Love this!!! I sneaked on board as a teenager with my camera to shoot pics “for a school report”. 😂 I was a mega fan even at 12, 13 years old. My dad “paid off” the guard with a 6-pack of beer. Only a few photos exist and I don’t know where they are anymore but the memories are seared in my mind. Love this trip down memory lane. Thank goodness for your love of ships and your archives! ❤
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it! :)
@may86bear3 жыл бұрын
The original Princesses really were ahead of the curve. Sleek and compact, but a very efficient use of space. Great tour. Their fates are a real shame and a tragic ending to two glorious ships 😢
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Linda! They don't get enough credit for their design aspects versus their TV star status. Beautiful ships.
@cryptosquirrel89143 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the way you showcase these lost beauties. My sister worked on Island before I was assigned to Pacific. I'm so appreciative we each got to have time on a Love Boat. It's not something that most people can claim!
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That is indeed something most people cannot claim.
@tf51d4 ай бұрын
This brings back memories, I sailed on her on a Trans-Canal cruise in 81 and Alaska in 82, as well on a Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Pacific Princess in 83.Thanks for posting this!
@midshipcinema4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and posting. :)
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
Love this, worked on her in 93 and did europe, the med, middle east and malasia, indonesia, far east, south pacific, new zealand, australia aboard, wonderful memories. I do recognise some of the crew in the video.
@midshipcinema9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much, Mark! Wonderful memories, indeed. :)
@jeremy1350 Жыл бұрын
In the late 80's I was a travel agent in Miami. One Christmas Season, there was a "Cruise Ship Extravaganza" in Port Everglades of that time. I got to board, tour, and eat aboard many of the ships. The Island/Pacific Princesses, Cunard Countess/Princess, Stella Solaris, and a few others were sailing off for Christmas Cruises over that week/weekend. We got very loaded on Ouzo on the Stella Solaris and heralded the passengers from the dock with Christmas carols as the ship sailed away. You don't get very lucky to board all those ships these days, and all of those ships are no longer in service and/or scrapped now. When I was growing up, I had all those cruise brochures, and every Saturday night at 9pm, I would sit in front of the tv with my brochure and check the cabins as Julie checked people in. I was very surprised on the PP how small her cabins really were. Promenade 348 was always the top cabin for guests.
@midshipcinema11 ай бұрын
Fantastic! First off, STELLA S was one of my great loves. Never got to sail in her but visited and documented many times and even salvaged most of her artwork and furniture from the scrapyard. PP, LOL, well those "cabins" on the show were purely fictional. She really did have tiny staterooms, especially by today's standards but she was a beautiful ship, nonetheless. Thanks for posting. :)
@EfficientRVer3 жыл бұрын
Thank You for documenting passenger/cruise ships for posterity. The 3 ships my own 5 cruises were on, have all been scrapped for quite a while now. My awareness of that is largely due to your KZfaq channel. I was on the Canberra's solar eclipse cruise (NYC-Tenerife-eclipse-Dakar-NYC) in 1973 as a 15yo traveling alone, sharing a porthole cabin with 3 strangers. On rough days, crew would bolt the porthole shut, and indeed we'd get some underwater views of the middle of the Atlantic. Other than seeing the longest remaining total solar eclipse happening in my lifetime, the highlight was playing ping pong with another kid, the only two people in the ping pong room, when his father came in and watched us finish a game before telling him that his mom wanted him in the cabin in 35 minutes. Neil Armstrong. The son was one of the best-matched ping pong players on the ship for me. I beat most other kids, but he beat me probably 75-80% of the time. Between the ping pong encounter, and my probably being the only person on the ship who didn't ever bother him for a photo, autograph, or moon story, Neil came over and spoke to me anytime he saw me for the rest of the cruise. Sometimes likely to escape the small swarms of people who would invariably gather around him. There was not an ounce of conceit in this man who could have won a game of one-upmanship with anyone, or looked down on or ignored anyone, had he chosen to. Just a nice, normal guy who had done extraordinary things. It made me even more a student of the Apollo missions than I already was. The surprising result is that Neil was not only super competent, but even brighter and more hard-working than you'd assume. Though the most famous and most appreciated astronaut, it turns out he is still the most underrated, in my opinion. My honeymoon cruise NYC-Bermuda-NYC in 1979 was on the Volendam (orig Brasil) during a tugboat strike in NYC which prevented refueling there. Every 3 weeks (including our week) it had to stop in Chesapeake Bay for a day of refueling. Sunbathing to the smell of oil being pumped aboard, and less time in Bermuda, was less than ideal, but it was one more unique memory. From 1996 to perhaps 2000ish, my parents took about 10-12 of us on three 5-day cruises on the Regal Empress (orig Olympia) . Very pleasant and memorable pre-9/11 cruises from NYC, on a grand old ship, albeit beyond her prime. Ports the various times included Bermuda, Newport, Martha's Vineyard, Provincetown, Boston, Portland, Bar Harbor, Saint John, and Halifax. Interestingly, the modern era of solar eclipse cruises began on her in 1972 as the Olympia. There was also a (nudist!) eclipse cruise on her in 1998, and I saw her in port in Aruba soon after the eclipse, during my own ground-based eclipse trip.
