RMS Olympic Ismay had previously planned to build a ship named "Olympic" as a sister ship to . The senior Ismay died in 1899 and the order for the ship was cancelled. Construction of "Olympic" began three months before "Titanic" to ease pressures on the shipyard. Several years would pass before "Britannic" would be launched. In order to accommodate the construction of the class, Harland and Wolff upgraded their facility in Belfast; the most dramatic change was the combining of three slipways into two larger ones. "Olympic" and "Titanic" were constructed side by side. "Olympic"s keel was laid on 16 December 1908
The Love Boat the first comedy series to use the guest-star cast anthology format—"Love, American Style" had used the formula seven years earlier—but it had such success with the formula that future series in similar style (such as "Supertrain" and "Masquerade") always drew comparisons to "The Love Boat". The series was followed on Saturday nights on ABC by "Fantasy Island", which was likewise produced by Aaron Spelling, and had a similar format. The one-hour sitcom was usually set aboard "Pacific Princess", at the time a real-life Princess Cruises cruise ship. Other ships used were the "Pacific Princess" twin sister vessel "Island Princess", along