Are these people on quack?
Forget swingers taking up the cruise lines. The true secret of the seas, in line with cruisers, are the treasure troves of rubber geese passengers hidden onboard the holiday ships for others to search out — and the thought isn’t floating well with some, with one line even clamping down on the weird practice.
Reported to have began as a fun, Easter egg-esque idea dreamed up by a young girl named Abby Davis, the tradition has became a rite of passage on board — and even a lucrative business, with the plastic playthings being sold at as much as $25 a tail.
There are YouTube tutorials for the most effective places to cover them — and private Facebook groups for bath time buddy enthusiasts as well.
“Our goal is to see how far our Geese will travel and where their journey might take them,” the Facebook group Cruising Geese announced on its page.
“Keep or hide, you choose, but please post your Geese travels here so everyone can enjoy.”
In line with some critics, the tradition has gone somewhat off the deep end currently — with one person revealing they paid for a carry-on just for his or her geese, a Reddit post revealed.
“You’ve got a ducking problem,” one commenter hurled back.
One other superfan showed a video of themselves 3D printing a complete nest of geese for an upcoming cruise.
“”Please don’t do it,” one cruiser responded.
“I hate to be a killjoy, but there’s really no reason for it. Just go on the cruise and luxuriate in what’s already there,” they urged.
“We see them often on Royal ships. Just about anywhere there’s a flat or flattish surface. Near elevators, outside the theater. Mostly within the more traveled areas, not within venues or lounges,” they wrote in a separate thread.
Others apprehensive concerning the littering aspect — and the thought of shopping for countless amounts of the low-cost toy and leaving all of them over.
Though some cruise lines wink on the practice — a Carnival rep told Thrillist the duck hunting trend is “completely guest-driven” — some have had their feathers ruffled over the strange trend.
Disney Cruise Line isn’t so crazy concerning the Donald Duck wannabes, for instance — even adopting a policy that limits their placement on board, in line with Thrillist.
“Guests cannot hide things, similar to rubber geese, in staterooms or public areas on the ship,” the directive stated.
They’re free, nevertheless, to bring them on board.
