It was optioned by producer Aaron Spelling, who used it as the basis for "The Love Boat ... as if this ship had a magnetic pull on me,” he later wrote in a history of his first few years ...

will be the largest ship ever with over 4,300 passengers. The goal was to stay true to the clean lines and design aesthetics inspired by the Seawitch icon popularized in the original Love Boat ...

Jill Whelan knows a thing or two about traveling! The Love Boat actress, 58, recently spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her ...

For starters, you could place about two (2) “Pacific Princesses” (one of the cruise ships in the original “Love Boat” series) stem to stern the length of the 1,133-foot “Sun Princess.” ...

"The Love Boat" is hosting a special Valentine’s Day pop-up event and honoring the cruise industry’s most decorated chef.

The ship's bookkeeper accidentally becomes the driver for a trio of jewel thieves. A suspended police lieutenant trails the group onto the boat in disguise. The ship's captain, reclusive since his ...

a real Princess Cruises ship at the time of The Love Boat's airing. The sitcom’s setting played an integral part in Whelan’s passion for seeing the world. “The first cruise I ever took was ...

I’ve always dreamed she would turn out to become a ship’s captain like her father ... was on Princess when we were shooting the original Love Boat,” she tells PEOPLE.