Hidden ducks?

[gregma60]

4 hours ago, Dobby36 said:

I found one on the Oosterdam yesterday in an elevator ceiling. Re-hid it in the casino (shhh) 

the tag on it indicated it’d been on the ship since May 2022!

How the heck did you get up to the elevator ceiling?  Inquiring minds wanna know....

 

-gregma

[taxmantoo]

16 hours ago, RD64 said:

I was hoping this duck phase had peaked, and that the world had returned to some form of normalcy.

You can no longer bring plastic water bottles onboard, but plastic ducks are OK? 🤔 I imagine a lot of those will simply stay in the cabin when people disembark and wind up in the thrash ... Maybe do like wine, and only allow one duck per person.  Charge a "quacking" fee for any additional ducks LOL

[gregma60]

9 minutes ago, taxmantoo said:

You can no longer bring plastic water bottles onboard, but plastic ducks are OK? 🤔 I imagine a lot of those will simply stay in the cabin when people disembark and wind up in the thrash ... Maybe do like wine, and only allow one duck per person.  Charge a "quacking" fee for any additional ducks LOL

What if I need an armada of little rubber ducks in my bathtub when soaking?  Don't punish me with more fees!  lol

 

-gregma

[Dobby36]

1 hour ago, gregma60 said:

How the heck did you get up to the elevator ceiling?  Inquiring minds wanna know....

 

-gregma

Well, I’m six-foot-five, so I saw it wedged up in the ceiling panel and just reached up and pooped it out.  Couldn’t have been their long, as I suspect the cleaning crew wouldn’t have left it like that if seen. 

[gregma60]

9 minutes ago, Dobby36 said:

Well, I’m six-foot-five, so I saw it wedged up in the ceiling panel and just reached up and pooped it out.  Couldn’t have been their long, as I suspect the cleaning crew wouldn’t have left it like that if seen. 

aha!  helps to be 6'5"  🙂

 

-gregma

[CathyK2]

Yes, this is something that has been going on for many years on all cruise lines.  I first heard about it on my HAL cruise at the dinner table...the one 7vweek cruise that COVID cut short.  :-(. But he was laughing about the duck he found and at the time, I felt it odd since there weren't really any children on this cruise.  But then, I kept hearing reading about it on F.B. and on my last January cruise, I figured I would bring some ducks to hide.  While looking for places to hide mine, I found 6 tagged ducks with the same saying....to rehide it or keep it....you decide.  So I have kept the six with the original tags of what ship it was on and the date.  I will be adding 6 new tags of my own that will have the name Zuiderdan with the July dates of this upcoming Transatlantic cruise.  Will also buy a few more themed ducks of my own....viking ducks ...since this is called the Viking itinerary. Silliness?  Perhaps, but it is good clean fun for a sea day.  No one has to look for OR hide ducks, but often they are found accidentally and it is kind of fun to find out what state they came from.  One of my ducks came from a person from Japan.  I'll add my tag from New Hampshire from a cruise leaving from Rotterdam.  So yes, this game is still out there.  But surely no obligation to get involved.  

[gregma60]

6 minutes ago, CathyK2 said:

Yes, this is something that has been going on for many years on all cruise lines.  I first heard about it on my HAL cruise at the dinner table...the one 7vweek cruise that COVID cut short.  :-(. But he was laughing about the duck he found and at the time, I felt it odd since there weren't really any children on this cruise.  But then, I kept hearing reading about it on F.B. and on my last January cruise, I figured I would bring some ducks to hide.  While looking for places to hide mine, I found 6 tagged ducks with the same saying....to rehide it or keep it....you decide.  So I have kept the six with the original tags of what ship it was on and the date.  I will be adding 6 new tags of my own that will have the name Zuiderdan with the July dates of this upcoming Transatlantic cruise.  Will also buy a few more themed ducks of my own....viking ducks ...since this is called the Viking itinerary. Silliness?  Perhaps, but it is good clean fun for a sea day.  No one has to look for OR hide ducks, but often they are found accidentally and it is kind of fun to find out what state they came from.  One of my ducks came from a person from Japan.  I'll add my tag from New Hampshire from a cruise leaving from Rotterdam.  So yes, this game is still out there.  But surely no obligation to get involved.  

That is so cool!  I do hope this happens on our cruise, my wife would love searching for those on our 2 ocean days, and after excursions, etc. 

 

-gregma

[CathyK2]

2 minutes ago, gregma60 said:

That is so cool!  I do hope this happens on our cruise, my wife would love searching for those on our 2 ocean days, and after excursions, etc. 

 

-gregma

According to the HAL forum on FB, all of the ships seem to have passengers wanting to hide a few ducks.  People check in over there with a picture of the duck they found and what ship along with where the person is from that hid it.  I hope your wife finds one since I actually got a young girl giggle when I found my first one.  I wasn't even looking other than a place I could hide one of mine.  I'm an old lady and still got a kick out of it.  Happy hunting.  

[DesertDogs]

I found this rubber chicken on our last cruise! I took a picture and left it in one of the glass elevators for someone else to find.

