How Many Ducks have you Found!??

[sirclean]

We are on a 2 week, round trip to Vancouver on the Glacier Bay, Alaska run! 

I scored FIVE ducks on this trip!!

 

How many have you found on one trip??

 

Did you keep them (I am, as my 3 year old niece will add them to her toy collection) or release them back in the wild?

 

 

[Mike45LC]

My max number of found ducks on one cruise:  3.   I am not counting the duck that buffet personnel had found amongst the fruit/veggie carvings at the buffet and which they were discussing -- several of the personnel had not known of the duck hiding game, so they were being educated by other buffet attendants.  I am also not counting the duck that was attached to a cabin door (whether a duck found by a guest or as a declaration from the duck hider), because it was not hidden.  

 

I always catch and release.  I don't have a three year old niece to gift the ducks to.  Maybe I can adopt yours!

 

I wasn't sure if this was still being done, because I haven't found a single duck on my two (so far) 2023 cruises.

[Jeter02]

Out of all my cruises I've kept one duck because it was so glittery and pretty. But I have spot it many in my years of cruising but usually I just leave them for the little ones or for anyone who is young at heart. It is a rather fun scavenger hunt of duckies!

Edited June 13, 2023 by Jeter02

[MissP22]

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[Teechur]

I have several in my bag for my September Iceland cruise. 😁

Buffet and pools seem like good places to hide them.

[voljeep]

One - on the SKY 'inaugural' v2.0 - kept it

 

but I've been Duck, Duck, Jeep numerous times.  My favorite time was at the Post Office when a little girl came up as I was about to get into the Jeep and 'Ducked" me - with the biggest smile on her face and mine.  I just smiled at her Mom across the parking lot

[fabby50]

30 minutes ago, Jeter02 said:

Out of all my cruises I've kept one duck because it was so glittery and pretty. But I have spot it many in my years of cruising but usually I just leave them for the little ones or for anyone who is young at heart. It is a rather fun scavenger hunt of duckies!

I do the same - I've seen several, but I always leave them for the kids.

 

[cr8tiv1]

I was “gifted” one. Opened my stateroom door (I was inside), duck was waiting for me to wake up. 
 

Thank you Lynn & Doyle 

[PacnGoNow]

That was part of the Regal scavenger hunt, finding many things in addition to

ducks. Lol

 

We see them and leave them gor little ones or collectors.  🦆 🦆 

[david63]

Fortunately none

[WAvoyager]

24 minutes ago, david63 said:

Fortunately none

Bah Humbug!

 

my daughter found one, and we’ve left a couple of dozen.  It’s fun for her (us) to find hiding places for them. 

[Bgwest]

46 minutes ago, david63 said:

Fortunately none

[6boysnana]

I found 3 on a 3 week cruise. I have a flock of grandchildren so I brought them home.

[neverbeenhere]

I hate this house and I hate you, but
More than anything else I hate those
Ducks!

Don't you touch those ducks Norman!
They were a present from my mother.

[luvtoteach]

I found one in the elevator on the Ruby in April.  I left it there.

[Bgwest]

We schedule regular daily duck hunting expeditions. 
Even found some on MSC last month. We’ve found Princess, however, to make for better hunting. 
We typically rehide them. 

From time to time  though we will keep an especially cute one. 

[cr8tiv1]

Am I allowed to re-hide mine on a different cruise?  Duck jumping ship?

 

[Haljo1935]

2 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Am I allowed to re-hide mine on a different cruise?  Duck jumping ship?

 

Yes you absolutely can. 🤭

[justafem]

I'm a hider, not a finder.  

I leave no tags and no identifying marks.  

They are bound and gagged with a bracelet with the specific cruise details printed on it. 

Not interested in where they go, but happy to see them gone.  

And I put them in plain sight!

 

BAHAHAHA!  The mad ducker strikes again!

[MissP22]

9 hours ago, Bgwest said:

We typically rehide them. 

The ones that I've found were out in the open so I re-hid them so they would be hard to find. 

[CruiseCrabs]

We have found a few—catch and release is the norm unless they are very unusual—but I now make and hide crabs (see profile) on our cruises. The Ruby had 40 deployed over the course of 10 days and finished a few while onboard just before hiding.
 

I’m no sure how many end up in passenger hands. Because I haven’t started teaching people how to make them while I tested simplifying the process, they are rare but very popular with the crew. 

[KatRangoon]

What is this duck hiding/finding game and what are the rules? I've never heard of such a thing!

[Haljo1935]

7 minutes ago, KatRangoon said:

What is this duck hiding/finding game and what are the rules? I've never heard of such a thing!

Oops, I realize I pasted the wrong link, so it likely won't show up - sorry CC, I didn't mean to! 🙄 

Just do an internet search for cruising ducks and you'll find everything you wanted to know Cruising Ducks 101, if you will.

Basically, you can hide ducks for people to find or search for ones that have been hidden. If you find one, you can keep it or re-hide it for someone else to find.

Edited June 14, 2023 by Haljo1935
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[wcflats]

Actually we started this phenomenon many years ago.  Probably late 1990s 

[Sailor75]

No joke, I found over 50 on one 4 day cruise. I have so many ducks I created a duck Christmas tree. A lot of ducks have a hole in the bottom, and you can put the light inside and it lights up the duck; although, it works better on light colored ducks as opposed to darker ones. Now, I order ducks and hide them on the ships.