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
Wow, three great ships, indeed! How fantastic about Neil Armstrong aboard CANBERRA, too! Thank you so much for sharing these stories here!
@CarlySmith0012 жыл бұрын
Nudist eclipse cruise ? 😲
@frankimgrund80673 жыл бұрын
After STARWARD, Freeport I, and SKYWARD, another masterpiece of German shipbuilding. Thank you for this great report on this great ship. That it always stays in our memory.
@CarlySmith0012 жыл бұрын
And the Astor Sisters
@live2skide13 жыл бұрын
I love the Island Princess that I sailed several times between 2005 and 2020
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
That was the second ISLAND PRINCESS, which is still in the Princess fleet. Much bigger ship.
@ritzgj36663 жыл бұрын
I love those old cruise ships.
@TheClive19493 жыл бұрын
Thank you Peter for this interesting walk through of the Island Princess, as well as those brief glimpses of some of her Island Venture interiors. I have to confess that it took decades for me to warm to her or her sister. I had seen them in various places but had never felt any interest in sailing on either of them. Probably the fact that I was less than enchanted by Princess Cruises had a lot to do with that. Then suddenly, in the final years of their lives, I 'got it'.... something about them seemed to just 'click' in my mind. I sailed on Island Princess when she was Discovery, during her final season sailing in the Far East. After all of that time I was suddenly charmed by her and appreciated her quite sophisticated design features. That dreadful casino had gone when I sailed on her, what an eyesore they are. Also, how lovely she looked internally as built, the forward-facing Antilles Lounge looked as though it was a delightful space, whereas the show lounge that replaced it was simply boring - as most show lounges are. What a pity that Flagship Cruises was an unsuccessful venture. After they had sold the twin ships to Princess Cruises they acquired that other Tilberg gem, Kungsholm but it was not long before she was bought by P&O and would for a short while even sail for Princess. Thanks again.
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Clive! Like you, it took me a long time to fall in love with her. She was here in my back yard as Island Princess, for two decades and I wrote her off as "plastic". Then, I, too fell for her as DISCOVERY and enjoyed three cruises in her. Was very sad to see her go and even followed her to the beach in Alang to rescue the artwork and some of her fittings. Wish I had the chance to sail in PACIFIC, which I also followed to the breakers but at least I did DISCOVERY.
@TheClive19493 жыл бұрын
@@midshipcinema Peter, Yes indeed, once one fell in love with Island or Pacific Princess one realised that 'plastic' was a long way from what those ships were. The Royal Viking Line trio entered service at the same time as these two and it took me a long time to fall in total love with those as well. But they were sold as luxury ships from day one and yet the over all design and construction of Island and Sea Venture far exceeded the RVL trio. Island and Sea were, however, designed for short cruises and therefore had modestly-sized cabins. Had they had larger cabins, and thus had been a little longer, these would have been true luxury ships.
@quack10 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing this. I was fortunate to sail on both the PP and the IP several times. Although I was VERY young, I remember these classics ships like I sailed on them yesterday. And I miss them greatly. Such incredibly designed vessels. I can only think of one word to describe them, Perfect! Thank you for keeping the spirit of the Island Princess alive!
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
Aww, thank you so much, Pete! I'm so glad you watched and posted here. They were great beauties and are much missed. :)
@mitchellbarnow17093 жыл бұрын
I miss these centrally position dining rooms, because they were great at controlling sea sickness!
@fredacuneo51803 жыл бұрын
It makes a big difference when they're in the center of the ship, esp on transatlantics. When I was a kid I lived on Leland Street by Del Mar, about 3 miles away from the cruise port. Watching this show I never knew I was so close to it.)
@A2Wx83 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, on the modern big cruise ships with them all the way aft, sometimes it's not so much fun.
@mrslinarcos3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this video Peter Knego. It made me want to go on a cruise on her. She was really stylish just like her sister. Can't wait for the second part.
@grantmclaren8883 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful! So glad you are doing these vlogs !! These are 2 of my favorite cruise ship designs and concepts of all time. My first cruise was on the original Oriana as a child but the closest i got to these 2 cruise ship gems was a 1988 coastal cruise aboard the original Princess Sun Princess. Thanks for letting me finally 'get onboard' through this vlog!
