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Did the Real Love Boat shoot disrupt real passengers?

Even Goggleboxers couldn't help but notice, actual cruise passengers were barely visible aboard this love boat.

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“Are there other people on this ship? Or just this mob?” Gogglebox‘s Mia asked about The Real Love Boat.

“I hope they wouldn’t be interrupting the other peoples’ cruise,” added Lee. “If they said I can’t go to the pool because they’re (filming) something like this, I’d say ‘Bullshit!’ and jump straight into it.”

Passengers aboard the Regal Princess were notified of filming after they boarded the ship, but some later took to social media to vent over the disruption to their holiday.

One passenger told Yahoo, “We would not have joined the ship for my 50th Birthday celebrations had we known the potential disruption at times, as having a set of step ladders straddled across the bottom of my sun lounger for a lighting crew member to start fitting string lights around the sun deck during late afternoon, ready for filming.”

She continued, “Maybe many passengers were intrigued and felt part of the experience, we were not. Some of the contestants were not careful with ‘cruise conduct’ remarks of making the most of the free drinks were often heard … not a problem in a night club maybe but not this as our main holiday and not a week in Ibiza.”

A second passenger, Casey Plessel, recently suggested on Facebook she had her accommodation on the ship “downgraded as they prioritised the crew” instead.

However, a third passenger, Jon Gardiner, says: “A few venues [on the boat] were off limits from time to time which was occasionally a little annoying but [filming] was interesting to watch.”

Eureka Productions has been contacted for comment.

3 Responses

  1. It’s not a good look when lowering the priority of paid passengers or customers to promote the business or gain revenue.

    This situation isn’t uncommon in the TV industry. I’ve seen it before where businesses will be approached to have advertising for unrelated businesses or organisations filmed in shops during business hours. Customers are told some parts are off-limits that otherwise would be open, and are at times scolded into being quiet by frustrated crew. Obviously many customers leave and the business owners have to wonder if the extra publicity or revenue for side projects was worth it.

    It’s best to find a setting or time that won’t interfere with other operations, because things in the background can affect the outcome. From background noise to the cast and crew being able to concentrate on the tasks. There’s a risk of having to do many more takes or abandon filming if it doesn’t work out.

  2. I’m a Princess cruiser and if I was informed after I boarded that my trip would be interrupted or disturbed by a television production, I’d ask for my money back or expect an upgrade not a downgrade! I’ve not watched a frame of this as I couldn’t bear to watch my beloved ships be hijacked by this. Naively I figured it was filmed during the pandemic when there were no other passengers and that it was an ingenious way for Carnival cruises to stay afloat! I was wrong.

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