George C Posted September 18, 2020 #1 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Love boat tv started September 1977? Anybody cruise before that. I did a cruise to nowhere in 1975 and first 7 day cruise a few months before premier. Lots of singles on both with women out numbering men by a lot . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #2 Share Posted September 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, George C said: Love boat tv started September 1977? Anybody cruise before that. I did a cruise to nowhere in 1975 and first 7 day cruise a few months before premier. Lots of singles on both with women out numbering men by a lot . 24 minutes ago, George C said: Love boat tv started September 1977? Anybody cruise before that. I did a cruise to nowhere in 1975 and first 7 day cruise a few months before premier. Lots of singles on both with women out numbering men by a lot . 1973,Cunard Ambassador,Manhattan to Bermuda with Class A entertainment.A 7 night cruise for $699.00 taxes included for my wife and I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyosborne81 Posted September 18, 2020 #3 Share Posted September 18, 2020 The love boat aired from before I was born to when I was five years old. My cruising days were far after. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted September 18, 2020 #4 Share Posted September 18, 2020 (edited) I was a small child when I took my first cruise in 1981 (Cunard Princess), but I inherited my passion for ships from my dad who used to tell me stories from his younger years, crossing the Atlantic aboard ocean liners. He was aboard the Ile de France when they rescued the passengers from the ill fated Andrea Doria in 1956. He still has the original photos of the Andrea Doria sinking. I love listening to his stories about this sailing as well as many others. Edited September 18, 2020 by Tapi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted September 18, 2020 #5 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, George C said: Love boat tv started September 1977? Anybody cruise before that. I did a cruise to nowhere in 1975 and first 7 day cruise a few months before premier. Lots of singles on both with women out numbering men by a lot . Waaaaaay after. My first cruise was 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 18, 2020 Author #6 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, lenquixote66 said: 1973,Cunard Ambassador,Manhattan to Bermuda with Class A entertainment.A 7 night cruise for $699.00 taxes included for my wife and I. My cruise in 1977 on the great Rotterdam was 600 which was the single rate couples paid 400 drinks were about a buck beer less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 18, 2020 #7 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I'm not exactly sure of our first cruise. Maybe '97. Long time after Love Boat. Fun question. So far there are three who make the cut! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted September 18, 2020 #8 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Watched the Love Boat regularly.... and at that time never thought about going on a cruise..... it seam only for the wealthy......... and a different world to me then.... Tv Land ?? Only 35 year later did one start looking at cruising... talk about delay respond.... LOL As i say why didn't we go cruising earlier???? well we weren't retired and can now have as many holiday as one likes... Cheers Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted September 18, 2020 #9 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I did my first cruise in 1972 as a young child with my parents (Emerald Seas); next year we sailed with Sitmar (Fairwind) for the first time and it was even better -- we stuck with them doing at least a cruise a year throughout the 1970s. My mother and grandmother had done trans-Atlantics previously on several lines including Cunard and Holland America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted September 18, 2020 #10 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Frist cruise was 2002 for our 25th anniversary, so after. But, sort of irrelevant since I have never watched the show. Am I the only one in here who can say (write) that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 18, 2020 #11 Share Posted September 18, 2020 My first Cruises were in 1972, long before The Love Boat. When it started, I was in Germany and I don’t believe it was carried onArmed Forces Network. I had poor tv reception there, anyway. Never watched it after I got home. EM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 18, 2020 Author #12 Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Essiesmom said: My first Cruises were in 1972, long before The Love Boat. When it started, I was in Germany and I don’t believe it was carried onArmed Forces Network. I had poor tv reception there, anyway. Never watched it after I got home. EM I saw the first Ali vs Frazier fight in 1971 on armed forces tv, in Germany just before my tour there finished and I went home. It was something like 3 am . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted September 18, 2020 #13 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, ontheweb said: Frist cruise was 2002 for our 25th anniversary, so after. But, sort of irrelevant since I have never watched the show. Am I the only one in here who can say (write) that? Nope. I never had a tv between 1961 (college) and 1982 (married a man with a tv). I'm missing a lot of culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #14 Share Posted September 18, 2020 11 hours ago, ldubs said: I'm not exactly sure of our first cruise. Maybe '97. Long time after Love Boat. Fun question. So far there are three who make the cut! 😄 Which means we are old.