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Take A Cruise With Love Boat Cast – Yes Please!

Take a Cruise with Love Boat cast? Oh hell yeah! Now you can actually take a cruise with the cast…we’ll get to that in a second. The Love Boat Saturday…

Fred Grandy - Love Boat Gopher

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Take a Cruise with Love Boat cast? Oh hell yeah! Now you can actually take a cruise with the cast...we'll get to that in a second.

The Love Boat Saturday Night

"The Love Boat" brings back a rush of memories for me (Big Jim) - when I was a little kid I remember going to my Grandma's house for dinner on Saturday nights - and spending the night. Getting our scoop of ice cream with chocolate syrup on it (sitting on the floor obviously - no eating on the furniture), and watching "The Love Boat" at 9pm before having to go to bed. It always seemed like going on a cruise ship would be magical - everyone was SO NICE! (and entire ship was run by six people...lol).

Take a cruise with Love Boat cast

Princess Cruises will set sail in August with cast members from the original series. Imagine spending seven days at sea with Doc (Bernie Kopell), Gopher (Fred Grandy), Isaac your bartender (Ted Lange), and Vicki Stubing (Jill Whelan).

Gavin MacLeod, who played Captain Stubing, died in 2021.  Lauren Tewes, who played cruise director Julie McCoy, is still with us.  She's 70 years old.  No word why she's not doing the cruise.

The official dates are August 31st through September 7th, and the boat sets sail from New York City, with stops in New England and Canada.

Activities will include meet-and-greets and photo ops . . . plus vow renewal ceremonies officiated by the cast (oh come on, who wouldn't want to renew your love with Gopher!)

Famous Guest Stars on The Love Boat

One of the coolest things about watching "The Love Boat" was seeing who the special guest stars were on the show - how many people appeared on the show? This supercut has over NINE HUNDRED. Take a moment (or 46 minutes) and check it out:

Jim O'Brien is the Host of "Big Jim's House" Morning Show at 94.7 WCSX in Detroit. Jim spent eight years in the U.S. Naval Submarine Service, has appeared on Shark Tank (Man Medals Season 5 Ep. 2), raised over two million dollars for local charities and is responsible for Glenn Frey Drive and Bob Seger Blvd in the Motor City. Jim's relationship with Classic Rock includes considering Bob Seger, Phil Collen from Def Leppard, Wally Palmer of the Romantics and many others good friends. Jim writes about ‘80s movies, cars, weird food trends and “as seen on TikTok” content.