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A Christmas-Day drop! The Golden Boys tackle the great debates of cruise etiquette — formal night, deck-chair hogging — before Tom rolls out a packing top-10 that includes his single most controversial tip: bring your own toilet paper. Then it’s off to their shared favorite port, Key West, for golf carts, six-toed Hemingway cats, Kermit’s legendary key lime pie, and one unforgettable sighting of a pink Darth Vader. It all wraps with an improvised holiday carol you didn’t know you needed.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Bolt roller coaster
Formal night etiquette
Deck-chair hogging
Tom’s packing top-10
Key West port guide
Hemingway’s cats
Kermit’s key lime pie
Snorkeling confessions
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The download prophecy — Tom sets ambitious expectations for the young show.
“I see four downloads. Four hundred downloads!” — “Well it has had a couple zeros in the front of it instead of in the back.”
- The skeet-golf merger — Trevor’s plan to fix golf balls in the ocean escalates beautifully.
“You hit the golf ball and then the skeet shooter tries to shoot it.” — “So the golf ball is the clay pigeon.” — “Yes.”
- The most controversial packing tip — Tom stands firmly by BYO toilet paper.
“It rips skin off your bum… especially if you get in the pool afterwards.”
- Key West, as only Key West can be — a local’s tale from behind Hemingway’s house.
“Spider-Man running down the street fighting Darth Vader who was all in pink.”
- The snorkel confession — Trevor learns a hard truth in Grand Cayman.
“Those are for losers. And I quickly found out I’m a loser.”
- Kermit’s key lime devotion — Trevor freshly squeezes key limes every year to recreate the recipe, and floats a fishing-excursion business with a very honest résumé — “80 years of experience combined, of doing other things” (in really small lettering).
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The skeet-shooting crusade begins — Trevor’s campaign to bring back skeet shooting (now with biodegradable golf balls) launches here and never stops.
- John Heald content, mined — the guys pull their first bit from his page: a lady demanding an ice rink, and John’s well-known distaste for ice skating.
- Kermit’s recipe on the Facebook group — the community hub gets fed, a habit that continues all season.
- Hashtags launched and abandoned — Trevor’s self-aware gag of starting campaigns he never follows up on takes shape.
- The Christmas carol sign-off — a improvised holiday tune (“Soon you’ll cruise on Christmas Day, ring-mong”) caps the festive release.