He had a "Titanic moment," but Rodney Horgen of Deer River said he would indeed go on another cruise in Norway.
He has plenty of reasons to pass.
Horgen and his wife were among the 1,300 people on board the Viking Sky cruise ship that lost power after running into a storm off the coast of Norway.
"We knew it was going to be rough, we spoke to some locals and they said sometimes when it gets that bad, some of the ships will anchor in the fjords," said Horgen, speaking from London, England to Dave Lee on the WCCO Morning News "Why that decision wasn't made, I'm not sure. It wasn't that bad, you know, up to that point."
The liner is now in port in Molde, where investigators are trying to find out why the engine failed.
"I think what I heard is that they're going to refund our money for the cruise, and then give us another one for free," Horgen said.
Another other adventures for Horgen would never match the horror of last weekend.
"All of a sudden, a big crash, something breaking to my right," he said. "To my right, probably about thirty feet away, about a six-foot wall of water."
That all came after the ship sailed into the storm, after Horgen and his wife had donned their life-jackets.
"It was crashing into tables, people, broken glass, everything just coming our way. My wife was sitting on the floor and everything just wiped her away. I had to grab her. She went, probably 15-20 feet.
"Then the ship swayed back the other way."
Video posted online showed the ship rocking violently, with people flying through the cabin.
"She thought it was maybe the end right there," Horgen said.
"That was the Titanic moment, definately. This could be it. I thought that this was not going to end well."
That's when the massive recue effort began, with helicopters taking people to safety.
Despite the offer of a free cruise, and admitting he'd jump at the chance to sail again, Horgen is ready to go home.
"Definitely," he said, adding that his wife, Judy, was a little more bruised after being swept around the cabin during the storm.
The Horgens are scheduled to fly to Iceland first before heading back to Minnesota.
"I was there, the true heroes that we should applaud, are the rescuers, the crew, the captain, and the Norwegian Red Cross," Horgen said. "It gives us tremendous faith in people."