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

The ship is struck by lightning when it crosses the International Dateline, which places Cody in the same day over and over. He tries to use each day as a chance to let Bailey know how he feels about her, but something gets in the way every time. It's then up to Cody to divert the ship from the lightning to set them back on the right course.

Hannah Montana boards the S.S. Tipton on her way to a concert performance in Honolulu. To impress Bailey, Cody desperately tries to get tickets to the show. Meanwhile, the Russo's are still aboard the ship on their vacation in which Alex pulls a prank on Justin by putting blue dye in the hot tub, making him turn blue, for which Mr. Moseby blames Zack, while Max tries to impress London with his magical suitcase. The crossover starts on Wizards of Waverly Place S02E25 Cast-Away (To Another Show) (I). It continues on Hannah Montana S03E20 Super(stitious) Girl (III).

The group starts rebuilding Kettlecorn after the tornado, but they continue to struggle to pay off the damage. As a result, London's father, Mr. Tipton arrives (who finally reveals himself) to discuss aiding their monetary costs. Meanwhile, Zack, Woody, and Mr. Moseby attempt to sneak into Kettlecorn with a Search and Rescue team.

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.

The gang all have dreams of being characters in three different fairy tales; Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, and Jack and the Beanstalk.

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.

Chelsea, Barbara, and Bob visit the S.S Tipton. Cody is worried about how he's going to tell Barbara about his feelings for Bailey, but Barbara has to dump Cody because she and Bob are now dating. Right before Cody tells her about Bailey, Barbara tells him about her and Bob. To make Barbara jealous, Cody tells her that he and Bailey are also dating, thinking he can get away with the lie because Bailey is off the ship, but she returns early. London tells Chelsea that her room is her shoe closet, and that Woody is her servant. Woody agrees to help her because he has a crush on Chelsea. During movie night, Cody tries to make Barbara think that he and Bailey are dating, but Bailey eventually finds out. Cody apologizes and Bailey forgives him and says if he wanted her to be his pretend girlfriend, all he had to do is ask. To show it, she tickles him, wraps her arms around him, and finishes with a kiss on the cheek (causing Cody to faint) saying that would have made Barbara really jealous. Chelsea finds out that London is just a regular student, but instead of telling everyone, tells London she will tell everyone that London was "abducted by aliens" instead.

Shortly after the start of a new semester on the ship, Zack, Cody, London, Bailey, and Woody are all cast-away on a life boat London was using as a closet and eventually find their way onto a deserted island. Cody's relationship with Bailey starts falling apart after an argument over wind patterns emerges and causes a fall out with the remainder of the group. Back on deck, Ms. Tutwieller and Mr. Moseby are put in exactly the same predicament as the others and even have the same disagreement over control of the operations. Cody and Bailey mend their relationship at the end of the episode.

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.

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.

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.

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 arrives in Kettlecorn and is surprised to see that Moose is also there to get Bailey back. A tornado approaches and everyone evacuates into the Pickett's storm shelter. As the tornado hits, Bailey is knocked out and dreams that she is Dorothy Gale and is trying to find her way back home through the Land of Oz. As Bailey unwittingly re-enacts the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she encounters Moose as the Scarecrow, Cody as the Tin Woodman, Woody as the Cowardly Lion, Zack as a Flying Monkey, London as Glinda the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West, and Mr. Moseby as a Munchkin. She wakes up from her dream and has to decide between Moose and Cody.

London, Zack, Cody and Mr. Moseby set sail on the S.S. Tipton for their semester at sea. London convinces her roomate to leave the ship so she can have a room to herself. Cody finds himself sharing a room with Woody, who is very messy, and Zack shares a room with Bailey, who is a neat freak. Nobody knows that Bailey is a girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to gain a position on the ship after she found that there were no more vacancies for girls. Zack and Cody agree to switch roommates, but Zack changes his mind after he finds out that Bailey is a girl. After everyone else eventually finds this out Bailey is allowed to stay, filling the position vacated by London's ex-roommate, and Bailey becomes London's new roommate. This is the last straw for London and she escapes to Parrot Island via helicopter.

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.

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.

Zack, London, Woody, and Maya are all trapped in London's shoe submarine with only enough air for thirty minutes. Meanwhile, Marcus helps Cody prepare to play chess against a beautiful Russian junior champion.

Bailey is mad that London is hogging all the space in their cabin, so she makes up a "Sea Snark" attack, but later feels guilty and tells her the truth. Meanwhile, when Zack uses up both his and Cody's meal cards buying things for all of the girls on the ship, they go broke. To make up for it, Moseby puts them to work. Because of that, Zack thinks that Cody should win the yo-yo contest for its $1,000 prize, but Cody finds himself up against the pro, Johan Yo.

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.

After Bailey and Cody try to get London to be smart for a bet, London becomes smart from a perfume. Meanwhile, Zack's prank for Woody goes awry when it accidently gets pulled on a female wrestler.

After Mr. Moseby forbids the gang from playing football, they become interested in fantasy football.

When the new aqua lounge is flooded, Mr. Moseby vows to expel the student responsible for the mess. Although Mr. Moseby assumes Zack is the culprit, Cody, Bailey (who had just returned from Kettlecorn), and Woody all believe they are each responsible for the disaster for different reasons. Meanwhile, Marcus leaves the ship to make a Broadway musical based on his hit song "Retainer Baby."

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.

London's magic mirror takes her to a Christmas past, present and future, and realizes something which may change her forever.