Trivia
Alaska Wedding Cruise: Buddy and Portia's Story/Julie's Story/Carol and Doug's Story/Peter and Alicia's Story: Part 1
The Love Boat
Due to colder temperatures than expected, the wardrobe crew needed to provide fur coats for the women in the cast, covering up what was hoped to be an otherwise gorgeous collection of dresses and other outfits.
In an interview Lee Aronsohn when asked what he most remembered from the show, he said people mainly know him because he was the one who created Vicki, Steubings' daughter. But he said his personal favorite was this episode, since it meant he could go to Alaska as part of the crew. He said he also remembers when he and Lauren Tewes sat on top of a glacier snorting cocaine, an early indication of the drug problem that would eventually lead to Tewes' firing from the show.
This two-hour episode was a first-anniversary reunion of sorts for Lorne Greene and Ray Milland as their earlier shared credit, the original three-hour pilot for Battlestar Galactica (1978), premiered on ABC just two days short of one year previously (Saga of a Star World (1978)).
The first appearance of the dark blue dress uniforms.
Shortly before this episode was filmed, Eleanor Parker underwent a facelift that rendered her nearly unrecognizable. This was an unfortunate staple of the decade, with many well-known actresses from Hollywood's golden age -- including Cyd Charisse and Terry Moore -- losing audience recognition through botched plastic surgery.