Carnival Holiday before she became the Grand Holiday |
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| Name: | 1985-2009:Holiday 2010 onwards: Grand Holiday [1] |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & plc |
| Operator: | 1985-2009: Carnival Cruise Lines 2010 onwards: Iberocruceros |
| Port of registry: | Madeira, Portugal |
| Builder: | Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark |
| Completed: | 1985 |
| Maiden voyage: | May 18th, 2010 as Grand Holiday |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8217881 Call Sign CQNH |
| Status: | In Service as of May 2010 |
| 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 |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Capacity: | 1,452 Passengers |
| Crew: | 660 |
MS Grand Holiday is a Holiday class cruise ship, formerly owned by Carnival Cruise Lines. In April, 2010, she underwent dry dock refurbishment and was then transferred to the Ibero Cruises fleet. Sailing as the Grand Holiday began on May 18, 2010[2]
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Built by Aalborg Værft in Ålborg, Denmark, the Grand Holiday entered service for Carnival Cruise Lines in 1985 as the Holiday. The ship's condition had been in decline until 2003, when she was sent into the dry docks and renovated. In 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, she was used as temporary housing for victims of the storm.[3] 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 resumed her normal route in the Western Caribbean, sailing from Mobile, Alabama until November 2009. In November 2009, Holiday was retired from the Carnival fleet and was later transferred to the fleet of Iberocruceros,[4] another cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation & plc as the Grand Holiday.
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