one thing became clear, the island escape was not the luxuries crew ship that nikki had looked forward to. i kind of get the feeling that if you grew up watching the love boat, you probably would not recognize the island escape. you definitely would not. the island escape was of ferryboat. once he used to transport cars. then later tourists. who were looking to save a buck. this was not the type of ship that the american attorney would view as a vacation type of a vessel. it is designed to be cheap, and cheerful. it has one peculiar feature that was appealing to lonnie. it is a straight drop into the sea from the balconies that were welded on to the side of this. and most modern cruiseship bay, if you fall off the aloha deck, you ve got a good chance of landing on the lead odalisque. not so on the island escape.