Holiday Class
Magellan, the first ship of the Holiday class, anchored in Flåm.
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| Preceded by: | Tropicale |
| Succeeded by: | Carnival Cruise Lines: Fantasy class |
| Built: | 1985–1987 |
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| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 2 |
| Retired: | 1 |
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| 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.
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.
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