It's couples game night and the gang has a hard time finding a fun game everyone finds interesting. London tries to play a prank on Woody and it results in the release of a crate full of snakes. Meanwhile, Cody tries to prove he can be funny to Bailey and Zack tries to get forgiven by Maya when she learns how many girls he has dated.

The SS Tipton is going straight in the path of endangered blue whales motivating Zack, Cody, Bailey, and Marcus to try their best to change the ship's course. They lock themselves into the engine room hoping the whales will safely pass, however they discover it's not as easy as it seems. Cody begins to faint due to heat exhaustion, Marcus becomes desperate for water, and Zack loses it and tries to break free. Eventually, Kirby and Mr. Moseby break into the engine room to attempt to stop them, but after seeing the whales on Cody's laptop, they decide to go along with plan.

Esteban boards the boat to get married, however his mother doesn't approve of his future wife.

Maddie Fitzpatrick visits the S.S. Tipton and gains a new friend in Bailey. Prince Jeffy of Linchtenstamp, who's only 8 years old, falls in love with Maddie and forces her to marry him. However, Zack challenges the Prince to a joust, with Maddie being the prize. Zack beats Prince Jeffy on a bouncing ball and using a water noodle weapon. Also, Zack finally gets his long-awaited kiss from Maddie.

A microchip with secret information on it goes missing and the twins help a spy recover it. Cody gives the chip to Bailey, telling her to hide it and not to look at what's in it, but Bailey looks it up on her computer anyway. When Cody finds out that Bailey ignored him, breaking her promise, he has mixed emotions. Bailey kisses Cody on the lips as a way of telling him he can trust her, so he forgives her.

The boys plan to have an all-guys weekend with their dad, but a surprise visit from their mom ruins it. When Kurt and Carey get a show on the ship, Mr. Moseby says they can stay on board, but worried their parents will permanently stay on the ship, the twins hatch a plan to sabotage their parents' show. Meanwhile, London tries to find the perfect belated birthday gift for Mr. Moseby by following him around all day. In the end, London makes Mr. Moseby very happy that he got a present from her because even his own mother forgot his birthday.

Mr. Moseby announces that London's dad, Mr. Tipton is selling the ship and that it will be dismantled within a week.

While producing a news show for Ms. Tutweiller's class, each of the kids find their own set of problems. Zack and Bailey clash as co-anchors, Cody makes a shocking discovery linked to London during his investigative reporting, Kirby reminisces about the good ole days, while London is having trouble with the green screen.

When Zack turns in one of Cody's old essays as his own, Ms. Tutweiller thinks he has a fear of bananas. Meanwhile, London goes through withdrawal when her cell phones are taken away in class.

Maya's birthday is coming up and Zack decides to do something special for her. When singer Sean Kingston comes on board, he immediately becomes attracted to London. Zack misleads Sean Kingston into throwing a surprise party for London and also making Mr. Moseby believe it is for him, when it is actually a party for Maya. Meanwhile, Cody goes with Bailey to a Belgian chocolate factory on a couple's tour and runs into Woody who mistakenly came instead of attending a hiking trip.

Zack is surprised to learn that he has a new roommate who used to be a famous rapper until he hit puberty and his voice got deep.

When the ship is docked in New Orleans, Mr. Moseby tells the tale of the ghost of Captain Entenille, whose old steamship, the Jessie Belle, sunk 150 years ago. His spirit makes contact with Zack, sending him on a mission to prove the sinking of the old ship wasn't the captain's fault. Meanwhile, London and Bailey try to help Moseby overcome his fear of performing in public.

Zack and London play matchmaker for Mr. Moseby and Ms. Tutweiller, but with little success. Eventually, they get Moseby and Tutweiller together, and although they have an argument, they remain together. Meanwhile, Cody tries to impress Bailey by acting like someone else based on her dating test results. However, what Cody doesn't know is that some of her answers were for fun, while others were true.

London offers to take Bailey to Kettlecorn to celebrate her grandmother's 90th birthday, but when their blimp malfunctions they are forced to drive the rest of the way. Elsewhere, Zack, Cody, and Woody challenge Mr. Moseby and his brother, who is visiting with his teammates, to a game of basketball, that is until they learn his brother is NBA star Dwight Howard. Meanwhile, Cody is unsure of where or why Bailey has gone to and laments her absence, until he discovers that she went to her family farm. He decides to go there to ultimately win her affections back.

London holds a competition between Cody and Woody to decide which one of them will accompany her on her trip to the Tipton Space Station. Desperate to win, Cody and Woody each try to sabotage the other during the competition. Meanwhile, Zack is in charge of the senior citizen's activities and meets a passenger who is unwilling to participate in any of the activities. Zack makes multiple attempts to find something he wants to do and finally discovers that he enjoys playing pranks on other people. Together, they try to pull off a series of pranks on the other passengers.

