The cruise industry was very different in 1970, catering to an estimated 500,000 passengers. Three decades later that had ...

Jill Whelan, the former child star who played Vicki Stubing on "The Love Boat," married Jeff Knapple in 2017 after two previous divorces. She has three kids from previous relationships.

Gavin MacLeod’s new autobiography recounts childhood ... included the major TV hits “Mary Tyler Moore” and “The Love Boat.” “That’s a big word in my life,” said MacLeod who ...

"The Love Boat" lived up to its name for star Ted ... which ran from 1977 to 1986 on ABC, and co-starred Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Lauren Tewes and Jill Wheelan.

Though the hit series The Love Boat ended in 1990, Jill Whelan — who played Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Captain Stubing, ...

played by Gavin MacLeod. Rocket Weijers/Getty MacLeod, who died in 2021 at age 90, played the captain on board the Pacific Princess, a real Princess Cruises ship at the time of The Love Boat's ...

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From steam-powered ships, to mega-liners, the cruise industry has been through quite a transformation over the years. And the market has skyrocketed. Back in 1970, an estimated 500,000 people went ...