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GUIDING LIGHT TimelineRemote Control— By Danielle McClure In honor of GL's location shoot at Universal Studios in Orlando this month, Digest revisits other far-flung places that have led the show to stray from Springfield through the years. Nassau, 1978
GL took the plunge into deep waters, literally, when it ventured to this exotic locale in the Bahamas to chronicle Dr. Peter Chapman's (Curt Dawson) haunting memories of a scuba diving accident. GL was the first soap to shoot underwater footage. St. Lucia, 1979
Alan (then-Chris Bernau) and Hope (Elvera Roussel) were stranded on this Caribbean island after their plane crashed, and quickly fell in love. They married in February the following year. Santo Domingo, 1980
Roger (Michael Zaslow) held Holly (Maureen Garrett) hostage in the jungles and threatened to kill her at the edge of a cliff near the Island of Lost Souls in this Dominican Republic locale. Tenerife, 1981
This tiny Spanish island off the coast of Africa is where Alan and Rita (Lenore Kasdorf) first shared their illicit fling after Spaulding invited her to vacation at his swanky oceanside villa. St. Croix, 1982
Quint (Michael Tylo) and Nola (Lisa Brown) shared their first kiss on the shores of this heavenly spot in the Virgin Islands after a near-death scuba diving ordeal and experiencing a volcanic eruption. Barbados, 1984
Annabelle (Harley Kozak) and Tony (Michael Woods) got caught up in some tropical real estate drama that ended with the reveal that Brandon Spaulding was alive and living in a mansion across from their cottage. Key West, 1990
Reva (Kim Zimmer) and Josh (Robert Newman) took a family vacation to the Florida Keys that ended in tragedy when La Shayne, who was suffering from postpartum depression, drove off a bridge to her presumed death.
Washington, D.C., 1993
Harley (Beth Ehlers) and Mallet (then-Mark Derwin) traveled to the Capitol and the Vietnam war Memorial to search for Harley's long lost father, Buzz. Shelter Island, 1994
Vanessa (Maeve Kinkead) met Matt (Kurt McKinney) while summering in this breezy New York retreat. Universal Studios, 1996
In GL's first adventure to Orlando, the Spauldings and the Coopers gathered for Lucy (Sonia Satra) and Alan-Michael's wedding atop the Pantages Theater. Puerto Rico, 1999
Reva's "missing years" were revealed when GL explored her lavish life as a San Cristobel princess and marriage to Richard (Bradley Cole). Puerto Rico, 2001
GL returned to this sunny locale when Edmund (David Andrew Macdonald) held Beth (Beth Chamberlin) hostage in the San Cristobel castle tower. Phillip eventually came to her rescue. RELATED RESOURCES
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