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Lorianna

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On our first cruise on the Vision on in 2005 we thought we saw Tony Orlando for you 70's buffs. Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree. Looked like a younger version of him. Didn't say anything to him. My mom and brother saw Richard Simmons at the airport on our way to the ship though.

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Saw Danny Bonaduce w/ (now ex-)wife Gretchen and kids on a Baja Mexico cruise in July of '05. Let's just say he wasn't hiding in dark corners... it was obvious that the man thrives off of being the center of attention. I got a big kick out of watching people approach him and ask for pics and autographs. Some folks were downright giddy about meeting him; it was absolutely adorable.

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I Love RCI

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Lady Chew: Just got off Legend of the Seas ... there was a woman who was a dead ringer for Whoopi Goldberg. If we hadn't been positive she was in NYC kicking up a fuss on the View ... we'd have asked for her autograph!

 

Whoopi is the Godmother for RCI's Serenade of the Seas so you never know, maybe it was her -- look for her on your January cruise!

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CathyCruises

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I was on Crystal with Neil Armstrong and his wife. The crew acknowledged his presence and asked us all to respect his privacy--so we did. Saw him many times just sitting quietly in the lounges--I think he would have had a heck of a lot more fun if he'd mingled a bit and/or allowed others to approach. As far as I am concerned, and much more so than entertainment celebrities, he "belongs" to the American people--we should have had the opportunity to have a brief chat--even a short lecture on a sea day would have been memorable. I really feel though that it was more his loss.

 

Cathy

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We were on the Disney Magic a few years ago while they filmed a couple of episodes of "According To Jim". The family (on the show) were on a Disney cruise to the Carribean. So we were constantly running into Jim Belushi and the rest of the cast (including a guest star... the tall lady from Law & Order SVU). The cast were very nice... but the production people were unbearable. Still it made for a memorable cruise.

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Way back in 1979, I was on Sitmar's Fairwind. I was 10 yrs. old and a very popular show called CHIP's was on the air. Well, Larry Wilcox (Who played John-one of the policeman) was on board! It was so neat to see him. He was very friendly and was traveling with a girlfriend I believe. I remember the ship photographer took a picture of us with him and then after we bought the photo he signed the back for us. At 10 years old that was a pretty cool story to bring home!

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Funny that you mention Hulk Hogan. On a Horizon cruise a couple of years ago, a man on the ship looked like Hulk Hogan. All the kids on the ship thought it was him, even when he said he wasn't. I had him pose with my wife..........http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1134323942041895530ecMqZw

One dead give away is Hulk's height. I'm 6'-7.5" tall and if memory serves me correctly he's taller than I am.

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momofmeg

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I have never seen a Celebrity on a ship ,but I know when people think that they have, My husband looks very much like Paul Mccartney , every couple of months or so, especially on holiday people actually come up and ask. !! Now we just laugh when they stare at him.

 

aren't you lucky!

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On our Oct. 2-9, 2005 Mariner of the seas cruise we had the Rollofs from Little People Big world. This was before their tV show had started but I had seen them on the learning Channel on a show which was about them-I guess that show was well enough liked that they were given a reality series.

 

I actually approached them and asked them had I seen them on TV and they said yes and told me about the upcoming series.

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Hasn't he been dead about 2 years?

 

Nope. Alive and kicking in Hawaii. He just got promoted to honorary Corporal in the Marines.

 

Article from local paper:

 

Stars and Stripes: Jim Nabors is going up the ranks in the Marine Corps. For five years -- and forever in reruns -- Nabors played Pfc. Gomer Pyle on television.

In 2001, the Corps promoted him to lance corporal. And in a sunset ceremony at Fort DeRussy on Sept. 25, the retired actor gets one more stripe, making him a full corporal.

"I was a private for 38 years, a lance corporal for six," says Nabors. "At this rate, I'm not sure I'll ever make sergeant."

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momofmeg

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Nope. Alive and kicking in Hawaii. He just got promoted to honorary Corporal in the Marines.

 

Article from local paper:

 

Stars and Stripes: Jim Nabors is going up the ranks in the Marine Corps. For five years -- and forever in reruns -- Nabors played Pfc. Gomer Pyle on television.

In 2001, the Corps promoted him to lance corporal. And in a sunset ceremony at Fort DeRussy on Sept. 25, the retired actor gets one more stripe, making him a full corporal.

"I was a private for 38 years, a lance corporal for six," says Nabors. "At this rate, I'm not sure I'll ever make sergeant."

 

You know I realized later I was probaly thinking about Bob Denver.

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momofmeg

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I know the feeling. Usually about 5 seconds after I log off. :o

 

I blame it on my age. Both had TV shows, Gomer Pyle for Jim Nabors and Gilligian's Island for Bob Denver. I loved both of those shows when I was around 10 years old, along with I dream of Jeannie.

 

 

I don't think though I would confuse Larry Hagman with those two guys.

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Nope. Alive and kicking in Hawaii. He just got promoted to honorary Corporal in the Marines.

 

Article from local paper:

 

Stars and Stripes: Jim Nabors is going up the ranks in the Marine Corps. For five years -- and forever in reruns -- Nabors played Pfc. Gomer Pyle on television.

In 2001, the Corps promoted him to lance corporal. And in a sunset ceremony at Fort DeRussy on Sept. 25, the retired actor gets one more stripe, making him a full corporal.

"I was a private for 38 years, a lance corporal for six," says Nabors. "At this rate, I'm not sure I'll ever make sergeant."

 

I guess they make exceptions for celebrities.

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We were on the Sun Princess a few years ago and they were filming the pilot episode of the new "Love Boat" . Robert Urich was the captain. They were filming all over the ship for the whole 7 days. My daughter was a extra and appears in the pilot in the attrium of the Sun Princess. Sadly, Robert Urick passed away at age 55 of cancer a couple of years ago.

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We were on the Sun Princess a few years ago and they were filming the pilot episode of the new "Love Boat" . Robert Urich was the captain. They were filming all over the ship for the whole 7 days. My daughter was a extra and appears in the pilot in the attrium of the Sun Princess. Sadly, Robert Urick passed away at age 55 of cancer a couple of years ago.

 

I believe it was around 2000 when he died.

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My last cruise I went on, which was the Pearl one nighter from & to L.A. I thought I had saw Johnny Bananas from Real World Key West getting a tour of the ship. I know he is from Fullerton, CA, but I wasn't sure or not since I didn't hear him talk.

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