Jirgin ruwan asiri ya sami maki a kan Conde Nast Cruise Poll

Kuri'ar Conde Nast Traveler ta shekara-shekara ta "Top Cruise Ships", wanda aka fitar akan layi a watan Janairu, ya haɗa da da yawa daga cikin waɗanda ake zargi. Fiye da mahalarta binciken 11,000 sun ware layin Disney Cruise, Celebrity Cruises da Princess Cruises a cikin mafi kyawun jirgin ruwa (fiye da fasinjoji 1,500). Royal Caribbean, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seas Bakwai, Disney da SeaDream sun sami yabo da suka cancanta don spas na kan jirgin. Kuma Grand Circle Cruises'Bizet ya lashe matsayi na farko a cikin kananan jiragen ruwa ( kasa da fasinjoji 500) na shekara ta biyu a jere.

Amma mai lura da masana'antar tafiye-tafiye na mikiya Teijo Niemela, mawallafin Binciken Kasuwancin Cruise, ya sha'awar sabon mai shiga cikin jerin manyan-15 na manyan jiragen ruwa masu matsakaicin girma (fasinjoji 500 zuwa 1,500). Dama can tare da Crystal - wanda Crystal Serenity da Crystal Symphony suka sanya lambobi daya da biyu - kuma tare da Regent Seven Seas - wanda Bakwai Seas Voyager da Bakwai Seas Mariner sun kasance uku da hudu - jirgi ne wanda yawancin Arewacin Amirka ba su taba ji ba.

Viking XPRS mai fasinja 2,500, wanda aka ƙaddamar a cikin 2008, masu karatu na Conde Nast sun nada shi a matsayin jirgin ruwa na biyar mafi girman matsakaici a duniya, yana bugun "mafi kyawun" na yau da kullun daga layi kamar Oceania Cruises da Holland America.

Amma ga rub da ciki. "Wannan ba kwata-kwata ba jirgin ruwa bane," in ji Niemela. "Jirgin ruwa ne wanda ke jigilar mutane da motoci daga maki A zuwa B, da sauri."

Gaskiya ne cewa Viking XPRS yana ba da wasu abubuwan jin daɗi na balaguro. Akwai isassun dakunan da za su kwana da mutane 732 a cikin tafiyar sa’o’i 2.5 (waɗannan sun fi yin hutu ko natsuwa fiye da kowane abu; sauran fasinjojin kawai suna rataye a dakunan jama’a). Tillberg Design na Sweden ne ya tsara shi, wanda kuma aka san shi don ƙirƙirar wuraren jama'a akan jiragen ruwa kamar Cunard's Queen Mary 2 da Norwegian Pearl NCL, Norwegian Gem da Norwegian Jewel. Gidajen abinci suna kan jirgin; Bistro Bella wuri ne na buffet, kuma Viking's Inn Pub yana ba da abinci na mashaya. (Ba a haɗa cin abinci cikin farashi ba kuma ana farashi ƙari.) Hakanan akwai nishaɗi da yawa akan famfo don irin wannan ɗan gajeren tafiya. Zaɓuɓɓuka suna jere daga troubadour da DJ zuwa ƙungiyar rawa.

Bayan jimlar ƙimar 88.2 wanda ya sauka Viking XPRS zuwa matsayi na biyar, Conde Nast masu karatu suma sun kada kuri'a a cikin nau'ikan ɗaiɗaikun ɗaiɗaiku, daga ɗakuna zuwa cin abinci da daga ayyuka zuwa ƙira. Babban makin jirgin don balaguron teku (92.7), wani nau'in, musamman ba shi da ma'ana. Niemela ta ce “yawon shakatawa” kawai da ake bayarwa ita ce tikitin bas daga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Tallinn zuwa birnin kanta. Hakazalika, irin wannan ma'auni mai girma ga masu tafiya zuwa hanya (96.3) shine mai-scratcher; Viking XPRS yana kai da komowa tsakanin Finland da Estonia kowace rana, yana tsayawa a babu tashar jiragen ruwa a hanya.

To ta yaya jirgin ruwan ya sanya shi cikin jerin gwanon gwal na Conde Nast na jiragen ruwa? Hasashe ya yi kamari cewa mai yiyuwa ne dan wasa ya iya yin magudin sakamako.

A cikin shigarwar Viking XPRS na Wikipedia, akwai bayanin kula cewa "mafi girman jeri na jirgin a cikin kima ya kasance, a zahiri, sakamakon yaudarar wani nau'i ne." Har yanzu, editan Conde Nast Traveler, Beata Loyfman, wacce ta kula da binciken, ta kare daidaitonsa. "Bayan mun sami bayanan," in ji ta Cruise Critic a yau, "yana tafiya ta hanyar tsauraran tsarin bincike da ma'auni, inda muka sanya su ta hanyoyi daban-daban don tabbatar da cewa ba sa nan saboda kayan zabe.

"Viking XPRS ya wuce duk binciken da aka yi masa."

Haɗin jirgin ruwan mota akan jerin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa na shekara-shekara na Conde Nast yana da ban dariya fiye da kowane abu (sai dai idan wani ya rubuta "cruise" a cikin jirgin, yana tsammanin inganci daidai da Crystal, Regent Seven Seas da Oceania). Ko menene dalilin bayyanar jirgin a cikin jerin, yana da mahimmanci a lura cewa, a wannan shekara, fiye da kowane lokaci, an sami karfin kasa da kasa a cikin binciken.

Loyfman ya ce: "A wannan shekarar mun yi ƙoƙarin buɗe girman zaɓen jiragen ruwa," in ji Loyfman. "Duniya babba ce kuma koyaushe tana canzawa, kuma muna ƙoƙarin zama cikakke gwargwadon yiwuwa."

Don haka, binciken "Top Cruise Ships 2009" na Conde Nast ya rufe jiragen ruwa 418 da aka faɗaɗa kuma ya ba masu jefa kuri'a damar yin la'akari da ɗimbin layukan jirgin ruwa, bayan Layin Viking, waɗanda ba lallai ba ne sunayen gida. Loyfman ya lura cewa Star Cruises na Malaysia, wanda ke ba da fifiko ga fasinjojin Asiya, da MSC Cruises na Naples, layin Turai - wanda ya fara bayyana kansa a Amurka - dukkansu sun ba da haske sosai a zaben na bana (ko da yake ba da ƙarfi sosai, a kowane hali, don yin mafi kyawun jeri).

Orion na tushen Aussie Orion Expedition Cruises' Orion - wanda ya cancanci ƙimar Cruise Critic na ƙarshe na kintinkiri guda biyar daga editoci da membobin biyu - wani babban layin jirgin ruwa ne wanda Conde Nast ya haɗa a cikin binciken a karon farko. Loyfman ya ce, "Shi ne mafi kyawun duniyoyin biyu," in ji Loyfman, "yana ba da ... duk abubuwan jin daɗi na jirgin ruwa na shakatawa, inda za ku iya samun wurin shakatawa da jin daɗin tsinken rago, yayin da kuke tafiya zuwa wurare mafi nisa a duniya - wurare kamar su. Papua, New Guinea da Antarctica."