Second of three projects in which Stella Stevens faces disaster aboard ship. The first being The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Cruise into Terror (1978), and The French Atlantic Affair (1979).
Stella Stevens wears a brunette wig in this film. During the late 1970s she spent most of her time on her ranch in Washington State and kept her hair very short and wore wigs when returning to Los Angeles for television work.
Dr. Bakkun is named for the Mayan word "bakun", a Mayan measure of time.