Holiday-class cruise ship

Magellan, the first ship of the Holiday class, anchored in Flåm.
Class overview
Operators:
  • Carnival Cruise Lines (originally built for) 1985–2009
  • P&O Cruises Australia 2004–2012
  • Iberocruceros 2008–2014
  • HNA Tourism 2012–2015
  • Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line 2015–present (Grand Celebration)
  • Cruise & Maritime Voyages 2015–present (Magellan)
Preceded by: Tropicale
Succeeded by: Carnival Cruise Lines: Fantasy class
Built: 1985–1987
In service:
  • 1985–present
  • For Carnival Cruise Lines: 1985–2009
  • For P&O Cruises Australia: 2004–2012
  • For Iberocruceros: 2008–2014
  • For HNA Tourism: 2012–2015
Completed: 3
Active: 2
Retired: 1
General characteristics
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 46,052 GRT-47,262 GRT
Length: 727–733 ft (222–223 m)
Decks: 10
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Capacity: 1,452–1,486 passengers
Crew: 660–670

The Holiday class was the first class of newbuilds for Carnival Cruise Line after their first newbuild, Tropicale, which was completed in 1982. The first ship in the class, the 46,052 gross-ton vessel Holiday, was completed in 1985. A second and slightly larger sister ship, Jubilee, was built in 1986 at 47,262 gross tons. The third and final ship, Celebration, was identical to Jubilee and completed in 1987. All were the biggest ships for Carnival until the Fantasy class was built.

Carnival retired Jubilee in 2004 and transferred the ship to P&O Cruises Australia where it became Pacific Sun. In late 2005, Carnival took Holiday out of service to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina for one year. Holiday then returned to service in late 2006 to resume cruising. Celebration was retired from Carnival's fleet in April 2008 to be used for a new sister company Iberocruceros as Grand Celebration. Carnival Cruise Lines retired Holiday in November 2009 and she began operating for Iberocruceros as Grand Holiday in May 2010.

In July 2012, P&O sold Pacific Sun to Chinese interests as Henna. Iberocruceros announced that Grand Celebration would be transferred to Costa Cruises in November 2014 as Costa Celebration. Also, in the same month, Costa Cruises announced that it would absorb Ibero Cruises in its entirety by the end of the year. Grand Celebration would still be transferred to the main fleet of Costa as Costa Celebration, and Grand Holiday would either be transferred or sold off. Ibero's docking slots in Barcelona would be devoted solely to Costa's newest ship, Costa Diadema.[1][2]

In November 2014 it was announced Grand Holiday would join Cruise & Maritime Voyages. In March 2015, after a refurbishment in Greece, she entered service as Magellan and currently operates a range of Northern Europe and worldwide itineraries sailing from London Tilbury, Newcastle upon Tyne and Dundee.[3]

Also, in November 2014, it was announced Costa Celebration had been sold to an unnamed buyer. The vessel completed its last cruise for the Spanish company Iberocruceros and entered drydock in Marseille to be rebranded under Costa livery.[4] The buyer was announced as Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. The ship has returned to its old name as Grand Celebration and since February 2015 has been sailing out of the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida for cruises to Freeport, Bahamas. [5]

In November 2015, HNA shut down its cruise ship operation after three years of losing money, due to newer vessels being deployed to the region. Since Henna's last cruise with HNA, she was laid up and put for sale for $35 million USD. With there being no interested buyers, the ship arrived in Alang to be broken up in April 2017.[6]

Ships

ShipYear builtCurrent operatorTonnageCurrent flagNotesImage (when with Carnival)Image (after sailing with Carnival)Image (today)
Magellan1985Cruise & Maritime Voyages46,052 GRT BahamasOriginally sailed as Holiday for Carnival Cruise Line and Grand Holiday for Iberocruceros. She is the original of the three ships in the class.
Henna1986Scrapped47,262 GRTScrappedOriginally sailed as Jubilee for Carnival Cruise Line, Pacific Sun for P&O Australia and Henna for HNA Tourism. Sold for scrap in 2017.
Grand Celebration1987Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line47,262 GRT BahamasOriginally sailed as Celebration for Carnival Cruise Line, Grand Celebration for Iberocruceros and Costa Celebration for Costa Cruises (although she was never put into service).

References

  1. ↑ Faust, Mike (May 27, 2014). "Ibero Cruises To Be Absorbed Into Costa Cruises". Cruise Currents. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Costa to absorb Ibero". Travel Daily. June 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11819-grand-holiday-to-cmv.html
  4. ↑ http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/11896-costa-celebration-moves-elsewhere.html
  5. ↑ http://protectingyourpocket.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2014/12/23/grand-celebration-ship-could-launch-in-february/
  6. ↑ "Old Carnival Cruise Ship Waiting to be Scrapped". Cruise Hive. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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