A Carnival Cruise Holiday Review can give you lots of info about this great ship, but the only real way is to experience it first hand! Built in 1985 and refurbished in March of 2002, Carnival Holiday was given an overhaul that improved both form and function to create the brilliant cruise ship that sails today. The 47,000-ton Carnival Holiday cruise ship makes her home in Mobile, Alabama, but she doesn't stay for long before she's heads out to the Western Caribbean on 4- or 5-day journeys. The Carnival cruise ship Holiday is the perfect getaway ship!