Princess Cruises says it has the reply for these nonetheless asking themselves: What’s the proper Valentine’s Day current? It comes within the type of Love Boat-themed Valentine sailings together with a particular romantic menu.
The voyages are a nod to Princess Cruises’ ties to the long-lasting TV present “The Love Boat,” filmed aboard the road’s ships within the Seventies and 80s.
Romantic Perks on Holiday Cruises
As Princess Cruises likes to say, love is within the air, and with Valentine’s Day developing on February 14, the road is selling a sequence of onboard enhancements designed for {couples} seeking to have fun their relationships.
Cruises nonetheless out there for reserving round Valentine’s Day embody a 7-day Mexican Riviera crusing February 4 roundtrip from Los Angeles on the three,660-guest Discovery Princess; a 14-day Caribbean East/West Adventurer cruise crusing February 5 roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale aboard the three,560-guest Regal Princess; and a 15-day Hawaiian Islands cruise crusing February 10 roundtrip from San Francisco on the 1,780-guest Royal Princess.
A particular menu, which will probably be served onboard all Princess ships on Valentine’s Day, was created by the road’s head of culinary arts, Chef Rudi Sodamin, who notes that meals is the “international language of love.”
The chef’s creations will embody delectables like tuna and salmon tartare, beef tournedos, and loads of sweets such because the Princess Heart of Love Chocolate Mousse, Sweetheart Sugar Cookies and Chocolate-Dipped Fruit. Princess Cruises’ mixologist Rob Floyd has dreamed up two romantic cocktails for the sailings: a chocolate martini and a spicy drink dubbed Sweet Revenge.
Along with the custom-crafted romantic menu and drinks, onboard actions will probably be all about love. Cruise visitors can create a particular card for his or her liked one, dispatch a singing telegram, see romantic motion pictures proven on the ships’ Movies Under the Stars screens, and even renew their vows by reserving particular packages.
Princess’ ‘Love Boat’ Heritage
The Love Boat theme is a part of Princess Cruises’ heritage. The cruise line and its former vessel Pacific Princess are well-known as the setting for the hit TV sequence “The Love Boat,” a romantic comedy/drama that aired from 1977 to 1986.
Viewers will recall the Hollywood names that starred within the present, together with Gavin MacLeod, who performed Captain Stubing, and actors who portrayed crew members, resembling Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy and Cynthia Lauren Tewes.
Indeed, the present represented the primary time that hundreds of thousands of viewers all over the world obtained a glimpse of what it’s prefer to cruise and to work on a cruise ship. The TV present was filmed aboard Pacific Princess and different Princess ships in locations all over the world.
Princess Cruises retired the 670-guest Pacific Princess in 2002 and offered it for scrap in 2012, however apparently, the magic lives on. A new TV sequence, “The Real Love Boat,” that debuted final fall is also being filmed onboard Princess Cruises ships, however this one is a actuality relationship present primarily based within the Mediterranean.