitha) wawudinga ukuba anikeze nabagibeli bethenda emanzini cishe wonke amachweba.
Nakuba lokhu kuyingozi, lunikeze labo abasogwini ukuba babuke kahle umkhumbi othakazelisayo.
Iminyaka engu-12 yokuqala yayisetshenziselwa ukuwela i-Atlantic njengesikebhe esheshayo olwandle, ukugibela abagibeli ukuya naseYurophu nase-United States. Ngo-1979 iNorway Cruise Line yathenga i-SS France, yaqamba ngokuthi i-SS Norway, futhi yashintsha kakhulu i-liner ye-cruise service esikhundleni sokudlulela kwe-Atlantic duty.
Umkhumbi wemikhumbi ususe ama-propellers amabili nama-boilers amane, ukunciphisa isivinini esikhulu seNorway esivela kuma-knots angu-35 kuze kube ngaphansi kuka-25. Izinguquko eziningi zenziwa ngaphakathi, kuhlanganise nokuqedwa kwesistimu yeklasi.
Lokhu kuvuselelwa kuka-1979 kwaba yindlela yokuqala yokulungisa kabusha, ukubuyiswa kabusha, nokubhekana nokuphakama okwenziwa yiNorway eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule yokuphila kwakhe kokusebenza. Indawo yokudlela ehlukile, inyawo elingama-6000 we-Roman Spa, isikhungo sokuzikhandla sezinyawo ezinezinyawo ezingu-4000, i-Sports Illustrated Cafe, kanye nedokodo elisha lama-suites alungisiwe kuphela ezinye zezingxenye. Ngakho-ke, nakuba iNorway yayingenye yezintombi ezindala kunazo zonke ngesikhathi sengozi ka-2003, lezi zinguquko zamsiza ukuba aqhubeke nomncintiswano wakhe wanamuhla.
Kunezinye izibonakaliso zesimanje ebhodini. Amasekhondi ekhompyutheni e-Inthanethi ayengeziwe kulabhulali. Isici esibalulekile kithi sonke i-Web junkies! Nakuba lezi zindawo ezimbili zokudlela eziyinhloko zazizungezile kusukela ezinsukwini zaseNorway ezithuthuka e-Atlantic, imenyu yaguqulwa ukuze inikeze ukudla okunempilo. Ukuzijabulisa kwe -board kwadunyiswa njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu, kufaka phakathi izibonisi zesitayela se-Broadway endaweni yaseshashalazini enkulu.
Ezinye izinto eNorway azange zishintshe kakhulu. Ikhishi lalihlelekile futhi inani lezigaba zamakamelo laliyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, futhi kunomsebenzi wokuthola izinsuku ezinsukwini zesistimu.
Kwakukhona njalo umehluko omkhulu emkhakheni wekhishi phakathi kwamakilasi wesigaba esifanayo. Ngenxa yobudala bomkhumbi kanye nezinguquko eziningi ekwakhiweni kwangaphakathi, i-cabin ingase ibonise indlela yama-60, yama-70, ama-80 noma ama-90! Isibonelo, i-cabin ingase ibe nemihlobiso yesikhashana kanye nefasitela lesithombe, kanti abanye ekilasini elifanayo bayoba ne-porthole kuphela futhi bangabonisi indlela yamanje ehlotsheni. Lezi zinkimbinkimbi ze-cabin zisho ukuthi izivakashi kanye nama-agent abo okuhambahamba kufanele afunde uhlelo lokukhonta lapho ekhetha i-cabin.
Abagibeli baseNyakatho Melika bafumana ithuba lesibili lokuhamba nge-Caribbean eNorway ngo-2002. Wayengeyena wesimanje futhi egcwele ama-balcony afana nemikhumbi emisha, kodwa abathandi be-cruise babethanda ukubukeka nokuhlelwa kwendabuko bejabule lapho i-Star Cruises yamemezela ukuthi ubuyela emanzini eCaribbean .
Ngeshwa, akazange ahambe ngomkhumbi kusukela ngomlilo ngo-May 2003, kodwa umlando wakhe awukhunjulwa.