Overview
- The holiday movie premiered Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel, with next-day access on Hallmark+.
- Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh and Eden Sher lead the cast as estranged siblings drawn together by a parents-planned river cruise.
- Bennett developed and executive-produced the project as a tribute to his late father’s tradition of “forced family fun” boat trips.
- The storyline features a gay romance for Bennett’s character, with the actor stressing his responsibility to tell engaging, relatable LGBTQ+ stories to mainstream audiences.
- Production filmed on real European locations, including a Danube riverboat, Vienna and Salzburg in Austria, with additional scenes shot in Sofia, Bulgaria.