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Posted by JC UPTON on Sunday, April 7, 2024 6:32 AM

My wife & I were on a Princess Cruise when they were playing up the "Love Boat" connection, to the point of having some of the cast members (in character) doing the pre-departure safety video and other system announcements...

6 cruises with Princes....  we love Princess Cruises

from the Far East of the Sunset Route

(In the shadow of the Huey P Long bridge)

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, April 6, 2024 11:17 PM

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Good news but I've never heard of Princess being referred to as "the world's most iconic cruise brand". I'd put Cunard and Holland America well ahead of them, and I'm an NCL person, myself. 

At least in the US - the lines you mention were not featured on the TV series 'The Love Boat'.  Princess vessels were the background for 'The Love Boat'. 

Princess, Cunard and Holland America are just brands of Carnival Corporation. Cunard was famous for the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth (I&II). The Love Boat went off the air 38 years ago, so it's not a big driver in the cruise industry anymore.  Just us people with a lot of seniority in life remember it

Love Boat is a staple of some of the reminiscing channels such as MeTV and others.  What was old becomes new again to a new audience.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by Backshop on Saturday, April 6, 2024 9:12 PM

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Good news but I've never heard of Princess being referred to as "the world's most iconic cruise brand". I'd put Cunard and Holland America well ahead of them, and I'm an NCL person, myself.

 

At least in the US - the lines you mention were not featured on the TV series 'The Love Boat'.  Princess vessels were the background for 'The Love Boat'.

 

Princess, Cunard and Holland America are just brands of Carnival Corporation. Cunard was famous for the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth (I&II). The Love Boat went off the air 38 years ago, so it's not a big driver in the cruise industry anymore.  Just us people with a lot of seniority in life remember it
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Posted by rdamon on Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:22 PM

Station in Cocoa near Port Canaveral is making more sense.

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, April 6, 2024 12:20 PM

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Good news but I've never heard of Princess being referred to as "the world's most iconic cruise brand". I'd put Cunard and Holland America well ahead of them, and I'm an NCL person, myself.

At least in the US - the lines you mention were not featured on the TV series 'The Love Boat'.  Princess vessels were the background for 'The Love Boat'.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by Backshop on Saturday, April 6, 2024 11:27 AM

Good news but I've never heard of Princess being referred to as "the world's most iconic cruise brand". I'd put Cunard and Holland America well ahead of them, and I'm an NCL person, myself.

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