Even an educational and fun place like Marineland (see yesterday’s entry) is evidently not able to resist adding some Disneyesque kitsch to its list of attractions, in this case a (predominantly) plastic pirate ship that appears to be loosely based on Captain Hook’s Jolly Roger from Peter Pan. But maybe you think that this particular item is not nearly bad enough to serve as an example of kitsch. I respectfully submit that this is because I photographed it from its most flattering (make that “least unflattering”) angle. To see what I mean, take a look at this photo that shows the same ship from the side. See? I just don’t understand why it is necessary to introduce stuff like this into an otherwise fine theme park. There are so many good things to import from the US; why focus on garbage?