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
MY pleasure, Grant! The ORIANA was one of my favorite ships and one that I was able to visit regularly during the late 70s when she came to the West Coast. Thanks for posting.
@hollymanzoni674111 ай бұрын
I worked on the Pacific and Island Princess from 84 to 94 as head waiter. I recognize the Maitre D'hotel Lorenzo Tarini in the video of the Coral dining room.Good times. Greetings from Italy.
@midshipcinema11 ай бұрын
How cool! Love that he is captured in the video. I do recall the staff were not too pleased to have me roaming through as they were setting up but I had to disembark soon and that was my only opportunity. :)
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
we have probably been drinking in the pig at the same time on the two ships, I was the Casino Slots Manager, I worked on the Pacific from August 91 to January 92 and then the Island Princess from 22nd July 93 to 21st December 93. (Sky and Regal inbetween those periods), Crown before and Sky Again plus Fair, Golden, Royal after.
@trainattendant5810 Жыл бұрын
Eagerly waiting for part 2 & anything you have filmed aboard Sitmar & Royal Viking Line ships!
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
Definitely more to come on all but I didn't get a camcorder until well after Sitmar was dissolved. Thanks for watching and posting.
@foxbodyblues6709 Жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy in Long Beach in the early 90’s and still remember the first time I saw the “Love Boat” while driving over the bridge to San Pedro.
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
Pier 93, aka, the Love Boat terminal. :)
@foxbodyblues6709 Жыл бұрын
@@midshipcinema I just found it on Google maps this morning. However, it was on the other side of the bridge that I remember. Maybe they moved the terminal over the years? Who knows. But thank you 🙏
@Markmeister19893 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting to see. Tillberg Design also designed a lot of cruiseferries in the 80's and 90's such as the m/s Olympia and m/s Mariella. Those ships were really ahead of it's time but I can see where Tillberg got some inspiration from. 👍😍
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Yes, he was very prolific. Probably his best ship was the KUNGSHOLM of 1966.
@A2Wx83 жыл бұрын
I had no idea the 1966 Kungsholm was a Tillberg design. You lean something new every day. Absolutely gorgeous ship, pity about that forward funnel removal that was, to put it politely, less than successful looks wise.
@robertetchell78043 жыл бұрын
I got photo of her on one of her Alaska cruises I passed her just south of Prince Rupert BC in June 1998 Wich was very late in the night are you going to do one on the Pacific Princess and the Holland America ships that would be great to see
@SeaTravelr1233 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful tour of this beautiful ship.. In pre 9/11 times, I was able to sneak aboard in Le Havre while in port on the Norway in 9/1996. I didnt bring my camera unfortunately. But it was so lovely to revisit her.. I hadn't been aboard since 2/5/72 on her maiden visit to NYC.. Thanks for this great video!!!
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind comment and fond memory of her.
@brober2 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Island Princess was the first ship I dispatched for Princess. Many great memories of her and onboard staff. Partying till wee hours in tiny disco. P347 Was the only suite with a king sized bed. We had to put it in for comedian Jackie Gleason (he was a big fella) till the end we always called it the Jackie Gleason Suite. RIP my lil IP.💖
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and posting, Bruce. Fascinating about Jackie Gleason, who hated to fly and was known for riding trains and ships . Very cool! :)
@ChrisFrameOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video Peter and a great piece of history! Thank you.
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Chris! So happy that you enjoyed it.
@Micahswf3 жыл бұрын
I really loved this class of ships
@skypboy3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. I was group escort for a Captain's Circle cruise to Egypt & the Holy Land on the IP back in '93. I loved her so much and it was wonderful to revisit my memories of her. A beautiful small ship - I spent too many hours in the Pirate's Cove!
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
Hey I would have been working onboard that time period, she was fun. Do you till have the itinerary for that period as would love to see as ive been trying to put together where I was over a 9 year period on the cruise ships. In 93 I was on the IP and remember the holy land very well.
@seand27112 жыл бұрын
This was really neat, I always wished I could have sailed on her or the Pacific Princess. I wish I had known how to visit when they were docked in San Pedro, but I was just a high school kid in the 80's.
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
Princess were pretty good about granting visitor's passes back then but things got more difficult after the ACHILLE LAURO hijacking. Thanks for watching and posting. :)
@majorswanson Жыл бұрын
I just ordered 3 of the ceiling tiles from the Antilles Lounge (Carousel Lounge). Very excited to receive them.
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
Fantastic, Tracy! I'm getting them packed up for you and will send early next week. Thank you! :)
@kurthirschfield75963 жыл бұрын
I’d be lurking at the Skaal Bar. Great music in your vids.