Zack, Marcus, and Woody create a fake beauty pageant so they can meet girls. When Mr. Moseby learns of their plans, he punishes them by forcing them to see it through. Meanwhile, Bailey enters the pageant to try to beat London and hires Cody as her coach, but gets mad at him when he becomes too controlling.

When Mr. Moseby leaves to go to a reunion, Zack and Marcus decide to throw a party on the sky deck with models. Janice and Jessica, from the Boston Tipton, come aboard the ship as models and while Janice tries to draw Zack's attention, Cody believes Bailey is jealous of Jessica. Meanwhile, to distract the modeling agent from discovering the party, Woody pretends to be a male model named Woodlander.

Jordin Sparks comes aboard the S.S. Tipton and Zack, Cody and Marcus try to write a song for her. Meanwhile, as one of London's Yay Me! contest, one of her fans gets to spend a couple days with her on the ship, but London's fan is a little crazy.

Cody wants to buy earrings for Bailey, but Zack insists he bargain with the cashier for a better price. Meanwhile, London, Bailey, Marcus, and Woody discover a magic lamp that contains a genie willing to grant wishes, causing them to argue over which wishes should be granted.

Cody leaves the ship following his break up with Bailey to join an elite, non-religious, monk-like club which he hopes will help him get over the break up. Zack and Woody are determined to go there and save Cody. Meanwhile, London and Miss Tutweiller try to console Bailey by giving her relationship advice.

London and Bailey are on a mission to prove that Miss Tutweiller is dating Mr. Moseby after overhearing a conversation between the two. Meanwhile, Zack convinces Cody to sneak out after curfew to catch the Starlight Follies show on the ship. When they finally make it past the security guard and into the show, they become convinced that their teacher, Miss Tutweiller, is one of the showgirls by seeing her heart shaped anklet in the show, and during class, so Zack sends Bailey and London undercover as two showgirls to find out.

Cody goes to a scientific research facility in Antarctica, and Zack and Woody tag along to go snowmobiling. But after they arrive, the head scientist steals their snowmobile, stranding the boys at the facility, leaving them to find ways to survive until help arrives. Meanwhile, London's favorite fashion designer comes on board to announce he's quitting the business. She eventually tries to inspire him to find some new ideas for designs and come out of retirement.

London visits her grandmother in Thailand. Meanwhile, Zack asks Cody to go on a double date with him.

After Kirby injures Moseby, Connie takes over Moseby's work and breaks a boat in a bottle intended as a gift for the captain. Everyone tries to comfort Moseby, but none of them do any good. Moseby overhears mention of a problem with the boat and thinks there is a problem with the full-size ship. London eventually fixes the boat in a bottle. Moseby falls down the stairs and injures everyone except London. Finally, Moseby accidentally breaks the boat and doesn't have enough time to repair it.

Centuries in the future, Starship Tipton resident prankster Zerk (Zack's great-great-great-great-great grandson) plays a joke on feuding aliens and because of it, they vow to destroy the starship. The kids must travel to the future to save their descendants and fix the problem before it's too late. Meanwhile, London discovers that she has a great-great-great-great-great grandson, Rome, and that the Starship Tipton belongs to her family.

When Bailey starts feeling homesick, Cody decides to recreate her hometown festival. However, thanks to London, Bailey's hometown boyfriend, Moose, shows up. He and Cody compete in corn bobbin', arm wrestling, and chess to win Bailey's heart, but Cody loses every competition. Moose asks Bailey to come home, so she asks Cody what to do. Cody says to follow her heart and Bailey stays because she would miss her friends

Zack has a crush on a cute passenger named Violet, but must deal with her wealthy "boyfriend" Ashton and snooty mother who will do anything to keep Zack and Violet apart. Meanwhile, Cody referees an intelligence test between London's dog Ivana and Bailey's pet pig Porkers. The episode includes plot elements from the 1997 film Titanic, where Jack was framed for stealing the "Heart of the Ocean" necklace.

The Seven Seas High dance is coming up. Having broke up, Cody and Bailey lie about having dates to the dance, so they quickly try to find a backup date to backup their lie. Now the pressure is on to see who has the best game. Meanwhile, Woody is tired of Tutweiller and Moseby arguing about who should get the skydeck for the school dance, so he makes them share the skydeck. It is revealed though flashback that Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiler's interest in the Middle Ages and 1980s, respectively, comes from the tribulations they endured as outcasts in their youth. Through understanding, Mr. Moseby convinces Emma that they both have become successful adults and have overcome their painful pasts.

