Rare gregma60 Posted March 12, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Wife read somewhere about hidden ducks. Is this a fact? And if so, do all ships participate? -gregma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted March 12, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I have read about them on other cruise lines but haven't heard much about them on HAL ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted March 12, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Maybe HAL should start a new trend and hide books. 6 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noesja Posted March 12, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 12, 2023 It's some passengers who bring and hide them, not the cruise line or ship. You can take them home or hide them again for another passenger to find. On Facebook you can find different groups "cruise ducks". Good luck hunting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny0315 Posted March 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Last year while I was onboard the Carnival Legend very early one morning a tween age girl was in the Lido area just standing around watching us mostly adults getting our coffees, and other things offered during the early continental breakfast onboard. As I sat there and looked towards the large windows I saw a little yellow duck with a tag on it at the bottom of one them and it became obvious to me and a couple of other adults around that she had hid it there(not to good)and was watching to see someone pick it up. Although she might have enjoyed seeing one of us oldies take it we left it there for someone closer to her own age to discovery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotpony Posted March 12, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Sea42 said: I have read about them on other cruise lines but haven't heard much about them on HAL ships. We've seen ducks on HAL ships in 2022, both on the NS and Koningsdam. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted March 12, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Has geo-caching for rubber duckies replaced daytime activities? Nature abhors a vacuum, I guess. 2 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted March 12, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I don't want my ducks hidden, I want them on a plate and served with a nice orange sauce. 8 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipWalker Posted March 12, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Find the duck hiding in the picture. 3 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted March 12, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Celebrity does this, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsternight Posted March 12, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Noesja said: It's some passengers who bring and hide them, not the cruise line or ship. You can take them home or hide them again for another passenger to find. On Facebook you can find different groups "cruise ducks". Good luck hunting! Almost Easter, its wabbit season 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD64 Posted March 12, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I was hoping this duck phase had peaked, and that the world had returned to some form of normalcy. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vswan Posted March 12, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Took our kids on a land vacation over spring break/Easter one year. Went to Easter brunch and they had colored, hard boiled eggs. Each of my kids took one and when we got back to our hotel I hid them outside of our room in a plant area. Not long later the small kids from next door came out and spotted the eggs and were so excited that the Easter bunny had come. It was such a good moment my kids didn't care that they hadn't found their eggs.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted March 12, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, VMax1700 said: I don't want my ducks hidden, I want them on a plate and served with a nice orange sauce. Or crispy, the way Tamarind makes it! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Haljo1935 Posted March 12, 2023 #15 Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) Several ducks on HAL NA Feb 5-19. Couple in elevators, we heard, some w/hearts and kisses for Valentine's Day. A cabin door on deck 1 (or maybe it was deck 2) had many on it - different sizes, colors... Presumably for passengers to "find." It's a fun game for passengers of all ages. Edited March 12, 2023 by Haljo1935 Typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gregma60 Posted March 13, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, RuthC said: Has geo-caching for rubber duckies replaced daytime activities? Nature abhors a vacuum, I guess. Hmmm, geo-caching on a moving ship. Now THAT would be an interesting endeavor!! LOL -gregma 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gregma60 Posted March 13, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Noesja said: It's some passengers who bring and hide them, not the cruise line or ship. You can take them home or hide them again for another passenger to find. On Facebook you can find different groups "cruise ducks". Good luck hunting! I think that would be lots of fun! Sure would give those who want something to do on sea days! -gregma Edited March 13, 2023 by gregma60 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&Dhighdesert Posted March 13, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I received one hidden in the basket of my scooter on the Koningdam in January. The note referenced me to Facebook. I don’t have an account, so it was hidden in my luggage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted March 13, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 hour ago, gregma60 said: Hmmm, geo-caching on a moving ship. Now THAT would be an interesting endeavor!! LOL -gregma It's possible. Sometimes people have mobile caches....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare QuattroRomeo Posted March 13, 2023 #20 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I saw one last week on Rotterdam under the Lido elevator sea otter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiedisneyfan Posted March 13, 2023 #21 Share Posted March 13, 2023 There is a FB group Holland America's cruising ducks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby36 Posted March 13, 2023 #22 Share Posted March 13, 2023 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCDragonfly Posted March 13, 2023 #23 Share Posted March 13, 2023 14 hours ago, RD64 said: I was hoping this duck phase had peaked, and that the world had returned to some form of normalcy. Some things can't be, uh, ducked. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gregma60 Posted March 13, 2023 Author #24 Share Posted March 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Shmoo here said: It's possible. Sometimes people have mobile caches....... Interesting. Considering it's based on GPS coordinates. It's been a while since I've done that though, things might have changed! -gregma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gregma60 Posted March 13, 2023 Author #25 Share Posted March 13, 2023 7 hours ago, aussiedisneyfan said: There is a FB group Holland America's cruising ducks. Thank you, my wife is into facebook (I'm not), I'll let her know! -gregma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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