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The Podcastaways

Trevor Shelby, Thomas Kennedy, and Jennifer Rowell

Join superfans Trevor Shelby, Thomas Kennedy, Jennifer Rowell, and Reese Schrimsher each week as they lead their audience through their love of Cruising, Cruise News, and a focus on various Cruising Topics and interviews with Cruise staff, Crew members and Excursion staff who work so hard to make each and every cruise magical!

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00:47:51

FRGC 4: We Came, We Cruised, We Needed an Elevator

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2026/10/03

Title: Sake Happens: The FRGC 4 Afterparty!Description:An oversized bottle of sake, a Family Feud team name that needed censoring, and a search party for Trevor. Yep—we’re back from FRGC 4, and the stories deserve their own afterparty!Trevor, Thomas, and Jenn reunite to unpack eight days of Carnival cruising chaos, including Celebration Key cabanas, exploring Half Moon Cay, and a spa elevator shortcut Trevor probably should’ve kept secret. Thomas shares his Family Feud experience and his verdict on

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00:43:22

Tropicale Opens for Booking, Serenade Cancels in...

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2026/09/12

Trevor has declared this a spider-free episode. It does not stay a spider-free episode.Carnival Tropicale opened for booking this week — the last Excel-class ship, arriving in Galveston in 2028, which gives Galveston two Excel ships and gives Carnival a reason to finally do something different. Tropicale drops BOLT entirely in favor of Sun Station Point, a new zone anchored by Carnival WaterWorks Ultra, a multi-level water park. (The first Ace-class ship, Carnival Destiny, comes after.) Meanwhile

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00:34:46

Carnival Rewards Confusion, the Breeze Kisses a Pier,...

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2026/09/05

Fifteen days out and the Golden Crew is fully unraveling. Tom is convinced Trevor and Jen are colluding against him, Jen discovers her Status Progress says "Red," and Trevor sets a 10:50 PM alarm for the first time in his adult life just to be first through online check-in.The new Carnival Rewards program went live and the internet lost its mind — Platinum members logging in to find zero points and a "Status Progress: Gold" banner, Diamonds wondering if they'd been demoted,

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00:37:18

A Cruise Out of Tulsa, a Backpack Full of Goodwill...

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2026/08/29

Two weeks in a row! Jen made it through a whole episode, mostly, and only got mad about the cruise she isn't going on. Trevor is one week from check-in, Tom did not post Flat Jen, and there are consequences coming for that.John Heald had to remind everyone on Facebook that crew members are not permitted to accept homemade food — sealed and packaged is fine, mystery Tupperware is not — and the crew debates whether this is a health-code thing or a those brownies were loaded thing. He also

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00:34:44

The Carnival Valor Made a Turn Nobody On Deck Was...

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2026/08/22

Jen's back from jury duty, which she insists was more important than this show (it was), and she has strong opinions about a burrito in downtown Stockton. In her absence, Trevor and Tom recorded an episode with seven guests — John Heald, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Dog the Bounty Hunter — and then refused to release it out of spite. You'll have to take their word for it.On the actual news desk: Princess is moving final payment on longer sailings from 90 days out to 120, with deposits

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00:25:42

Carnival's Hull-Cleaning Robot, NCL's 19-Slide Water...

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2026/08/08

Jen's back! After a Day One that ended with a Cartman GIF and a "screw you guys, I'm going home," the Golden Crew is finally three-strong again — and immediately gets distracted by Christmas trees in August, a heart-having cat named Flinty, and Trevor's alleged palace of multiple living rooms.Then, actual cruise news: Carnival Pride is testing Jotun's Hull Skater, a robot that crawls the ship's hull scraping off slime and barnacles (basically a Roomba with a job, and

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00:48:05

Things No Veteran Cruiser Has Ever Said

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2026/08/01

The Golden Crew is back at full strength! Jen returns from two weeks on Kauai with a full scouting report on Puka Dog (verdict: not a sandwich, don't ask Thomas), Trevor discovers Peruvian food in DC and spends his trip pointing at monuments, and Tom... stayed home. Sorry, Bub.This week's main event: things you will NEVER hear a veteran cruiser say. "I wish they'd bring back the old muster drill." "That short line must be guest services." "I put my passport in my checked luggage." "That hot tub

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01:13:14

Brando's Venezia Voyage, Shippy McShipface & the...

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2026/07/18

Jen has abandoned us for a surfing tournament in Hawaii (allegedly), so Trevor and Tom hold "auditions" for her replacement — and in walks Brando of PB&J Travels, the second man Trevor has legally exchanged vows with at sea. Shaq was there in spirit.This week: Royal Caribbean wants YOU to name its new Discovery Class ship, and we regret to inform them that Shippy McShipface of the Seas is inevitable. Galveston drops a 107-page study on its cruise terminal expansion — 3.9 million

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01:07:52

Have Luggage Will Travel Special Episode! The Secret...