 

 

[Destiny0315]

6 hours ago, Dobby36 said:

I found one on the Oosterdam yesterday in an elevator ceiling. Re-hid it in the casino (shhh) 

the tag on it indicated it’d been on the ship since May 2022!

Many people are trying to find the 'Benjamins' hidden deep in the casino, Maybe finding some ducks will give them hope.🙂 

Edited March 13, 2023 by Destiny0315

[drowelf]

We got a duck in one of the lounges on the Caribbean Princess last August. We brought it home with us to live with our other stuffed/plastic critters. It had a tag that referenced a FB Group to report its finding. The DW is the FB person in our group so I left it to her to report. 

[SanDiegian]

Are you talking about these critters? This guy found me on Koningsdam Hawaii RT in February. It was spotted again being handed over from Cruise Director Valerie to Comedian Jill Kimmel during a “coffee talk”.  So it probably made its way onto Oscars Awards because of Jill Kimmel is “All in the Family”. Check this…

[SanDiegian]

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cruising-ducks/

[sansterre]

I have hidden ducks on three ships, most recently on the Rotterdam Grand Africa last Fall.  It seems that most ducks were found by staff cleaning crew as they were always gone the next day and nothing was ever reported on Facebook.  

You too can participate in hiding them!  Just follow the rules in the cruising ducks guide.

Edited March 14, 2023 by sansterre

[jonesbk]

And I just thought the thread title was a typo for decks as a lot of the boards have threads on “hidden decks” LOL

 

Very interesting that the ducks have made their way into cruise ships. I just thought it was a Jeep thing (I’m not a Jeep guy). 
 

I’ve seen similar things with painted rocks here locally. My wife found one that was painted like Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. Too cute!

[gregma60]

44 minutes ago, sansterre said:

I have hidden ducks on three ships, most recently on the Rotterdam Grand Africa last Fall.  It seems that most ducks were found by staff cleaning crew as they were always gone the next day and nothing was ever reported on Facebook.  

You too can participate in hiding them!  Just follow the rules in the cruising ducks guide.

I'm sure even the cleaning crew enjoys collecting these ducks 🙂

 

-gregma

[CathyK2]

1 hour ago, sansterre said:

I have hidden ducks on three ships, most recently on the Rotterdam Grand Africa last Fall.  It seems that most ducks were found by staff cleaning crew as they were always gone the next day and nothing was ever reported on Facebook.  

You too can participate in hiding them!  Just follow the rules in the cruising ducks guide.

As most have found, most ducks that are found are not ever reported.  Many people don't even have FB.  They find them and as the tag says, it is their choice if they keep them or rehide them.  If the cleaning crew it finding them or any crew for that matter, MANY of them are actually reporting them.  One post on FB had two guys in their cabin with probably a good 20 ducks on the bed, with them giving the thumbs up and saying how it helps their long days of working, go faster when they find one.  Just because they are working, doesn't mean they don't like to get a smile in their days.  

As far as the cruising duck rules....I'll post here since as I said, some don't have FB and can't find the rules.  You do NOT have to have FB to participate.  The simple rules are....you can hide them any where on the ship, but NOT in the pool or jucuzzis and not in any gift shop.  The pool and jucuzzi is that if there is a child on board and they see a duck floating in a pool, it could end badly if they fall in trying to get it.  No shops is obvious in that if people start walking out of shops without paying for things, it will cause all sorts of problems.  Happy Duck hunting.  

[CathyK2]

43 minutes ago, jonesbk said:

 

 

Very interesting that the ducks have made their way into cruise ships. I just thought it was a Jeep thing (I’m not a Jeep guy). 
 

 

Ducks on the ship started in 2018.  Ducks on the jeep started in 2020.  Just sayin'    😉

[catlet]

We found this Viking duck on our Iceland/Greenland cruise. The person who hide them went to a lot if trouble finding suitable souvenir ducks worth keeping. 

[zelker]

41 minutes ago, catlet said:

We found this Viking duck on our Iceland/Greenland cruise. The person who hide them went to a lot if trouble finding suitable souvenir ducks worth keeping. 

Doesn't THAT look familiar!!  😉

[trivia addict]

I believe all cruise lines have people who hide and look for ducks. I have seen them on Holland, Celebrity and Royal. And know for a fact that it is done on Carnival.

I never paid much attention to them until last year when we had our 3 year old granddaughter with us on Royal. An older woman had found a duck and stopped us to give it to my granddaughter. She was so thrilled to get it. Now, when ever I cruise we bring along ducks to hide for others to find. It is actually fun to find good hiding places and have something to do on a sea day.

BTW, many different varieties of cruise ducks can be purchased on Amazon.

[zelker]

31 minutes ago, trivia addict said:

BTW, many different varieties of cruise ducks can be purchased on Amazon.

I've always bought them from Oriental Trading - seem like slightly better prices, better selection, and you can always find a coupon code for free shipping with no minimum purchase.

[OlsSalt]

Any Made in USA ducks, or are they all made in China?

[Shmoo here]

3 hours ago, jonesbk said:

I just thought it was a Jeep thing

It was.  And the one Jeep owner I know is not happy that it's migrated to other places.

[alibabacruisers]

What a fun thread!