I'm currently binge watching The Love Boat - how realisticly did it portray cruising?

[TheRabbit]

On the TV show, I always laughed when they went into a cabin. It would be a huge sitting room and a separate bedroom with big furniture. My, I didn't realize the old Pacific Princess was so biiiig. lol

 

I read or heard a story years ago that when the Love Boat first aired, the Princess company had to literally put carpenters on the ship during the cruises to modify the rooms to allow the twins to be moved into a single large bed. Apparently they had a lot of immediate complaints from newlyweds. Tried searching, including snopes, but could not find the story.

[caribill]

I read or heard a story years ago that when the Love Boat first aired, the Princess company had to literally put carpenters on the ship during the cruises to modify the rooms to allow the twins to be moved into a single large bed. Apparently they had a lot of immediate complaints from newlyweds. Tried searching, including snopes, but could not find the story.

 

 

It would take more than carpenters. One bed was essentially a couch during the day and the other was a fold down bed perpendicular to the first one and mounted on the wall.

 

See post #32 in this thread for my link to a photo of the cabin.

[muggo11]

We love the show. It is iconic. Every day when I come home for lunch we watch another episode. Just finished watching Season 1. The overt sexism, the silly plot lines, the men’s tight pants, the B-list stars on the way up or down are all wonderful. And every once in a while, a thoughtful, touching story. Particularly love the stars of yesteryear.

At the end of each episode we always do a “sombrero count”. I go back to the office singing the theme song. It is an office joke because I cruise so much.

 

 

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[ericopia]

What I want to know is: what service are you using to binge-watch the show? :cool:

 

Our first Princess sailing is coming up, and I've been wanting to see an episode or two just for nostalgia's sake.

[ppmanusa]

What I want to know is: what service are you using to binge-watch the show? :cool:

 

Our first Princess sailing is coming up, and I've been wanting to see an episode or two just for nostalgia's sake.

 

MeTv has 2 episodes on Sundays and Youtube you can find a bunch.

[red4lisa]

I loved watching the show. My first cruise was on the Pacific Princess in 1979 with my two sisters and my parents. We dressed for dinner, I remember the dinner gong, and loved every minute of the cruise. I still cruise and its very different today, as everyone knows. I personally miss the elegance of my early cruises!

 

Lisa

[ericopia]

MeTv has 2 episodes on Sundays and Youtube you can find a bunch.

 

Er, clearly I didn't look very hard before asking. Thanks!

[panntlt]

Thank you for bringing up The Love Boat. I was lucky enough to be the camera assistant and then operator on the show for the last 4 years it ran. To answer the question about cabin size, don't forget we had to get a 6 foot dolly, a dolly grip, 2 camera people, the director, script supervisor, in addition to the actors into the "cabin". I remember that one of the wall was "wild" (removable) to facilitate lighting. We shot most of the time on stages, but when we went on a cruise, WOW. We shot on ships all over the world. When we were going to filming, the cruise was almost always sold out. The passengers were always invited to be part of the background players. They loved it. Maybe that's where the name came from.

Because of the show, we continue to cruise with Princess, as they were the start of it for me.

[XBGuy]

Thank you for bringing up The Love Boat. I was lucky enough to be the camera assistant and then operator on the show for the last 4 years it ran. To answer the question about cabin size, don't forget we had to get a 6 foot dolly, a dolly grip, 2 camera people, the director, script supervisor, in addition to the actors into the "cabin". I remember that one of the wall was "wild" (removable) to facilitate lighting. We shot most of the time on stages, but when we went on a cruise, WOW. We shot on ships all over the world. When we were going to filming, the cruise was almost always sold out. The passengers were always invited to be part of the background players. They loved it. Maybe that's where the name came from.

Because of the show, we continue to cruise with Princess, as they were the start of it for me.

 

(y)

 

Very cool story.

[harrodsfan]

Fred Grande who played Gopher was a very interesting man. After “ the Love Boat”he went on to serve 4 terms in the US House of Representatives. I met him when he was President of Goodwill Industries international. We were told not to bring up The Love Boat. However, he brought it up himself and remembered it fondly. Recently he was on the Mindy Project ... his son was a writer for the show.

 

 

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[Z'Loth]

Fred Grande who played Gopher was a very interesting man.

Are we talking about "Herman The German" Fred Grandy? :D

[Keith1010]

What I can say is I always enjoyed the show and it really helped to promote cruising.

 

Keith

[Nebr.cruiser]

Thank you for bringing up The Love Boat. I was lucky enough to be the camera assistant and then operator on the show for the last 4 years it ran. To answer the question about cabin size, don't forget we had to get a 6 foot dolly, a dolly grip, 2 camera people, the director, script supervisor, in addition to the actors into the "cabin". I remember that one of the wall was "wild" (removable) to facilitate lighting. We shot most of the time on stages, but when we went on a cruise, WOW. We shot on ships all over the world. When we were going to filming, the cruise was almost always sold out. The passengers were always invited to be part of the background players. They loved it. Maybe that's where the name came from.

