"The Love Boat" cruise ship sold for scrap

[rkolinski]

[Show spoiler]

The Love Boat TV Show Opening Theme Season One 1977 - YouTube

"The 19,903 gt, 600 passenger PACIFIC (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS) has been sold for 2.5 million Euros to the Turkish company “Cemsan”, which specializes in ship breaking.

The 1971-built PACIFIC has been idle at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard since being seized by the Italian Coast Guard in 2009. PACIFIC last operated for Spanish-based Quail Cruises but was originally built for New York to Bermuda cruise service as Flagship Cruises’ SEA VENTURE. Between 1975 and 2002, she was Princess Cruises’ first PACIFIC PRINCESS and rose to fame as the official “Love Boat” on the US television series that ran from 1976 through 1986. The “Love Boat” and the PACIFIC PRINCESS are largely credited for stimulating international interest in cruising into what it is today.

PACIFIC will soon be towed to her final destination in Aliağa, Turkey."http://maritimematters.com/2012/03/n...old-for-scrap/

[willbfree]

This ship was always in the news for its bug infestations. Which may be common on cruise ships, but was newsworthy because it was in contrast to the idyllic image of the ship seen on The Love Boat.

[Schlagermeister]

I just received my boxes of The Love Boat Seasons 1-4:
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