esad9556

Possibly, I was on the Island most of 1980 and 1981 joining the Sun in Victoria for the refit, trans canal and start of the winter Caribbean season. I now live in so Cal and the pilgrimage back to Southampton for the annual luncheons is not fun, hated the flights back then and even more now. If you want to contact me off the boards..... esad9556 at yahoo dot com

Reading the posts positive and negative regarding the midnight buffet, I have very fond memories……back in the late 70’s and early 80’s people lined up for one of the highlights of the day (that being said the MDR experience was FAR superior to what it is now). Pictures of some of the midnight buffets I attended (#1 TSCS Navarino 1978, #2, 3, & 4 Pacific Princess 1980).

I joined P&O in mid 1979 sailing on the Canberra and transferring to Princess Cruises the next year, sailing as an engineering officer on both the Island and the Sun Princess. Nice to know that somebody remembers what life at sea was really like back then. When I was on board the Canberra, the multiple berth steerage cabins were used primarily for school/college outreach programs and not so much shared cabins. I did hear rumors of shared cabins on the Island, Sun and Pacific, but they were not through Princess and were very rare. What I remember of the Love Boat filming was nowhere near as glamourous as the series depicted.

The Princess booking system is screwed and is getting to appoint where I will be looking far more at other cruise lines. My wife and I normally travel in an aft suite on Princess. When our son travels with us, we try to book the balcony next to us. This means a deluxe or premium deluxe. We are now finding that these cabins are blocked out for a single (or even double supplements)…..but are available if you book it for 3 (or) persons. Having been a loyal customer of Princess for over 40 years I now find this is total bulls**t and if Princess continues this approach it’s time to move on.

Yes it was just luck.🤣 But your TA beat us out by a minute.