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Trevor goes full penny-pinching mode for a November Galveston run, and the crew turns “cruising broke” into an art form — steakhouse steaks smuggled onto the MDR menu, novelty sodas hoarded port by port, and a running dare to finally eat Mexican-Chinese food in Cozumel. Cheap has never sounded like this much fun.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Carnival website glitches
Extreme budget cruising
Steakhouse cuts in the MDR
Flying in day-of to skip hotels
DIY excursions
Refilling soda 12-packs in port
Costa Maya, Belize & Cozumel
Skipping souvenirs & photos
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Pirate-day cold open — Tom kicks off with a groaner.
“what’s what’s a pirate’s favorite cruise line… Carnival. Hard hard hard hard.”
- The website meltdown — Trevor quotes John Heald crowdsourcing bug reports.
“I know that we had some problems yesterday with the website… So I could report back to the beards.”
- The budget baseline — Trevor’s real seven-day number.
“I can generally on a seven-day cruise get by with four hundred dollars… that’s going to the steakhouse if I want or you know getting drinks, but you know, that’s without the drink package.”
- The core money tip — order the steakhouse cuts in the Main Dining Room.
“you can get you know the steakhouse… in the main dining room is actually cheaper than going to the steakhouse.”
- Fly in the day of — Trevor breaks his own rule to dodge a biker-rally hotel weekend.
“I’m flying in on the day of so I don’t spend 300 to 400 dollars on a cheap ass hotel.”
- Novelty soda hoarding — refill the 12-pack and collect port flavors.
“Cozumel has a an apple flavored Pepsi that was really good.”
- The Cozumel Chinese-food dare — Trevor eggs Tom into the mystery buffet by the port.
“Do I really want Mexican Chinese food? Oh my god, dude. You’re sending me on an adventure right now.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Gary’s travel tip — a warm close-out callback to their ever-resourceful friend, who once showed Trevor a clever little travel trick.
- Talk-like-a-pirate lore — the guys revisit how they landed on the front page of the talk-like-a-pirate site.
- The “Three Migos” & the Cozumel girlfriend — Trevor’s recurring “see if your password still works” bit.
- #WheresThomas — the running gag surfaces again.
- Platinum swag re-gifting — Trevor hands his free platinum gift to Megan (“she’s already got a bum bag”).
- The sign-off holds — “anything that happens on the ship stays on YouTube.”