What was the itinerary for “The Love Boat”?

[bladerunner6]

I did a couple of minutes of searching the web but couldn’t find it.

 

Does anyone know if there is a definitive answer on this?

I seem to remember Cabo and PV but did they ever mention any others?

 

Thanks.

Edited January 22 by bladerunner6

[EDDY0827]

The Love Boat (TV Series 1977–1987) - Filming & production - IMDb

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What ports did The Love Boat sail to?

 

 

Based in the port of Los Angeles, the ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatlán.

[bladerunner6]

25 minutes ago, EDDY0827 said:

The Love Boat (TV Series 1977–1987) - Filming & production - IMDb

imdb.com

https://www.imdb.com › title › locations

 

 

 

Search for: What destinations did The Love Boat go to?

 

What ports did The Love Boat sail to?

 

 

Based in the port of Los Angeles, the ship's regular ports of call were Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mazatlán.

I should have dug deeper in the Wikipedia. Thanks.

[Hulagirl]

I was on it in 1983 from San Pedro to Acapulco.  We also did a stop at Manzanillo for part of the day. 

[PapaGoose]

I’m guessing they always stopped by Hollywood to pick up all those movie and tv stars…. 😉. 

[bladerunner6]

42 minutes ago, Hulagirl said:

I was on it in 1983 from San Pedro to Acapulco.  We also did a stop at Manzanillo for part of the day. 

First hand experience with Captain Stubing and the gang, impressive!

[Hulagirl]

Just now, bladerunner6 said:

First hand experience with Captain Stubing and the gang, impressive!

LOL!!  Almost it seemed like.  Felt like the ship was so large then.  Loved that cruise and it got me hooked. 

[vwlmember]

They also went to China and Greece. I seem to remember a Hawaii trip but cannot find confirmation anywhere.

[COMBOY]

When they filmed episode onboard it was on actual planned sailings. Princess cruises back in the 1970's & 80's operated the Pacific Princess on one-way 7-night sailings from Los Angeles to Acapulco with stops in Cabo, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo. You would fly back to Los Angeles. You could also fly to Acapulco and cruise back to Los Angeles with the same stops or book it as a roundtrip sailing from Los Angeles for 14 days.  I remember this as I had a Princess brochure back from those days. Mexico cruises operated in the winter/spring with summers in Alaska. In the 1990's I did this cruise on the newer Crown Princess; however, we stopped in Ixpata/Zihuatanejo instead of Manzanillo. Princess chartered a United Airlines 747 and flew us from Acapulco to Los Angeles as part of our cruise package. We got is sit in the upper stairs bubble of the 747. Great memories.  

Edited January 22 by COMBOY

[Luckysll]

Years ago, my then husband and I cruised from Vancouver to L A on the Island Princess, sister ship to the Pacific Princess.  What I remember most about that cruise is that, as the ship left the dock in Vancouver, the Love Boat theme song played…over and over…and over…😁

[PapaGoose]

In 2018, we did a wonderful British Island and France cruise on the Royal Princess. While preparing for our departure in Le Havre, we had a “honk off” with an Aida cruise ship. I forget how their horn went but the Royal belted out the Love Boat theme for all to hear more than one time. Our 15 year old son declared the Royal Princess champion. While spending the occasional sea day on that itinerary we introduced the show “The Love Boat” to junior on our stateroom television. He didn’t have a clue who any of the walk on celebrities were but he did like a few of the starlets…

[dickinson]

9 minutes ago, PapaGoose said:

In 2018, we did a wonderful British Island and France cruise on the Royal Princess. While preparing for our departure in Le Havre, we had a “honk off” with an Aida cruise ship. I forget how their horn went but the Royal belted out the Love Boat theme for all to hear more than one time. Our 15 year old son declared the Royal Princess champion. While spending the occasional sea day on that itinerary we introduced the show “The Love Boat” to junior on our stateroom television. He didn’t have a clue who any of the walk on celebrities were but he did like a few of the starlets…

FYI - all the Royal class ships honk the Love Boat theme (although I don't know about the Majestic as it was first built for the Chinese market)

[Astro Flyer]

In ‘77/‘78 they had “Party Cruises…A Weekend At Sea”…2-3 days Pacific & Sun Princess roundtrip LA to Ensenada. The cheapest rate was $188 (2-days) and based on the info I’ve found ($1 in 1977 is equal to $5 in 2024) that would be $944 in 2024…no wonder I couldn’t afford to cruise back then. In 1992 sailed Pacific Princess (Love Boat) on a 5-day repositioning cruise from Ensenada to Honolulu.

