Port of LA cruises are back: The Grand Princess became the first ship to sail out of San Pedro since pandemic began

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“The Love Boat soon volition beryllium making different run.”

So spell the lyrics of the celebrated tv amusement from the 1970s and ‘80s.

And connected Saturday, Sept. 25, a cruise vessel made different tally from the Port of Los Angeles World Cruise Center Berth 93 — the aforesaid spot wherever the opening “Love Boat” credits were filmed.

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The Grand Princess acceptable sail from the Port of Los Angeles connected Saturday afternoon, marking the archetypal sailing from the Port of Los Angeles and the ships archetypal sailing since the cruise industry’s intermission successful operations. Grand Princess departed connected a five-Day Cabo San Lucas Getaway, the archetypal of 5 sailings with this itinerary and the archetypal of 11 sailings from the Port of Los Angeles successful 2021. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

When the 951-foot Grand Princess near the Los Angeles larboard astir 4 p.m., it was the archetypal clip a cruise vessel had acceptable sail from determination since the coronavirus pandemic began past year.

The vessel departed connected a five-day Cabo San Lucas Getaway astir a period aft the Carnival Panorama became the archetypal cruise enactment to permission the Port of Long Beach since March 2020.

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