Liao Posted July 27 #51 Share Posted July 27 On 7/24/2024 at 10:15 AM, EatonDoolittle said: I guess I'm the only one who found the irony of OP bringing a water test kit to the ship. Worried about their drinking water, but not in the least bit concerned about contributing to the general ocean pollution of human junk. And a massive cruise ship does not contribute to the general ocean pollution? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TequilaJane Posted July 27 #52 Share Posted July 27 Cant have a plastic straw but 1000 plastic ducks are ok 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGfromTX Posted July 27 Author #53 Share Posted July 27 54 minutes ago, TequilaJane said: Cant have a plastic straw but 1000 plastic ducks are ok They have plastic straws on the ship. The bartender said they are a compostable plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGfromTX Posted July 27 Author #54 Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, miched said: Worried about pollution from the ducks. They run a lot of rubber duck races for fund raisers. There are many cities in MI that have one I don’t think many escape as they are contained in floating booms. Here is one in the Chicago River. Over 75,000 ducks. Here is one in Tampa Interesting. I’ve never seen that either. This was my first trip to see Bimini - much of the coast is not cleaned up. I saw lots of debris but by a far majority was some form of drink containers - water and soda bottles, plastic cups, beer bottles. This is what I see when camping locally although I see more food packaging too. I try to practice leave no trace so I try to book the same sites so i don’t have to clean up as much trash from others for the season. Seems like people become more considerate after the site is cleaned once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted July 27 #55 Share Posted July 27 3 minutes ago, TGfromTX said: Interesting. I’ve never seen that either. This was my first trip to see Bimini - much of the coast is not cleaned up. I saw lots of debris but by a far majority was some form of drink containers - water and soda bottles, plastic cups, beer bottles. This is what I see when camping locally although I see more food packaging too. I try to practice leave no trace so I try to book the same sites so i don’t have to clean up as much trash from others for the season. Seems like people become more considerate after the site is cleaned once. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted July 27 #56 Share Posted July 27 3 hours ago, TGfromTX said: Interesting. I’ve never seen that either. This was my first trip to see Bimini - much of the coast is not cleaned up. I saw lots of debris but by a far majority was some form of drink containers - water and soda bottles, plastic cups, beer bottles. This is what I see when camping locally although I see more food packaging too. I try to practice leave no trace so I try to book the same sites so i don’t have to clean up as much trash from others for the season. Seems like people become more considerate after the site is cleaned once. Would this be considered a water fowl. 🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted July 27 #57 Share Posted July 27 5 hours ago, miched said: Worried about pollution from the ducks. They run a lot of rubber duck races for fund raisers. There are many cities in MI that have one I don’t think many escape as they are contained in floating booms. Here is one in the Chicago River. Over 75,000 ducks. Here is one in Tampa This isn't directed at @miched, I'm quoting their content to expand on these duck events. In most cases, cities don't buy 1000s of ducks from Amazon, they hire a company to run the event. The "duck rental" company handles everything including launching, recovering, and cleaning the ducks. Generally, if a city has a closed waterway, they have the event there, and if not the company takes great care to prevent them from "escaping". Cruising is currently very dirty, the primary reason is they use Heavy Fuel Oil which can produce a layer of soot on E-Class SV balconies. Passenger behavior such as not leaving food on the plate and re-using towels is a drop in the bucket. Same with the ducks, I just say everything in moderation, reuse found ducks and maybe don't buy hundreds per sailing. These ducks can find their way into open water and harm marine life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted July 27 #58 Share Posted July 27 5 hours ago, TequilaJane said: Cant have a plastic straw but 1000 plastic ducks are ok Plastic water bottles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted July 27 #59 Share Posted July 27 4 hours ago, TGfromTX said: Interesting. I’ve never seen that either. This was my first trip to see Bimini - much of the coast is not cleaned up. I saw lots of debris but by a far majority was some form of drink containers - water and soda bottles, plastic cups, beer bottles. This is what I see when camping locally although I see more food packaging too. I try to practice leave no trace so I try to book the same sites so i don’t have to clean up as much trash from others for the season. Seems like people become more considerate after the site is cleaned once. We got back from the Maldives about two months ago and saw a small cove and I'd guess there were 5K pieces of debris most of which were bottles. I mentioned it to the guide who victim-shamed me (lol) and said it's the tourist's fault they need fancy bottled water and refuse to drink their perfectly clean tap water. I just explained to him, including the 2.5-hour layover, that it was a 24-hour flight, only here for a week, which means we don't want to spend any extra on the toilet if we can avoid it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted July 28 #60 Share Posted July 28 2 hours ago, NutsAboutGolf said: This isn't directed at @miched, I'm quoting their content to expand on these duck events. In most cases, cities don't buy 1000s of ducks from Amazon, they hire a company to run the event. The "duck rental" company handles everything including launching, recovering, and cleaning the ducks. Generally, if a city has a closed waterway, they have the event there, and if not the company takes great care to prevent them from "escaping". Cruising is currently very dirty, the primary reason is they use Heavy Fuel Oil which can produce a layer of soot on E-Class SV balconies. Passenger behavior such as not leaving food on the plate and re-using towels is a drop in the bucket. Same with the ducks, I just say everything in moderation, reuse found ducks and maybe don't buy hundreds per sailing. These ducks can find their way into open water and harm marine life Are these free range ducks or factory farmed??? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise till you drop Posted July 28 #61 Share Posted July 28 I have seen ducks hidden on cruises and just walk away. I don’t want to be carrying it around. Let the kids enjoy this instead. Thanks but no thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJSailors Posted July 28 #62 Share Posted July 28 I thought it was a Carnival and RCL thing-not Celebrity. MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39august Posted July 28 #63 Share Posted July 28 Ducks have been on Celebrity for several years Saw my first one about 4 years ago, and I wasn't even looking..It was just very obvious. I;ve watched as people "hide" the ducks as well. I think its kind of fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted July 28 #64 Share Posted July 28 3 hours ago, MJSailors said: I thought it was a Carnival and RCL thing-not Celebrity. MJ Crossovers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted July 28 #65 Share Posted July 28 (edited) Come see our ducks: #1 The Big Duck ...Long Island NY historic tourist structure, east end LI.....LI was once known for duck farms and excellent LI Duckling on many menus! #2 LI Ducks.. our local baseball team...family friendly! #3; "Quackerjack" LI DUCKS team Mascot..loved by all! Edited July 28 by hcat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted July 28 #66 Share Posted July 28 15 hours ago, zitsky said: Are these free range ducks or factory farmed??? Is that supposed to be a wise quack? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zitsky Posted July 28 #67 Share Posted July 28 1 hour ago, doghog said: Is that supposed to be a wise quack? Well I did graduate from the University of Oregon..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted July 28 #68 Share Posted July 28 8 minutes ago, zitsky said: Well I did graduate from the University of Oregon..... Then you would have to agree, If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it just may be a duck. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miched Posted August 10 #69 Share Posted August 10 Do you think anyone would find this one if it was “hidden” in the pool? Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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