Cody and Bailey are planning to celebrate their one year anniversary when the SS Tipton docks in Paris. Cody asks London to help him make his date perfect. However, a big misunderstanding begins when Bailey sees Cody with London (who were just practicing the date) and mistakes her as the "hideous French girl". The next day, the day of the anniversary, Cody sees Bailey with another guy, Jean Luc, who was just trying to cheer her up. Bailey and Cody start arguing about the misunderstanding, and decide it would be better if they broke up. Meanwhile, Zack and Woody are pursued by art thieves.

Zack and Cody talk to Mayor Ragnar when the boat docks in Sweden, and they are shocked to learn that their ancestors were scoundrels and not heroes like the twins originally thought. Meanwhile, Moseby gets help from Marcus to find the missing screw for his nightstand, but they accidentally get stuck in a furniture store.

London and Woody go to a posh beach club for senior ditch day, but when the bouncer won't let Woody in, London and Zack go without him. Meanwhile, in an effort to keep their perfect attendance records, Bailey and Cody show up for class, which annoys Ms. Tutweiller who was looking forward to her day off.

After the students pull a prank on Mr. Moseby, he cancels the senior prom. So, Zack comes up with a plan to have a "secret prom". Meanwhile, Bailey tries to get everybody to vote her for prom queen while Cody helps Woody ask Addison to prom. Ultimately, the kids award the roles of king and queen to Mr. Moseby and Ms. Tutweiller.

Arwin comes on board the SS Tipton to improve the ship by adding a robot. However, problems start to occur when it begins to have feelings for Cody. Meanwhile, London and Woody enlist Zack's help to pass a gym class.

The class has a school project to complete and Cody chooses Bailey to be his partner, disappointing Zack who had hoped to get Cody to complete his and Woody's project for them. After Bailey tells London that she has partnered with Cody, London teams up with Zack and Woody. Cody is trying to catch a famous sea monster, but keeps failing and disappointing Bailey. Zack tries to sabotage Cody's project. However, his own project turns into a monster when London pours a smoothie into their plant project, causing it to grow and eventually trapping Zack, Woody, and London. The sea monster shows up at the end of the episode.

Carey joins the boys while they're in Japan when she's selected to star in a soda commercial by a businessman who's taken a liking to her when he saw her perform at the Tipton. Shooting the commercial is difficult enough since the soda is flavored with shrimp and tastes awful. Things get worse when Zack smashes an expensive camera and the family has to pay for it by becoming tasters at the soda factory. Meanwhile, Woody is able to defeat a sumo wrestler in the ring to win an unlimited ship gold card. However, having lost his confidence, the wrestler continuously hangs around Woody, getting him annoyed to the point of facing him in the ring again in hopes he finally leaves the ship. Also, London does everything she can to avoid going to the dentist.

When the ship stops in India, Cody takes Zack with him to visit his guru, a Swami who lives in the top of a mountain who charges high prices for everything he sells. Eventually, Zack and Cody run out of money and join the Swami's worldwide call center. Meanwhile, Mr. Moseby is having computer problems and is trying to contact the call center for help, but without any success. Padma, who was originally London's roommate on the ship, but left after London bribed her, asks London to help convince her mother that she was still at sea. It is later shown that the help center Moseby was calling was run by the Swami, who used an American accent.

When London's father gives her one million dollars to find an invention to market, she enlists her friends to come up with a unique invention and offers them the cash as a prize. At first everyone comes up with their own ideas, but then they combine their resources, wreaking havoc on the ship with their multifunctional robot.

Bailey bets London $1 million dollars that she cannot go on one week without insulting her, so London asks Mr. Blanket for help to try not to insult Bailey. When Bailey loses the bet, London insults her one million times. Meanwhile, Cody attempts to avoid the assaults of a seagull after not permitting the seagull to eat fries.

Cody tries to find out who stole a valuable book.

A class assignment requires the students to simulate marriage to learn the challenges that face married couples in everyday life. Cody 'marries' Bailey, Zack 'marries' London, and Woody 'marries' Addison. However, when the "Wheel of Life" gives Cody as injury, he and Bailey begin to fight.

After assigning the class to write their own play, Ms. Tutweiler selects Cody's play to be presented in class. However, Bailey refuses to participate after realizing the play antagonizes her role in the break-up between her and Cody, forcing Cody to act as Bailey and Zack as Cody.

When the S.S. Tipton makes a special trip to pick up London from Parrot Island, Bailey, Moseby and Woody find themselves in jail because all the parrots left for Seal Island after Tipton Industries cut down all the trees. It's up to Zack and Cody to get them out of it but Zack and Cody end up in jail along with the others, and Bailey has to use her pig, Porkers, to rescue them. Zack and Cody fight for Bailey and Zack lets Cody have her after finding out about her ex-boyfriend Moose and seeing she has too much "baggage".