"Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" is a trilogy of crossover episodes between three Disney Channel original sitcoms which premiered in the United States on July 17, 2009. The crossover spanned across episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana. In the crossover, Max, Justin and Alex Russo join regulars from The Suite Life on Deck aboard the SS Tipton, and Cody Martin attempts to retrieve tickets for a Hannah Montana concert in Hawaii, while Miley Stewart, en route to the concert on the SS Tipton, loses her mother's lucky anklet – triggering a streak of bad luck.
Release
The broadcast was watched by 9.3 million viewers, becoming the highest-rated program of the night on both broadcast and specialty television. The show aired in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2009, as part of Disney Channel's "big five Friday" at 6.30pm. The crossover premiered on Disney Channel Middle East on December 6, 2009, as part of the Christmas special and was watched by 400,000 viewers. It premiered in Disney Channel Latin America on February 12, 2010, as part of "February on Board."
Plot
Part 1: "Cast-Away (To Another Show)" Season 2, episode 25 of Wizards of Waverly Place. Justin Russo is excited to meet London Tipton when he wins an essay contest prize, which is a "teen cruise" to Hawaii on the SS Tipton. His brother and sister Max Russo and Alex Russo are also excited, but their parents Theresa and Jerry Russo refuse to let Alex go because she is behind in school. However, Alex finds out that there is a school on board the ship, and she pleads for her parents to let her go on the cruise as well; they agree on the condition that she not skip any classes while she is on board. Alex agrees, but instead of attending classes, she uses magic to bring her friend Harper Finkle aboard and makes her attend the classes under her name; There, Harper meets Cody Martin. Meanwhile, Alex meets Bailey Pickett and helps her win a game of tug-of-war by cheating; when Mr. Moseby insists on knowing her name, Alex uses the name Ashley Olsen to avoid getting into trouble. When Justin meets London, he pretends that he is a doctor, which gains her interest. However, Justin begins to lose interest in her when he discovers how unintelligent she is. Elsewhere, Max meets Cody's identical twin brother Zack Martin, and they compete to see who can drink a slushie faster. However, they make the mistake of drinking from the same cup, so they decide to race luggage carts instead. While doing so, Max accidentally bumps his cart into several people standing in front of the hot tub, and Bailey gets knocked over into it while eating pizza and starts choking. London sees this and pleads for Justin to help Bailey, but Justin says that he doesn't know how to save her. Alex then steps in and rescues Bailey by giving her abdominal thrusts. Mr. Moseby then steps in to congratulate Alex for helping Bailey and, having forgotten her name, asks for it again. Alex, having forgotten the name Ashley Olsen, says her name is Ashley Simpson (and then Ashley Simpson-Olsen after being reminded by Bailey of what she said before). Max and Harper then arrive on the scene and call Alex by her real name and Harper, respectively, which leaves Mr. Moseby extremely confused. Max tells Mr. Moseby the truth; in response, Alex pushes him into the hot tub. London, ashamed of Justin for not trying to save Bailey, calls him "a dumb doctor" and breaks up with him (which Justin goes along with). In the end, Alex transports Harper home using magic, but then realizes that she may have accidentally sent her to Rome instead, and continues to skip class.
Part 2: "Double-Crossed" Season 1, episode 21 of The Suite Life on Deck.