I-Panama Canal ye-cruise isele uluhlu lwamabhakheti abaninzi. Okumangalisa ukubunjinela, kwaye ukwakhiwa kwayo kuyamangalisa ngokugqithiseleyo ekubeni kugqityiwe ngo-1914. Inani lamatye kunye nomdaka oluye lwafudukela ekwakheni le ngxondorha liye lathandeka abahamba ngeeminyaka engaphezu kwe-100.
Abo bacinga ukuhamba kweCanal kufuneka baqonde iintlobo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo zee-Panama Canal. Kwakhona kufuneka bafunde incwadana enhle ngembali kunye nokwakhiwa kweCanal Canal, "Indlela ephakathi kwamaLwandle: Ukudala kweCanal Canal, 1870-1914", nguDavid McCullough.
I-Panama Canal Cruises - IiThuthi ezipheleleyo
Abahambi beCroise baneendlela ezininzi zokuhambisa iPanama Canal. Iinqanawa zeenqwelo zeendwendwe ezingama-20 ukuya kwiindwendwe ezi-2,800 ezigqithiseleyo ngoku zidlula kwiCanal. Iinqwelo kufuneka zingadluli ngokwemigangatho yePanamax ebekwe yiGanam Canal Authority - i-965-foot long, i-foot feet ezili-106, i-39.5 yeenyawo zecala, kunye ne-altare ye-190-foot air (umgca wamanzi ukuya kwindawo ephezulu). Imizekelo yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngee-965 nge-106 kwaye ziqwalaselwa njengeenqanawa zePanamax: i- Norwegian Pearl , isiKhosikazi seSiqithi, i-Queen Elizabeth, kunye ne-Disney Wonder. Njengoko kuchazwe kwicandelo lokugqibela kweli nqaku, eli likhulu lePanamax litshintshile ngeprojekthi yokwandisa umngcipheko ogqityiwe ngo-2016. Iinqanawa ezininzi ezininzi (emva kwePanamax) ngoku ziyakudlulisela iPanama Canal.
Nangona ukuhamba okupheleleyo phakathi kweCaribbean kunye nePacific ngeCanal kufumaneka uninzi wonyaka kwiinqanawa zobukhulu bonke (ngaphandle kwemikhumbi ye-mega), abaninzi abantu bakhetha ukuthatha i-repositioning cruise kwelinye leenqanawa eziya kwindlela eya I-Alaska ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo okanye ibuya e-Alaska ekwindla.
Ezi zihamba zihamba phakathi kweFlorida neCalifornia, zimi kwiCaribbean, Central America naseMexico endleleni. Ezi ndleleni ezihamba ngeendlela ezifanayo ziyaziwayo ukusuka ngo-Oktobha nangomhla we-Apreli, kwaye ndanduluka ngomkhumbi ophumayo u- 17 ebusuku. ULauderdale ukuya eSan Diego kwi- Holland America Veendam .
Ukuhanjiswa okupheleleyo kufumaneka njengenxalenye yohambo olude olufana neenqanawa zehlabathi, ukujikeleza kweMzantsi Melika, okanye olunye uhambo olude olude. Ngokomzekelo, ndasuka eLima, ePeru ukuya ku-Ft. ULauderdale kwiRefent Seven Seas Navigator , kwaye sahambisa iNayile ukusuka ePacific ukuya kwiiCaribbean.
I-Panama Canal Cruises - Utshintsho oluthile
Uninzi lweendlela ezihamba ngokuhamba ngePanama Canal kuthatha ubuncinane iintsuku ezili-11 okanye ngaphezulu. Ekubeni abahambahambayo abaninzi abanalo ixesha lokuthatha iholide elide, ezinye iinqanawa zokuhamba zihamba ngokuhamba kwePanama Canal, ngokuqhelekileyo njengenxalenye yentshona-ntshona okanye ye-Caribbean. Iinqwelo ziya kudlula kwi-Gatun zikhiye, zingene eLwandle lwaseGitun, uze uphume ngendlela efanayo.
Nangona ezi zihambelayo azange zanelisekile njengoko zidlulisa lonke iPanama Canal, zinika ingcamango yendlela i-Canal ibonakala ngayo, kwaye abagibeli banokufunda ngokusebenza kweCanal ngesandla sokuqala.
Iholide yePanama Canal yeSitishi ezincinane zokuKhenketho
Abo banandipha iinqanawa ezincinci banako ukufumana i-transama epheleleyo yePanama Canal njengenxalenye ye-Panama yokuhamba / ukuhamba kweenqanawa kunye neenkampani ezinjenge-Grand Circle Travel. Ezi zidibaniso zetyelelo zihamba ngeentsuku eziliqela ezihamba ngePanama ngecala lokungena kwi-Canal Canal kwinqanawa encinci.
Ekubeni iinqanawa ezinkulu azihlali kwiSixeko sasePanama, le yindlela enhle yokubona inxalenye yeli lizwe elikhangayo.
Iifolo ezitsha ziyakukhanga abavakalisi abaninzi
Kwaye abo bahambi abaye badlulela kwiCanama Canal esikhathini esidlulileyo bangathanda ukukhangela enye inqanawa equka ukuhamba kweCanal. Iprojekthi yokuqala yokwandisa kwimbali yasePanama yecala yagqitywa ngoJuni 2016. Le projekthi ibiza imali engaphezu kweebhiliyoni ezi-5 kwaye iquka isethi yesithathu yeekhiye kunye nezinye izinto eziphuculweyo.
Ezi zikhuni ezitsha zikwazi ukufumana iinqanawa ezinkulu. Ngokomzekelo, ubuninzi beenqanawa zeempahla kwiinqwelo zokudala bezingxowa ezi-5,000. Iinqwelo ezithwele izikhuni eziyi-13,000 / 14,000 zingadlula kwiindawo zokuvala ezintsha.
Kubahamba ngeendlela zokuhamba, iisethi zeesithathu ziyakwenza ukuba iinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba ngeenyawo zisebenzise iPanama Canal.
Izikhuselo ezindala zingenza iinqanawa ezihamba ngeenqanawa ukuya kwiikubhite ezili-106 ububanzi; iifolo ezitsha zihlala ezinqanaweni ukuya kuma-160 ububanzi! Loo mahluko omkhulu.
Ekubeni iinqwelo zokuhamba zicwangcisa i-ship deploments malunga nemibini emibini kwangaphambili, iinqanawa ezininzi zokuhamba ngoku zichithwa ukuba zidlule kwiCanal ziza kufakwa kwiinqwelo zokudala. Inqanawa yokuqala yokuhamba ngePanamax eyenzelwe ukukhutshwa ngokutsha kwamanzi iCaribbean Princess, ehambisa iPanama Canal ngo-Oktobha 21, 2017.