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2026/07/11

The Golden Crew has company this week — Amanda and Josh Barmore join us to officially unveil FRGC5! We're sailing Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas in September 2027 to Perfect Day at CocoCay, the brand-new Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic, Aruba, and Curaçao. Yes, we're taking Jen back to the desert.Along the way: Amanda and Josh explain how MSC Yacht Club turned them into people who say "gen pop" unironically, Trevor gets dangerously invested in a secret chicken

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00:40:27

Fourth of July Special: Fireworks, Fin Whales, and...

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2026/07/04

The Golden Crew is back and dangerously patriotic for a Fourth of July special. Trevor, Tom, and Jenn open with holiday plans that range from "community band concert, then maybe the casino" to "stay home and make sure the neighbors don't burn the house down," before digging into what Carnival's got cooking for America's birthday: seven ships meeting up near Celebration Key for a celebration at sea, patriotic deck parties, and the full America 250 program running all

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00:35:26

Frightfully Fun: Carnival Goes Spooky Fleet-Wide...

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2026/06/27

Trevor and Jenn hold down the fort solo this week — and yes, we noticed it's quiet. #WheresThomas? He's off visiting family, reporting in dutifully from each Buc-ee's along the way (a sacred roadside service to one's country, apparently). We get into the Great Buc-ee's Sameness, the FGGC road trip that "disintegrated into madness," and why no two Golden Crew members should ever be trusted with a steering wheel again.On the news front: Carnival's rolling out a

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00:43:37

John Heald Is Evolving — Carnival's Brand Ambassador...

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2026/06/13

This week the Golden Crew assembles to pay tribute to a legend: after nearly 40 years with Carnival, John Heald is stepping back from full-time Facebook duty, and we are Very Emotionally Normal about it. We honor the man the only way we know how — by spending 45 minutes on summer camp, a cult tangent, the new Carnival loyalty cards (now in portrait mode, truly groundbreaking), and a SpeakPipe from Jesse, who listened to us, started his own podcast, and is now openly plotting to steal Jenn for a

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00:49:06

RelaxAway Half Moon Cay Opens — and Carnival Gets...

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2026/06/06

The Golden Crew is back from a short hiatus — read: Tom turned 50 and somehow scored a birthday video from Mick Foley himself (all thanks to Jenn, naturally). We kick things off with a brand-new game Madison cooked up: A Free Cruise, But… Trevor, Tom, and Jenn each get their fate dealt, and before it's over Jenn has adopted an emotional-support seagull named Patricia and Tom is doing the nine-deck bathroom climb forty times. Play it yourself at games.section29.com and tell us what outcome you

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00:42:06

Perfect Day Denied: Mexico Says No, Cuba Says Pay Up

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2026/05/23

Two weeks away and the Golden Crew comes back swinging — through some technical chaos that briefly ejected Tom from his own show (we're fine, he's fine, the audio's mostly fine). 🚢On this episode: Mexico shuts the door on Royal Caribbean's "Perfect Day Mexico" in Costa Maya, and Trevor delivers a Spanish-language performance so cursed it should've been the lawsuit. Speaking of lawsuits — the Havana Docks case against Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian & MSC

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00:34:04

Opt In, Cruise On: VIFP, Pork Chops & Tom Wants a Tattoo

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2026/05/09

The Golden Crew is BACK after a week off (sorry Tom, your mom's move was worth it) and we are loaded down with cruise news, speakpipe love, and one very questionable tattoo conversation.First up — Tom's mom has officially landed in Tulsa, which means Tom is now headed to Dallas because apparently you CAN have too much of a good thing. He's got 60 days, a two-bedroom apartment, and presumably no noisy ceiling fan to sit under (yet).Then we get into the heavy stuff. There's a real

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00:57:12

5 Years Later: Grading Our First-Ever Cruise Tips

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2026/04/25

Five years and 200+ episodes in, Trevor, Tom, and Jen pull up the very first episode of the show and put their original cruise tips on trial. Which ones still hold up? Which ones aged like milk? Spoiler: "turn your phone on airplane mode" is still solid advice, and yes, you should still skip the $30 souvenir drink cup.Along the way: a heads-up that Chichén Itzá is no longer allowing backpacks (effective April 21st), Tim drops this week's Powerball numbers from the future via Speakpipe

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00:36:36

Chicken & Waffles, Time Travel & Somebody's Getting...

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2026/04/18

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

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00:39:41

No Bimini, No Beard, No Tom

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2026/04/11

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

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00:20:45

We Switched to Margaritaville (And Other Lies We Told...

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2026/04/01

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

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00:24:31

John Heald's Dog Did Nothing Wrong

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2026/03/28

The Golden Crew is back and somehow the biggest cruise industry debate this week isn't about loyalty programs or port fees — it's fried chicken. Tom decided to slide into John Heald's DMs with some constructive criticism about Carnival's fried chicken and biscuits, and John's response was... diplomatic. His dog Quantum, however, was not having a great day either, and we have receipts.We also dive into a wild Reddit story about a passenger who managed to get themselves banned from

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