A True Classic Ocean Liner
Munyori weZviso: Iyo yakakurumbira yakakura yevasikisi yeSt Norway yakanganisa zvakanyanya kumavambo kwaMay 2003 apo iri pachiteshi kuMiami. MunaAugust 2006, Norway yakange ichinge yakanyanyiswa pakurevedzwa kwechikepe scrapyard kuAlang, India, uye vashandi vakapedza kuputswa kweSorway Norway muna 2008.
Iyi nhoroondo yefaira yakanyorwa pamberi pomoto we2003. Kunyange zvazvo SS France kana SS Norway isingazombofambisizve nechikepe, firimu iyi inofanira kudzorera zvimwe zvinyorwa kune avo vanoda maritare emvura.
I SS Norway yaiva imwe yegungwa rekupedzisira yegungwa, iyo yakavakwa paCantiers de l'Atlantique muSt. Nazaire, France uye yakasimbisa SS France muna 1962. ISS France yakanga isina mari-yakachengetedzwa maritime showpiece yeFrench tsika. IFrance yaiva basa rinokosha rokuvaka raive rakanyatsotariswa neMutungamiri weFrance Charles DeGaulle. Pakupera kwayo, SS France yaionekwa sechinhu chakanaka chekuvakwa kwemahombekombe, uye nzvimbo yayo yekudyira yaionekwa seimwe yezvakanakisisa zvekudya zvekudya muFrance.
Pane imwe nguva, SS France ndiyo yakakura yekutakura ngarava yepasi, uye pa1 035 mamita ichiri chimwe chezvakakura kupfuura zvakavakwa muzana remakore rechi20. Akatakura vanhu vanopfuura 2 000 uye akayera mumatani anopfuura 76. Kunyange zvazvo ngarava yaiva nemakore anopfuura makumi mana nemakore panguva yaakamira kutakura vatasvi, iye akanga achiri mutungamiriri-musoro uye kutarisa kwake kwakanaka. Ngarava yakadzika yakadzika (35 mamita) yaida kuti asungirire uye vatasvi vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika kumhenderekedzo dzose.
Kunyangwe ichi ichi chinotambudza, chakapa avo vari kumahombekombe kutarisa kwakanyanya sechikepe chinonakidza.
Makore ake okutanga gumi nemakore ainge apera achiyambuka Atlantic sechikepe chinokurumidza kufamba, achienda kune vanobva kuEurope uye kuUnited States. Muna 1979 Norwegian Norwegian Cruise Line yakatenga SS France, ikatumidza zita rake SS Norway, uye yakashandura zvakanyanya bhaini yebhaisi yekutengesa panzvimbo yekutenga-Atlantic duty.
Ngarava yezvikepe yakabvisa mafura maviri uye mabhazi mana, achideredza nhamba yeNorway yakakwirira kubva pamarita makumi matatu kusvika pasi pe25. Kuchinja kwakawanda kwakagadzirwa kune mukati, kusanganisira kubviswa kwekirasi.
Uku kugadziriswa kwa199 kwakangova kutanga kwekuwanda kwekugadziriswa, kugadziridza zvakare, uye kutarisana nekumanikidzwa uko Norway yaiva nemakore makumi maviri ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake hwebasa. Imwe nzvimbo yekutengesa, 6000 square foot Roman Spa, 4000 square foot fitness centre, a Sports Illustrated Cafe, uye imwe nzvimbo itsva yemasitini yakashambadzirwa yaiva zvimwe zvezvimwe zvinyorwa. Nokudaro, kunyange zvazvo Norway yaiva imwe yevakadzi vepakutanga vaifamba nengarava ya2003, izvi zvakagadziriswa zvakamubatsira kuti arambe achikwikwidzana nayo.
Kune dzimwe zviratidzo zvemazuva ano pabhodhi. Indaneti makombiyuta ekupedzisira akawedzerwa kuraibhurari. Chinonyanya kukosha kwatiri tose twese WebWiki! Kunyange zvazvo makamuri maviri ekudyira makuru akanga ari pedyo kubva kuNorway's trans-Atlantic mazuva, mharidzo yakashandurwa kuti ipe zvokudya zvakajeka. Kuvaraidza kwepamberi kwakarumbidzwa sevamwe vekunakisisa, kusanganisira Broadway-style inoratidzira munhandare huru.
Zvimwe zvinhu kuNorway hazvina kumbochinja zvakawanda. Imba yakange yakarongedzwa uye nhamba yezvikwata zvemakamuri yakanga yakaoma zvikuru, uye zvimwe zvekuchengetedza kubva mukirasi yezuva mazuva.
Ikoko kwaiwanzo kuve nekusiyana kwakasiyana muhutori hwepamusoro pakati pezvikwata zvechikamu chimwechete. Nemhaka yezera rechikepe uye yakawanda inoshandiswa mukati mekugadzirwa kwemukati, imwe imba inogona kuratidzira mafashoni ema60, 70, 80 kana kuti 90! Semuenzaniso, imba inogona kuve nekushongedzwa kwemazuva ano newindo remufananidzo, asi vamwe mukirasi imwe chete vachange vaine peji uye vasingarati mafashoni iye zvino muzvigadzirwa. Izvi zvinokonzerwa nekambani zvinoreva kuti vaeni uye avo vanofambisa vaifanira kudzidza chigadziro chegadziriro pavanosarudza imba.
Vashandi vokuNorth America vaitora mukana wechipiri wokufamba neCaribbean kuNorway mugore ra2002. Aisava mazuva ano uye azere nemabhakoni akaita sezvikepe zvitsva, asi vaifamba ngarava vaifarira kutarisa kwetsika uye mararamiro akafara apo Star Cruises akamuzivisa kuti adzokere kumvura yeCaribbean .
Zvinosuruvarisa, haana kumbofamba zvakare kubva mumoto munaMay 2003, asi nhoroondo yake haina kuyeuka.