Part 2: The Love Boat Years On the way to being captain of The Love Boat (in real life, the Pacific Princess), Gavin MacLeod was flown to Mexico for his first rendezvous with the ship. "They said we'd take my bags to the elevator," he remembers. "I said: 'Elevator?' I didn't even know there was… Continue reading Gavin MacLeod…aka Captain Stubing
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Gavin MacLeod: His Remarkable Story
Part 1: Before The Love Boat At birth, he was named Allan See. In later years he would be called Happy Haines and Murray Slaughter and Merrill Stubing and Jonathan Sperry, among other public personas. More than any of them, he is Gavin MacLeod. Changing his given name to his current name was one of… Continue reading Gavin MacLeod: His Remarkable Story
Reflecting on the Solstice Class
Cruising's nostalgia buffs will be tracking the path of the Celebrity Reflection over the next few weeks. It's ship No. 5 in the Solstice Class, which many consider the finest class of ships in the business. Joining the Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse and Silhouette — in that order — the Reflection was delivered to Celebrity… Continue reading Reflecting on the Solstice Class
Movie Makes Cruise Ships Move
This, indeed, is a sign of the Apocalypse. An amateur filmmaker makes a bad movie and, because things can now go viral on YouTube, the controversy the bad movie creates has an impact on a multi-billion-dollar industry, like the one that takes people on cruises. Hard to believe, isn't it? The "movie" that triggered violence… Continue reading Movie Makes Cruise Ships Move
Cruise crew 'Seafarer of the Year'…?
Even if there is a legitimate case for the Seafarer of the Year award for 2012, it can only be categorized as strange or even bizarre. And the winner is…the crew of the Costa Concordia. The award is given by Lloyd's List, the leading daily newspaper for the maritime industry, and the announcement was made… Continue reading Cruise crew 'Seafarer of the Year'…?