Carnival promotes summer cruising with clairvoyant sloth

To mark the summer solstice, Carnival Cruise Line is putting a twist on Groundhog Day with a live Facebook event.

Carnival said it has enlisted a sloth named Bill to forecast summer’s duration. It’s a take-off on the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, who emerges in mid-winter and is said to predict six more weeks of cold if he sees his shadow.

It isn’t clear how Bill will forecast whether summer’s warmth will stretch past Labor Day. Nor is it clear where Bill will be issuing his prediction, although presumably not Miami where summer’s warmth routinely lasts until November.

Bill will make his debut on Carnival’s Facebook page from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time on June 21.

Sоurсе: travelweekly.com