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@SeaTravelr1232 жыл бұрын
I still think of them as the perfect ships. I only got on board 2x, 1 as Island Venture on 2/5/72 and then on 9/10/96 in LeHavre. I sneaked on board in the days pre 9/11 when you could. I didn’t have my camera, but I made a quick visit and was thrilled to see her again
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
They were perfect. Wish I appreciated them more when they were in their prime. Thanks for posting. :)
@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat2 жыл бұрын
🙂 I worked on The Pacific Princess in the early 1990s. Wonderful ship.
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
Bars or Housekeeping ? (based on the Mrs slocombespuddycat)
@lamontprice3233 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories, enjoyed a 10 day Alaska cruise on her in 98.
@darploin50712 жыл бұрын
On the ship that size a casino is more of a hindrance than an attraction
@darploin50712 жыл бұрын
I think I liked it better with the Antilles lounge than with all those half those half rounded couches
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
I'd agree that as built, these ships were at their very best.
@lklpalka3 жыл бұрын
Nice tour thank you. What were they thinking painting those beautiful ceiling tiles white!? They ruined a beautiful room
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Yep! Princess 1990s design team was all about pastels and dull color schemes. I've restored the ones I've rescued to gold but wish they left well enough alone.
@diogocatalano95572 жыл бұрын
Hi ! when you made these fabulous footage did you imagine that one day they would be seen by people all over the world?
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
That was a dream back them, so it is nice to see it finally realized! Thanks so much for watching and posting. :)
@laspalmas48443 жыл бұрын
Skaal bar. Skaal means Cher's in Norwegian. I'm Norwegian 🇳🇴🇳🇴
@teganbigone23662 жыл бұрын
Everyone can watch THE LOVE BOAT 24/7 on its own channel on TUBI TV, which is totally free!
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
Cool. Thanks for posting. :)
@darploin5071 Жыл бұрын
Don't you have some of those tiles that were painted white on the ceiling of your house where you restore them to their original finish? Have an excellent day
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
I have a section of them on the ceiling of my TV room, autographed by the Love Boat cast and author. I painted them back to gold. Thanks for watching and posting.
@darploin50712 жыл бұрын
I wish those glass panels were saved a lot of stuff was destroyed in a leg when they just tore through their ships to get the recyclable material out of them And what made them hard to resell was those fiat engines I came with my God that's where the worst choice I ever could have chosen
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
I rescued the glass panels and some are still available for sale at www.midshipcentury.com
@saints0933 жыл бұрын
Did either the Island Princess or the Pacific Princess have the Pirates Cove, like on the TV show The Love Boat?
@midshipcinema3 жыл бұрын
Skaal Bar accessed via the Casino on the port side.
@cryptosquirrel89143 жыл бұрын
For absolute sure the Pacific Princess did. I worked on that ship and it was directly across the vestibule from the Boutique. It was one of the venues we were not allowed to drink in. Too small and too popular to have crew taking up seats. I miss these ships.
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
Yes both ships had the small bar/disco and was accessed right next to the roulette table in the casino space. On the PP it was called the Pirates Cove and on the IP it was called the Skaal Bar.
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
@@cryptosquirrel8914 yes but the Pig and the Officers bar were both more fun.
@cryptosquirrel76119 күн бұрын
@@markgoddard5386 That's a fact!
@professionalidiot073 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the first song?
@Shipwright19182 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there another one named the Sun Princess?
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
SUN PRINCESS was a bit smaller and of a different design, having originally been intended as a twin sister to the SOUTHWARD.
@gregbell3559 Жыл бұрын
Yes a dreadful ship used to be Spirit of London
@markgoddard53869 күн бұрын
yes she had a long career and after princess she became the starship majestic and sailed under the premier cruise line
@darploin50712 жыл бұрын
I like the original furniture the island princess and the Pacific princess had the stuff they replaced it with was just so generic and tackey
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
That's usually the case with rehabs. The original design is almost always the best. Thanks for watching and posting.
@glambertaviciier84 Жыл бұрын
Where’s Part Two? This is only Part One!
@midshipcinema Жыл бұрын
One day, I'll do a video about the DISCOVERY but no promises any time soon. So much in the pipeline.
@glambertaviciier84 Жыл бұрын
@@midshipcinema No, I meant part two of this video.
@Dbodell80003 ай бұрын
I’ve actually heard the Island Princess was the better of the two sisters?
@darploin5071 Жыл бұрын
The bow of the ship looks so cluttered
@darploin50712 жыл бұрын
So where's Isaac the bartender Oh wrong ship
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
LOL, well, he must have been off duty. Thanks for watching and posting.
@harrybear1932 жыл бұрын
staterooms weren't in video would have liked to see
@midshipcinema2 жыл бұрын
I did not have access to them at the time. I may show some from when she was DISCOVERY when I get around to that video.