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

[cr8tiv1]

@dickinson glad you made all your flights. 

[dickinson]

25 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

@dickinson glad you made all your flights. 

Thanks. Had no issues at all. Waiting for ride to cruse port now. 

[sunviking90]

6 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

I remember when....they had many episodes on the room tv.  I enjoyed relaxing and watching them without commercials.  Fun Thread.

They are still on the stateroom TV. 

[cr8tiv1]

5 hours ago, sunviking90 said:

They are still on the stateroom TV. 

But not as many as before. 

[XBGuy]

Re: Crew Socialization with Passengers

 

Our first cruise was on NCL's MS Southward was in 1976.  I have a strong memory of white uniformed young officers sitting at tables with ladies whom I assumed to be passengers.  This seemed to be a normal occurrence.  

 

Am I imagining this?

 

 

[startedwithamouse]

16 hours ago, lindros2 said:

What about Seigfried von Kapelhoff?

He was there too!

[Random Cruizer]

I've been watching on Paramount Plus, and I googled the original ship--only 600 passengers and no cabins with balconies!  It's hard to imagine!

[NavyVeteran]

6 minutes ago, Random Cruizer said:

I've been watching on Paramount Plus, and I googled the original ship--only 600 passengers and no cabins with balconies!  It's hard to imagine!

I sailed on the original Pacific Princess in 2002. My cabin was nothing like the ones on the sound stages. It had two single beds that could not be pushed together, but they called it "The Love Boat".🙂

[Steelers36]

2 hours ago, NavyVeteran said:

I sailed on the original Pacific Princess in 2002. My cabin was nothing like the ones on the sound stages. It had two single beds that could not be pushed together, but they called it "The Love Boat".🙂

There has been a TON of discussion in multiple threads for the past month+ about Princess selling one thing and then delivering another due to changes.  I wonder how many people watched the TV show and then booked a Princess cruise thinking they would have a huge stateroom and be hobnobbing with the senior crew?  

[NavyVeteran]

22 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

There has been a TON of discussion in multiple threads for the past month+ about Princess selling one thing and then delivering another due to changes.  I wonder how many people watched the TV show and then booked a Princess cruise thinking they would have a huge stateroom and be hobnobbing with the senior crew?  

Since my cruise on the original Pacific Princess was my fourth Princess cruise, I didn't expect the huge Hollywood stateroom. However, Gavin MacLeod did great us at the pier when we returned to New York at the end of the cruise.

[cr8tiv1]

And what about the revived... The "New" Love Boat series.  Oops, my bad.

 

I was booked Honolulu to Tahiti on the Pacific Princess.  Cancelled by the shut down.  Then she was sold.  That was my last chance.  

Edited September 2, 2023 by cr8tiv1

[Prost Seattle]

You mean things have changed since this? 

[Rick&Jeannie]

45 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

And what about the revived... The "New" Love Boat series.  Oops, my bad.

 

I was booked Honolulu to Tahiti on the Pacific Princess.  Cancelled by the shut down.  Then she was sold.  That was my last chance.  

Yep! I was on its first segment of the world cruise that started in FLL and did  Panama Canal transit to LA. We got off in LA, Pacific Princess continued on and got as far as the Indian Ocean before they canceled the cruise and called it back to the US due to the pandemic.  We, too were very disappointed to learn that it had been sold. I know we can go to Azamara and sail her again...but $$$$

[NavyVeteran]

52 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

And what about the revived... The "New" Love Boat series.  Oops, my bad.

 

I was booked Honolulu to Tahiti on the Pacific Princess.  Cancelled by the shut down.  Then she was sold.  That was my last chance.  

This wasn't the real Pacific Princess (The Love Boat). Her last season with Princess was in 2002.

[Hlitner]

Having cruised for 50 years, we really enjoyed the typical smaller ships back in the 70s.  In fact, we still love the small ships and just came off the Seabourn Quest where we had just a few over 400 passengers (the capacity, seldom achieved, is 450).  It occurs to me that the true "Love Boat" was probably HAL's Prinsendam (previously it was the Seabourn Sun and Royal Viking Sun).  Why do we say this?  It turns out that three of that ship's Captains, who all professed to be happy bachelors, met their wives while working on that vessel.

 

But my issue with the "Love Boat" was the idea of a ship with only one bar tender!  Imagine!

 

Hank

[Rick&Jeannie]

35 minutes ago, NavyVeteran said:

This wasn't the real Pacific Princess (The Love Boat). Her last season with Princess was in 2002.

Hah!  I guess I didn't know that...but it makes sense given the way Princess has revived so many different previous ship names.

[lindros2]

16 hours ago, Prost Seattle said:

You mean things have changed since this? 

Where's the surfing machines and zipline?

[Rick&Jeannie]

38 minutes ago, lindros2 said:

Where's the surfing machines and zipline?

You can plainly see the zip line stretched between the stack and the comm tower...