The Golden Crew is fully reunited — and Tim from the future is calling the shots.

Trevor, Tom (aka "Babyface," a nickname he did NOT approve), and Jenn are back together after last week's two-person experiment, and the gang wastes no time getting into it.

On deck this week 🚢:

🍗 Chicken, Waffles & Waves — John Heald dropped the brand new lunch menu being tested on the Liberty, Conquest, and Glory. Southern fried chicken, Korean-style tenders, slow-smoked pork butt, beef brisket… and a crew very nervous about Carnival's ability to fry a chicken. The debate is live.

🥶 Bermuda → New Brunswick — Virgin Voyages passengers packed their bikinis for tropical paradise and got rerouted to decidedly-not-bikini-weather Canada. A tale of weather, tears, and swimsuits that stayed in the suitcase.

🛳️ The Carnival Pride is back! — 22 days in Freeport dry dock, fresh carpets, updated casino, and a 10-night eastern Caribbean run. Plus a fun fact about the Pride + Miracle Baltimore team-up coming in fall 2027.

📞 Speakpipes from Tim — who apparently called us from the FUTURE (he got off his cruise on the 15th… which is the day we recorded). Tim, we need those Powerball numbers ASAP. Also: thermal suite review, sea turtles, piss soup warnings, and a Sea Day Brunch banana cream pie controversy that has Tom under investigation.

⚖️ 14 shots in 8.5 hours = $300,000 — Tom brings the big news: a passenger was awarded major damages after an over-service situation led to a serious fall. The crew debates personal responsibility, Carnival's appeal, and Trevor's two-drink nap threshold.

Plus: Trevor's California daydream, the ongoing saga of Megan and the debit card, tornado sirens as background music, and Trevor's rogue "lips that touch alcohol shall not touch mine" moment that took the show into genuinely uncharted territory.

📢 Leave us a Speakpipe! We played Tim's twice — you could be next: speakpipe.com/carnivalcruisingpodcastaways

👥 Join the crew on Facebook! Search "The Podcastaways" — that's where the chit-chat, silliness, and menu screenshots live (yes Tom, Brando called you out).

⏳ Trevor sets sail in 156 days. Jenn in 257 days. Tom is… somewhere. Probably eating French toast.

Cheers to more cruising nonsense. 🍹 Don't make it weird. — Madison

Tom ditched us. Baby face Kennedy shaved, got a life, and left Trevor and Jenn to hold down the fort — and honestly? They managed just fine. This week the dynamic duo digs into Royal Caribbean reshuffling ships in Galveston, the Carnival Spirit's mysterious "unexpected modification" that cost passengers a trip to Bimini, and the big menu news Tom tipped them off about before ghosting — pork chops are reportedly making their triumphant return to the MDR. Plus, a shipbuilder just unveiled plans for a fully battery-powered cruise ship and Trevor immediately started worrying about electric bike fires. Our favorite Aussie correspondent Tim checks in via Speakpipe before heading off to board the Carnival Splendor, and Trevor and Jenn bond over spa thermal suites, tornado warnings at the movies, and the eternal mystery of beluga lentils.

Got something to say? Leave us a message at speakpipe.com/carnivalcruisingpodcastaways and you might end up on the show just like Tim! Find us on Facebook by searching The Podcastaways and join the group — we'd love to have you aboard.

This week, Trevor, Tom, and Jenn have officially signed with Margaritaville at Sea... or have they? The Golden Crew is back with the most confidently wrong cruise advice ever recorded. From bringing bags of oranges to fight scurvy, to wearing a full tuxedo on the water slide, to paying for onboard shopping with homemade "Carnival Fun Bucks" — this episode is absolutely NOT a guide to cruising. Do NOT follow any of this. Seriously. We mean it. Probably. Happy April Fools from your favorite podcast that is definitely still about Carnival cruising!