MS Holiday
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| Career | |
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| Name: | Holiday |
| Owner: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of Registry: |  Bahamas |
| Completed: | 1985 |
| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Holiday class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 46,052 GRT |
| Length: | 728 ft (222 m) |
| Beam: | 105.6 ft (32.2 m) |
| Decks: | 9 |
| Capacity: | 1,452 Passengers |
| Crew: | 660 |
MS Holiday is a Holiday Class cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Lines. She sails on four and five day itineraries through the Western Caribbean from Mobile, Alabama.
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[edit] Ship history
Holiday entered service in 1985. She is currently the smallest and oldest ship in the Carnival fleet. Any smaller ships have either been decommissioned or sold off to another cruise line. The ship's condition had been in decline until 2003, when it was sent into the dry docks and renovated. In 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, she was used as temporary housing for victims of the storm. After leaving Mississippi, she again went to the dry docks for an additional three weeks of renovations. New carpeting and plumbing were added and repairs to the propellers were made, among other improvements. Holiday has since resumed her normal route in the Western Caribbean, sailing from Mobile, Alabama.
[edit] Possible Replacement
There have been persistent rumors that Carnival will retire the Holiday in 2008 and replace her with a newer, larger ship based in Mobile. Several passengers on recent Holiday sailings have made mention of comments to this effect made by Holiday crew members. However, Carnival has not confirmed these reports.
[edit] Meeting facilities
- Americana Lounge: 900 maximum guests reception, 725 maximum guests theater, 200 maximum guests modified classroom
- Doc Holiday's: 350 maximum guests Theater, 150 maximum guests modified classroom
- Reflections Dance Club: 400 Reception, 150 Theater, 50 modified classroom
- Lounge: 110 maximum guests Reception, 60 maximum guests theater
- Piano Bar: 60 maximum guests Reception, 30 maximum guests theater
- Library: 15 maximum guests board meeting
- Wharf Bar & Grill: 300 maximum guests reception
- Four Winds Dining Room: 414 maximum guests
- Seven Seas Dining Room: 480 maximum guests
