Robert Urich (Larry Hartman) and Heather Menzies (Cybill Hartman) were husband and wife in real life, from 1975 until his death in 2002.
Robert Urich (Larry Hartman) later starred as Captain Jim Kennedy III in the short-lived spin-off series Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998).
Captain Stubing lets the woman passenger he's trying to connect with drive the Pacific Princess.