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 18, 2020 #15 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: Which means we are old.😀 I prefer to think of myself as age advantaged. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #16 Share Posted September 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, ldubs said: I prefer to think of myself as age advantaged. Haha You are younger than me😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 18, 2020 #17 Share Posted September 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: You are younger than me😀 I am! I was an adult when Love Boat aired. We didn't take our first cruise until I was in my 40's. It was considered too extravagant to even be considered before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #18 Share Posted September 18, 2020 I too was an adult when Love Boat aired.If you read my post re my first cruise in 1973 it was very cheap for that cruise.There were no specialty restaurants,no shore excursions,no shopping areas.The next time we cruised was 1994 and everything changed. I am not asking your age but I assume you were an adult in 1973.I define adult as 18 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted September 18, 2020 #19 Share Posted September 18, 2020 16 hours ago, George C said: Love boat tv started September 1977? Anybody cruise before that. I did a cruise to nowhere in 1975 and first 7 day cruise a few months before premier. Lots of singles on both with women out numbering men by a lot . SS Uganda in 1976 and SS Oriana 1977. In my experience, at least on P&O ships, single ladies outnumbering men was very common back in the 70's & 80's. Love Boat filming was mostly completed on the original Pacific Princess and Island Princess, with most of it on Pacific. Spent 4 months on Island in 1979 and another 4 months on Sun Princess in 1980. Brilliant ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 18, 2020 #20 Share Posted September 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said: I too was an adult when Love Boat aired.If you read my post re my first cruise in 1973 it was very cheap for that cruise.There were no specialty restaurants,no shore excursions,no shopping areas.The next time we cruised was 1994 and everything changed. I am not asking your age but I assume you were an adult in 1973.I define adult as 18 . Ask away. I'm 68 until my next B-day in December. Our first few cruises were short hops out of San Pedro (Los Angeles) mostly as a get together for our kids & family. We had done several land trips to Europe before we finally decided to try a Med cruise. That was the one that really got us hooked. Looks like there are four pre-LB cruisers now. We need to come up with a good name for this select group! Maybe like star trek fans are called Trekkies, we can call this group "Lovies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted September 18, 2020 #21 Share Posted September 18, 2020 2 hours ago, shipgeeks said: Nope. I never had a tv between 1961 (college) and 1982 (married a man with a tv). I'm missing a lot of culture. Oh man, you missed Gilligan's Island! 😄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #22 Share Posted September 18, 2020 41 minutes ago, ldubs said: Oh man, you missed Gilligan's Island! 😄 I did not have a TV or a phone in my house till I was 9 years old.We lived in a three story apartment building ,no elevators,no AC . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 18, 2020 #23 Share Posted September 18, 2020 47 minutes ago, ldubs said: Ask away. I'm 68 until my next B-day in December. Our first few cruises were short hops out of San Pedro (Los Angeles) mostly as a get together for our kids & family. We had done several land trips to Europe before we finally decided to try a Med cruise. That was the one that really got us hooked. Looks like there are four pre-LB cruisers now. We need to come up with a good name for this select group! Maybe like star trek fans are called Trekkies, we can call this group "Lovies". When people occasionally ask me how old I am I respond with a music or sports reference ,something that I know they would be familiar with.If I was responding to you I might say older than Lloyd Free but younger than Bill Russell.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike981 Posted September 18, 2020 #24 Share Posted September 18, 2020 17 hours ago, Tapi said: I was a small child when I took my first cruise in 1981 (Cunard Princess), but I inherited my passion for ships from my dad who used to tell me stories from his younger years, crossing the Atlantic aboard ocean liners. He was aboard the Ile de France when they rescued the passengers from the ill fated Andrea Doria in 1956. He still has the original photos of the Andrea Doria sinking. I love listening to his stories about this sailing as well as many others. Oh I would love to hear those stories and those pictures must be amazing. I grew up a child of the 70's & 80's and my family never traveled outside of visiting my mothers parents in the UP of Michigan once a year. I loved watching the Love Boat and wondering what kind of people could actually cruise, let alone travel outside of the UP. Fast forward to my 30's and I jokingly asked my wife if she wanted to go on a cruise for our 10th anniversary (we still had not had our honeymoon) and she said yes. I was shocked and I must say it was well worth the wait. Just wonderful memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted September 18, 2020 #25 Share Posted September 18, 2020 It started my love of cruising. I loved the show as a kid so my dad's graduation present to me when I graduated university was a Royal Caribbean cruise. Completely addicted since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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