Peter and his family go on a cruise that soon becomes a parody of The Poseidon Adventure.
This episode contains examples of:
- Aborted Arc: The plot about Peter potentially getting fired from the brewery is dropped with no resolution less than halfway into the episode. Later episodes more or less resolve it by showing him still working at the brewery, so he clearly wasn't fired.
- As Himself: Nick Viall (whose 39th birthday this episode aired on), Kenny Loggins and Alan Parsons.
- Cruise Episode: About halfway through the episode it changes scenery and is set on a cruise.
- Disproportionate Restitution: After the others leave him for dead, an angry Brian doggy shakes over them, getting them wet. The others are disgusted and insist they're even.
- Halfway Plot Switch: The episode starts off with a plot about Peter potentially getting laid off, but then he has a panic attack and Dr. Hartman prescribes some "Yacht Rock" for Peter to listen to, leading to a plot about the Griffins (along with Cleveland, Joe, and Quagmire) on a cruise. Then, the episode switches plots again and becomes a parody of Poseidon.
- No Ending: The episode climaxes with everyone caught in a Drowning Pit looking as though they're going to drown... until the scene cuts to everyone at the Griffin house, perfectly okay, with no explanation as to how they got out of there.Peter: Man, that was crazy.
- Overly Long Gag: Shortly after the ship flips over, Meg shows up on a balcony introducing her new love interest (who got decapitated earlier) to her family. The boy's head falls off the balcony and Meg asks Chris to get it for her. Cue about 30 seconds of Chris trying and failing to throw the head back up to Meg before succeeding.
- Take That!: The end of the episodes features Casey Kasem, who acknowledges that he's dead and asks his wife to bury him already. note
- Unexplained Recovery: At the end of the episode, Peter, his family, and his friends are in a situation where it looks like they are going to drown, but the camera suddenly cuts to everyone perfectly fine at the Griffin’s house.