Because of the show, we continue to cruise with Princess, as they were the start of it for me.

 

 

Love hearing your perspective. I think we all forget that in any show we are watching, esp. on tv, like Survivor or others, there are all kinds of camera and other people right there filming the characters, often just a couple of feet from them and following them about.

 

That island or those houses being flipped are not deserted but full of technical people!

[myfuzzy]

Thanks everybody.......:). I was taking a break from my cleaning, when I came across this thread....brought back wonderful memories of cruising past. I started cruising in 1991...from 1994 - 1999 I sailed a small ship, like the Pacific Princess that had the brass, wood and officers that danced with the ladies. Stewards took your hand luggage and escorted you to your cabin, which was no larger than todays walk in closet, but it was pure class. Those ships are now reefs for the fishy's. We had the pleasure of meeting Lauren Tews, Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopel....along with Jan Swartz at the ceremonies in Ft Lauderdale on the Regals inaugural run. OK enough reminiscing, back to work

[john watson]

Cunard and Silversea still have the "gentlemen hosts", too.

 

 

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I went on a recent Cunard cruise and met these people. I did notice that one was a female.

 

Regards John

[billco]

Plane seats were people-sized' date=' even in economy. [/quote']

 

Are you sure the plane seats didn’t stay the same and it was the size of people that expanded? It would certainly seem that way when comparing people who sale on today’s cruise ships to those who sailed on the Love Boat.

[billco]

What I want to know is: what service are you using to binge-watch the show? :cool:

 

 

 

Our first Princess sailing is coming up, and I've been wanting to see an episode or two just for nostalgia's sake.

 

Almost all the Love Boat episodes are available through Neptune Rising or Placenta on Kodi. If you are not familiar with Kodi, just do a Google search.

[shellgirl61]

I will have to check those out. I watch it on TV Land on Sunday evening. Two episodes come on from 5 to 7 pm.

[caribill]

We had the pleasure of meeting Lauren Tews, Fred Grandy and Bernie Kopel....along with Jan Swartz at the ceremonies in Ft Lauderdale on the Regals inaugural run.

 

The entire cast plus Jack Jones were on the 50th Anniversary cruise in 2016 on the current Pacific Princess.

[SurelyUcantBeSerious]

Loved to see all the hot pants and cute girls from that era!

[Silverado6x6]

I don't see why they don't try to make an updated series, after all Roseanne is back. Doesn't have to be Love Boat themed, doesn't need to be a documentary either, and heavens forbid another Poseidon adventure! As a former chief engineer on a cruise ship i could see an interest in the daily logistics of herding 5,000 plus passengers.

[CruiseGal999]

I don't see why they don't try to make an updated series, after all Roseanne is back. Doesn't have to be Love Boat themed, doesn't need to be a documentary either, and heavens forbid another Poseidon adventure! As a former chief engineer on a cruise ship i could see an interest in the daily logistics of herding 5,000 plus passengers.

 

I agree ... it would be nice to see how it could be re-done. And since you mentioned it ... it's been said that the Roseanne revival is a HUGE MEGA hit ... AAAaaaagggggghhhhh :loudcry:

[billco]

I don't see why they don't try to make an updated series, after all Roseanne is back. Doesn't have to be Love Boat themed, doesn't need to be a documentary either, and heavens forbid another Poseidon adventure! As a former chief engineer on a cruise ship i could see an interest in the daily logistics of herding 5,000 plus passengers.

 

 

I believe there have been 3 seasons of The Cruise on British ITV.

[CPADWJ]

What I want to know is: what service are you using to binge-watch the show? :cool:

 

Our first Princess sailing is coming up, and I've been wanting to see an episode or two just for nostalgia's sake.

 

You can watch Love Boat nearly 24 hours per day on any Princess cruise. There is one channel dedicated to the show broadcast in all state rooms.

 

I was on the Pacific Princess in October 2002 sailing from NY to Rome. It was billed as the "Final Love Boat Cruise". There was a cocktail party on deck in the NY harbor the day of sailing. Gavin MacLeod and some of the other cast member came to the party. It was filmed for Good Morning America and the Travel Channel. It was a memorable cruise.

[myfuzzy]

You can watch Love Boat nearly 24 hours per day on any Princess cruise. There is one channel dedicated to the show broadcast in all state rooms.

 

I was on the Pacific Princess in October 2002 sailing from NY to Rome. It was billed as the "Final Love Boat Cruise". There was a cocktail party on deck in the NY harbor the day of sailing. Gavin MacLeod and some of the other cast member came to the party. It was filmed for Good Morning America and the Travel Channel. It was a memorable cruise.

 

I just got off the Royal, and on the TV there was only one episode of the Love Boar....that one with them in the Med....gotta say that's my least favorite episode, on the Regal, they had maybe 10 episodes

Edited March 29, 2018 by myfuzzy