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Reese is back (and milking his "sick day" for fan sympathy), the fleet's getting Guy Fieri tequila, and the paper Fun Times is sailing home again — plus a genuinely useful teardown of every Sign & Sail account so you know exactly how to pay for that melting cake.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Cruise news
New Carnival drinks
Paper Fun Times returns
Behind the Fun tours
Sign & Sail account types
Cash & gift cards
Debit vs. credit
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Reese's fake-absence fame — He returns from a week off and leans all the way into the "sick" bit.
“After reading the messages on Facebook, I'm getting like an opposite a munchhouse… where I got to keep pretending to be sick. So I keep receiving the love from my fans.”
- Tequila for (almost) everyone — Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's Santo Tequila rolls out fleetwide, minus one continent, cueing mock outrage.
“I don't know what they got against you guys… they don't like the people down under.”
- Guy Fieri drink fantasy — Trevor imagines the Mayor of Flavortown working the Lido deck.
“I'm imagining Guy Fieri walking around the Lido deck with a bloody Mary that was like a huge like Guy's burger on it, two ribs, you know, some pulled pork.”
- Trixie's highlighter mystery — With the paper Fun Times back, a listener weighs in on the app's shortcomings.
“I still haven't figured out how to use the yellow highlighters on my phone in the Carnival app… it doubles as a bookmark for my read on the Lido deck.”
- Captain Trevor's brief reign — His Behind the Fun daydream ends predictably, and Tom brings the receipts.
“You ever heard of the Costa Concordia? Because that's what would happen.”
- The debit-card warning — The practical core lands on a real gotcha Trevor learned the hard way.
“The issue I've always had with the debit card is the holds that they put on your account during the cruise.”
- A warm Gary cameo — After all the tequila talk, Gary steers the room right where you'd expect.
“Gary said, man, I'd rather have a Guy's new tequila. Of course, Gary changes the subject.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Reese's "sick day" — The "I'm sick / receiving love from my fans" bit becomes his running celebrity arc after skipping the previous week.
- Cruisin.blog debuts — The show's new "handy dandy" blog gets a plug, with Trevor coyly quoting The Notebook.
- Gary the poll-maker — Warmly credited as the show's unofficial poll-maker and SpeakPipe contributor who records intros and Facebook bits.
- Santo Tequila taste-test teased — Gary's idea for a tasting episode gets floated — and Reese, the bartender, protests he "cannot do tequila."
- Signature sign-offs — "Anything that happens on the ship stays on YouTube" and "Save the foosball tables" close things out.