The Suite Life of Zack &amp; Cody (season 3)The Suite Life of Zack &amp; Cody (season 3) The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (season 3) The third season of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" aired on Disney Channel from July 23, 2007 to September 1, 2008. Zack and Cody Martin are twin brothers who move into the Tipton Hotel in Boston with their mother, Carey, where she sings and performs in the lounge. The show also centers in London Tipton, the daughter of the hotel owner, who is very wealthy and ditzy, the hotel's down-to-earth candy-counter girl, Maddie Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Moseby, the strict, dutiful, and serious manager, who is often the  foil to Zack and Cody's schemes and has a liking to the piano, pocket hankies and ballet. The returning recurring characters who were introduced in previous seasons, include: Adrian R'Mante as Esteban, Brian Stepanek as Arwin, Sophie Oda as Barbara, Aaron Musicant as Lance, Sammi Hanratty as Holly, Bo Crutcher as Skippy, Tyler Steelman as Mark, Charlie Stewart as Bob, Robert Torti as Kurt, Brittany Curran as Chelsea, Patrick Bristow as Patrick, Camilla & Rebecca Rosso as Jessica and Janice, Anthony Acker as Norman, Sharon Jordan as Irene, Marianne Muellerleile as Sister Dominick, Jerry Kernion as Chef Paolo, Ernie Grunwald  as Mr. Forgess, Kaycee Stroh as Leslie and Alexa Nikolas as Tiffany. After being absent in season two and in almost every season three episode, Estelle Harris returns in the series finale as Muriel. Alongside the old recurring cast there are also new characters introduced: Giovonnie Samuels as Nia Moseby, Kara Taitz as Millicent, Cierra Ramirez as Jasmine, Hannah Leigh Dworkin as Amy, Jaelin Palmer as Leah, Jareb Dauplaise as Wayne and Tara Lynne Barr as Haley. Not returning for this season are the following cast members: Monique Coleman as Mary Margaret, Alyson Stoner as Max, Allie Grant as Agnes , Vanessa Hudgens as Corrie, Dennis Bendersky as Tapeworm, Gus Hoffman as Warren and Caroline Rhea as Ilsa. Special guest stars and notable appearances in this season include: Michael Clarke Duncan as Coach Little, Meaghan Jette Martin as Stacey, Mark Indelicato as Antonio, Kathy Najimy as Principal Milletidge, Kay Panabaker as Amber, Tony Hawk as himself, Jaden Smith as Travis, Drew Seeley as Geoffrey, Kelsey Chow as Dakota, Daniella Monet as Dana, Chris Brown as himself, The Cheetah Girls as themselves and Nicole Sullivan as Miss Klotz. Plot. In the season premiere, Cody graduates from Buckner Middle School, however Zack has  to go to summer school because he failed English but ends up being the best in class. Cody searches for a summer job and ends up working at Paul Revere Mini Mart, which is managed by Wayne Wormser. Maddie becomes a camp counselor and finds that she needs to spend the summer with a group of juvenile girls including Holly, the little con-artist and hustler from the season two episode "Have a Nice Trip". London Tipton gets a summer romance with the hotel employee Lance, despite her rich friends not being supportive of the couple since he isn't  rich like them and constantly embarrasses her. He ends up breaking up with her before the end of the summer after meeting someone else. Mr. Moseby's niece, Nia replaces Maddie in the hotel candy-counter and becomes friends with Zack, Cody and London. Once summer is over, Zack, Cody, London (who was expelled from Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow Catholic School for skipping school), Nia, Barbara, Bob and Mark join Cheevers High School and end up getting in trouble on the first day. After being away in Antarctica, Maddie returns and also joins Cheevers High School. In the beginning  she doesn't get along with Nia. London starts a web show titled "Yay Me! Starring London Tipton", produced by Cody and eventually Maddie too. In the episode "Let Us Entertain You" the SS Tipton is first introduced when Zack and Cody get an offer to stay at the King Neptune suite if Carey accepts to sing at the cruise. This ship will be the new main setting in the "Suite Life" spin-off "The Suite Life on Deck". In the series finale, we finally get to know why Muriel disappeared during seasons two and three: she had been retired  for a few years. This season also includes an episode titled "Lip Synchin' in the Rain" that aired in the same night as "High School Musical 2" and is about a school production of "High School Musical". Theme song and opening sequence. The theme song is the same as in previous seasons, with the opening sequence replacing a few scenes with new ones from season three. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (season 3) The third season of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" aired on Disney Channel from July 23, 2007 to September 1, 2008. Zack