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No such thing as a bad Carnival ship — only overflowing toilets, impossible bathroom stalls, and one very non-Carnival MSC misadventure. The Golden Crew and their listeners roast their least-favorite sailings with love, then remind everyone to check their bags and put down the dude wipes.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Cruise news roundup
Carnival Pride returns to Baltimore
Carnival Radiance rescue
Least-favorite Carnival ships
Carnival Sunshine
MSC Meraviglia
Carnival Liberty
Turks and Caicos ammunition arrest
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Trevor’s “today years old” confession — a nickname finally clicks decades too late.
“I never realized it until now in my life.”
- The Radiance rescue gag — Gary’s running misread of “vessel” as “vehicle.”
“25 people inside the vehicle, that’s a pretty big vehicle.”
- Trevor’s least favorite — the Carnival Sunshine and its infamously tiny restroom stall.
“I stood stupidly on the toilet trying to get this door closed.”
- Gary’s twist answer — a non-Carnival pick, the MSC Meraviglia.
“I think there were six people who spoke English… fluent.”
- The Liberty toilet trilogy — Trevor’s free President’s Day cruise where the deck-one toilet gave up three times.
“our toilet overflowed, count that, not once, not twice, three times.”
- Teresa taps out — Gary’s wife shares the shared least-favorite verdict.
“I might have to opt for a land vacation.”
- The info-security PSA — a canceled $12k suite booking gets a skeptical dissection.
“if you spend $12,000 on a cruise, have some sort of travel insurance.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Two-truths payoff — listeners “got it completely wrong” — Trevor and Tom told the truth while Gary lied about the calf.
- “Your least favorite is the ship you’re NOT on” — the crew’s recurring line about ship loyalty.
- AI character bits — the Blue Iguana breakfast-burrito and 12-hour French toast return as recurring AI-voice characters, plus the “cult” leveling bit as least-favorite voters “lost levels.”
- OGs of the community — “the OGs of the Carnival podcast community / often imitated, never duplicated,” with the Jen “check your email” AI callback.
- Ranked breakfast foods — Trevor’s food list (burrito #1, huevos rancheros #2) and Tim’s “bin chicken”/YouTube callback.
- Check your bags — the “save the first ball tables” and modified “check your bags” sign-off, teeing up next week’s guest Michelle Steiner.