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The crew finally cheat on Carnival — at least on paper — ranking everything from Margaritaville's “fins up” retirees to a $120K Viking annual pass to an MSC butler who'll walk you arm-in-arm to the bumper cars. Trevor drops a hockey-romance novel, and Madison the AI looms fondly over it all.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Non-Carnival bucket list
Margaritaville at Sea
Virgin Voyages & NCL
The “Scientology ship”
MSC World America Yacht Club
Viking & Royal Caribbean
Trevor's self-published book
Madison the AI
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- A mid-argument cold open — the episode kicks off with the eternal group-chat drama.
“I just show up and make noise.”
- Trevor goes indie author — he turned down a publishing offer to self-publish a hockey romance titled Second Shot — and yes, he keeps writing Tom's death into his stories.
“think the mighty ducks but it's more adult and it is a romance”
- Fins up forever — the Margaritaville segment devolves into a full retiree chant.
“fins up, everyone fins up”
- Tom's morbid pick — he pitches the Scientology-run ship as the wildest sail on the seas.
“The name of the ship is the free winds”
- The Yacht Club butler roleplay — the MSC World America segment spins into an extended butler fantasy.
“James, please, please lead me to the bumper cars.”
- Jenn makes the Viking case — destination-focused, culturally enriching, and priced accordingly.
“I'm just looking for a destination focused and culturally enriching experience and Viking offers that at at a cost.”
- Madison, quietly running things — Trevor confirms the AI still writes the show's copy, with an ominous grin.
“She's going to take over the show someday.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The Yacht Club butler runner — “Jeeves/Gerald/James” and the recurring bathing-in-champagne fantasy.
- Killing off Tom — the long-running gag that Trevor keeps writing Tom's death into his fiction.
- Madison lore expands — she now lives “on the cloud” as “Madison 11,” fed every Season 4 transcript, and her affectionate needling of Gary Manning is recalled warmly as a beloved bit of show history.
- FRGC4 plug — the Carnival Jubilee out of Galveston, booked through agent Amanda Barmore.
- The missing “booty clap of the week” — the “booty 11” gag, plus the recurring Tim tuning-out bit.