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Jenn finally gets her Long Beach spotlight — Spruce Goose dome, haunted Queen Mary, and all — while the guys detour through powdered booze, dead-celebrity airports, and Trevor's genuinely unhinged burial-at-sea requests. Equal parts travel guide and chaos.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Powdered alcohol smuggling
Long Beach home port
San Pedro vs. Long Beach
Haunted Queen Mary
Travel insurance truths
Overpriced onboard buys
Dead-celebrity airports
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- John Heald's powdered-alcohol report — an incredulous read on a TikToker's newest smuggling idea.
“Into your water... on top of your chocolate melting cake under the table if necessary, isn't it brilliant.”
- Collective bafflement — nobody saw this particular news item coming.
“Is powdered alcohol something that was on your bingo card, anybody?”
- The Carnival monitor gets a name — the running “someone has to watch us” bit blooms into a character.
“I feel really bad for the person that has to watch our show... his name is Ronald... just remember, I'm the good one.”
- Jenn's Long Beach infomercial — her home-port deep dive opens like an ad, with a crucial warning.
“Do you want to cruise to either Mexico or Hawaii? Oh boy, have I got a place for you — it's called Long Beach.”
- Haunted-port lore — the terminal dome's aviation past sits right next to a ghost-hunting wish.
“I would love to go stay on the Queen Mary and go look for ghosts.”
- The FTTF reversal — Faster to the Fun works a little differently once you're platinum.
“Faster to the fun... for us, that is slower to the fun.”
- Burial-at-sea wishes — the travel-insurance bit spirals into Trevor's funeral requests, sending Jenn out of the room.
“I also do not want to be cremated.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- “Carnival is watching us” — the monitor bit levels up into a named character, Ronald (with a fallback alias, “if you go banning anyone, my name is Derek”).
- Trevor's three-Roomba household — new lore, including the newest robot named “Trip” because “we kept tripping over him.”
- The platinum tier hierarchy — the “permanent blue card” bit continues — “platinum boys... not the diamond boys.”
- Listener shout-outs — love for Brandon (“is your fan on?”) and Steve from the Facebook group.
- Tim's absence — the Aussie field reporter skips a message this week, prompting genuine concern and a sign-off tag: “don't post stupid crap on TikTok and not expect to get banned.”