The ship carried about 20 TV channels. One had constant episodes of the "Love Boat" which was named the Pacific Princess and was the putative scene of a TV show that ran for many years in the 1980s. The boat, which carried 600 passengers (vs 2500 for the boat we were on) was sold to Quail Cruises in the 1990s. It took its final journey in August 2013 and was dismantled for scrap (image purports to show the boat on its last voyage). The Princess line was incorporated in 1965, so this was its 50th year of operation.
They also had a channel with taped on board activities so if you missed a lecture or event, you could see it in your cabin. We saw a movie on deck 15 lying on beach lounges and covered with blankets.
We also went to some of the shows. One we both like was a guitarist comedian named, Steve Moris (he is the overweight guy in the middle and, yes he made fun of himself as well as making a lot of 'oldies jokes).
There was a head waiter who had taken training in kosher foods and the dining staff had apparently had a meeting specifically about how to serve our food (or it might have been an agenda item at a meeting). They only had a limited selection of kosher wine on hand. We had brought a bottle of Barkan Merlot for the Sabbath (Barkan is served at many functions that I attend with caterers). I let the headwaiter have some and he said, they would try to stock it in the future (Wine, beer and whiskey are marked up a lot on board).
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