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A deceptively practical episode dressed up as a food fight — the crew makes a real case for keeping a PVP in your corner (and a genuinely important warning about fake-customer-service scam centers) while waging all-out war over whether pineapple belongs on pizza. Trevor's here, Jenn's texting from a Princess ship, and “pineapple” is now the official safe word.
What they covered
Topics on deck
PVP vs. travel agent
Fake customer-service scams
Phone spoofing warning
Elegant-night dress code
Platinum luggage-drop drama
Pineapple holy war
California wildfires tribute
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The genuinely useful core — booking without a PVP or TA means the phone queue and change fees; Trevor's PVP Denise made it painless.
“Carnival charges $200 to make a change.”
- The public-service segment — a clear-eyed warning on scam call centers and phone spoofing, anchored by a real cautionary tale.
“He went to Google and searched Carnival cruise line customer service. And he got a scam center.”
- The elegant-night debate — Gary's honest take lands the crew on live-and-let-live.
“Most of the time, I just feel like a fat guy in a suit.”
- The luggage-drop math — a Heald-page reading about staff stationed at every “very heavy” cabin door gets math-checked into absurdity.
“30 to 50 employees that you would need.”
- Gary's shameless segue — real-time joy at earning a coveted badge on Heald's page.
“I got a top fan badge.”
- A sincere close — the crew sets the jokes aside for a heartfelt sign-off.
“Our hearts go out to everybody that are affected by the wildfires in California.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The pineapple gag — a fake “upside-down pineapples are banned on Carnival” rumor plus the pineapple-on-pizza holy war (“It is a sin against humanity”), culminating in “pineapple” as the show's official safe word.
- The Facebook contest — winner Melissa Galloway takes it closest-without-going-over on Trevor's on-air sips with a guess of “what is 10?”
- Counting Trevor's sips — the running drink tally clocked ~21–22 last week.
- Jenn texts from the Princess — absent this week and sailing the Grand Princess: “Jen just sent us a text. She's getting before dinner drinks right now.”
- Brandon's-bed auction — the ongoing dude's-cruise bit, plus the weekly John Heald reading and the “no rumpy pumpy” luggage-drop rule.