教母梅雷迪思·维埃拉(Meredith Vieira
经过多里·萨尔茨曼(Dori Saltzman)/
Under a bright blue Bratislava sky, next to the sparkling blue Danube, TV personality, journalist and original “The View” co-host Meredith Vieira officially named Avalon Waterway’s newest Suite Ship. As the bottle of Slovakian sparkling wine smashed against the hull, the ship transformed from lot number 02338024 to Avalon View.
“Such beauty as this magnificent vessel now begins its river journey… May all aboard her travel safely with eyes wide open to the wonders that await… I now christen thee, the Avalon View,” Vieira said before cutting the rope that held the bottle high above the ship’s bow.
加入维埃拉(Vieira)的是帕姆·霍菲(Pam Hoffee),他是新任命的阿瓦隆水道(Avalon Waterways)总统。Globus品牌家族首席营销官史蒂夫(Steve Born);来自Avalon View的Den Breejen造船厂的高管;以及来自世界各地的Globus员工,旅行顾问和媒体。
霍菲在开幕词中说:“洗礼象征着一个新的开始,而2022年对我们所有人来说都是一个新的开始。”“这是一个回到世界及其所有奇迹的机会。有机会对冒险和增强生活的回忆说是。我们很高兴来到布拉迪斯拉娃。”
霍菲补充说,说是的,这是阿瓦隆水道要求旅行者重新开始做的原因。“那是我们2022年的口头禅。只要说是,要去新想法,探索。这确实是这次活动的核心。”
Two Year Wait
原定于2020年4月首次亮相,Avalon View has been in wet dock for the past two years awaiting its debut.
霍菲告诉《旅游市场报告》:“等待两年的一切都在许多方面都很痛苦。”beplay客服“但是有些好东西来自等待。一旦发生,它就会使一切变得更加特别。当我们制定计划时,有机会以不同的方式做事。”
The scheduled 2020 naming was set to take place in Vienna, but during the pause, Avalon changed direction and chose to hold it in a city they’d never named a ship in before.
“我们选择在Bratislava做到这一点。而且,当我们选择扩展坞的位置时,我们选择将其放在城市的新部分中,这是新兴和新事物的象征。”霍菲补充说。
维埃拉(Vieira)也一直在等待她作为教母的角色,并于2019年被任命为该职位。
Vieira, who is traveling onboard Avalon View for a four-day preview sailing with her daughter and future son-in-law had never been on a cruise before. Neither ocean nor river.
“我对这艘船的第一印象是它很漂亮。令人惊讶的是,”她告诉旅行市场报告。beplay客服“它非常优雅,却温暖。”
After a few days on board, she’s sold on the idea of river cruising and has already started looking into her next sailing.
“我认为这很棒,”她在与媒体的一次小聚会上说。“它是如此的温暖和诱人。我喜欢这艘船的大小。您觉得自己是家庭的一员。它的亲密关系真的很可爱。I use this word immersion a lot, but I really feel like I’m immersed in the culture around me because of the fact that we’re constantly stopping in these wonderful little towns along the way and you have an opportunity to do so many different things.”
Avalon View的Avalon舰队的第16艘船几乎与其舰队伴侣相同。这座443英尺,166个乘客的船有83个小木屋,其中80%是全景套房。Avalon独有的全景套房设有一个11英尺宽的壁到墙,地板到天花板的窗户,并带有一扇门,打开了整个7英尺的门,将整个套房变成了露天阳台。
Avalon View将在多瑙河(Danube River)上度过整个2022赛季,提供六到22天的行程,包括“多瑙河的品味”,“多瑙河交响乐”,“多瑙河上的Active&Discovery”和“ Danube上的Active&Discovery”和“ Gone Girl!”(与名人主持人吉莉安·弗林(Gillian Flynn)一起航行的讲故事的人)。