 

 

1977 Princess Brochure.pdf

[startedwithamouse]

West LA

 

IYKYK

[Host CJSKIDS]

3 hours ago, Astro Flyer said:

In ‘77/‘78 they had “Party Cruises…A Weekend At Sea”…2-3 days Pacific & Sun Princess roundtrip LA to Ensenada. The cheapest rate was $188 (2-days) and based on the info I’ve found ($1 in 1977 is equal to $5 in 2024) that would be $944 in 2024…no wonder I couldn’t afford to cruise back then. In 1992 sailed Pacific Princess (Love Boat) on a 5-day repositioning cruise from Ensenada to Honolulu.

 

 

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That is so cool to see. Thanks for sharing!

[fpsphil]

4 hours ago, dickinson said:

FYI - all the Royal class ships honk the Love Boat theme (although I don't know about the Majestic as it was first built for the Chinese market)

Majestic has the love boat horn as well

[beshears]

Well my curiosity is up. 🙂 The reason I say this, I "watched" the Love Boat TV show, but we are getting ready to do the Regal Princess next month, and for some unknown reason, they seem to say THIS ship had something to do with the TV show or something like that. If any of you who have been posting here know, I sure would like to know, how the Regal is connected to the TV series?

[avonlady6390]

It is not connected to the old love boat series but a couple of years ago there was a reality series filmed on board the regal in the med it was named the real love boat didn't last long was cancelled after a few shows.  It was filmed during a regular cruise and a few crew were on it including the Captain the host was Jerry O'Connell and his wife.  I think people got the two names of shows mixed up.

[bladerunner6]

3 hours ago, avonlady6390 said:

It is not connected to the old love boat series but a couple of years ago there was a reality series filmed on board the regal in the med it was named the real love boat didn't last long was cancelled after a few shows.  It was filmed during a regular cruise and a few crew were on it including the Captain the host was Jerry O'Connell and his wife.  I think people got the two names of shows mixed up.

But while not a long running hit show like “The Love Boat”  the reality show was still great advertising for Princess and the cruise industry in general.

[DCThunder]

4 hours ago, avonlady6390 said:

It is not connected to the old love boat series but a couple of years ago there was a reality series filmed on board the regal in the med it was named the real love boat didn't last long was cancelled after a few shows.  It was filmed during a regular cruise and a few crew were on it including the Captain the host was Jerry O'Connell and his wife.  I think people got the two names of shows mixed up.

I was on Regal in the fall of 2022 which was after they'd filmed The Real Love Boat show onboard during the summer. Capt. Paolo Arrigo was the captain and he also played that role in the reality show. If you've ever met him, he's a very handsome man, so it's not surprising.  He told a few stories about the show at our RC M&G, but couldn't say much because of his NDA with the producers and CBS. 

 

He did say that they converted the Wedding Chapel into the "Captain's Dining Room" and brought all sorts of fancy furniture onto the ship just for filming purposes.  The guy who was the ED was in the running to play the "Cruise Director" on the show, but lost out to another dude.

[antmaril]

I took these pictures on the Regal Princess in 2018. 
 

 

[downsmead]

We did the Princess 50th anniversary sailing on the Pacific Princess which had all the stars of the Loveboat onboard. We also visited most of the ports, except Acapulco. It was a really memorable cruise 😊

[BamaVol]

On 1/22/2024 at 2:13 PM, vwlmember said:

They also went to China and Greece. I seem to remember a Hawaii trip but cannot find confirmation anywhere.

A high school friend work in the casino on Pacific Princess for about 5 years.  I can confirm the China port based on an anecdote he told me.  He arrived in Hong Kong and there was mail waiting for him there.  One envelope was a wedding invitation from a girl he thought he was still dating.  That’s when he knew it was time for a land based job.  He graduated high school in 1972, so college probably in 1976.  Add 5 years and it would have been around 1981 or 1982.

[john bowtie]

Ad and deck plan for Pacific Princess from about that time.ic 

Edited January 24 by john bowtie
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[beshears]

Thank you ALL for your input on my question. Very interesting.