Carnival Holiday Cruise to Mexico
After
Moundville,
we got on the boat for our five day cruise. I had
been concerned that spending so much time at sea might be a bit boring,
but instead the experience was so astounding that we'll definitely
repeat it soon. I summed it up in my second editted video ---
this one's shorter and tighter than the last one, I promise. 
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I'm sure Carnival would love to see your video. They're very fond of such testimonials.
I worked on a Carnival ship in the South Caribbean for 2 6-month contracts. I found much of the experience to be troublesome including the waste and excess consumption. I DID, however, love many of the things you mentioned. I could spend hours watching the water and the sky, day or night. I had trouble sleeping on the ship so I did a lot of night watching. I was careful to arrange things so that my contracts were over winter, since I live fairly far north in Canada and I also wished to avoid hurricanes.
You picked a good ship. I always heard good stories about the Holiday.
It's great to hear your firsthand experience! I think that if I hadn't sucked Mark into the farm life, he might have tried to work on a cruise ship, though I'm sure there are a lot of really negative sides (especially as crew.)
It's funny the different things people say about Holiday --- some folks like you (and us!) think it's a great ship, but so many people think it's little, old, and ugly.