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The vaccine mandate is ending, and Carnival just had its biggest booking day in years — ships are near double-booked for the next 2.5 years, so book the FRGC now. That real news arrives wrapped in a haze of Tom's hit-and-run insurance drama, a Facebook-group poll the guys are actively trying to rig, and Trevor's doomed one-man crusade to bring back the word “rigamaroo.” Sports betting is coming to the ships for football season, too. Stay golden, Pony Boy.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Mandate ends
Record booking day
Family Reunion Group Cruise
Sports betting at sea
Insurance drama
Go-to food poll
Anti-pickpocket gear
New YouTube channel
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The BDIs — Tom's insurer allegedly doesn't trust him despite dashcam video, and the guys diagnose exactly why.
“It's the BDIs... beady eyes.”
- Tom's Taken speech — a very specific set of cruising skills, delivered with menace.
“You don't know how many Guy's Burgers I've walked down.”
- The rigamaroo campaign — Trevor deploys the word relentlessly and asks listeners to tally every use in the Facebook group.
“You'll find it spelled rigmarole.”
- Poll warfare — Trevor writes in “F'n banana cream pie,” then issues a call to arms to derail the whole poll.
“I have been polled out too many times that I had to create this poll.”
- The “murse” review — zipper shorts, the fanny pack's evolution, and the in-pants travel wallet get a full anti-pickpocket rundown.
“I don't take boob money... at least wring the boob sweat off of it.”
- On unvaccinated cruising — Trevor greets the news with the driest possible optimism.
“Really looking forward to being on a big boat full of playgrounds. That's never gone wrong.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- “Rigamaroo” — Trevor's pet word-revival crusade begins, complete with a listener tally challenge; it returns unprompted in later cold opens.
- “Stay golden, Pony Boy” — a new tag gets appended to the mutating sign-off.
- The banana cream pie campaign — the Breeze's caramelized version is ranked above the Dream's, and it's written into yet another poll.
- “People from ages 18 to 17” — the demographic-chaos gag makes another appearance.
- The show's own YouTube channel — teased and launched, giving the crew a place to put faces to the voices.