Carnival cruises have been running a couple of ads that attempt to portray the cruise as a perfect blend of serenity and ease as compared to a jaunt to a park where bears and mountain lions attack unwitting folks in a car, or go to an amusement park where the ride leaves them stuck upside down.

Youtube Video

Youtube Video

Guess it would be bad to point out that Carnival’s Triumph is being towed back to Mobile Alabama with about 4,200 passengers after an engine room fire that disabled the ship, resulting in a loss of potable water, power to flush toilets, and has turned the ship into a mess. No AC has meant that folks have had to sleep up on deck.

Carnival’s going to be giving refunds to a whole bunch of folks and is expected to take an $80 million charge for repairs and lost cruises due to taking the ship out of service for those repairs.

I’d take the park over having no food or operable bathrooms. Thank you very much.