The Virgin Islands serve as a backdrop for the Grand Prix Wine-Tasting Competition, whose winner receives a $25,000 prize. Judge Alan Curtis (
Robert Guillaume) starts a shipboard fling with Marion Blake (
Leslie Uggams), without getting to know her well. Julie's Aunt Sylvia Duvall (
Carol Channing) is on the cruise with her friend, Betsy Boucher (
Betty White). Their scheme is for Betsy to meet the wine competition's sponsor Elliott Banning (
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), marry him, and become a wealthy bride. But their efforts may be in jeopardy due to Sylvia's well-intentioned bumbling. Also among the judges is snobbish judge Vincent Van Durling (
Lee Bergere), who seems like a front-runner for the grand prize. Annie and Kevin Butler (
Tanya Tucker and
Michael Goodwin) obtain a quickie divorce each year because filing their income tax as a married couple puts them in a higher tax bracket. This is their sixth planned divorce, and this time her impulsive high school classmate, Jeff Thatcher (
Robert Walden), is on board as one of the judges in the wine competition. Vicki (
Jill Whelan) impatiently waits to receive an autographed photo of Los Angeles Rams quarterback
Pat Haden, after requesting it through the mail.
—Maisie Fleckum